Chapter 12
The next morning Marinette lied on the ground in front of her couch with dark eyes, from sleeping badly last night.
"I just want to die" Said Marinette and tried to stand up by herself with the help of her coffee table. Marinette walked to the bath room to wash her face off, then cleaned it up with a towel and made her way across the room to the exit. She opened it and as she walked out she tripped over something, falling down on the ground.
"Whoa!" Replied Marinette after flying down, then looked back to see on what she tripped and it was on a person. That was Adrien Agreste, who slept there on the ground for no reason.
"Adrien?" Asked Marinette. "Adrien!" Shouted Marinette shaking him, causing him to wake up.
"Whoa!" Shouted Adrien shocked then shrieked as he saw Marinette with eye bags in front of him. "Uh good morning" Greeted Adrien a bit perplexed.
"Morning Adrien" Greeted Marinette sad. "D...did you overnight here?"
"I'm your friend, I was worried about you," Said Adrien taking her hand. "I know, it's been a few days, that we haven't seen our foxes, but trust me, they're okay. Who knows, maybe they even bounded a good relationship with each other."
"Adrien I….I have to tell you something…."
"W...what?" Asked Adrien a bit surprised.
"I wasn't crying about the fox Nathaniel yesterday," Told Marinette and Adrien nodded. "It was about Nathaniel Kurtzberg. My other best friend, beside Alya"
"Okay and...uhm...why exactly were you crying?" Asked Adrien.
"A while ago Nathaniel committed suicide" Admitted Marinette making Adrien look surprised at Marinette's message to him.
"Wh...why?" Asked Adrien, then Marinette got sad at the question. "You can trust me Marinette"
"I think it was my fault. If I did talk more or pay attention to him, like Nino told to, he would still be here"
"What about exactly?" Asked Adrien trying to put all the pieces of the mystery together.
"A rich cousin from Chloé called Nanette bullied him along with a few other students and even published it on the newspaper of the school, while Alya was away from Paris."
"Oh no"
"After someone published a video pretending to be Nathaniel masturbating, because of me, the bullying got worse, then others started to bully him on the internet and...and…." Said Marinette now starting to cry in Adrien's arms.
"Shhh calm down Marinette" Said Adrien. "It's good, that you told me that"
"It's my fault, why didn't I help him more?" Asked the bluenette sobbing. "Even that online girl was better than me"
"Online girl?" Asked Adrien thinking on Lila's red headed online friend, then shook his head. "Come Marinette don't say, it's your fault. You couldn't know, that this would happen" Said the blonde petting the friends head. "Look, why don't we go visit a mourning consultant. I know one I went to deal with Lila's dead and that might help you"
"Okay" Replied Marinette and Adrien hold her hands, looking at her. "But first let's go eat breakfast" Said Adrien smiling at the bluenette, which gave him a little smile.
"Let's go then," Said Adrien walking along the corridor with Marinette.
In a park Nathaniel lied along with Lila under a bench sleeping. Darwin sat on the to p of the bench looking around the park at the few people, that hang there with their dogs.
"Wonder if Rocky made it," Asked Darwin himself observing a Border Collie playing with a kid fetch.
Darwin's stomach growled and he saw a family with two children doing a picnic and eating grilled hot dogs, which were grilled by the family man of them. Darwin licked his lips and jumped down at the ground, then looked back at the foxes.
"Psst wake up" Whispered Darwin and Lila opened her eyes, releasing a yawn from her then looked up at the raccoon.
"Did you see something?" Asked Lila and he nodded.
"Well, there's a family doing a picnic and they got food there in their basket" Showed Darwin pointing at the brown wicker, which Lila saw from down the bench.
"I don't know, if that's a good idea to take from there" Responded Lila, then saw Nathaniel's nose moving as his nose got the scent of the sausages. Nathaniel woke up, lifting his head up to look, from where the smell comes from.
"A picnic!" Replied Nathaniel excited and Lila held Nathaniel's tag from stop wagging.
"That's not a good idea Nathaniel," Told Lila. "You're not in Paris"
"I know" Responded Nathaniel. "But I could try to get one or two out of the basket, without them to note"
"Why don't you do the puppy face,as dogs do?" Asked Lila ironic, then Nathaniel walked up to the humans.
"Is he going to do it? Asked Darwin and Lila looked shocked as he made his way up to the humans.
Nathaniel sat next to the towel of the picnic looking at the humans, then let a little bark out, calling the others attention.
"Look a fox," Said a boy pointing at Nathaniel. Nathaniel did the fox face, then whined like a fox, which was rather a little bit irritating for the ears of the humans there.
"Make it stop" Demanded the mother closing her ears along with the others, then the father took the grilling fork and wanted to hit Nathaniel with it, but then Lila jumped and bit in the middle of the fork, then tried to pull it of the man's hand.
"Lila!" Shouted Nathaniel surprised as she hold the fork.
"The man wanted to hit you with that instrument!" Told Darwin. "Lila saved you"
"Really?" Asked Nathaniel and Lila got kicked away by the man.
"Hey!" Shouted Nathaniel along with the family of the man.
"Honey! Not in front of the others!" Hissed the woman and Nathaniel bit on the point of the fork and took it away from the hands of the fox, growling at the man.
"Easy there little man," Said the man, looking at the fox holding the fork, growling at him. "Give me this thing," Said the man getting his hands closed on the instrument and Nathaniel growled louder, marching back slowly.
"Dad give the foxes some sausage" Demanded the oldest child, which was a girl. "They're probably hungry too"
"Come on you two," Said the woman taking a large, white sausage out of the basket, holding it closer to Lila. She smiled and stole it from her hand, leaving the others back and hid under the bench. Nathaniel saw it, then let the fork fall down and looked up at the man.
"Alright little man," Said the man and took from the basket three sausages and gave them to Nathaniel. "Here for your family," Said the man and observed Nathaniel taking them and looking back at Lila.
"Come back" Demanded Lila and he walked back at her and lied the sausages down at her.
"Not bad," Said Lila looking up at the male Tomato fox.
"Come Darwin, I got one for you too" Mumbled Nathaniel lying them down.
"Thank you" Said Darwin breaking a bit up from the sausages and started to chew on it.
"You're okay Lila?" Asked Nathaniel.
"About the scene with the fork?" Asked Lila and he nodded. "Yes, don't worry"
"You're lucky," Said Darwin. "Humans would have stabbed and pierced me up there, if I did got to get the food"
"What?" Asked Nathaniel surprised.
"Raccoons aren't really liked by lots of humans" Told Darwin.
"But not all, right?" Asked Nathaniel and Darwin nodded.
"Listen not all humans are all the same."
"Yeah I learned about it," Said Nathaniel sad. Lila lowered her face, as Nathaniel told that then she stood up and bumped him on his head.
"Nathaniel, you have to come with me," Told Lila.
"Why?" Asked Nathaniel.
"I want to show you the rest of the park," Told Lila. "Come" Said Lila running off.
"Hey wait" Said Nathaniel then looked at Darwin.
"Go, I'll be coming later" Said Darwin then Nathaniel ran behind Lila.
"Come and get me Nathaniel," Told Lila laughing, then Nathaniel laughed and pursued her along the park. Darwin smirked as the two foxes were playing with each other in the park.
"Those two are meant to be" Said Darwin picking up another piece of sausage to chew, while seeing the others run.
