AN: Not even sorry.

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Two Pink Lines

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Chapter 01 – The Lines

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When Marinette Dupain-Cheng began to get overly tired, she didn't think much of it, after all she was in her last year of college, had an internship in one of the greatest fashion designer's companies in Paris plus her duties as a heroine.

So, of course she thought it was just stress when she got dizzy one afternoon after work, or when it was quite hard to eat anything in the mornings. But, when she was walking at the aisle of a drugstore to get aspirins as she was having a headache and saw different brands and colors of tampons, she tried to remember exactly when she got her last period.

After counting the days in her head, she could feel her heart stop for a moment and her blood turned ice cold when she reached the conclusion her last period had occurred two months before.

With all the excitement about the latest fashion show with a week of difference of her tests, plus a wave of bank robberies at jewelry stores in Paris, she completely forgot about it.

Thinking about what she had been feeling the past few weeks, Marinette looked at the end of the aisle where she knew she would find what she needed.

Fifteen minutes later she was inside the bathroom of the drugstore, holding a pregnancy test which held the result with two strong pink lines.

"Marinette?" Tikki, the little crimson kwami asked from inside the blunette's purse. "Are you done? You've gone really quiet."

"Oh, Tikki." Marinette managed to breathe out. "I'm in so much trouble." Her bluebell eyes never leaving the two pink lines. "In so, so, so much trouble."

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The rest of the day she spent at work in her cubicle, Marinette didn't even try to concentrate on what she was doing – for the first time in her life she pretended to work instead of actually working.

What would she tell Adrien? What his reaction would be? Sure, they were together for seven years at that point and he had more than one time mentioned wanting to get married to her, but a baby was a complete different thing. It would interfere and change their whole life, their dynamics as Chat Noir and Lady-

Her eyes widened when she thought about being Ladybug.

There was no way she would've be able to be Ladybug while with a large belly; she would be a much bigger and slower target to whomever she would fight. Gosh, she still got injured after being Ladybug for a decade and she stopped being clumsy after the first few tries; she did not want to return to that because of her pregnancy.

She had a reputation to uphold, thank you very much.

Her phone chirped and the blunette grabbed it from where she put it on her desk and she saw she had new texts.

From: Adrien

13:31: Is this week over yet?

13:31: I've been faking smiling for these photoshoots for so long I need a real one. And I didn't even have lunch yet.

13:32: Tell me something good, Mari.

Even with her predicament, Marinette couldn't help it but to smile stupidly at her phone. She just couldn't believe she was dating the boy she crushed so hard at school and who turned out to be her partner at the hero business, Chat Noir himself, the person she trusted the most in the world.

To: Adrien

13:33: You'll be home in three days and my dad misses you so much he's making breadsticks for you and Plagg.

From: Adrien

13:34: I think Plagg's more excited about those breadsticks than I am. I'm pretty excited, but I'd rather YOU showing how much you missed me.

13:34: Tell me something else that will be waiting for me at home, My Lady. ;)

She narrowed her eyes recognizing her Chat in Adrien and even if she loved him, he was a horrible flirt. Marinette decided to play along either way, as she seems to always do.

To: Adrien

13:35: Why do I have the impression you are about to tell me what you have in mind for your welcome, Chaton?

The message back was almost instantaneous.

From: Adrien

13:35: Because I am, My Lady :)

13:36: I have a paw-purr-sition for you. Do you happen to remember that lovely set of lingerie Alya gave you? The Lady Chat?

Marinette looked around just to make sure no one saw her blush and even if they did, she knew they wouldn't know why she was so red.

To: Adrien

13:37: The one that came with CAT EARS and a TAIL? The one we only use on SPECIAL occasions?

13:37: And oh god, don't call it THAT!

The blunette waited for the answer and her mind wondered back to the small panties and very sexy black lace bra her best friend gave her two years before on her birthday. Marinette almost had a heart attack when she saw what her gift was – Alya had known their secrets for a little over two years back then and she thought it would be hilarious to give that to Marinette. She gave Adrien ladybug themed underwear on his birthday for the past couple of years and he seemed to find it hilarious.

When he accidently found Marinette's gift, though, cat ears and all, he almost had a nosebleed and it would've been funny if she hadn't been mortified about it.

She didn't need to be, of course, because apparently having Ladybug as Marinette dress as a cat was a huge turn on for him. For her as well: as it turned out, she liked when he was feeling possessive and he certainly seemed that way, calling her His Lady Chat.

From: Adrien

13:38: That's the one, My Lady. If you could wear it for me, I bet the photographer would send you a gift because I would finally smile for real.

13:39: And I call it that because you'd make one hell of a Chat Noir, My Lady. Purrfect.

Knowing she was blushing, she didn't even looked up that time, choosing to type on her phone quickly.

To: Adrien

13:40: Special occasions, you alley cat! SPECIAL.

From: Adrien

13:41: I haven't seen you in a week, Mari. I'm suffering here.

13:41: Coming home to you is always special, My Lady.

13:42: Paw-leeeeeease… (insert here the best kitty eyes I've ever given you ;))

Marinette groaned, knowing she would dress the damn thing after him being so cute even with the stupid pun because she could just picture his big green eyes pleading at her and saying he loved coming home to her.

Stupid wonderful love.

To: Adrien

13:43: Fine! But don't call it Lady Chat. Ever again.

From: Adrien

13:44: ! ! ! ! !

13:44: Oh, Bugaboo, why do you keep lying to yourself and saying you don't like it?

13:45: Gotta run now, the photographer caught me laughing and wants to use my SUDDEN VERY GOOD MOOD.

13:46: I didn't have the heart to tell him you purrmised me cat sex.

The blunette couldn't help it but to giggle at how happy the photographer was after getting her boyfriend's sulky face and suddenly see turn it into a grin, after all the best shots were the real ones. She also decided to ignore his last text.

To: Adrien

13:46: Very sudden indeed. ;) Now go work and I'll go too. Don't forget to eat and call me later.

From: Adrien

13:46: At the usual time, Bugaboo.

13:47: I love you, Mari.

The words were typed but she could almost hear him whisper them at her ear; Adrien always liked to let her know how much she meant to him as Ladybug or Marinette. Even after all those years, it still felt like the first time he told her those words after they figured out each other's identities and butterflies fluttered inside her stomach.

To: Adrien

13:48: I love you too, Adrien.

Marinette put the phone away and the stupid smile on her lips didn't vanish and she even forgot why she was so antsy earlier. Adrien had a way to make her feel in cloud nine like no one else would so maybe he deserved for her to wear the Lady Chat lingerie. After all, she was going to get bigger soon and-

Her eyes widened at the memory of the pregnancy test she took earlier and all her fears returned to her. How could she have forgotten? She was literally speaking with the father of her unborn child and talking about what they did to make said child and she forgot to freak out more about it.

Well, the day was still young. It was going to be a long one.

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After having dinner with her parents and tell them she was really tired because of work, Marinette went to her bedroom, took a shower and finally let the news really sink in.

She was going to have a baby.

She was going to have Adrien's baby and if that wasn't a reason to freak out, she didn't know what was.

As terrified and confused as she was, Marinette still felt curiosity rise in her mind so she took one of her pillows and put it under her camisole before she turned to the full-body-length mirror on the corner of her room and looked at herself.

It was so weird to think she would change so much and a pillow under her camisole didn't even begin to cover half of it. Hesitating a little, she touched her large fake stomach and caressed it slowly.

She was going to have Adrien's baby, she thought again, but that time she didn't freak out. Instead, she felt her heart beat faster and a smile grew on her lips. It was not the greatest timing in the world – Adrien had just moved out of his father's house to his own kitchenette (according to him, it was all the space he needed) and was struggling with his last year of college plus his job just like Marinette was. For god's sake they weren't even married or even engaged.

They should've taken more precautions, they should've been more careful but even at her self-blame for it, Marinette knew that even though not in the order she would've preferred, she was realizing one more dream.

"You will look so pretty when your belly grows, Marinette." Tikki's voice made the blunette snap out of it and look at her tiny kwami floating next to the mirror. "My female ladybugs always do."

"Do you think so?" Marinette bit her lower lip.

"Yes." Tikki's voice was full of love. "The babies are so wonderful when they are not trying to put me into their mouths, of course."

Marinette smiled with the thought of her kwami in that particular scenario. "Does it happen often?"

"Mostly when they are children of Chats." Tikki giggled, putting a tiny hand on her mouth. "Plagg doesn't think I know he's the one who teaches them that, silly cat."

"I'll try to protect you, Tikki." Marinette's smile dropped and she let the pillow under her camisole fall on the floor. "Oh god, Tikki: protect. How can I protect Paris in this condition? And who's going to have Chat's back?"

The kwami flew and sat on Marinette's shoulders, rubbing a spot under the blunette's ears that seemed to calm her down. "We still have time before that happens, Marinette. Paris is much safer now and I've been doing this for more than five thousand years; trust me on this: we always found a way." Marinette nodded, breathing a little better. "But you'll have to tell Adrien soon."

Marinette's eyes widened. It wasn't as if she thought he would leave her, or be mad at her; on the contrary, actually. He told her once he wanted to have a family of his own but she was still afraid of telling him for a number of crazy reasons she came up with inside her mind. "Soon. But not now." She told her kwami and Tikki made a sound of displeasure. "I just need some time to adjust to the idea before I tell him."

Tikki came off of Marinette's shoulder and her blue eyes narrowed. "You want more time as Ladybug." The blunette looked down, guilty. "Marinette!"

"I will be careful!" The human said. "I know that once Adrien knows, he will make me quit somehow."

"As should I." Tikki's tiny hands were on her waist.

"Please? Just a little while so I can help protect him." Marinette pleaded using her best puppy eyes.

After some time staring at her, Tikki sighed. "Fine, but if I think you have to stop or to rest, you stop and you rest. Deal?"

"Yes!" The blunette smiled at her kwami and kissed the top of her head. Before going to bed, Marinette raised her camisole a bit so she could check on her stomach and it was still unnoticeable the new life growing inside it. Good, Adrien wouldn't notice right away when he got home.

She put an alarm on her phone so she could remember to get a blood test and a doctor's appointment before she threw herself on her bed and sleep embraced her.

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AN: Here's the first chapter. I plan on finishing this in five chapters or so and I hope you guys like it – I'm still pretty new at the fandom but I just had to write this. Oh, and also: English is not my first language so, sorry about any mistakes. HAHA Just let me know what you want to see in this story and I'll try to fit in. ;)

03/11/2016 ~ BonneyQ