Marinette's parents had been ecstatic over Adrien's job over for their daughter. They didn't suspect that Marinette and Adrien were soulmates. Their only condition was after Marinette moved out, they wanted both of them to come over for supper once a week. Adrien felt this was far, after all, he needed to be on her parent's good side.

The next day Marinette met up with Luka at the park. "Hey, Mare I saw your post last night. I'm so proud of you! Everyone knows you M'Lady Fashion and you get a job with the Agrest foundation, you are gonna have a great future ahead of you." He hugged her tight, she didn't return the action.

"Luka, why didn't you tell me we weren't soulmates?" he instantly let her go and took a step back.

"Well, Mare I just didn't want to lose you." he looked down at the ground.

"Well its too late for that." he looked up at her. "I met my soulmate last night. And he made me an offer I can't refuse."

"It's Adrien isn't it?" Luka looked away from her. "That's why you have the job isn't it?"

"What, you don't think I'm worth that job?" Mari stared back at him.

"No, I do think you do. It would just make sense." Luka's tone softened.

"Luka, Adrien didn't give me a choice, he's my soulmate and I have to go with him. After grad, I'll be working for him, as his personal assistant and one of his fashion designers." Mari's voice started to break.

"Oh, Mare your gift, it's why you always do what you're told? And he has more control over you than anyone else?" he pulled her into a hug.

"Luka I love you, but he told me, that I belong to him now, even if I never love him, I will be with him, forever." She lost it now, she was in tears. "Luka promise me, you will find your soulmate and give her the best life, love her as you loved me. Give her your heart, make music for her, make her smile, and don't be mad at Adrien, he wasn't raised well. He's my best friend, we will be fine. This is all he knows, so if you love me, let it go, and love your soulmate well."

Luka didn't have words, Paris golden boy, wasn't so golden. He was taking advantage of her. He had fooled everyone. And yet Adrien had kept Lukas secret, Adrien had not told Marinette that he had found his soulmate and met with her last night. Adrien let Marinette think he hadn't given up on her. The boy was good, cuz now he owed him. Luka couldn't hate Adrien because he let him keep Marinette in his life.

Through tears, "Alright Marinette. I promise." He pulled Marinette into his lap. She shook from how hard she was crying. He held her close one last time. They sat there for a moment. "Marinette?" she looked up at him, eyes red from crying, her face with tear streaks clearly there. "Can I kiss you one last time?"

"Please?" Marinette's eyes filled with longing. Luka's lips crashed on top of hers. They felt so safe, familiar. She trusted him, she loved him, would she ever again kiss someone she loved like this? She never wanted the kiss to end. But slowly Luka pulled away from her. She forced herself out of his lap and his warm embrace.

"Luka, I'm breaking up with you." She said with her bravest face. "I hope someday we can be friends again, and that we can keep each other in our lives."

"Don't worry Marinette, I'm always gonna need the best designer in Paris to design my band's gear. And Adrien is too good of a piano player to kick out of the band. You won't lose me. I'll always be there." Luka touched her shoulder and headed off to his apartment.

Marinette stood at the park for a moment, she knew she'd have to tell her parents something. As she walked home she decided to tell them that Luka had met his soulmate and had wanted to pursue a relationship with her. She also had to call Adrien and tell him, she did what she was told.

Little did she know, Adrien had been there watching it happen. He was not happy with what he saw. Sure she had broken up with him as he'd asked, but she had kissed him willingly! Looks like Chat will be visiting his Lady sooner then he thought. and He knew just how to make it happen.

About half an hour later, his phone rang. "Hello?"

"Hey, Adrien it's me." Mari's voice came through the phone laced with tears. "I broke up with him like you said."

"That's my good girl," he smiled to himself. "But look, I feel bad, I should have given you some time rather than making you do it the day after your birthday."

"No, it was better to get it done and over with. I wouldn't have wanted to lead him on." she sniffled.

"Well I'd still like to make it up to you, or at least help heal your heart."

"What did you have in mind?" he was surprised she didn't argue.

"Well, I heard from the contractor that the house we are going to live in done and waiting for final approval. So I was thinking you could come over Friday, I could give you a tour and you can make any final changes to make you feel comfortable. I could cook for you we could watch a movie and have ice cream?"

"You're giving me the choice?" her voice seemed lighter.

"Well, I'd really like to, but I know you might not want to see me." he was going to make her, but she didn't need to know that yet.

"I'd like that, you are my best friend after all. I'm might call Ayla after this and tell her so she and I will probably do some retail therapy after school. And it would be great to see the place and make sure I'm going to like it" he could hear her smile over the phone.

"Hey if you do do some retail therapy, why not by a new button-up dress shirt and we can take your headshot for the Agrest website? Father wants it to be a new top no one has seen on your Instagram? And company policy is button-ups for professional photos." Was that completely true no... but it was his father liked them better than anything else, and it worked well for Chat's plan.

"Can I design my own?" her voice was quite like she didn't want to cry again.

"Sure, if you are in the headspace to design." he had never thought of her wanting to design it herself, after all, how fancy can a button-up be?

"Great! I'll have it done by Friday!" She seemed happier then she had at the start of their call.

"Alright, I'll see you Friday." he was about to hang up when he heard her giggle.

"I think you mean tomorrow, we still have school silly boy." She then hung up.

He had forgotten just how strong his best friend was. She would look like she bounced back from her break up, but he also knew she was a master of hiding how she felt. He figured it came from always doing what you're told. But he knew it would take a while for her to move on from Luka. But Adrien would make sure that he looked the boy who simply needs her in his life and for now let Chat be the bad boy he'd always dreamed of being.

________________________________Friday Night_____________________________________

Friday night had come faster than Adrien had expected. But he was ready for his night with Mari. It was 430 and Adrien was outside the bakery and knocked on the door. Tom answered and welcomed him in. "Adrien my son! Come in Marinette is just finishing her make up for the photo."

As if on cue she appeared and the bottom of the stairs. "Good enough for your father?" She stood there in form-fitting jeans and a deep red top with gold embroidery work on the neck collar, ends of the sleeves and the bottom of the shirt.

"It's perfect." She looked amazing. The deep colour somehow complemented her pale skin tone.

"Adrien?" Sabine's voice interrupted his thoughts, "Thank you for giving her a distraction tonight. She's been, heartbroken over Luka all week."

"She's my best friend, I'd do anything for her." is what he said, what he thought was, don't worry she'll be distracted tonight.

Adrien took Mari's hand and led her to his car. They drive-in quite, then they arrive at the cute idyllic looking house in one of the older areas of town. "Adrien, it's beautiful! Can we go inside?"

Adrien laughed, "That's why we are here Mari."

He gave her a tour, he showed her the new open-concept living, kitchen and dining room space. She was in love with it. He showed her his master sweet on the main floor. Then took her upstairs, "And here is your space, there is a bathroom that is just yours. That door leads to your room." She looked at him, "Go on, tell me if I know my best friend's taste or not."

She opened the door, the room was a dull pink with a double bed and lovely vanity with a mirror. "Adrien, there isn't room for me to design in here... but otherwise I love it."

"Oh, Mari come here." Adrien took her back out of her room and she realized there was an open space with a bay window. "I know it is not like your balcony but I figured you'd feel better if the whole upstairs to yourself. I think this use to be like a small parlour but I figured you could use this space as a designing space. I didn't want to do too much decorating, I figured you'd have stuff from your room."

"Its perfect Adrien." Mari meant it. She might not love this idea but at least she had her space.

"Let's take your photo on the bay window." Adrien helped her pose and took the shot. "Gorgeous, Father will love it." Mari blushed a fact that didn't go unnoticed by Adrien.

"You relax on the couch while I cook. Or you can look around up here and plan where you want to put stuff." Adrien headed downstairs.

"I think I'll hang out up here." she sat in awe of this space.

"Alright, I'll call you when it's ready. Also, cooking will normally be your job, but for now, I can whip up a mean frozen pizza." he laughed as he walked.

He placed the pizza in the oven and opened up a bottle of pop and filled two cups with ice and poured in the pop. Then dropped in a sleeping pill into Maris drink.

He set up the living room for the movie, the oven dinged and he placed the pizza on a hot pad on the coffee table. "Mari supper!"

She came down the stairs looking slightly sad. She was thinking about Luka again and he knew it. "Here I got your favourite pop." He handed her the drink.

"What movie we watching? she asked as she took a drink and found a seat on the couch.

"Brave," he answered. Her face lit up and she quickly took a pizza and waited for him to start the film. "Clearly I made a good choice."

Mari had drank her whole glass before they even got to the main menu screen. Adrien had thought of skipping the previews but he and Mari and fun making fun of the older trailers and eating some yummy pizza.

And as Adrien hit play on the movie, Mari's eyes felt really heavy. "Mari it's okay fall asleep, I'll wake you in time for ice cream." and with that, she nodded off as the notes of the opening number stated.

Adrien pocked her and dried to wake her, nothing. Perfect, he carefully picked her up bridal style, and carried outside, into the shed and opened the doorway to the secret room underground. He placed her in a chair, tied her hand behind the back of the chair and tied her feet together. Then he blindfolded her. He then walked over to the small closet and slipped on his Chat outfit. A long black sleeve shirt, black pants, black boots, black cat ears and a black mask to hide some of his features. Lastly, he added in some bright green contacts, his eyes were already green but these were unnaturally bright.

"Mari wake up." he wasn't sure if that would work, if not he had an air horn that would. He had an hour and a half till the movie was done and he didn't want to wait for her to wake up. But she stirred, waking up.

"What where am I? Why can't I see anything." she went to move her arms and couldn't she also found her feet unable to move.

"Now now my lady one question at a time." walked closer. "You are in my lair, you can't see anything because I blindfolded you."

"Who are you?" she started to make herself small.

"Oh! My lady doesn't know my voice! Though how could she, she never let me meet her in person." He took her blindfold off and walked in front of her. "Like what you see my lady?"

"Chat? Did you kidnap me? Why?" Her eyes looked so big they could jump out of her head.

"Because, my lady, no princess, you've been a bad girl..." she gulped. "Flirting with me online, not telling me you had a boyfriend, then I see you show the world who you are without telling me. You pair up with another model. Then I see you kissing a boy you're breaking up with. So I think you need to learn a lesson about playing with people's emotions, princess. "

He went behind her and undid her hands but kept his hands on them and whispered in her ear, if you are a good girl and do as you are told, this will be easier on you." he watches the hair stand up on the back of her neck from the brief moment his mouth touched her ear. He'd have to keep that in mind.

He let go of her hands and went to her feet and untied them. "Stand up and follow me."

"Please Chat, let me go. Please, I won't tell anyone. I promise." she begged.

The room wasn't that big but she followed him from the chair in the center of the room to a table on the side. "Lay down."

She followed his directions. "Please Chat let me go."

"Say something one more time, and I'll gag you." he looked at her knowing he'd worded it in just the right way, so she'd have to say something.

"Chat please."

He smiled at her. "Oh my lady, you make this so fun. Sit up." he took out a clean rag. "Open." She opened her mouth, he placed the rag across the opening, "Bite down." she did, he then tied the rag behind her head, so she could still talk it would just be harder. He then blinded folder her again. "Lay down." She did. She then felt Chat take her hands and place them above her head and chain them down. and she felt her feet being locked down on the table.

Chat then got up on the table and straddled her. She gave a muffled gasp. He then slowly unbutton her shirt. Starting at the bottom, she started shaking as if she wanted to stop him. "Now, now Princess settled down." she did. "I'm not gonna undo it all the way just to here." She felt a belt or something being wrapped around below her chest. "You are my lady, after all, I need to be somewhat of a gentleman." He folded the open part of the shirt under the unopened part so her lower back was on the table.

"Now, I wonder..." he paused tapping his fingers on her exposed stomach, "How ticklish my lady is?" Mari tried to protest. But see Chat knew, Mari was ticklish everywhere. He slowly ran his fingers over her stomach. Watching as she flinched and her breathing got faster. She was fighting laughing. So he got faster, using both his hands changing patterns until she was a laughing and giggling mess. So much so that she almost lost the gag.

"Now, see princess, it wasn't that. Now was it." He couldn't see her eyes but he could feel the glare he was getting. "Now My lady glaring isn't very ladylike." Her mouth dropped open.

"H..how d..did..y..you..kn...now?" He chucked as she fought to talk through the gag.

"That's for me to know and you to wonder." He returned to tapping her stomach "Now what to do next?" She started to try and talk again, he didn't listen and looked at the clock he still had an hour till they had to be back in the house. "Oh, I know!" He stopped tapping her stomach and leaned down and kissed her stomach and watched her react. He enjoyed the jump and gasp her got. He peppered her stomach being careful not to leave a mark yet. Then just for fun, he licked her stomach and watched her face scrunch up in discomfort. He laughed and did it again. Then went back to kissing her stomach.

15 minutes had passed and he had one more thing in store for his princess. "Hmm you know princess those punishments didn't really seem to be bad enough for you. You were laughing and giggling the whole time. So I have one idea for you. So stay put while I go get it."

She rolled her eyes. She was literally chained to a table. Even if she had a choice she couldn't leave. She listened trying to see if she could figure out what he was up to. But he literally was as quiet as a cat. Suddenly she felt a weight across her middle. He was sitting on top of her again.

"Miss me, Princess?"

She muffled out "No."

"Oh, that's too bad. Let's do this last punishment, shall we?" He paused teasing her.

Then she felt something hot then cold, then wet slide across her stomach. She shrieked. She hated the cold. Soon she adjusted to the feeling of the then he added his second hand and having to different cold patters was too much. "What is my princess not a fan of ice?" he said darkly.

He then set one ice cup on he belly button and left if there. Then he ran to ice cubes up and down her sides. He laughed as she tried to squirm. Then he took a new ice cube and drew circles around her belly buttons. Sometimes changing it into a heart or another shape.

"One last touch," He took away all reminding ice and placing a warm towel over her stomach to dry her off and warm her up, then once he removed the towel he took one new ice cube "I'm gonna leave you a little cold message before I let you go." He placed the ice cube to her stomach and wrote as slowly as he spoke, "P...r...o...p...e...r...t...y o...f C..h...a...t"

"Now be a good little princess and go to sleep." He again wasn't sure if he could just tell her to sleep or not, but he had another sleeping pill drink if needed. But to his surprise, She fell asleep within seconds. He had half an hour until the credits rolled on Brave.

He changed back into Adrien. Then he remover the gag and blindfold and cleaned up her face. One of the benefits of being a model he had learned to touch up makeup. So he made it look like nothing had happened. Then released her arms and legs. He then dried off her stomach and removed the belt and did up her shirt again. He carried her back up to the main house and laid her down on the couch and laid a blanket over her just as the last scene in the movie started to play.

He cleaned up the pizza and drink cups, then pulled ice cream out of the freezer and filled two bowls and walked over to the living room as the credits rolled. "Hey Mari, wake up, you missed the movie." He teased as he placed the bowls on the coffee table.

"Huh?" she slowly sat up, "You mean I slept through the movie?"

"Ya sleepy head you did." He laughed and ruffled her hair. "That's okay, you had a pretty stressful week, I'll forgive you."

"I had the weirdest dream... It was so real I thought it was really happening." She took the bowl and started eating.

"If I were you I would blame it on the stress and don't worry about it."Adrien ate his ice cream too.

"Ya... that's probably the best idea." She ran her hand over her stomach. She had been so sure, so scared, but it was a dream? Well, Adrien said she been asleep, and he wouldn't lie to her right? Maybe he was tricked too? He was right she should let it go.

Adrien smirked as hewas watched her run her hand over her stomach, he was in her head, and He wouldmake sure he stayed there. He might have to trick Mari into falling for him bybeing a nightmare as Chat but it would be worth it, at least that's what he hadbeen told. Manipulation was how you got love. Right?