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marleysrambles · 4 years ago

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How have you bean? (A coffee shop AU)

So I have decided to write a bunch of coffee shop aus for this month, enjoy some Adrienette fluff!

It was a Tuesday, about 2:30 in the afternoon, which meant that there were few people sitting in The Unlucky Cat Cafe.

Marinette sighed as she wiped down the counter. God she just wanted her shift to be over. She and her best friend from high school had met up for their monthly night out the night before, and she just wanted to go home and sleep.

Or at the very least have some customers other than the usual mom and kids in here to grab a quick snack before heading out again and the occasional student looking for a nice place to study or just chill out.

Marinette felt pity for those poor, poor students. While college had not been as stressful as high school had, she wasn’t juggling class president, designing, and studying, finals still haunted her dreams. College had also given her so many new opportunities to meet people and now she was doing what she loved.

Well, what she loved doing was not making over priced coffees and wiping down tables wrecked by sticky little kids, but surprisingly enough, she had to pick up another job to help pay rent. The only other option was to go back and live with her parents, and while she loved them more than anything, they could be a little...invasive.

Marinette looked up at the slight jingle of the door opening.

Putting on her best customer service smile, Marinette stuffed the rag under the counter and called out, in what Alya called her ‘dead inside voice’, “Hi there! Welcome to the Unlucky Cat, how can I help you?”

The person shook the rain droplets off of their coat and wiped their feet on the little mat just inside the door, something Marinette always appreciated considering she also had to mop up anything that was tracked inside. She decided she automatically liked this person based on their manners alone.

As he (or at least she thought they identified in that way) approached the counter, Marinette saw his face and decided that he was one of the most attractive people she had ever seen. Tall and slender with slightly tousled hair pushed out of his face, revealing sparkling green eyes. The face underneath the blond mop was almost familiar, but she pushed that feeling away as she greeted her new customer and took their order.

He returned her smile with a somewhat tired smile of his own and quietly ordered a Chai tea latte. It was when Marinette asked the cute patron his name, to which he responded, “Adrien.” That she felt an all to familiar flutter in her chest as everything clicked in her racing mind.

She managed to make it through him paying and watched as he sat down at a nearby table before ducking under the counter to try and get herself under control. She had been in love with Adrien Agreste for the better part of high school, and he just so happened to walk into the coffee shop she worked in, while she had a shift? Fate was very cruel indeed.

Marinette gave herself a few moments to breathe before she started to make the drink. Old crushes walking into your place of work was no excuse to be unprofessional. A Chai tea latte wasn’t hard to make and soon enough she was done and ready to call out his name and be done with whole thing. Just a brush of fate, but honestly she would rather forget the cringe fest that was high school for her. Or at least when it came to Adrien at least.

She did almost write something on the hot sleeve, maybe a hi or even her number, but lost the courage just as she put the sharpie on the cardboard. Shaking those types of thoughts from her head, Marinette instead scribbled out a “Thank You!” and shoved the cup into it. Her shift was so close to being done, she just had to finish this drink and she could go home, curl up with some well deserved ice cream and watch a stupid romcom.

“Adrien,” Marinette called out setting the cup on the pickup counter and giving him a quick smile before turning and making herself look busy with something else.

“Thank you,” Adrien said as he grabbed his cup and Marinette nodded in acknowledgment as she fiddled with some cups.

She had thought he would leave as soon as he got his drink, choosing to drink it as he walked but instead, he sat there, reading a book. Of course he would decide to just sit and sip his drink quietly while Marinette was dying inside. It wasn’t like she disliked Adrien, in fact, he seemed just as sweet as he was in school, but she looked like trash, and while she had gotten over the adorable blond, something in her still didn’t want him to see her like that.

Three finally rolled around and Adrien was still there, but Marinette couldn’t care less as her shift was done and she was going to get out of there. Waving a goodbye to the girl she was working the shift with, she hurried to the door and threw her coat on before going out the door only to halt under the awning at the down pour just beyond.

When had it started raining? Maybe she hadn’t noticed, being too caught up with Adrien and all. Of course she hadn’t thought to bring her umbrella, even when the forecast had said possible rain that afternoon. Cursing, she had just decided to run with her bag above her head when the sound of an umbrella being opened came from behind her and one appeared above her head.

In a scene all too familiar to turn and see none other than Adrien Agreste standing there, holding out an umbrella. Marinette was taken back to that time in front of the school so many years ago and felt the same blush creep over her cheeks as she looked at the guy in front of her.

The guy in question smiled, “It’s been a while, Marinette.”

Marinette could feel the blush creeping over her face as a bit of that old nervousness she felt whenever Adrien was around caused her stomach to flutter slightly. She quickly shoved that feeling deep, deep down. She was over Adrien, this wasn’t high school. Her voice hadn’t realized this apparently, as she couldn’t keep the slight stutter from her voice.

“H-hi Adrien, yeah, it has.”

Adrien glanced up at the umbrella and stepped closer so it was covering both of them, “I seem to remember this happening before, freshmen year right?”

Marinette’s blush deepened at how close he was and studied her sneakers.

“Yeah I-i think so, gosh that was such a long time ago.”

Marinettte looked up at him from her shoes and nearly squeaked at the fond expression he wore as he stared at her.

“You cut your hair,” he remarked simply, and Marinette’s hand flew up subconsciously to fiddle with her pixiecut, a more recent change in her appearance. Gone were the pigtails and ribbons replaced by a style almost similar to her mother’s, held back by clips to keep it out of her face. She had done it shortly after college and had continued to cut it short since then.

She smiled at Adrien and nodded her head towards his own hair, “I see you let yours grow out.”

Adrien reached up and ran a hand through his blond hair that hung just above his shoulders. On anyone else it might have looked messy, but on Adrien it was cute with a little braid going through it.

He asked her if she was still designing and she asked if he was still modeling and soon enough they were walking and catching up. Marinette hadn’t even realized they’d reached the door to her apartment until they stopped and Adrien smiled before saying his goodbyes.

“It was so nice to see you,” He seemed almost sad but maybe that was her imagination, “Maybe I’ll see you around.”

“Yeah, maybe.”

As Adrien started to walk away and Marinette turned to unlock her door, something seized her. Call it fate nudging her in the right direction, or even just her younger self, refusing to let go of feelings she still had. Whatever it was, she turned again and yelled after the blond.

“Adrien, wait!”

He stopped and turned, surprise on his face as he walked back over to her.

“Come in for a cup of coffee?”

#whoo boy that was fun #idk i was struck by the need to read or write a lovely coffee shop au and was seized by this #also i love the idea of Marinette with short hair and Adrien rocking a longer cut #miraculous ladybug #coffee shop au #adrien agreste #marinette dupain cheng #adrienette #fluff #MLB #mlb au #mlb fluff #mlb fic

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