Hey y'all, here's the next chapter! Its not my favorite one but I struggled with the writing of this one, so I'll be happy to edit if if you leave me a review saying what I should change. Thanks again for staying with this story, I love you guys!

~Lil Em 04

Disclaimer: I sadly don't own Miraculous Ladybug, and I don't own the song that is used in here either. Its "Say Something" by A Whole New World, not by me.

Chapter 9: Love Hurts

"Fine, but I get to choose the song!" Demanded Alya. Kim waved his hand.

"Whatever." He said, handing Alya the phone. Alya took it, and began scrolling through the songs. She looked up and saw Nino hurriedly making his way to the bathroom. She sighed. She felt like she had barley talked to him ever since the whole Marinette thing. She had envied Marinette when Adrien gave her 1000 compliments about her outfit. Nino had barley looked at her. And now he had just left the room. She wanted to sing to him, for him, but now she couldn't. Alya finally decided, and clicked on a song full of emotion. Maybe this would make Nino notice her. The song began to play, the phone trembling in her hand. Just do it! She told herself. She began to sing.

"Say something I'm giving up on you." At first her voice clashed with the singer, but she quickly switched keys and fixed the problem. "I'll be the one if you want me too." She stared at the phone, not wanting to look at the others. "Anywhere I would have followed you." She felt a flow of raw emotion, and her voice became a passionate in tune yell.

"Say something I'm giving up on you." Alya continued singing, not looking up, emotions giving the song another level of depth. At one stage, she realized that Kim wasn't laughing. She took a small peek at him and realized that he was staring, bewildered at her, as if he hasn't expected this. Then the bridge hit.

"And I," she sang. "Will swallow my pride." Immense sadness overwhelmed her, as she felt the true meaning of the words. "Your the one that I love." She began to feel a tightness in her throat, knowing what was coming next.

"And I'm saying goodbye." Her eyes began to well up before she could hold it in. She couldn't say goodbye. But could he? Was Nino saying-

"Say something I'm giving up on you!" She cried, waterfalls cascading down her face. "I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you. Anywhere I would have followed you," She felt her heart rate increasing. Why had she decided to do this song? "Say something I'm giving up on you." Her voice was a whisper now, as she breathed the final line of the song.

"Say something." The final notes hung in the air. No one spoke. Alya stared hard at the empty place next to Adrien. It had been unoccupied the whole time. Alya glared at the floor. She was embarrassed.

No one spoke. The room was silent. After a long awkward silence, Adrien walked towards her and guided her into the kitchen, one hand on her shoulder, the other around her waist. The others didn't follow, they knew better than that. Alya leaned against the bench, sobbing, accepting the tissues Adrien handed her, the tears not stopping.

Adrien stood awkwardly yet comfortingly, like the all important shoulder to cry on. He waited patiently for her to regather herself, and didn't seem bothered when it took a while. After too long, the tears finally ceased to exist. Alya took a deep yet shaky breath.

"Are you ok?" Adrien asked. He seemed like he was reluctant about saying anything, but the concern on his face had said otherwise. Alya managed a nod when another figure scrambled into the room. The last person she wanted to see. Alya turned away instantly. Adrien frantically gestured for Nino to not come closer. Nino disagreed.

"Hey babe, what's up are -" Adrien was on him is seconds, practically pushing the DJ away.

"Give her space." He ordered, not loud enough for Alya to hear.

"What happened, what's going -" Adrien closed the door on Nino's face before he could finish his sentence. Then he waved sheepishly at Alya.

"Sorry about that." He said. Alya shook her head sadly.

"Not your fault." She told him. Of course it wasn't Adrien's fault. It was her fault, all her fault. The lyrics of the song still played in her mind, that line "I'm saying goodbye" was repeating over and over again. Alya told herself it was just the tune, but she knew she was lying to herself. This hadn't been the first time that she wondered if Nino wanted to break up, the way she was very rarely his first priority, how he would spend all his time on others, how he was almost completely oblivious to her actions. The truth was, she missed him. She wanted him so bad but it was like she could no longer have him. Like he was avoiding her.

Alya stood up abruptly. She couldn't let some boy destroy her. She was brave, she was confident, nothing could get in her way.

"I'm ready." She said to Adrien. He looked at her questioningly, definitely not believing her, but didn't make any effort to stop her. She walked out the door, holding her chin up high, ready to reunite with her classmates. There they were. Kim ran up to her.

"Alya, I'm really sorry I didn't realize that..." He trailed off, not really knowing what to say. Alya nearly laughed, the sight of Kim being lost for words was not something that she saw often.

"All good!" She told him. He stared at her, as if silently thanking her. She just nodded, only just keeping all the emotions that were flying around in her brain, under control. She felt like she could explode.

A loud thumping noise distracted her. She looked towards the sound, and saw Marinette bounding down the stairs. The girl raced towards Alya, nervous and apologetic.

"Alya I'm so sorry, I didn't realize that, and then Nino came up to me and," Alya's body went rigid at the mention of Nino. She didn't want anything to so with him right now, she needed space.

"I think I might go home now." She said, cutting Marinette off. She looked hesitantly at Adrien. "Could you come with me, I need to talk it out I think." The boy looked nervously at Marinette.

"I couldn't do tonight anyway." She told the boy. Alya had no idea what the context was, but she knew that it meant Adrien would be able to comfort her. Wait a second. Wasn't Marinette going to go on a date tonight. Alya shook her head at her forgetfulness.

"Um, actually never mind, I'm really tired and want to just sleep, so yeah don't worry about it." She lied.

"No, Alya I can come, really -" but Alya was already out the door.

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Alix was left alone in her room. Why did everything have to be so...complicated? Love ruined everything, it changed people, it tore them apart. Why did it have to ruin her friendships. She fiddled with her skate charm necklace angrily. She didn't see the purple butterfly until it was upon her.