Penguin: Hello chibis! This is the last chapter of Miraculous: Mine to Take. I know, it's sad. I had fun writing this and I had fun reading all of your lovely comments on the story :D For the poll, the one-shot Privacy won so that is the next thing I will be posting. I don't have a date yet, probably sometime next week. Thank you guys for reading and taking this journey.

~Responses to MMTT~

Guest: It really was. The rest is here. Lmao, it's okay. What's important is that Mari is away from him. He told her he was dead because he thought it would make Marinette forget about Adrien and move on to Max. Marinette's always had darkness.

Stef: Yay! This is the last chapter, I have no plans for an epilogue. What would I even say in it? XD I don't plan to continue Mine to Take, so I don't want to write something and leave it on a cliffhanger or more questions for the story. Then people would be asking if I'll continue it and can I write more and etc, when I don't plan on continuing the story. So that is my reason for why I wouldn't write it. Thank you for reading Stef!

Guest: I know! I did promise that they would have one, so here it is!

~Responses to MSM~

UnicornSecrets: Thank you! Well, I got cake, so that wish came true. xD Thank you! Lmao, it was pinksakura271's idea for that one. Thank you! You are pawsome!

Navirina: Thank you! :D pinksakura271 agve the idea so thank you Sakura!

Reginavilla04: I know! x'D I thought it'd be cute to make her mad and then propose to her after. It's different from the basic get down on one knee, or take her out to her, or travel somewhere to propose kid of thing. Don't get me wrong, I love seeing some proposals, but I say go big or go home! xD And thank you! Lol xD

Rmlucken!: Thank you! I will!

Nina The Fangirl: Thank you! :D I like her too. She might end up appearing in one of those upcoming stories I'm planning. You'll have to wait and see c;

Pinksakura271: Thank you! And no problem! I'd knew you'd say something like that. I mean, when it comes to Cecilia, she doesn't ask. xD Lmao xD Sorry Adrien, it had to be done.

And thank you guys for all of the birthday wishes! c:

Flowers covered the hospital room. Bright, vibrant colors. Enough petals to fill a florist shop. The smell was heady. The sight was gorgeous. Marinette wanted to get the hell out of there. She'd been pumped with an IV for way too long. She wanted freedom. She wanted-

The hospital door opened. Adrien stood there. The lines near his eyes were a little deeper. His face was grimmer than it had been when she first walked into his Chicago office. His eyes were different, too. Still as green. Still as bright.

But now she could see the love there. He wasn't hiding that from her any longer. "Ready to go?" She was more than ready. He pushed a wheel chair into the room. "Your chariot." Her brows climbed. "They won't let you go without it. But don't worry, Nino is waiting right outside for us." He lifted her. Let his hands linger as he pressed a gentle kiss to her lips.

"This place will be a memory soon." He eased her into the chair. Adrien started to push her toward the door. She caught his hand. "What happens next?" He bent near her, putting their eyes on level. "I take you to our suite at the hotel. I fuck you until some of this damn fear leaves me."

His gaze searched hers. "Then I spend the next fifty years making you as happy as I can."

"Fifty years," she whispered. "That's a long time."

"Not long enough. I figure it's just a start for us." He pushed her into the hallway. She couldn't help but tense. I'll always hate hospitals. "I'm with you." He knew, of course. There were no secrets between them. Why should there be?

The sunlight was bright outside. Nino waited, as promised, standing beside the vehicle. "You look good, Ms. Dupain-Cheng," he said giving her a quick nod. Considering that the last time he'd seen her, Marinette knew she'd looked like death, so, well, anything should be an improvement over that.

"Thank you, Nino. You look good, too." He winked. Adrien eased her into the car. Buckled her seat belt. Took her hand in his. Nino drove them away from the hospital. Marinette didn't look back. "Just so you know…we found out that Max's alibis were, of course, bullshit. He'd been getting interns to cover for him, and threatening to have them kicked out of the hospital if they didn't do exactly as he ordered."

"He liked control," Marinette said. Control over his interns…control over me. The car slowed. Turned right. "My agents did more digging. They found out that Max had a history of…getting too close to some of his patients. That was why Dr. Max worked in five different hospitals since his residency. He liked having women…need him."

I will be the one you need. The only one. "He said he saw me model." Sleeping Beauty. A helpless victim, until she woke. "He can't ever hurt you again," Adrien promised. His fingers tightened around hers. "No more fear, Marinette, it's over." She didn't speak while Nino drove. Too much emotion had built within her.

When they got to the hotel, they were immediately ushered up to their suite. It was both familiar and foreign to her. She walked to the window. Gazed down at the busy street. Adrien's hands curled around her shoulders. "Tell me what I can do. Tell me what I need to do so that you can forget."

His voice was ragged, rough, and when he turned her toward him, she saw that his mask had fallen away. They were alone, and she was seeing him as he truly was. Fear and anger were in his eyes. So much fear. He wanted her to forget, but she couldn't. Wouldn't.

She'd never forget the days of darkness and hunger. Fear. Terror. But the starvation hadn't broken her. Max hadn't broken her. The thought of Adrien, dying- that broke me. He was the one thing that could destroy her.

"I want you to love me," she told him, her voice breaking. His mouth found hers. Adrien kissed her hard and deep and she could taste his desire. "I do," he said against her lips. "I always have."

When she kissed him, she tasted the salt of her tears. She never wanted to think of a world without Adrien. "I want you to be mine." She needed that, needed him, and the force of that need scared her. He slid to his knees before her.

Adrien…he never bowed before anyone. He-

He pulled a discrete white box form his pocket. Opened it. The diamond blazed up at her. "And I want you to be mine. Tell me that you will be, Marinette. Always."

"Always," she said as a smile curved her lips. The first smile she'd had since coming out of the darkness. He slid the ring on her hand, but he didn't rise. He stared up at her. "You've been the only thing that mattered to me since I was fifteen years old."

The ring fit her perfectly. So bright, the diamond sparkled. A light, after the darkness. "I don't ever want to be without you again," Adrien told her. "Never." Since he wouldn't rise for her, Marinette sank down on the lush carpet with him. Her hands lifted and curled around his neck.

"I've loved you since I was fifteen." So simple and true. "And I'll love you for the rest of my life." They had years ahead of them. Time to laugh and fight. To have a family. To watch their children grow. Time to just to be together.

They didn't need to think about death or fear. Hope. Adrien had brought it back to her. She'd fight like hell to make sure that she never lost it-or him- again. She wasn't going to be someone's victim. She fought the monster. They both had. They won.

We deserve our happiness. Marinette kissed him. His arms pulled her close. Held her against his heart. They deserved happiness, and they'd damn well take it. This day. And every day that came in the future. They survived, and now, it was their turn to be happy.

Forever.

Penguin: And this story is officially complete. I'm shocked that this story only took me 4 months to complete. That's a very short time to be writing a story like this xD Anyways, thank you guys for reading! I know all of you love this story, but it had to come to an end eventually. There will be more full-length stories (I've already started to write some), but another one like this one? Not sure if I can top that. Anyways, goodbye!