AFTER A LONG DAY at work, Marinette rushed to her parent's house in alarm. She had just gotten a call from her mother, who sounded extremely distressed. Unlocking the front door of the apartment, she barged into the room, only to find her mother in tears over a jewelry box.

Her mother looked up. "Oh, Marinette! It's not here! I can't find it!" she cried.

A slightly ticked off Marinette looked down at her mother in confusion. "Can't find what, Maman?"

Her mom sniffled. "Nadia's jewelry! I placed it in here, but now it's...it's just- gone!"

Marinette kneeled next to her mother. "Are you sure this is where you last put it?" she asked gently.

Her mother nodded ferociously. "Someone must've stolen it!" she exclaimed, clutching the empty box.

Marinette thought back to the last time she had visited her parents, and something came to her that made her narrow her eyes. "I think I may know who stole it," she grumbled.

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Adrien sneaked into the jewelry store, pausing to look behind him every now and then. Sighing in relief when he saw no one, he rushed to the counter where a man was eyeing him. "Would you like to buy something, young man?" the man asked. "Perhaps a nice necklace for the one you love?"

Adrien shook his head. "No, actually." He looked around. "Um...do you buy jewelry?"

The man narrowed his eyes. "If it is genuine and rare," he stated.

Adrien gulped and slowly took a black bag out of his coat. That's when his phone rang. His fingers stumbled with the bag, caught it, and took out his phone. "Yes-"

"ADRIEN AGRESTE!" Marinette shouted into the phone. "You don't happen to be at the jewelry store, do you?"

Adrien's eyes widened as he glanced at the man, who raised his eyebrows in annoyance. "What? No! What made you think that?" he squeaked.

"Possibly the fact that your voice just cracked, and that you were coming out of my parent's room the other day with a bulging jacket," Marinette said flatly. "Don't sell the jewelry, Agreste."

"For the last time, I'm not at the-"

"Think about it- I'm, what, three blocks away? I'll get to the jewelers in time to catch you. If you want to live, don't sell the jewelry."

Adrien swallowed and looked back at the jeweler who was now full on glaring at him. "You know, I actually just remembered that I have somewhere important to be." He turned around-

-only to be dragged out of the store by his ear.

"Owww, Marinette," he whined.

"Tu est un chien! J'ai ne sais pas l'heure de faîre face à votre merde!"

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Adrien stood with a guilty look on his face next to La Seine. Marinette's back was to him as she glared at the Eiffel Tower. They hadn't said a word to each other since she had forcefully removed him from that store.

He hesitated, then stepped forward. "Heeey, honey." He waited. No response. "Wife. Princess. Bugaboo. Person that I married. Significant othe-"

"Adrien?"

"Yeah?"

"Shut up."

He looked at the ground. Marinette huffed. "Do you know how much Nadia loves that jewelry? Do you know how upset she would get if she found out my mother 'lost' it?"

"I-"

"I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP, ADRIEN!" she burst, and Adrien winced. He knew she wasn't truly angry, but he didn't want to push her.

Marinette started pacing around. "You know, I do everything around the house! Everything!" Even as those words came out of her mouth, she knew it wasn't true. Adrien was an amazing husband. Sure, they fought sometimes, but it was about silly things, like what to eat for dinner. She was just really angry and wanted to make him feel bad. She smirked to herself when she saw that he had shrunk. "You should just die."

She knew he knew she was joking.

Adrien jolted. "Okay, then, I'll go die now!" He started edging towards the river. "Yeah! I'll go jump in this lake! I'll die, yup! Bye, Marinette! Wife! I love you!" Marinette crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "You're not going to stop me?"

"No."

Adrien spluttered, "Fine! I, uh, am going to drown! Yeah! And you will never see me again! Tell our children I love them!"

The idiot jumped into the water.

Marinette attempted to keep a straight face as Adrien pretended to drown. "Ah! My feet aren't touching the bottom! I'm going to die! It's so cold!" He started fake coughing on the water and moved around so it looked like he was suffocating. "Help me, Marinette! Ahh!"

Marinette just stood there. "I'm about to die! Bye, Emma! Bye, Hugo! Bye, Louis! I love you all! You too, Princess!"

Marinette walked up to him, causing Adrien to think he was going to be forgiven. Instead, she said, "You may be a model, but you can't act for your life." She whirled around and started walking to the parking lot.

Adrien stopped pretending to drown when she got into the car. He stood up in the two feet deep water and walked out of the river, soaking wet. Marinette started the engine, and his eyes widened. "Wait! Wait for me! I'm sorry! I won't do it again!" She started to drive. "MARINETTTEEEE! COME BACK HERE!" He ran down the busy Parisian street, chasing after the car.

Let's just say that he was on a lot of social media platforms that night.

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This is based off of a KDrama and will be explained in the beginning of the next chapter.