A/N I was looking up animations and Animatics on YouTube, and I found one called
【自主制作アニメ】little heart Immediately after watching it I couldn't help but to think of Adrien and Marinette as the little dolls. So here is my first one shot posted to this site.
Little Heart of Mine
Two stores across from one another have set a doll in their store front windows - a boy and a girl. At night the two come alive and try to communicate through the space in between them, until the girl isn't there. Based on the YouTube animation【自主制作アニメ】little heart.
On a quiet street are two shops; Agreste Antiques, owned by a cold man with no room for family after the passing of his late wife, and Dupain's Dolls, opened by Tom Dupain first starting out as a hobby for the man which lead to him meeting the love of his life. Though the majority of the items sold in the shops were different, the storefront windows were not.
In the Agreste window they had an aged globe of the world, an old record player on a white side table. There was also an intricate frame set off the the side, and a small red arm chair set in the center of the display. The Dupain window had a round table covered in a satin cloth with a lamp and bear set on it, the back walls had some frames, and a small chest filled with roses was set next to a green floral print chair with a feminine structure.
What truly caused the windows to match were the doll that sat center stage on the chairs. The Agreste doll was a boy with slightly tousled blonde hair and forest green eyes. His outfit consisted of black shorts and shoes, grey shin high socks, a white dress shirt and a bright green vest and tie. The doll at the Dupain's store was a girl with shoulder length midnight blue hair and eyes that rivaled the midday sky. She wore a red dress with black blouse and sash. Her hair was pulled into twin tails with matching red ribbons.
At night the two dolls would move around ignoring each other for the most part, until the girl notices the cat by the boy. She presses up against the window and tries to get the others attention. When he finally looks over she begins to write a message on the window, switching to writing it backwards so that it reads 'Hello', the boy turns back to the cat.
This goes on for the next few nights, during the day she thinks of new ways to get the boys attention, and all the variations of the word 'Hello', the boy always tries his best to ignore her. One day the girl stops trying and goes back to doing what she did before her little game. After a few days the boy starts to worry. He gains her attention by jumping up and down, and waving his arms. Once she looks his way he wastes no time in writing 'Are you OK' on the window, only to see the girl jump for joy before writing back 'I win'.
At this the boy cocks his head, the girl then writes 'You wrote I win'. The two share a laugh, only hearing themselves.
The next few nights this continues, writing to find out about the other across the street.
The Boy goes by the name 'Adrien' which he spent out for her. The girl had a bit more fun with her name by pretending she is held up by strings. At first Adrien spells out 'Marionette' only to receive a shake of the head, and she writes 'O' with a slash. Taking some time to think he writes 'Marinette' and is rewarded with a nod and smile. To learn their favorite colors, Adrien points at Marinette then to one of his eyes. Marinette in turn goes to stand behind the thin cloth on the table and points to where the red of her dress is, only to point out a pinkish color. This continues for the next few nights, afterwards they start making fun of the people who they see pass during the day. Each night they greet each other with a wave, and each passing night Adrien clenches his fist tighter, wishes that the glass wasn't there.
The next day, a father and daughter walk past the Dupain's shop when the girl notices Marinette sitting in the window.
"Daddy, can I have that doll? It's so pretty, and I need a new one to replace the last one." The father looks down as his daughter visibly bats her blue eyes past a sea of blonde curls. He gives in not a moment after, and the two walk through the door. When the exit Adrien sees a familiar figure of red and black being carried away by the mass of white, black, and yellow.
The Agreste boy's cat follows after the father and daughter until they enter a large brick house. Satisfied with this information the cat makes his way back to the shop just as the sun begins to go down. When he enters through his cat door, and goes up to the window, he finds the young doll sitting in his chair with his knees drawn to his chest, head hidden and shoulders shaking with invisible tears.
Adrien looks up when he feels a pair of eyes on him, finding himself looking into the acidic eyes of Plagg. Not knowing what else to do he leaps off the chair to approach him, only for Plagg to jump off the display. Plagg looks over his shoulder at Adrien until he gets the hint. Climbing down after him, Plagg positions himself right underneath the doll to avoid the clatter that is sure to follow should Adrien slip. Once Adrien is settled on Plagg's back, the two take off back through the cat door, and heads towards the large brick house.
Chloe, as Marinette has found out is a bratty little girl. After the death of her mother she has be able to get away with anything. Marinette would like to think that the girl could also get away with murder, and her father wouldn't hold it against her.
Once the family of two got back to their house, Chloe immediately went up to her playroom, only for Marinette to be in the position she is in now, having Chloe holding her by one arm-nearly breaking it-while jumping from furniture to furniture. If Marinette wasn't made out of wood her arm would have been dislocated. Some time late Chloe is joined by another girl with red hair. The second girl picks up one of Chloe's many other toys only for her to throw a fit and throwing her as a casualty. Marinette lies there as the the blonde yells at the ginger, and offers her one of the lesser made toys. As the two girls play Marinette lies forgotten.
By the time the other girl's mother comes to get her the girls have worn themselves out and Chloe leaves Marinette alone in the dark. Now that she is alone Marinette take the time to examine the damage done. Her ribbons have become lose and frayed at the ends, leaving her hair mess. One of the sleeves on her blouse is torn from when she was thrown to the side. Her arm that was held is stiff and refuses to move the right way.
Not knowing what else to do she climbs up the curtains near one of the windows to get a better view. She paid attention to the path the family took to get here, but how to get out of the house is another thing. It would take two people to budge the window open in front of her, and once it's opened, getting down is another thing all together. So she just stands in front of the window gazing out towards the way they had come, when she sees a dark shape moving towards the house.
Not being able to take it anymore she looks away, only to be drawn back to the window when something rustles the leaves in the tree right outside the window. Marinette turns around just in time to see a familiar head of blonde hair. Like they used to do when she was still in the store Adrien gestures, pointing to the bottom of the window. Working together, the two manage to open it just enough for them, and Marinette is greeted to a gentle breeze that ruffles her hair.
The two long 'Distance' friends, not knowing what else to do, stand and just take the other in. Marinette notices that Adrien has a few different shades of green in his eyes, and Adrien notices what freckles painted across the bridge of her nose, along with subtle spots on her dress. The two intertwine their fingers, "I missed you." are the first words that Marinette says, and Adrien can do nothing more than smile, "Your voice is higher than I thought my lady."
Adrien than takes notice of her hair and blouse. Taking off his vest he drapes it over her shoulders. "I know this isn't much, But it should help you somewhat." Marinette pulls her arms through the holes as she follows Adrien to a ledge outside the window. Creeping along the edge, Marinette slips only for Adrien to jump off after her and cushion the fall. Opening her eyes in the arms of Adrien is like a dream come true for the doll. Marinette gets up only to notice Adrien can't with his leg disconnected. "Adrien, Why did you do that? Now because of me your-" Adrien stops her by placing a hand on her arm. "I couldn't protect you before, so this is my way of making up for it."
If she could Marinette would cry, but being unable to she drapes one of Adrien's arms over her shoulder, hands Adrien his leg, and the two begin their trek back into town, just as it begins to snow. The two make it to the first building before the sun comes up, and they both fall to the ground limp. The last thing either of them do before going still is reaching out for the other's hand.
Tikki was going to be running late at this rate. While she was walking down the street, she nearly trips over a black cat with piercing eyes. The cat rubs against her leg, but before she lean down to pet it, it runs off in a completely different direction. Following the cat, Tikki goes from one street to another only to find the cat has stopped at the edge of town pawing at the pawing at the ground. Tikki moves closer only to find two wooden doll half buried in the snow. Completely forgetting about the cat, Tikki grabs the dolls, and digging a little more to find the boy's missing leg, Tikki begins the trek back to her house. unknowing of the cat following her back.
Her house is more of a suburban cottage the quieter part of town with a small yard surrounded by an iron fence. Opening the cat she heads to the door, taking her shoes off to avoid tracking snow throughout the inside. tapping the snow off, and setting her shoes off to the side, she heads upstairs to her work room. Working on the boys leg first she grabs the wire along with some cutters. She cuts the length she needs and twists it to fit the fallen limb. Not finding anything else wrong she gets to work on the girl.
Tikki starts by removing the vest to find that it fits the boys ensemble. She than removes the ribbons, which have becomed frayed and unusable, and replaces her ponytails with all new ones. Pulling out some black thread she sews up the blouse, and like what she did with the boy, she checks for things she might have missed. not finding anything she sets the two together on the couch, and sets to working on something else, only to fall asleep at the table.
That night, Adrien is the first to wake. and the first thing he notices is that they're no longer outside. The second is that his leg has been reattached. He looks ahead to see a head of dark red hair and a red shawl with black tassels asleep at the table full of craft tools. Marinette wakes up next, and is shocked by how she sees. "Tikki? What is she doing here?"
Adrien looks at her "Do you know her?" Marinette nods "Yes, she works at Dupain's Dolls as one of the makers. I always saw her come and go through my window." The two than realize how close they truly are, interlocking their fingers, they turn towards one another and share a smile, the space between them so much it is now nonexistent.
Plagg looks in from the window, and can't help but to feel accomplished in helping the young dolls unite after much hardship.
A/N So tell me what you think, was it good or bad? Are there changes that can be made? Throw me a message so that I know. also this is just a one shot of the video I mentioned above, I suggest you check it out, it was amazing.