Chloe stepped closer to Marinette, "I want her..." Chloe thought to herself. Marinette blushed and moved to step away but Chloe gently took her arm and held it firmly.
"Chloe what are you doing?" Marinette asked, looking around to see if there was someone around who could help.
Chloe looked down at her lips and leaned in even closer, "I hate how perfect your lips look all the time. Why do they have to look so...inviting?!" Chloe whispered angrily.
Marinette panicked and pulled her arm from Chloe's grip. But before she could make a run for it Chloe grabbed her face and kissed her, right on the mouth.
Marinette stood there stunned, soft lips on hers. Her heart beat loudly in her chest so much so that she would swear that anyone in the room could hear it too. Chloe's right hand shifted down, slightly, to rest on Marinette's jawline, pulling her face even closer as she leaned into the kiss. Marinette found her hands moving on their own, wrapping themselves around Chloe's back, enjoying the sensation.
She also enjoyed, Marinette noted, kissing her supposed rival on the mouth.
The kiss broke briefly and they moved their faces apart, "What are we doing?" Marinette asked, even as she leaned in for another kiss. Chloe tasted like fresh strawberries. Chloe returned the kiss in kind, her hands moving down Marinette's back and up again, until her hands rested on Marinette's shoulders.
"Kissing. We are kissing." Chloe stated, bluntly, in between increasingly sloppy kisses. Chloe moved her hands down Marinette's arms resting her wandering hands on the girls forearms. Though it was becoming increasingly easier to lose herself in Chloe's fruit flavored lips Marinette still had some reservations about the whole situation. This part of her mind is what ultimately made her pull away from Chloe.
Chloe momentarily panicked wondering if she did something wrong. After a moment of self reflection she surmised that kissing Marinette Dupain-Cheng wasn't the brightest idea. Even if she had changed for the better in recent years it meant nothing when compared to years of bullying. She had half a mind to run away before Marinette could form a complete sentence. However, now it was Marinette's turn to hold Chloe in place while she attempted to form coherent sentences.
Marinette took in a deep breath to steady herself and spoke in an irritated tone, "Chloe. Why did you kiss me?" Marinette had been looking down and as she finished the question her eyes flicked up to Chloe's face in anger, "Why did you kiss me if we have had so much hatred toward one another for so long? I like Adrien, you know that. I'm straight." As Marinette continued she stood straighter and stepped closer to Chloe making her take several steps back. Marinette has had a crush on Adrien for so long there was no way she could be anything but straight. Suddenly, Marinette wasn't sure if she was straight, she had never thought about being with a girl before. Much less Chloe Bougeruois. The two girls could never be a couple. Right?
With all of this going through Marinette's mind she slowly she let go of Chloe, looking down she whispered, "Why?"
Silence hung in the air. After a few moments Chloe sniffled, "I don't know." Marinette looked up at Chloe. As Chloe turned away she continued, "I don't know why I start fights with you, and I do start fights with you. It was always you. Only you...could make me angry enough to loose my cool. I don't understand this anymore than you! I just don't know..." Chloe let her voice trail off, not knowing what else to say.
Should she apologize and attempt to start over with her archnemesis of all these years? Could she? Did she deserve too? Probably not. She didn't deserve it. Chloe Bougerois had been terrorizing others and causing akumas for so long of course she didn't deserve to find love. Not now, not ever she would never redeem herself.
Chloe sighed and looked back at Marinette with sad eyes, "I won't say anything about this if you don't. I'm sorry Marinette. I don't know what got into me." she said in a small voice. Chloe turned and walked away.
Marinette scrambled for something to say, she searched for a reason to stop Chloe from leaving. Without realizing it she lunged forward to run after Chloe. After three steps she fell face first into the pavement,
"Ow." Marinette groaned.
Chloe looked back at the sound and gasped, "Marinette!"
she took a step foward and stopped. Should she help her? Wouldn't that make things harder? For once in Chloe Bougerouis' life she was trying to be okay with not getting her way. If she helped Marinette she would be giving into her desire to have something more than being enemies with her. So she should just walk away, shouldn't she?