MARINETTE DUPAIN-CHENG IS thirteen when she finds a boy with hair the colour of gold sticking gum on her seat.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?"
He turns. His eyes are an emerald green.
She despises him.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is thirteen when she meets a red fairy that is called a Kwami.
"Call me Tikki," she says.
Marinette is overwhelmed.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is thirteen when she falls onto the most infuriating yet insanely kind boy that Paris calls her partner.
"You've fallen for me already, My Lady."
His hair is the colour of gold. His eyes are an emerald green.
Marinette is thankful.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is thirteen when a black umbrella is given to her.
"I'm so, so sorry," he whispers softly.
Hair the colour of gold. Eyes emerald green.
Adrien Agreste. That's his name.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is thirteen when her heart beats rapidly around the boy who she hated first.
"You're amazing, Marinette."
She falls deeper every day.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is fourteen when her best friend confesses his love for her.
"I can't." Her voice breaks. She runs.
Her partner's silent way of hurting makes her cry.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is fourteen when she tells the boy with a halo of gold on his head how she feels.
His hollow eyes look back at her, empty. "I'm sorry."
She sobs silently in her room.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is fifteen when one of her best friends finds love.
She watches her with Nino.
"I'm happy for you," she says, eyes sad.
Nino's best friend sits on the other side of the room, watching.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is fifteen when a classmate's crush is announced to the class.
He is akumatized.
"Come with me, Marinette."
She forces a smile.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is fifteen when the one who claims to love her is beaten by her partner.
"Stay away from her," he growls.
What confuses her is that she is not wearing a mask.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is sixteen when the boy with eyes like gems begins to notice her.
"Hey, Princess."
She flees because he isn't her Chat.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is sixteen when she begins falling for the boy with the mask.
"Why now?" she asks Tikki.
Her luck does nothing.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is sixteen when an Akuma nearly kills her partner.
Her Lucky Charm is able to save him in time.
She hugs him fiercely.
"You scared me."
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is seventeen when the boy under the mask releases his transformation in front of her. Marinette her.
His lips flutter over her eyelids.
"When you're ready." His breath tickles her ear.
Her heart aches.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is seventeen when Adrien Agreste kisses her in front of the whole school.
"...what?" she mutters.
He only smiles and strokes her hair back.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is seventeen when their transformations drop.
"You," she breathes.
They break down in tears and shower each other with kisses.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is seventeen when they defeat Hawkmoth.
She can see the pain in his eyes.
She gives him time.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is eighteen when a knock is heard on her balcony door.
"Princess," he gasps.
She cries and they kiss.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is nineteen when she is completely absorbed. Absorbed by him.
Shoulders brush. Whispers are said lovingly.
"I love you."
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is twenty-five when she walks down the aisle in white.
His vibrant eyes shine.
Vows are exchanged. Kisses are endless.
"You are now mine."
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is twenty-six when a bundle of joy enters her life.
"Louis," she smiles.
He coos in his father's arms.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is thirty-one when she has her third.
Her husband cries.
"She looks like her."
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is sixty when she becomes a grandmother.
She smiles at Nino and Alya from across the room.
"We're finally family," she jokes.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is ninety-one when her lover passes.
"I love you," she chokes.
She is with him the next day.
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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is eighteen again.
"My Lady."
"Mon Chaton."
They are together for the rest of eternity.