"What the hell are you playing at Agreste?" Plagg exclaimed as soon as Adrien released his transformation. "Almost revealing your identity and then KISSING A CIVILIAN?"

The kwami followed his chosen one as he popped open a bottle of soda and slumped back onto his couch. Adrien shook his head.

"I wasn't thinking," He said, turning his head to face Plagg. "She just seemed to think so little of herself and I just wanted to fix it-"

"So you sucked her face off."

"Plagg!"

"What? I speak the truth. Although, I'm more curious about what you're going to tell Chloe."

"What do you mean?" Adrien asked, standing up to throw his now empty bottle away.

"You kissed Marinette," Plagg said as if he were talking to a child.

"Yeah so?"

"You kissed Marinette while you're dating Chloe!" Plagg yelled into Adrien's ear. "You cheated on your girlfriend!"

"Oh shit."


"Tikki he, he, he kissed me!" Marinette exclaimed, flopping dramatically onto her bed and waiting for her kwami to join her. "He just showed up and kissed me and we were talking and wow Tikki I had no idea that he could be so nice!"

"Who exactly kissed you Marinette?" Tikki asked, settling down next to Marinette.

"Chat Noir," Marinette said happily. Then her eyes widened and she frantically twisted to look at Tikki. "I KISSED CHAT NOIR!"

"What's so bad about that?"

"Tikki I cheated on Luca! And with Chat Noir of all people! I am such a bad girlfriend," Marinette said, cradling her head in her hands.

"Marinette don't say that!" Tikki insisted, landing on Marinette's shoulder. "You're a perfectly fine girlfriend and any guy would be lucky to have you."

"I cheated on my first boyfriend, Tikki. That's pretty bad."

"No one is going to know."

"Tikki it almost sounds like you want me with Chat Noir instead of Luca," Marinette laughed. Tikki however, didn't laugh and instead looked away silently.
"Oh my god Tikki!" Marinette yelled.

"I'm sorry Marinette but Luca just doesn't deserve you! You need someone who can be there for you and who puts you first. I mean how many times had Chat almost been killed just because he was trying to protect you?"

"That doesn't make me feel any better," Marinette said, pulling the blankets over her.

"He really cares about you Marinette!"

"He's a flirt Tikki. He cares about anything with legs."

"That's not true-"

"Tikki, he flirts with me all the time on patrol but then the second I don't show up, he goes to kiss another girl."

"Well, technically he would be flirting and kissing the same girl-"

"He doesn't know that!" Marinette finally yelled, sick of her kwami's fussing. "Look, Tikki, I appreciate you trying to make me feel better but I just want to go to sleep and pretend that this whole day never happened ok? Tomorrow I need to apologize to Luca and then work out some way to make up for my behavior."

"But Marinette-"

"Just," Marinette said, shaking her head and frowning. "I want to go to bed now Tikki."

And with that she pulled the covers over herself and shut her eyes, ignoring Tikki's worried expression.

The next morning, Marinette woke up with a pounding headache. Her alarm clock was blaring and for once, Marinette actually listened to it and got out of bed on time. She sleepily hopped into her signature pink jeans and pulled a navy blue shirt over her head before stumbling down to the bakery to have breakfast.

"Morning dear!" Her mother, Sabine, chirped. "How are you? I thought I heard talking late last night. Were you calling Ayla?"

"Last night?" Marinette said, slumping over one of the stools in the kitchen. "Yeah, yeah I think so."

"Are you feeling alright?" Sabine asked, hustling over and gently touching her forearm to Marinette's head. "You sound out of it."

"I'm fine maman," Marinette assured her, chugging down the orange juice that Sabine set in front of her. "Just a little headache but I'll be ok."

"It's because of how smart you are," Sabine joked with a smile. "Your head is too small to hold your big brain."

"More like it's too small to hold all my thoughts," Marinette murmured to herself, spooning up some oatmeal before hopping off of the stool and kissing her mom on the cheek. "Tell papa that I say goodbye! Love you!"

"We love you too Marinette!" Sabine said.

As Marinette walked to school, she thought about what she was going to tell Luca. Since he was a grade older than her, she would have to wait until lunch to talk to him so she had plenty of time to make sure that her apology was perfect. Telling him about Chat Noir was out of the question and she definitely had to have an explanation for her outburst.

"Thinking about Chat?" Tikki asked, her voice muffled since she was hiding in Marinette's purse.

"No," Marinette said, clearly annoyed that her kwami was still hooked up on her superhero partner. "I'm thinking about how I'm going to apologize to Luca."

"I thought you were breaking up with him!"

"We already talked about this Tikki! I made a mistake and now I need to fix it."

"But Marinette-"

"Shush we're at school." Marinette closed her purse and made she that the snap was secured tightly before starting to run up the large set of stairs. She was almost inside the building when a figure dressed in a sickening shade of yellow stepped in front of her.

"Good morning Mari-trash," Chloe said, eying her outfit with disdain. "Have you heard the rumors? Apparently, your little boyfriend finally left you for someone else."

"What?" Marinette asked, shocked.

Chloe smirked victoriously. "I mean it was only a matter of time. After all, who would want to date someone who wears the same jeans every day?"

Marinette felt her face flush angrily as Chloe dismissed her with a simple wave of her hand.

"That's not true, right Tikki?" Marinette asked as she shuffled into her classroom. Luckily, no one else was seated yet so it was easy to lean down and speak to her kwami. "He didn't move on to someone else that quickly. Right?"

A/N- Short chapter I'm sorry. I'm going on about 3 1/2 hours of sleep right now and I have a math assignment that's due in a couple days and I'm just now starting it. Also, my legs feel like they're about to fall off and I have to go to work tomorrow which involves lots of walking so yay me! But as always, thank you for reading and reviewing and if you're feeling up to it, please check out my others stories and my wattpad account (ThatMatchie).

Love Y'all,

-Marauderette24