Chapitre 2: Chapter 2: Her Secret
[Important notes] Words in square brackets are flashbacks.
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"I heard Baby bird has a girlfriend." Jason sneered as he entered the room.
Damian sat cross-legged on the couch as he watched the news and growled at Jason's remark.
"She has a boyfriend."
"You didn't deny it."
"Shut up Jason."
"Is that how you're supposed to talk to your elder brother."
"Shut up. Jason"
Dick came barging through the door, "Demon spawn has a girlfriend?! I bet she calls you Damibe-"
"SHUT THE HELL UP!"
His brothers were really pissing him off. He jumped off the chair and made his way through the door. The last thing he heard was "I bet he's going to see her." and sniggering followed.
"You know what. I just might." he thought.
"Wait!" Jason called from behind, "I just remembered, Father mentioned us having a sort of appointment at a boutique."
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Today really was Marinette's lucky day. After the night before, she'd poked around the hotel room for anything to wear and found some spare clothing. Lucky her! Then when she went to a nearby boutique to get a few jobs with the money she had left from what the hero gave her, she pointed out some mishaps and recommendations to the manager and before she knew it, she'd gotten a job. Moreover, the manager was actually a pretty cool woman.
"Marinette, we're going to have some important customers around 2. You can help me with their measurements."
"Yes Ma'am."
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2pm came and so did the customers.
"I'll tell you one more time. I do not and will NEVER want to wear a pink suit!"
"Yeah yeah, whatever Baby bird."
They five men walked into the small boutique and sat by the mirrors followed by who seemed to be their butler. As she walked past to inform the manager of their arrival, she locked eyes with who seemed to be the youngest of the four brothers. For a moment, she thought she could see the slightest bit of recognition from the boy, however, as soon as it appeared, it was gone and he carried on arguing with his brother.
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She'd just finished taking the measurements for 4 of the men and was now onto the fifth, the boy named Damian. "Waist, chest, arm length..." She wrote down the measurements and as soon as she was done, handed them over to the manager and was out the door in a hurry. She couldn't stand to be any closer to them. Not in a rude way, being near the opposite gender just brought up memories.
"So that's the girl." Tim muttered. When Damian gave him a questioning look, he continued with a grin, "Don't try and hide it Demon spawn, you were staring at her the whole time." When Damian's growl confirmed his suspicions, Jason laughed from the other side of the limo and said, "Maybe Redhood's gonna have to pay her a visit tonight."
"Don't you dare."
"Aww, is Demon spawn standing up for his girlfriend?"
"Shut up Dick."
It was Bruce's deep voice that silenced them. "Actually, we're all paying her a visit."
The boys all looked at their father. Tim was the first to speak, "Don't tell me-"
"I'm adopting her."
Damian's eye twitched.
"But she's Baby bird's girlfriend, if you adopted her-"
"SHE IS NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!"
"Then that settles that," Alfred opened the door and indicated that they were home, "I will go and retrieve her tonight."
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She stared at the men in front of her and they stared back. How did she get here again? Oh yeah on her way to the hotel, a car pulled up by her side and she was told that Bruce Wayne had adopted her. At first, she found all this too ridiculous and suspicious and so asked for proof and then the old butler had shoved a document in her hands. It all seemed legit but still too weird. Then again, she'd done her research after she'd met them at the boutique and found that Bruce was prone to adopt dark haired kids.
She nodded and entered the car clutching her purse tightly at her chest; if the time came, she would not hesitate to take action. The moment she'd seen the manor up ahead, she knew that they were way out of her league. But when she'd entered the house to be met with several eyes on hers and only just remembered that the house was full of boys, she froze.
Before anyone could introduce themselves, she nodded and was up the stairs in a matter of seconds. It was only then that she realised that she didn't know where her room was.
"Father told me to escort you to your room. He suspected that you would be nervous with it being your first night here and thought that you would be more comfortable with someone your own age."
Her head swerved, he was surprised that she didn't break her neck with the speed it went, and their eyes locked. "U-um I apologise for my rudeness. I'm just not used to being in a house full of so many men."
"No need. I too would be nervous if I had to live in a house full of women."
She'd heard that the youngest Wayne was the coldest of them all and no one could fill the empty void in his heart, however the more she talked to him, the more harmless he seemed.
Before they knew it, they were standing outside her bedroom door. She gave him a quick thanks and was into her bedroom.
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Ever since she'd started staying in the Wayne household, she would avoid contact with them whenever she could and when she'd been forced to eat with them or sit with them, she would only say the bare minimum. The brothers would always look at her as though they just couldn't piece her together and the moment she would let out a little giggle or snicker, she'd go back to being as emotionless as ever. She'd also be the first to leave the house in the morning and would return late at night.
One night as she sneaked in through the front door, she didn't notice the man waiting for her.
"You shouldn't stay out at night this late. It's dangerous."
She jumped and turned around to be met with the youngest Wayne leaning on the wall watching her.
"U-um I'm sorry." she quickly muttered out then turned on her heel and walked towards the steps.
It was the hand on her shoulder that stopped her in her tracks. "Hold on. I need to ask you something."
"Please let go." Her mind raced.
"Why do you never talk to us?"
"Please let go." she repeated.
"We're not scary. I get that you're nervous and all, but you've been here for almost a month."
"Please. Just let go of me." she repeated again.
"You can't keep going on like this. We're meant to be a family." his voice raised.
"Just get off me!" she screamed. She shoved him. Damian definitely wasn't expecting this when he'd decided to confront the girl and so tumbled and fell.
"What's going on down here?" Jason asked as he trudged down the stairs.
"I heard screaming." Tim stated as he came down behind Jason.
"Everything okay?" Dick asked as he followed behind his two brothers.
Marinette's eyes widened. She'd woken them up! "I'm so sorry for disturbing you." she said as she waved her arms around.
She was pushed against the wall. "Just why the hell are you even here!" Damian screamed as he pinned her arms next to her head, a blush creeping on his cheeks. Just why did she have to make it so difficult to talk to her! He just wanted to get to know her is all! She squirmed trying to get free. His grip was too strong.
"Hey Damian just leave her alo-"
"Shut up Jason! I know you've also been wondering why she never talks!"
Where had her confidence gone when she'd talked to him as Robin?
"I know but maybe she had a reaso-"
"It's not like I go around asking you why you and your brothers always seem to disappear everyday!" her mind raced, "Or why I found a gun in the bathroom cabinet!"
Tim gulped.
She continued, "It's not like I haven't noticed that there's something off with one of the bookshelves in the office!"
Damian growled as he gripped onto her arms tighter.
"You're mine Bugaboo."
Her mind raced.
"Damian let her go!"
["It's just me and you Marinette. No one's ever going to find you here." He grinned as he pushed her down and muffled her screams with his hand.]
Her mind raced.
"Hey! Answer me!"
"Damian that's enough! You're scaring the poor girl!"
["Shut the hell up Marinette! I've taken care of your parents and I will not hesitate to kill you too!"]
"No!" she whispered, "NO!" she screamed as tears started to form at her eyes, "NO!"
The boys watched her flabbergasted. Damian's grip on her softened, "H-hey-"
"NO! I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE LET GO! DON'T KILL ME!"
"Kill you?" Jason asked. "We would never."
"Hey Marinette-" Damian tried again.
She slid down the wall and sobbed. Her breath coming out in short gasps.
"Mama! Papa!" she screamed as she shook on the floor and tucked herself in grabbing onto her knees.
"Marinette!" Damian tried again.
["I love you Mari. You don't need to be scared of me." he said as he held her hands, "We're going to get married in a beautiful hall filled with flowers. You can even make our kwamis something to wear!"]
Her mind raced.
"Please just leave me alone! I don't want to a marry you Adrien!" she screamed as she shook.
"Adrien? Who's Adrien?" Dick asked as he kneeled down next to the girl.
"Adrien Agreste!" Tim answered, "It must be Adrien Agreste! Her boyfriend!"
"Did he do something to you?" Jason asked.
Meanwhile, Damian'd made his way to the other side of the room and watched in horror at the display. What had he done.
"ENOUGH!" The room went silent as Bruce entered. "Give the girl some space!"
The brothers backed up away from the weeping girl.
"Are you okay Marinette?" Bruce asked as he made his way to her and as he was about to offer her a hand to stand up, she slapped it away, stood up and ran, her hand covering her mouth.
"Wait!" Tim shouted as he chased after her. The other men followed in pursuit.
They found her in the bathroom hurling her guts out.
"M-Marinette are you pregnant?"
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
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Power Stone 
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