"Wow, and here I thought you cared." Prompt is from Tumblr, Pairing is Chlonath (Chloe x Nathaniel)
Nathaniel Kurtzberg doesn't remember when he first became enamored with the new superhero known as Queen Bee. All he knows is one second it was just Ladybug and Chat Noir, the next, a bright yellow female started entering the scene. She flies around often when she thinks no one notices, but he does. Like Alya following Ladybug for the Ladyblog, Nathaniel avidly searches for his Queen.
It was one afternoon in a small park near Le Grand Paris, he was busy working on his next graphic novel when he saw her. Tucked under a shady tree he noticed that Chloe Bourgeois quickly ran through the park entrance looking flustered. Tuned in, he heard the sirens some ways away and found her looking in that same direction. Akuma. He assumed, though he wondered why she would be in the park flustered instead of her plush hotel room.
Chloe jumped over a nearby park bench and squatted while opening her purse. Oblivious of him sitting not even 10 feet from her, he sees her let down her hair and adjust something she hid in it. It looked to be some sort of yellow comb, almost as shiny as her hair. With her purse open she looked inside and whispered something he couldn't hear. Next think Nathaniel saw had his jaw on the ground and his heart beating a mile a minute.
Chloe freaking Bourgeois just transformed into Queen Bee while crouched behind a park bench. Right in front of me. How… What the… how… HER!? Nathaniel literally had no words for what he just witnessed. His long time tormentor, though now that he thinks about it, she has been less mean to him and everyone else. Chloe is Queen Bee. His crush, and his new star for his novel. He wonders how he could have missed this, her suit is as yellow as her hair which is practically in the same style.
It's the personality that threw him off, she is so kind and gentle as a superhero should be. Outside of her persona she is blunt and overall not very nice of a person. Nathaniel has noticed her changing but he never would have thought it was because she has been flying around Paris saving people. Omg she saved me last week…
Gathering his thoughts and himself off the ground realized Bee was gone and probably fighting the Akuma with Ladybug and Chat Noir. Tucking his sketchbook into his bag he began running towards the direction of the fight. When he arrived on the scene he could see Alya with her camera trying to capture everything, he quickly went to her. Just as he was running across the street, someone yelled his name.
Nathaniel turned and with wide eyes he took in the car sliding towards him, pushed by what looked like an akumatized body builder. Just as he closed his eyes and attempted to shield himself from impending death he was whisked off the ground. With a gasp he opened his eyes to see Chloe, no, Queen Bee with her arms around him flying away from the scene.
Queen Bee set him down on the roof of Le Grand Paris. Pushing him out of her arms she gave him a glare he was used to and a pointed finger towards him.
"Nathaniel! Could you be anymore stupid!? What were you doing that close to an Akuma!?" She all but demanded from him. Still shaken from minuets ago and and the shock of discovering her identity he stayed silent. Chloe was not happy with that.
"Answer me Tomato!" That woke him from his stupor, only Chloe calls him Tomato and he blushed true to the given nickname. "I -I'm sorry Chl- I mean, Queen Bee." Nathaniel looked away, he couldn't dare look at her or he would spill everything. She crossed her arms and sighed.
"Ugh. Whatever. Just try to be more careful." Nathaniel turned his head back to her so fast he almost got whiplash. Wide eyed, he opened his mouth for a response but she had more to say. "I can't always save a civilian while I'm fighting an Akuma. The Akuma comes first." Bee emphasized her point by poking a finger to his chest and leaning in, trying to be menacing but the look in her eyes was softer than it could have been. Reality hit and Nathaniel backed up and crossed his arms and gave her a look that meant he was done with her shit. It's like knowing his crush was Chloe was a whole new level of enlightenment.
"Wow, and here I thought you cared." Turning toward the roof access door, leaving her a little stunned. He turned around with his hand on the door handle to see a stunned Queen Bee looking at him in shock. With a smirk and opening of the door he said something to leave her even more astonished than she would have ever experienced.
"Don't you have an Akuma to go fight, Chloe." With that the door closed behind him and his chuckle echoed in the stairway but her screech from outside was the loudest.