❄ baby, it's cold outside

[catpunned]

[ The Bourgeouis Pre-Christmas Celebration Bash.

With a cool, over the top name like that, there was no way it wouldn't be fun, and Adrien had to go hard convincing both Nathalie and his father to let him go. In the end though, despite him being used to most invasions of his personal space, he is tired.

He has run out of excuses to give, honestly. He has run out of ways to duck the mistletoe, even from the sweetest of girls (Marinette), and the not so sweet (Chloe). And if he eats anymore sweets that were made ~~just for him~~, he's going to burst. Not to mention gain weight, which his father would really, really, really not like.

...He was doing a pretty good job enduring all of this, or so he thought, but every once and a while he catches Piper's eye. No big deal. He recovers from the fatigue quickly and puts on his act. He smiles and waves, as per his usual fare; and as one of the few girls adamantly respecting his space tonight, her company is definitely welcome, which helps.

As soon as he approaches her, though, he finds himself catching her as she faints, and he nearly drops her from the surprise. ]

Wh-Whoa! Piper?

[ It takes him a moment to recover the concentration and strength needed to support her. What the heck?? ]

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[sweettalker]

[ Here she actually gives a damn about Adrien's opinion of her. She cares if she makes a fool of herself in front of him in something as serious as love, or like- or whatever they're supposed to be calling it at this age. She's understood her feelings for a while now, though, and she's pretty confident in saying that she'd fallen first, and harder at that. She isn't as easy going as Adrien when it comes to opening up to others. She doesn't have his patience for the likes of Chloe or Lila, so in a way it feels like the stakes are a little higher...? Adrien could play this off, say he only meant to tease her back, let her down gently because of course he wouldn't be a jerk about it, and he'd be none the worse for it aside from some awkwardness with their friendship for a little while.

Piper, though, she felt like she was putting it all out on the line and praying he'd not just bite, but stay... well, hooked? No, not hooked, but interested. Definitely interested. If he turned her down here, now, she'd feel like such an idiot. She is, blessedly, spared from that when he answers, even if they're still dancing around the matter with their usual banter. His nervous chuckle tells her he definitely took her at least partially serious, or he was giving it at least somewhat serious consideration. Which it was, she didn't want to assume any more than she already had. But... ]

Like you could stay still enough to be a statue, even frozen.