16. Alone

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I told the stars about you.

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Adrian's POV=

"You have a photoshoot at the park today Adrian," Natalie mumbled as she read out my schedule.

"Okay," I mumbled.

"Your father wants to speak to you to, he's down in the dinning room," I simply nod and walk behind her as she leads me to my father.

We step foot in the dining room as I see my father eating his breakfast.

"Hello my son, come sit down and eat," he mumbled.

"No thank you, I'll eat something on the way to my photoshoot," I sighed annoyed "so what did you want to talk to me about?"

"Oh uhm your girlfriend has invited us to a dinner reservation to congratulate her recent win in fencing," I nod "however I don't think I'll be able to go due to-."

"Work, I understand, is that all?," I asked.

"Uhm yeah, bye son," I left the room without saying another word, I head into my room and wear some regular clothes and run downstairs hoping into the car before we drive off.

We soon reach the park and I get out heading towards what I think is the set up for my shoot.

"Ah Adrian looking beautiful as ever," George my camera man smiled and patted my back happily.

"Thank you, as well as you," I smiled back.

"So today it's a normal shoot to promote-."

"I'm a scary gargoyle on a tower

That you made with plastic power

Your rhinestone eyes are like factories far away!," I turn hearing Marinette's voice singing out loud as she passes by the park on a moped holding onto Anthony.

"What a lovely couple," George laughed happily.

"They're just friends," I mumbled quickly.

"Oh what a shame they make such a good couple."

Do they?

I mean Anthony seems like a good guy, Marinette is a very good friend, if she ever wanted to date anyone Anthony would be a good choice.

My heart aches for some reason knowing something can possibly happen between them. I felt like this when Luka had feelings for Marinette, yet I still don't understand why, why does my heart hurt each time knowing someone is pursuing her. I just see Marinette as a very good friend, she's always there for me when I'm feeling down, her always being clumsy always made me laugh, she gave me something so precious on my birthday that makes me feel important.

Marinette was always where I can reach her before she moved away.

Now that she's back I can never have a conversation with her without getting cut off. Since the beginning I felt like I knew everything about her, but she's changed and Anthony is apart of that change. Anthony has been a shield for Marinette since he came over, the last time I saw her we left off in bad terms due to my relationship with Kagami.

Since I met her I always felt this sort of connection, like we are going through the same thing, she always seemed happy, until I talked to her as Chat, when I see Marinette at school she always seemed cheerful and full of energy. Yet when she's alone she always had a confused expression, it's like she has the world on her shoulders. When I'm Chat I met a more sassy out going Marinette, but I started to see how closed off she was from everyone else, how she cried at night on her balcony alone.

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An hour later_

I sat in my room looking at my computer scrolling through Instagram.

"I still can't believe Anthony and Marinette aren't together, I mean the way the look at each spells true love," Plagg chuckled as he sat on the monitor.

"I think you're going over board there Plagg," I mumbled.

"Nah uh, Anthony is always by her side, I even caught them hugging each other very passionately."

"W-what?"

Plagg quickly looks at me and smiles nervously "I mean- nevermind," he quickly flew away.

"Tell me Plagg did you see anything else?," I mumbled.

"No," he lied.

"Plagg," I grumbled.

"Adrian why do you care don't you have a girlfriend?," Plagg rolled his eyes.

"Yes, but Marinette's my friend, I want to know if her and Anthony have that type of relationship."

"And if they did then what?"

"T-They don't, I-I know Marinette," I sighed.

"I mean if she liked him what's the problem, Anthony is tall, handsome, and a tough person to mess with, plus he treats her right," Plagg laid on his stomach and moved his feet back and forth like a girl dreaming about her crush.

"And how do you know that huh?," I mumbled.

"Well for starters she's still friends with him, he trains her in the morning, as we've seen before, always making her smile, basically just always being there for her, also I stalk them sometimes so trust me kid I know he's a good guy for our Marinette."

"She's not our Marinette," I sighed "and how do you stalk them when I don't even bring you to school?"

"Adrian I'm a floating Kwami, I can go wherever I want whenever I want, plus I'm bored after taking all my naps and eating cheese so I visit a friend and we watch the 2 of them allllll the time," he groaned.

"Friend? Do you mean another Kwami? Wait how-," Plagg cuts me off.

"That is classified, all you need to know is that one time we saw them together and it was like a romance movie-."

"Thought you hate romance movies," I cut him off.

"Well romance mixed with Martial arts training is pretty cool, especially when Marinette beats the damn kid everytime," Plagg laughed "anyways we see a lot of things going on between them, and Anthony...," Plagg sighed "he's just a good person..."

"Why'd you say it like that?," I asked.

"Just- just understand that he's the best person for Marinette in her life right now, especially since that was her first friend in China."

"Alright," I mumbled.

"I'm going to bed now," Plagg whispered.

"You don't sleep early though."

"Well I do now."

"Uhm okay."

I look at my screen again to only see Kagami trying to video chat me, I sigh to myself and decline her call, over, and over, and over, and over again.

"God why can't she take a hint that I'm not in the mood to talk to her," I mumbled.

I start to scroll down and click on Alya's story to see her, Nino, and I, the next slide of was us including Marinette freshman year, I smile and hold onto the story.

Marinette is a very beautiful person, inside and out, I always thought that since the first day I met her, I sometimes would catch myself just admiring her perfections and imperfections. For some odd reason my heart would start to beat faster than it should be when she catches me staring, but I wasn't embarrassed, I wanted her to know that her beauty always had my attention, that she had my attention.

The next story was actually Marinette's account showing her and Anthony outside on the moped "free" I whispered out the word on the screen.

I can feel my eyes water.

"Why am I crying?," I touched my face, I quickly wipe them away.

What's wrong with me?

Why am I acting like this?

I turn to the screen to only see her face again smiling, I quickly shut off the screen and open my balcony door before closing it, I look up at the stars and sigh.

"I miss you Marinette."

"I miss you more than you know."

"I missed our moments where it was just the two of us, I miss the smile you showed me, I miss your stutters, I miss you laugh, I wish you could- I wish," I can feel my eyes water as I think of losing her.

"I wish I can feel her warmth once again, to see her flushed cheeks when she did something clumsy, to see her shy smile, to just be like we were before," I mumbled.

I wish we had a relationship like she has with Anthony, where she has more trust in me.

Now that I think about it, we never had a friendship like how she has it with him, she was always so nervous to make physical contact with me, yet with Anthony I always see them either holding hands, hugging, or Anthony pushing hair out of her face. I never thought of doing that thinking I would make her uncomfortable, but as I seen her true self more and more I realized her eyes always traveled to people showing affection. I would catch her at points holding herself or holding her own hand when she's nervous or embarrassed, she would rub her shoulder to calm herself down and even held her cheeks in other occasions. I never knew she liked physical contact, I never knew she craved that attention so badly till I saw how she smiled to Anthony who always gave it to her.

She craved so many things that I could've gave to her, but it's to late now, she has someone to cherish her like I never did, someone that makes her feel special.

"Marinette," I mumbled.

I lean over my rail and take a deep breath before holding myself in my arms.

I feel so Alone.