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Marinette Drake sighed and stared at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a black dress paired with heels of the same colour.
”I think you look amazing bean,” her husband Timothy Drake-Wayne said, coming up from behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist, said.
Marinette smiled. Tim could always make her smile. “Thanks Tim, but it doesn’t mean I’m not nervous.” She was going to be attending her collége reunion a.k.a the class (with the exception of Kim, Alix, Max, Nino, Sabrina, & Chloe) which abandoned her when the next, new shiny thing came, the class that bullied her relentlessly for one year until she transferred out. Marinette took in a shaky breath.
Tim, sensing her nervousness, soothingly ran his hand up and down her back. “It’s going to be fine bean, besides, remember why we’re going?“ A wicked smile crossed his lips. “We’re going to see how your idiotic former-friends have failed in life.”
Marinette grinned at that. “You’re right. Let’s go.” She grabbed her black clutch and together, they walked into the limousine they had borrowed from Bruce for the effect.
When they entered François College Dupont, everyone of Bustier’s stopped talking to stare at them - or more specifically, the limo that had just stopped at the steps. It was far more impressive than the ones Adrien used to come into for school. This one was much larger and much more intimidating. Who they saw coming out shocked all the students of the class with the exception of Chloe, Nino, Kim, Alix, Max, and Sabrina who knew exactly who it was.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng walked out with some man holding her hand. The former class of Ms Bustier was stupefied, including said teacher. They couldn’t believe the bully - in their minds, of course - of their class was filthy rich.
Alya Césaire was not happy. First, Lila Agreste (ha! Take that Maribrat!) promised to send Lois Lane a request for an internship in the Daily Planet. But after 3 weeks of hours of waiting, Lila comes back, with tears pouring down her face and says “I’m so sorry Alya! I tried asking Lois to give you one, but she was so, so rude to me and said no.” Alya hugged and comforted her, because Lila didn’t deserve to be treated that way. So, Alya applied for an internship in the Daily Planet so that she could 1) get a job (money was running low) and 2) become a better reporter than Lois Lane herself, to spite her, of course. But when she got her reply with her portfolio (mind you, which included her blog, the Ladyblog, which was now mostly about Lila’s latest exploits), it said “You are unfit to become a reporter, let alone an investigative one.” And that was only a few weeks ago. She was lucky she didn’t quit her job at the (insert name of a trashy tabloid). Now, Maribrat was living in luxury?
Mylène and Ivan Bruel were severely annoyed. They were failing miserably. After graduation, they had gotten married with most of their classmates present, but after that things had gone downhill. Their idols were absolute jerks. When Lila, sweet Lila, asked for just one favour, they refused her and kicked her out. After everything she had even done for them! And now, poor Lila had to endure her bully coming to their class reunion.
Rose and Juleka Couffaine were miserable. Nothing was going their way. All of Lila’s connections had gone down the drain when she promised to help them get the jobs of their dreams and then Prince - now King - Ali cut off all ties with them for “slandering his name” whatever that meant. And suddenly Lila’s childhood bully came up flaunting her money?
*Some time into the reunion*
Timothy Drake-Wayne was disgusted. He was disgusted by the former-students at the reunion, he was disgusted with the teacher at the reunion and he was disgusted with their coffee too.
He and Marinette had caught up with all of their old friends. It seemed relationships had blossomed with children on the way too. Chloe Lahiffe was pregnant with her first child, along with Sabrina Kanté too. Alix, on the other hand, was a sportswoman who decided to have children later. He and Marinette had also decided the same because both of them were so busy with their jobs, there would be not time to spend with their child.
Speaking of Marinette, there was a blonde guy walking over to her, eyes glued on her. Tim did not like this person. He asked Marinette “Who’s the blonde guy walking to us? He seems to have some special interest in you.”
Marinette’s expression darkened. Uh-oh. That meant he was bad news. She replied “That’s Agreste.”
Now Tim was pissed. “The same one who stood by and did nothing while Lie-la lied?”
Marinette nodded. Tim tightened his arm around her waist as he came closer. The others finally noticed him once he arrived right in front of them.
“Agreste.” Marinette greeted curtly.
Adrien was proud of himself. He had managed to keep the peace in the class and not reveal Lila too. Really, he wouldn’t have married her otherwise, she was far too fake.
But when he saw Marinette smiling and laughing with the blue-eyed, handsome man next to her - Timothy Drake-Wayne he thinks - he felt that he should try to encourage her to talk to her friends so that everything went as it was before! Without the Wayne.
He grew annoyed when he saw the Wayne look at him and whisper in his good friend’s ear. Then Marinette looked at him and whispered back into his ear. It seemed that this would be harder than he thought. And what was the twinge in his stomach?
When he arrived though, Marinette suddenly wasn’t the smiling and laughing girl he knew. She was cold. Nothing like the warm, Everyday - Ladybug of their class.
“Agreste” she said.
Adrien smiled happily. “Marinette! Chloe! Nino! Guys, how’s it been going?”
Nino narrowed his eyes had Adrien. “Is there anything we can help you with Agreste?”
Now Adrien was taken aback. He knew he and Nino hadn’t parted on a good note, but this was something completely different. Something like…hate…no that wasn’t possible.
Adrien, nevertheless, continued smiling, but before he could reply, his wife slithered up his arm and said “Adriboo honey, why are you talking to Maribrat and her crew of bullies?”
Marinette scoffed at her. “Wow Lie-la, clearly you haven’t matured in the recent years.”
Adrien tried to plead with his eyes to not antagonise her. She didn’t need to ruin the reunion! But his line of sight was blocked off by the Wayne glaring at him. Adrien involuntarily took a step back. His glares were scary.
Alya came up behind with the rest of the class and said “And who’s this Dupain-Cheng?” Pointing at the Wayne. “Someone you paid to be your date because you‘re too pathetic to actually get a boyfriend, let alone a husband?”
Tim was pissed to the point where he was aching to punch that woman in the face. How dare she insult his bean like that?
He could see his bean getting annoyed by them, so he whispered loudly into her ear “Go somewhere to cool down bean, I’ll take care of these idiots.”
She looked at him in the eyes and nodded, but said “Don’t kill them.”
Tim widened his eyes innocently. “I wouldn’t dream of doing such a thing bean. I’m not Damian or Jason you know.”
She rolled her eyes at him and dragged Chloe and Alix to the bathroom with her.
Once she was out of earshot. He turned around and glared at her stupid classmates. He could hear them muttering about how Marinette was a liar and absolute rubbish.
“One,” he interrupted with a politeness he did not feel. “It’s not Marinette Dupain-Cheng now. It’s Marinette Drake-Wayne.”
The ex-class’ face became slack. Then the same woman from before said “Pffft as if. Marinette’s couldn’t even get Adrien’s attention, how would she get a Wayne’s?
Tim was rapidly losing patience and so were Kim and Nino. “And two, listen up you idiots. Marinette is not a liar or a bully. She is one of the kindest people in existence and too good for this world. So shut up and get lost.”
The same woman - Cesaire or something - says something else and Nino and Kim retaliate, but Tim ignores them because he has just had an amazing idea.
When Marinette comes back with the girls, he says loudly “Bean, do you mind going home right now? I didn‘t get much sleep last night.”
Marinette narrowed her eyes at him and asked “Exactly how much sleep did you get last night?”
Tim shrugged sheepishly. “Maybe two hours?”
“WHAT?” she yelped. “TIMOTHY DRAKE-WAYNE, we are going home right now.”
That was totally worth the shock on the stupid class’ faces. As they were leaving - or more like Marinette dragging him - Tim mouthed to the others ‘record it’.
The video was going to be epic.