PARTLY OPEN

[de_evilise]

Characters: Marinette and YOU
Date: 9/30-10/1
Location: Wandering about then stopping at the park
Situation: A catchall for New and Old CR, + threads for Pepper and Adrien


Out and about! [OPEN]
The dance that Valdis had put together had started out fine - even fun! Unfortunately a careless word from Marinette had completely ruined the experience. She needed to make things right for Adrien. She was already planning on making a special breakfast for him, and that was partly why she was out now. She was checking various stores in the hopes that she could find some food dyes, or at least something similar enough to it that she could make good on her promise to make a rainbow breakfast for him. Currently she had a bag with her, with fruit, a few small bottles, and a small drawing pad. Once she was finished with her searching, she made her way to the park to sit on the bench and spend some time drawing - mostly it was to draw her clothing designs, but she might also be using the time to work on model figures. She ..might be using random passerbys as an example. Come by and see what's up?



Closed to Pepper
Drawing in the park did NOTHING to cheer her up - and neither did planning on making that meal for Adrien. Normally she would run to Alya on all things Adrien, but Alya wasn't -here-. Pepper was the closest thing to Alya-status, so *boop* Marinette gave her friend a quick call while Adrien was out, and invited her over. It was as much a bagel tasting as an 'I UPSET ADRIEN I SUCK PLS HIT ME' call.

So when Pepper did eventually reach the apartment, Marinette's left the door partly open to let her friend in, and sprawled on one of the couches in the epitome of the overdramatic teenage 'my life is OVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR' positions. Because it was over. IT WAS SUPER OVER and ADRIEN HATED HER and LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME Crrrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaawwwliiiiiiiiiiiiin in my skiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin -- okay she's not THAT bad...



Closed to Adrien
So that morning Marinette had sneaked quickly and quietly into the kitchen a good two hours earlier than usual, because she had a few extra steps to make in order to get Adrien's rainbow breakfast sorted properly. Occasionally she yawned and stretched, but she remained alert enough to not burn the apartment down in the process of food cooking. She'll still be watching over the food cooking when it was a normal hour that Adrien would wake up, and the moment he roused she poked her head out of the kitchen to glance at him a little hesitantly. "Hey... Adrien? I made breakfast.. if you're hungry." Hopefully he wasn't still really angry with her and was going to snub her food preparation. She needed to talk to him, and she wasn't going to let him avoid her. (...even though she was doing the avoiding before now.)

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[purrns]

Adrien had been largely trying to pretend everything was fine when it absolutely was not. He was practised in that art, he could thank his father for teaching him that trick. As such, his usual Adrien Agreste Teen Model smile is well and truly on and in full force as he steps into the kitchen.

"Oh, hey, thanks! I won't say no to a little breakfast."

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[de_evilise]

Well he's smiling at least. Although...

Marinette still felt like he wasn't really smiling. Maybe it was intuition, maybe it was because she was more than familiar with the Teen Model Smile(tm) thanks to the Wall of Adrien(tm) back home,.. or maybe she was just imagining things and kicking herself over how she messed up that night.

"Great! Just have a seat and I'll bring it out." She'll even eat with him and pray she could keep breakfast from being awkward. At least until she had The Talk(tm) with him.

as it should be

[purrns]

He moves over to sit, he can keep the smile up all day, if he really needs to. He's well practised. It feels wrong to do it to her, heck, to do it here at all. He's had no need to use it for a year and a half. He's been genuinely happy here.

But now? Now he's glad for it. Better than show his real feelings and get her hurt.

"Cool, thanks Mari. This is pretty cool of you. "

Re: as it should be

[de_evilise]

She'd feel even worse knowing she pushed him to use THAT fake smile. "S.. sure.." Marinette smile back, a little awkwardly. Turning, she stepped back into the kitchen, calling out after a moment, "I made a bunch of things so you can take your pick."

So saying that, she pads out of the kitchen again with several plates balanced on her arms oh god she's going to drop EVERYTHING.

But she doesn't - she has to walk EXTRA slow but she does manage to keep balancing stuff to the table. "Phew. I should have gotten a tray or something." Hindsight is 20/20~! But she lays each plate out and ... it's clear she went to a LOT of trouble and effort to make this special for him. There's a plate of scrambled eggs, dyed green, a few slices of ham, also dyed green, pancakes sliced evenly in half - which actually have rings of color to make it look like a rainbow. There are slices of purple bacon and red sausages, and to top if off, orange juice!

[purrns]

That is impressive, he's genuinely impressed she hasn't dropped anything. He knows she has her...klutzy tendencies and the fact she's kept hold of that many plates is a big achievement indeed. You go girl.

"You did fine, just by yourself," she even gets a thumbs-up.

His eyes widen when he sees his actual breakfast, and a genuine smile breaks through the fake one. He can't help it. It's so...adorable, and she remembered it.

"Oh man you made me a rainbow breakfast!!"

[de_evilise]

She's genuinely impressed too! .... she may have just used up all the luck from her Miraculous doing that and she's going to end up tripping down the stairs later. Still it was all worth it seeing that smile from Adrien. That was more like it! It was TOTALLY worth it.

"Haha, of course! I told you I could do it, I just had to get the stuff I needed." She looked thoughtful, "At least I think I got everything -oh! The bagels! Just a sec." OHGOD THEY'RE GOING TO BURN. Scrambling off into the kitchen where there's a bit of clattering, some banging, Marinette squealing as she salvages plateware from almost falling off the counter and then a few 'ack-kaff's from a cloud of smoke that puffs out as she opens the oven to take the bagels out. "It's fine! They're fine!" She calls out of the kitchen a second later. PHEW.

[purrns]

He leans back on his chair, trying to peek into the kitchen. He juggles with the thought of staying put, or going into her sanctum and seeing if he could help her in any way. Would she be insulted if he did? Would she be insulted MORE if he just sat here and did nothing??? He eventually settles for a nice, middle ground- calling out to her.

"Are you okay? Do you need help in there?"

It sure sounds like she needs help. Wow, he hopes she doesn't set fire to herself.

[unetrustworthy]

Midii was in between errands at the moment, having just finished delivering a small package to one of the local sweets shops, a place so small and with such a potent aroma in the air, she could swear the smell of sugar lingered in her hair. Granted, there were far worse scents to carry, as evident by that one time she'd had to make a massive raw fish delivery...but she still opted for a bit of fresh air rather than immediately returning to her apartment.

Even with the brisk air pinking her cheeks, she rode her bike at a moderate speed. There were children playing in the distance, and a few couples and groups walking on some of the pathways. She gave them all her usual observant glance, only slowing when she noticed a solitary figure off to one side.

And coming to a gradual halt when she recognized Marinette. Who appeared to be...drawing?

She debated for a moment whether or not she should even interrupt, despite knowing that if the other girl were to have paid attention to her surroundings, she would hear the small squeaking of her bicycle breaks only a few feet away from the bench.

[de_evilise]

And Marinette does look up at the sound of the bicycle squeaks, turning her attention from sketching a mother pushing her child on a swing set. Automatically she gave a grin to the other girl, lifting a free hand, "Morning Midii~!"

[unetrustworthy]

She relaxed when Marinette noticed her, no longer worrying about being a disturbance.

"Good morning." She dismounted, holding her bike by the handles as she moved a little closer. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything important. You looked hard at work there."

[de_evilise]

"Nah, just killing time," Marinette grinned, turning the pad around to show the sketches. "I come out here to get ideas and inspiration for some of my designs. See?" Most of the sketches were basic outlines, putting more detail in the clothing than the faces.

[unetrustworthy]

She looked mildly surprised for a moment. "I didn't know you drew designs."

In hindsight, she supposed she would have guessed, though it was their previous conversation that had temporarily thrown her. The way they'd joked about others who were obsessed will fashion. She'd nearly forgotten that Marinette had made her own dress for the event, and realized that of course she must have drawn the design before sewing it together.

"Are they for anything in particular? Or just random drawings?" To pass the time. A hobby she'd known friends from the past to have. Kyle had been an artist, hadn't he? And she remembered Damian mentioning something about it as well. "They're very good."

[de_evilise]

Marinette nodded with a grin, "Random right now. I kind of hit a .. writer's block? or, well, writer's block for design, whatever that would be. And I wanted to come up with new outfits for the season, so I thought I could get some ideas from watching other people here." She smiles at the compliment, "Thank you!" She turned the pad around again. "So what brings you out here?"

[lasergrenades]

As any good girlfriend does, Pepper pretty much dropped everything and headed over to see Marinette after she called. Bagel tasting was as good an excuse as any other, even if there were slightly more important topics to discuss as well.

She nudges the door open with her foot and closes it the same way because she has brought hot cocoa with her. "Marinette?" The younger girl is splayed over the couch and gets a sympathetic look, and Pepper holds out one of the tumblers. "Hey. Guess bringing chocolatey goodness was a good call."

[de_evilise]

Such a good girlfriend, Pepper~! Marinette propped herself up, then sat up properly when the redhead came into the apartment, "Pepper," at least she wasn't bawling. Yet. But she had been kicking herself and replaying the conversation, wondering what she messed up so bad on. She does give her a friend a weak smile of appreciation. Chocolate salvation! "I screwed up."

[lasergrenades]

Pepper perches on the couch next to Marinette once her friend has sat up and made enough space. Navigating around the mugs of hot liquid, she gives her a hug first. This reminds her a little of some hours she'd spent moping alone in the past.

She offers Marinette a smile. "Pretty sure everyone does at some point. What happened?"

I see your hug icon and raise you another hug icon!

[de_evilise]

Marinette hugged her friend back, tightly, "No but I *REALLY* messed up. He totally hates me and I don't even know what I said that made him angry!" She IS exaggerating the incident of course.

"Everything was going fine! W-we even danced..a little, but we kept stepping on each other's feet," she admits with a little sad grin, "And I suggested that we sit down for a bit after a while..."

alas my other hug icon is too cheery

[lasergrenades]

While Pepper's concern at this point is genuine, there's something faintly wry about her expression, too, that comes with being someone who exaggerates herself.

"Well, sounds like things started off alright," she begins, reassuring. "I can basically guarantee that Adrien doesn't hate you." From what Pepper knew of Adrien, he was the type to demonstrate hate very pointedly, if he reached that level at all - it didn't seem like an emotion that came naturally to him, which made him all the more likeable. "I'm guessing you guys got to talking, and it didn't go as planned," she prompts.

Awwww ^^

[de_evilise]

"Okay..maybe... hate is too extreme a word..." Marinette conceded, cupping her hands around her drink and staring gloomily into its contents. WOE IS, the darkness of the chocolate is like the DARKNESS OF HER SOU- okay she can't keep that up and neither can her player.

"That's an understatement. He said he was going to talk to some other people at the party, but... it felt more like he just wanted to get away from me. I mean, we didn't even go home together."

Walking through the park

[antinouswild]

As a new arrival, Enjolras spends some time walking in the area. He's used to the companionship of his friends, so being alone is hard for him. In his Victorian-era clothes, the tall, slim, blonde with aristocratic man cuts a dramatic figure. He notices the young woman and the bench and looks over. In his era, women did not go unescorted much. He looks concerned.

Re: Walking through the park

[de_evilise]

At first Marinette didn't notice the attention of the aristocrat, focusing on her drawing - though that doesn't go for long before she pauses, glancing up at Enjolras for a minute or two, and then straightening curiously, "Uh... Hi..? Can I help you?" He looked worried~!

Re: Walking through the park

[antinouswild]

His expression remains severe. "I was going to ask you the same thing. Do you require an escort or any assistance?"

[de_evilise]

Marinette blinked, a bit ..well, more than a bit caught off guard by that, "...No, I'm..just enjoying the park." If she looks and sounds utterly flabbergasted it's because she is. "Um. Why do you ask?"

Excuse him. He's Victorian

[antinouswild]

Enjolras sees her expression and shrugs his shoulders. "Very well. I just wanted to make sure you were safe."

[de_evilise]

"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks." She's not entirely paranoid, but at the same time, a little caution went a long way. If the next thing out of his mouth was to offer her candy, she was leaving.