Devastating

Chapter 20

"You think so?"

"Yeah, can you do it? He's too big for me to hug." Mar'i said slightly upset that she couldn't do it herself.

"Why don't we do it together? That way he gets better twice as fast?" Marinette reasoned to Mar'i's excitement.

"Yeah!" Marinette lifted Mar'i up and placed the five year old on her hip as she walked toward Damian who followed them with his eyes, unable to do anything else. Mar'i jumped onto his back and started hugging and told Marinette who watched with a smile,

"Marinette~ Can you hug him from the front? I can't reach."

"Yes, ma'am." Marinette said with a giggle as she walked toward Damian. He kept watching with eyes filled with awe, studying Marinette intently. Marinette wrapped her arms around Damian, her hands resting on his warm shoulders trying to avoid messing with Mar'i's hug and rested her head on his even warmer chest. Marinette giggled when she heard how fast his heart rate was. His skin was soft and warm, she could get used to spending her mornings like this.

Damian slowly got over his stupor when Marinette's petite but shapely figure was out of view and hugged Marinette back with one hand while using the other to pat Mar'i's arms that were gently wrapped around his neck.

"You know you're very warm," Marinette said before sighing contently, it tickled Damian's chest a little. She moved one of her arms to trace one of his more noticeable scars. She poked his ab's, unable to restrain herself.

"I'm not entirely sure how to respond to that, but thank you?" Damian responded as if it were a question.  Mar'i broke off first, getting bored, she handed Damian the sweater.

"Here you go, uncle Dami. We don't want anything to happen to Marinette." The half tamaranian said simply. Damian and Marinette pulled apart slightly, looking very confused.

"Uncle Jay Jay said that Marinette would get a nosebleed if she saw you without a shirt on for too long." Marinette blushed again as Damian mumbled something about nosy brothers and too much television.

"Marinette?"

"Yes?"

"Can we have breakfast?"

"Of course! Let me just- oh right."

"What is it, Angel?"

"I don't have a toothbrush or anything."

"We all have spares under our sinks." Damian stated simply as he put his hoodie on and walked toward the bathroom. He walked out a moment later handing her a blue and white toothbrush saying,

"The toothpaste and a comb are on the counter." Marinette thanked him and brushed both her teeth and hair before she swapped with Damian. Mar'i and Marinette were talking about what to make for breakfast when Mar'i had a question.

"Marinette?"

"Yes?"

"Marinette is a long name. Is there a shorter name I can call you?"

"You can call me anything you'd like to."

"How about..." Mar'i thought carefully before she spoke, "OH! I can call you Mari, and then we can be super twins?" Mar'i recommended with stars in her bright green eyes.

"Don't you think that would be confusing? Two Mari's?" Marinette said encouragingly.

"Your right! What about, Auntie? That's what uncles Jay and Timmy said to call you."

"O-okay. Well, in case you end up not liking Auntie you can always call me Nettie too, that what all my friends call me."

"OH! Auntie Nettie! I LOVE IT! It's perfect!"