Chapter 101

Marinette's P.O.V:

Damian and I were happily walking around Damian's art room when a soft knock came at the door. "Master Damian. Miss Marinette. Dinner will be ready shortly. Miss Gordon will also be joining us tonight."

"We'll be right down, Alfred." Damian called back before turning his attention back to me. "I guess we should be going."

"I guess we should." I looked back at a painting that looks to be of Batman looking off into the distance towards the bat signal. "I really enjoy looking at all these paintings though."

"I'll be sure to give you a key to this room sometime." Damian gently took my hand and started to walk towards the exit.

"But this is your space. I wouldn't want to come in here uninvited."

"You're welcome here any time, Angel." He opens the door and locks it behind us . "You will never be uninvited."

"I'm starting to think you like me or something, boy wonder." I joked.

"What gave it away?" He laughed.

"Hmm... I don't know." I tapped my chin in thought. "It's a real mystery, isn't it?" I giggled.

"Might it have something to do with the fact that we are soulmates?" Damian grinned at me.

"That must be it." I snapped my fingers. "You're such a genius."

By the time we made it into the dining room, we were laughing hysterically at our own jokes.

"Something funny?" Barbara smiled at the two of us as we walked in.

"We are just joking around." I answered back.

"Damian? Joking around?" Gar shook his head. "I don't think I'm ever going to get used to this."

"Oh, the food is here." Kori clapped as Alfred brought out plates of food to set on the dining room table.

Tim and Jason still had a bit of an annoyed face as they waited for all the ladies to get their food first. Eventually though, everyone was happily eating and chatting.---------"The food was wonderful as always, Alfred." Barbara smiled at the butler as he gathered up all of the dishes.

"Thank you, Miss Gordon."

"Oh, by the way" I spoke up. "I have some gifts for you guys. I figured that since Barbara is here, I might as well pass them out."

"We love watching people open gifts!" Gar looked over to his girlfriend. "Isn't that right Raven?"

"Yeah." Raven nodded.

"You made gifts for all of us?" Selina asked.

"Well not everyone but I already talked to those that I didn't make one for and they were okay with this. I just wanted to show you all how thankful I am that you all accepted me into this family and I figured that I would show my thanks the only way I know how."

"That's very kind of you, Marinette." Bruce smiled at me. "But you didn't have to do this."

"I know. But I wanted to." I stood up from my seat. "I'm going to go grab everything. I'll meet you all in the living room."

Before anyone could ask anymore questions, I was already walking out of the room.

"I guess we should head for the living room then." Bruce stood up. "She's quite excited."

"Well she has been working on all of our gifts for a while." Damian said as he and the rest of the crew followed Bruce out.

Everyone found themselves a seat and began to all talk amongst themselves as they waited for me to return. It only took about a minute but eventually I came strolling in with a large bag in my hand.

"Great! Everyone's here." I walked into the center of the room and set the bag on the coffee table. "Who wants to be first?"

"Me!" Tim shot his hand up.

"Alright, Timmy." I dug around in the bag before pulling out something folded in simple tissue paper. "I didn't have any boxes or actual wrapping paper so this was the best I could do." I handed it over to him.

"I don't mind." Tim looked at it for a moment before carefully tarring the tissue paper away to reveal a very beautifully made dark gray blazer jacket. "Wow, Marinette. This is really nice."

"That's not all." I smiled at him excitedly. "Take a closer look at the inside."

Tim looked at the inside lining of the jacket to see a beautifully hand stitched Red Robin symbol toward the bottom left side. "Oh, I almost missed this." He took a closer look at it. "This is amazing." Tim took off the pale gray blazer jacket he was already wearing to try the new one on. "How did you get my size? It fits perfectly."

"I have my ways." I smiled brightly at him. "Do you like it?"

"Yeah. I love it. You can't even tell this is hand made." Tim started to inspect it even further. "I have thousand-dollar jackets that aren't this nice."

"Thanks, Tim." I giggled before turning to the rest of the family. "Who's next?"

"Uh, me." Jason spoke up before anyone else could. "I've been dying to know what you made me."

"Yes. You have." I chuckled as I dug into the bag again. "Here." I handed over another tissue paper wrapped idem, this one being a little bit larger than Tim's.

Jason wasted no time tearing the paper off to reveal a deep red, almost black, faux leather jacket. "It's the same color as my motorcycle." He looked back up at me with a smile.

"Yeah." I nodded. "I figured its something you could wear while driving around town."

"This is perfect, Sunshine." Jason's smile never left his face as he put the jacket on.

"Let's see if you can find my personal touch."

Jason looked the jacket over until he found the same symbol he wears as Red Hood finely stitched into the collar. "Oh, awesome!" He hoped up to give me a bear hug. "I love it, Pixie-pop."

"I'm glad, Jay." I softly patted him on the back before he finally let go. "Who should I do next?"

"Why don't you do Alfred's?" Jason replied.

"Good idea." I grabbed a small wrapped idem out of the bag and turned towards the butler. "Now I know you upkeep a bit of a dress code so I didn't want to do anything too crazy." I handed it off to him. "But I still did add a small personal touch to it."

"That's very kind of you, Miss Marinette." Alfred spoke as he unwrapped the gift. It only took a moment for the butler to find his initials stitched into the fabric of his brand-new bowtie. "I will cherish this gift." He smiled fondly at me. "Thank you."

"Aw, I'm happy that you like it." I gave the butler a quick hug, in which he happily returned. "Who do you think I should do next, Alfred?"

"Why not show Miss Kyle hers."

"Ooh good choice." I happily turned back to the bag to grab another idem out of it. "Here you go, Selina."

"Thank you, kitten." She nimbly unwrapped the paper to hold up an all-black, sleek and form fitting faux leather jacket with two front pockets with a few silver studs decorated throughout. "Very stylish." She smiled brightly at the jacket.