-MARINETTE-

Marinette sat on the ground of her bedroom floor, her legs folded underneath her.

Her eyes narrowed as she glared at the other sitting in front of her.

Louis glared back at his mother.

His eyes very large, as he was still a child. His cheeks were rosy, and he blinked a few times.

Marinette waited just a few moments. Her hands rested on her lap as she looked at Louis.

Louis smiled, a small giggle leaving his lips before he hummed and looked at his mom.

Marinette sighed as Alya waited right beside her.

"He's nothing like Manon." Marinette said thoughtfully.

Louis looked up at Alya, before he slowly stuck his thumb in his mouth.

Marinette gasped.

"Aha! Caught you!" She squeaked playfully and reached over to pull his thumb out of his mouth.

Louis laughed, as if it was a game he and his mother played.

Alya chuckled.

"I'd imagine that he's nothing like Manon. He came from Adrien."

Marinette rolled her eyes playfully at her comment.

Louis carefully placed his thumb in his mouth again.

Marinette reached over and pulled it out of his mouth.

"No." She spoke firmly.

Louis continued to stare at her.

Alya gave Marinette a strange look.

"What are you doing?" She asked curiously.

Marinette swallowed hard.

"His teeth are growing in... He's already a year and a half years old and I've already weaned him off the pacifier, and now he's trying to suck his thumb. I don't want his new teeth to grow out crooked." She explained.

"I've read all the books there is to know, and he's eating solid foods, and he's not off the bottle yet."

Alya chuckled, but nodded in understanding.

"Have you stopped pumping?" Alya asked curiously.

Marinette groaned.

"I wish..." She sighed.

She hasn't stopped completely, but definitely ceased since Louis' first birthday.

Since then her chest had definitely been sore, and she grew tired of it. She couldn't wait until Louis solely ate solid foods so that she wouldn't have to pump her chest anymore.

Alya folded her arms, and slowly sat down beside Marinette.

She too, looked at Louis who seemed to gaze between the two, with large blue eyes. They occasionally flickered between the two friends.

He saw Alya so much, that it was almost the norm. He saw Alya as an aunt. Perhaps just someone he knew and cared about.

Marinette was a bit satisfied about how close her and Louis were.

"You aren't going to be one of those crazy protective moms are you?" Alya asked, her brow raised.

Marinette slumped forward and looked at Alya.

"Its my first child... It's all new to me, and I want to make sure that I do everything right." Marinette explained carefully, her eyes shifting back to Louis once more.

"Besides... Adrien is a lot worse." Marinette explained.

Alya pursed her lips and nodded, her eyes flickering back to Louis who seemed to grow tired of this game.

He leaned forward and began to crawl away.

Marinette stood up and picked him up. She gave him a small kiss on his puffy cheek.

He seemed to be antsy as he started to kick in protest.

Marinette gave up to his whims and placed him on his feet, where he staggered away towards Marinette's bed.

Alya stood up and continued to stay at her best friend's side.

"How's Adrien taking all of this?" Alya asked.

Marinette shrugged.

"I'm not too sure...He thinks his father is up to something, but who knows? He still doesn't approve of me or Louis." She sighed. "He's been working a lot lately after school. He wants us to move out of our parents house."

Alya's eyes widened at the huge step Adrien was already willing to take with Marinette and Louis.

"Jeez, wow." Alya gulped, scratching her head.

Marinette nodded, folding her arms as Louis climbed onto her bed with his ladybug pillow.

"I know... I'm not saying that I won't be willing to, I'd definitely would want this to be a significant step for us." Marinette explained.

"His father is killing him with a lot of work, but he's only doing it so that we could start off stable before his father cuts him off." Marinette continued solemnly.

Alya looked at Marinette with a grimace.

"Cuts him off?" Alya asked, almost afraid of the answer.

Marinette nodded.

"Yeah, he suspects his dad will cut him off when he moves out. He strongly disapproves of us."

Alya clenched her fists with slight annoyance.

"That's not fair. It's his son regardless. He should grow up and accept things for what they are." Alya said with annoyance.

Marinette nodded with agreement.

She rubbed the back of her neck nervously.

She'd be lying if she said that the new arrangements for the last few months didn't put a slight strain on their relationship.

Adrien was always tired, Marinette was always with the baby, and they barely even had time for intimacy anymore.

Marinette couldn't even remember the last time she had kissed Adrien for more than a minute.

She was always focusing on her work with school. Now that it was their senior year they had a few major projects to complete just before graduation.

Marinette didn't want to begin to think about college arrangements.

That's when she'd have to think about babysitting, and constantly bothering her parents for flexible spending money for foods and other necessities.

There was still a force between her and Adrien, but Marinette worried that would somehow fade somewhere if they kept going on like this.

Despite Louis being completely cooperative, he was still difficult to handle at nights. He was always eating, and prone to getting sick. He wasn't easy to raise, and raising children wasn't cheap.

Marinette didn't want to think about the concepts of marriage. That was all the more expensive, and she knew his father wouldn't be so keen on marriage between the two either.

She was afraid of the lengths he'd go to as well.

"It would be really sweet if he'd actually be a loving grandfather. I'm sure Louis would have loved him." Marinette sighed softly.

Alya nodded and carefully hung her arm over her shoulder.

Marinette didn't want to bring Alya down with her. She knew deep down that life wasn't a fairy tale. There was always going to be hardships, and obstacles. Although she loved the support she got from Alya, as well as the venting, she didn't want to cast away bad thoughts or to make her feel down either.

"How's you and Nino?" Marinette asked.

Alya smiled as she slipped her arms off of Marinette and folded them carefully, her lips pursed briefly before she spoke again.

"We're doing pretty good..." She explained. "We are both actually planning on going on vacation out of country when we graduate."

Marinette smiled. She was giddy about how her two best friends were both happy and in love. She couldn't help but to feel slightly envious.

She had wished she could do the same, but being a parent, there was so much that needed to be done first. It would be almost impossible to do anything without Louis.

"I'm really happy for you. That's great." Marinette cheered, leaning over to hug her friend.

Alya accepted her with open arms.

Alya and Nino had been dating for almost a year.

It was the longest relationship Marinette had ever seen Alya maintain.

She couldn't be happier for her best friend.

The two were always seen together, and because they only had school to worry about, their relationship seemed stronger than ever.

Marinette remained hopeful that something or most of their work will somehow cease, and that her and Adrien would be stronger than ever.

Marinette smiled as Louis yawned. He kicked his legs and curled up with the pillow. His eyes closed carefully as he cooed.

"He's still so tiny, I could just eat him." Alya giggled.

Marinette bit her lip with a smile.

-ADRIEN-

Adrien threw his gym bag on his bed. He was feeling a bit tired.

He had picked up a few modeling and promotion gigs his father allowed him to maintain for the extra bucks.

He was able to buy a few diapers and a few inexpensive items of clothing for his son. He contemplated dropping the fencing classes as he felt that they shouldn't be a priority at that time.

It was also supposed to be getting cold in the later months. He wanted to make sure that he had money to get Louis all the things he needed to keep warm.

Adrien worried that his father would overreact to the news that Adrien wanted to move out.

He had questioned whether or not they were moving too fast, and he worried about furthering his education after senior year.

He shuddered at the thought.

Plagg sat on Adrien's bed and examined him thoroughly.

Plagg usually teased Adrien, it was just how they were.

Since Adrien kept busy with school, work, and his child he barely reacted to any of Plagg's taunts.

It almost worried Plagg...well...almost...as long as Adrien didn't forget to feed Plagg his cheese, he was A- okay!

Adrien immediately began stripping out of his clothes. He wreaked of sweat, and he wanted to wash up before heading over to Marinette's home to see his son.

He was off for the day, and he was tired as all. The last thing he wanted to do was pass out.

Adrien made his shower brief, he was out in a matter of minutes.

Plagg continued to stay where he was. He watched as Adrien picked up his school bag.

"Come on, Plagg." He said wearily as he opened the flap for Plagg to hop inside.

Plagg glared at Adrien for a brief moment before he complied and slipped inside of the bag distastefully.

Adrien slipped out of his bedroom and walked down the hall.

Nathalie emerged from his fathers office.

Adrien paused briefly, allowing her to go by him.

Nathalie wasn't as cold as his father was to him, but still didn't necessarily agree with Adrien caring and staying with Marinette and their son.

His father continued to scowl Adrien for his decisions.

It only helped that a few students were aware of the child that existed.

Now that Chloé was back, she was doing away with her usual habitual actions.

Almost every other week, someone was akumatized, thanks to her.

That simply added on to the stress him and Marinette chronically carried.

It simply made him more annoyed with the girl.

With Nathalie giving him the cold shoulder, as well as his dad, Adrien rarely had any desire to continue his stay at his own home.

He'd rather do his business elsewhere, preferably his girlfriend's house.

Adrien let Nathalie pass, his brow raising as an unknown male stepped into the hallway exiting his fathers office.

Adrien glared at him carefully. He seemed a bit familiar, but once more he couldn't put his finger on it.

The man wore a suit, freckles plastered across his nose that only seemed to compliment his copper hair and bluish green eyes.

Adrien believed he had to be related to one his classmates. That could be the reason why he looked so familiar.

Adrien only grew frustrated, lately his memory was horrible. He just had too much on his mind.

Adrien tried to push the worry of his father being up to something, completely towards the back of his mind as he took off in the opposite direction.

Adrien exited his home swiftly, his weary smile growing upon his face after seeing his driver waiting for him at his usual spot.

-MARINETTE-

Marinette waved to Alya from her balcony.

The clouds had started to roll in from the sky, and Alya had to run home before it hard started to storm.

Marinette giggled as Alya caught the bus pulling at the bus stop right by their school.

After seeing Alya board,and the bus started its route she immediately rushed back inside.

Louis was already knocked out, and Adrien would be there any minute. She carefully lifted the little one to his crib.

Marinette couldn't stop the bubbling excitement that grew in her stomach.

She hoped to finally have some alone time with Adrien.

She had started her birth control, but hadn't told Adrien yet, she had hoped that when he came over she'd be able to. She wanted to heavily imply that she wanted to do more than cuddle this evening.

She pulled the blanket over Louis, and watched as he curled into his usual sleep ball.

Marinette leaned over to give her son a small kiss on his puffy rosy cheeks.

She had given Adrien a spare key, months before so that she wouldn't have to wake up the baby to answer the door for him.

Both of her parents agreed to it, and seemed to accept their new life with Louis.

Marinette rushed to her window, a small grin playing across her lips as she noticed the familiar grey car pull away from the curb.

Marinette squeaked silently as she rushed back towards her bed. Marinette immediately pulled out one of her long ladybug polka dotted shirts, and slipped off her jeans. She only wore her black female boxer shorts underneath.

She looked at herself nervously in the mirror. She noticed the blush in her face and immediately scolded herself.

Even after all of this, she found herself still blushing and nervous around him.

They had sex at least four times, before Louis was born, and for goodness sakes she had a child with him.

She should have been over all of this already.

Marinette rushed over towards her bed, standing as sexy as she could beside it.

She breathed out as Adrien carefully slipped through the trap door and looked up.

Marinette could feel her heart beating as he flashed her a weary grin.

"Wow...very nice, Marinette." He spoke softly as he closed the trap door and thoughtfully made his way towards her.

He placed his hands on her waist, and gave her a tender brief kiss on the lips.

Marinette looked up at him shyly, as she rested her hands on his chest.

"Where's Lou?" He asked curiously, his body slowly pulling away from hers to which she wasn't completely happy with.

"H-he's in his crib, taking a nap." Marinette explained carefully. "I'm getting him to quit sucking his thumb." Marinette chuckled as she climbed up towards her bed.

She sat on it thoughtfully as he wandered over to his sons crib.

He smiled at the sleeping baby, and rubbed Louis' puffy cheeks.

"I assume that's not going too well." Adrien chuckled.

Marinette smiled at the two of them and shook her head in response just as he looked up at her.

She leaned more into her bed, making room for Adrien while doing so.

Adrien looked like he didn't want to leave his little man, but at this rate he'd be waking up cranky if he continued to bother him while he slept.

He carefully placed his school bag on the computer desk chair and climbed up to bed with Marinette.

Marinette felt giddy, and smiled as he lay beside her.

Adrien closed his eyes and sighed deeply.

Marinette leaned against him, and ran her fingers across his chest.

"Your father wasn't giving you a hard time, was he?" She asked curiously as she looked up at him.

Adrien furrowed his brow and shook his head.

"No, not really. He and Nathalie have been giving me the cold shoulder lately." He breathed.

Marinette frowned. She couldn't help but to feel bad. They weren't being fair to him, he shouldn't have to be punished for trying to be a good dad.

Marinette kissed his cheek.

"I'm sorry..." She whispered, her voice trailing off.

Adrien simply shrugged.

"It's no big deal. I'm glad I still have you and Louis." Adrien yawned. He kicked off his shoes and stretched against the soft blankets on her bed.

Marinette relaxed as the pitter patter of rain started to beat against the rooftop.

The sounds created a relaxing atmosphere for the both of them.

Marinette remained still with Adrien, as the two continued to stay quiet and listen to the rain. She smiled as she cuddled him, biting her lip.

She wanted to ask him to do more than just cuddle, but she was feeling a lot more nervous than usual. She didn't have an excuse to ask for intimacy.

When she was pregnant, she had the hormones to blame it on.

What excuse could she use this time without being so embarrassed?

Marinette blushed as she gathered the nerves within herself to continue speaking.

They were both silent for far too long.

"A-Adrien..." She gulped, her mouth suddenly feeling dry, and her heart threatened to pound right out of her chest.

"I-I-I-I was hoping...we c-c-could do m-m-more than just cuddling." She stuttered nervously. Her heart beat almost instantly made her dizzy as she nervously waited a response.

There was no response.

Marinette raised a brow as she lifted her head.

Adrien was sound asleep, his lips parted slightly as he breathed evenly.

Marinette felt her insides drop with disappointment but managed to smile nonetheless.

She couldn't blame him, he had been working all week, night and day. Come to think of it, this was one of the rare times he actually had off to just relax.

He could use as much sleep as he could manage.

Poor thing.

He was still just so cute.

Marinette smiled, and leaned forward, giving him a small kiss on the cheek.

"That's okay, cuddling is perfect." She whispered, before resting her head on his chest and closed her eyes. She relaxed as the rain picked up, and before she knew it, she was fast asleep.

A/N: First chapter of the sequel. Is it okay? Too much? Too little. Tell me what you think!

Also, cover photo is baby Louis.

-Kate