"So that's it," I pause, "in just some stupid girl who meant nothing to you?" His green eyes meet mine.
"Yes," he swallows hard, his eyes watery as if the words were like hot sauce, burning his throat, "yes, you meant nothing to me, you never will." I knew he was lying, but that stung. He was my best friend and even if I tried with all five feet and two inches of my body, I could never really hate him.
"Well then, I guess this is goodbye." I turned around, walking away, trying to pretend like it didn't hurt me. Like I was the invincible girl he'd convinced himself that I was. He really thought he was hurting himself more than me. But he had no idea.
"Wait." He placed a gentle hand on my shoulder. "Ladybug, we can still be friends."
"No." I frowned, "I don't know if we can be."
"Of course we can." He gave me one if those lovesick smiles that I'd almost fallen for. Until I learned that his entire life was a carefully crafted lie. That he didn't care for me anymore than he cared for anyone. "Just hand over your miraculous to me and my father. We can be together, like you've always wanted."
"I thought I loved you!" I cried, "but not like this! Never like this. We were a team."
"I just want my mom- my family back." He cried, and for a brief moment I saw the broken boy that he truly was. "I don't want to feel so alone."
"I've always had your back." I shook my head, "but I guess you didn't have mine."
"I love you m'lady." His eyes were full of tears and pleading. "And if you even cared for me, at all, you'd give me your miraculous."
"I can't do this." I pulled out my yo-yo, "you can't break my heart again Adrien."
"Shit." He mumbled.
Oops I didn't mean to tell him that I knew
"Well," he growled, pulling out his baton, "I guess we'll have to do this the hard way."
"I'm sorry." The words had barely left my mouth when I did the last thing I could do.
I ran from the person I thought was my best friend.
Running from the one person I considered trusting with my biggest secret.
Running from the boy I loved.
And I kept running.
I ran until I was sure I'd lost him, then kept running to be sure I could detransform safely.
By the time I landed at home, I wasn't sure if he was ever my friend at all.