"My Lady?"

"Yeah?" Ladybug asked.

"Why do you trust me so much, you don't even know who I am," Chat asked.

"Well..." Ladybug said.

"Kitty?"

"Yeah, Bugaboo?" Chat replied.

"You'd never hurt me, right?" Ladybug asked.

"Of course not," Chat replied.

"You'll never betray me, right?"

"Never in my life," replied Chat again.

"You'll always be here, right?" Ladybug asked.

"Absolutely," Chat said.

"That's why I trust you with my life." replied Ladybug.

"Mari! Mari! Mari!" Tikki shouted, frantic with worry.

"T-Tikki..." Mari's eyes lifted open bit by bit..

"Mari! You're awake! We need to go to Master Fu!" Tikki said.

"Why?" asked Mari as she got up.

"Look!" Tikki said, pointing to the black paw print mark on Marinette's hand. Mari's eyes widened and jaw dropped as she saw it.

"What is this?" Marinette asked, engulfed in panic.

"What the heck is this?!" Mari asked.

"I-It's something that appears...When a Cat Noir uses his cataclysm on another miraculous holder. I-If you don't get it treated...T-The spell will be permanent..." Tikki said as she was like a cat on hot bricks.

"What spell?"

"This spell...No human can touch your skin...Other than other miraculous holders, whether or not in civilian form or superhero...They can touch you. But for normal humans...They'll disappear...A-And the spell gets worse..." said Tikki.

"Worse?" Marinette asked.

"If it gets worse, you'll disappear too, if you touch a human..."

"B-But...I-It's already 7.40, Tikki, I gotta get to school!" Marinette protested.

"You can go...On one condition..."

"W-What?" Marinette said, staring at the dark blue hoodie she wore. The hoodie covered her arms all the way to the palms and fingers, hiding her hands from everyone.

That's right, I...I haven't been thinking about Chat...Maybe it'd be better if I don't...

Mari looked down onto the floor as she walked into the classroom. Her classmates stared at her, mouth agape, as she usually wore her creative designs. Now clad in a plain hood and her usual jeans, of course something was not right

"H-Hey Mari..." Alya asked, trying to tap on her shoulder before she dodged.

"W-What's wrong?" Alya asked again.

"O-Oh...It's nothing...Just...Cold! Yeah! I'm having a cold!" Mari forced a smile, but deep inside she was broken. She could already feel the dark energy from the cataclysm taking effect.

"I don't want to pass it to you, so it'd be better if you don't touch me...Sorry Alya...But it's only for today..."

"It's okay, girl, take care of yourself, okay?" Alya said.

"I will, thanks," Mari said, finally having 'smile' plastered on her face.

"What happened yesterday, man?" Mari and Alya overheard. It was Nino talking to Adrien. However, something was different. Adrien was different. Instead of his usual bright, warm smile, a forced, bitter smile was plastered on his face.

Adrien couldn't sleep a bit the previous night. All he could think of was Ladybug. How he probably broke her heart. How he probably killed her by then.

"What do you mean?" Adrien asked in a hoarse and cold voice. He did not even know that he had coldly rejected on of his best friends the previous day.

"Marinette," Nino replied.

"Marinette? What about her?" Adrien asked.

"Dude, you harshly brushed her off when she confessed to you yesterday, man!" Nino exclaimed. Adrien's eyes widened in shock as he realised...

That...Was Marinette...?

"A-Adrien! I-I like you!"

"Welp, bye,"

"I have no intention to like you, so you can just give up,"

The memory flashed through his mind. Adrien turned around his seat to see a girl clad in a hood, hair out of her pigtails and her messy locks of hair covered her face. He could see one thing. The brokenness in her eyes. He felt a pang of guilt. However, there was no going back either...

"Marinette!"

"Marinette!" Adrien called out. Marinette ignored him and continued walking towards her house.

"Look...About yesterday..." he said.

"Nothing happened," Marinette's cold voice astonished him.

"I'm sorry...I-I didn't know it was you," Adrien apologised profusely as he contined chasing her. Tears brimmed Mari's eyes as she turned around.

"It wouldn't even be a difference if it were me!" Marinette shouted, clenching her fists as she hastened her paste.

"Wait," Adrien said, grabbing her hand from the back. Marinette's heart nearly stopped as her eyes widened.

No

"No, no no no! H-Human's can't touch me! Y-You'll disappear!" Marinette cried as her legs trembled.

"What?"

"N-No! You wouldn't know! I'm a monster now, you got me?! I can't touch humans! A-And now you're gonna disappear!" Mari screamed hysterically as Adrien stared mouth agape.

"What the heck are you talking about?" Adrien asked.

"I-It's a spell!" Marinette screamed, running into her house as she slammed the door in his face.

A spell...

Adrien was lost in his thoughts as he walked home.

"P-Plagg...Do you know anything about this?"

"The spell?" Plagg asked as he zipped out of Adrien's jacket.

"Yeah, I know, cause it's usually caused by Cat Noir," Plagg said.

"C-Cat Noir?" Adrien asked.

"Yeah, a spell where no one can touch your skin? That's obviously the Cataclysm Spell," Plagg explained.

"E-Explain."

"Well...It happens when a chosen of the cat miraculous uses his cataclysm on a person...It happens...When he touches a...A-Another miraculous holder..." Plagg explained.

"B-But...The only one I touched was-"

"Ladybug," Plagg continued.

"S-So if that's true," Adrien said.

"It is," Plagg answered.

"Marinette...Is Ladybug?!"

What is it like...To have your heart broken into more than a million pieces? Whatever he said...Whatever they said...Was all a lie...

A/N: I'm really sorry for the super short chapter...I'll try to lenghthen it for the next one. This 'spell' is actually loosely based off from this anime movie, Into The Forest Of Fireflies' Light, it's reslly nice, by the way...Anywho...I hope you enjoyed it, though. Thanks for reading and have a lovely day!