"Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!" Chloé was staring at her screen, a news article about Adrien and Courtney DeMarco, one of New York's most famous teenage models. News was popping up everywhere about the two, there were even pictures of them out together.

"Marinette's going to hate this! What do you think I should do?" Chloé asked. "Tell her now and get it out there, or keep it to myself and hope that she never knows?"

Hunny just gave Chloé a look, her eyebrow raised.

"What? I'm still new to this friend stuff, I just want to make sure I do the right thing."

"And for that, I'm proud of you. You've come so far already," praised the little bee.

Chloé looked quite pleased with herself. "So, what should I do?"

"How about you tell me what you think you should do, and I'll let you know what I think?" Hunny offered.

"Okay... I mean, I think I should tell her. She's going to find out eventually, better now than later."

"Good Chloé, good. I'm going to add on to that, though. I think you should make it apparent that you feel it's in her best interest to know now, rather than down the road. Just make sure she knows it's not a taunting sort of thing."

"You're right. I totally would've done that before," she rolled her eyes at herself in annoyance. She wasn't exactly proud of how she treated people before.

Chloé continued to walked through the park, staring at her phone, when something vibrantly red caught the corner of her eye.

"Huh? Oh, it's Nathaniel! Should I talk to him, or just keep walking?" Chloé debated with herself.

"I agree with what Marinette said earlier. Go talk to him!"

"Right. Okay." she walked up to the red-headed boy, his sketchbook enthralling him.
"Hey Nathaniel," she greeted him.

"Hey," he replied, barely glancing up.

She made a face. Be nice. Compliment him!

"D- did I ever tell you that your hair looks nice like that?" she asked awkwardly. Being awkward was never something that would've described Chloé. Until now, anyway.

Nathaniel's hair was relatively the same length as it had been before, but instead of being sleek, running straight down his face covering an eye, he wore it all swept to his left side. It was cut in layers, so his hair appeared to be spiked as it rested on the side of his head, brushed away from his eyes. His right side above his ear cut short.

"What? Oh. Thank you for noticing. No-one's really said anything since I changed it a couple of months ago, I appreciate it."

"It's nice," she repeated. "I like that I can see both of your eyes now, they're really pretty."

Nathaniel blushed. "Ah, I - uh..."

Chloé knew if she didn't ask him now, she'd end up walking away, kicking herself later. "I was wondering... if you'd like to-"

Screams began echoing around the park. Chloé knew right away, screams like that meant an akuma attack.

"Go Nathaniel!" she shouted at him, and pretended to run behind him as she searched the park for the reason for the screaming.

"I don't know where it is, but we've got to go!" Chloé said to Hunny, who was hiding in her little white bag.
Unfortunately, there wasn't anywhere she could go that would completely conceal her, so she ducked behind a tree.

"Hunny, Buzz on!"

Queen Bee immediately gained some high ground, to see what was going on.
She spotted Nathaniel, hiding behind the water fountain...

Oh, Nathaniel.... she mentally facepalmed.

"You have to get out of here!" Queen Bee called over to him, waving him away.

"I see we've got an artist in love, here," came a feminine voice. "Is that for her?" she cooed, pointing at his sketchbook.

A woman in a very bright dress emerged from the shadows of the trees. Her dress had every color you could imagine, in splotches, and her hair seemed to change color to match each color on her dress.

"N-no!" Nathaniel said with much more force than he felt he could manage, hiding his sketchbook behind him.
The woman tried reaching for his sketchbook.

"Let Emotioness take a look, will you?" she practically purred.

"Leave him alone!" Queen Bee shouted, going after the akumatized woman with full force.

"I sense your emotions, sweetie. You're in love, too. But you also feel scared... scared of... me, could it be?" the villain asked in calm and drawling tone, that didn't match her expression. It sent chills up Queen Bee's spine.

"Don't touch him!" spat Queen Bee. She yanked the necklace the woman wore off, fighting her with all the strength she could muster.

Ladybug rushed over, panting. "I'm sorry! I came as quick as I could!" she shouted.

"I found the akuma. Here!" she cried, throwing the necklace over to Ladybug as she continued to fight the akuma victim.

Ladybug released the akuma, and purified it before setting it free. Once that was taken care of, she looked over to see Queen Bee helping Nathaniel up off the ground.

"You okay?" Queen Bee asked him, struggling to catch her breath.

"I'm fine, thank you Queen Bee," he replied gratefully and a hint of awe in his tone.

"What'cha got there?" she pointed at his sketchbook. "Mind if I take a look?"

Nathaniel's face turned a light shade of pink, but he handed over his book without a word.

He had drawn several sketches of her. Not her Queen Bee, but her Chloé.

"Oh, these are really good!" she praised, flipping through the pages. "You've drawn this girl a lot. Is she special?"

"I think so. She's very...complicated. I never really knew her before, but I feel like I know her a little better now," his face had gone even redder, rivaling his hair.

"Well, thank you for showing me your sketches, uh...?"

Ladybug silently left the scene, she felt she was intruding on something personal. She helped the woman up, and helped her find her way home as she was still pretty dazed and confused. Apparently Emotioness was the result of a young woman being picked on by her friends and family for being too sensitive.

"I'm Nathaniel. No problem, Queen Bee. Thank you so much again for saving me."

"It was nothing, really. Next time, please find a better hiding spot, though," she winked, before taking off.

Several minutes later, Chloé walked back through the park, Nathaniel sitting where he had been on her first walk through the park.

Just ask him. You were already half-way there.

"Hey again," she greeted as she sat down next to him.

"Hi," he said quietly.

Chloé took a deep breath. "So I was wondering... would you like to go see a movie, o-or something?"

Nathaniel's head shot up, "Me? You're asking me?"

His question stumped her. "Ah... Of course I'm asking you, why wouldn't I?"

"I always thought that you didn't like me," Nathaniel looked down at the ground, hurt.

"I was stupid before. I didn't really like anyone, honestly. I pushed everyone away. It was how I dealt with what troubles me in life. But things are different now, I promise."

"I've noticed..." he said with a smile. "Sure Chloé, I'll go to a movie, or something, with you," he reached over and took her hand.

Chloé's face went scarlet.

"But first, I want to show you what I've been working on the past few months..."

AN: Hope you liked this little Chloé/Nathaniel fluff piece. Get ready for some fluff of a different kind! ;) I'd greatly appreciate favorites/follows/reviews, as I'll be uploading the next chapter after I get a few more of them!

~ToujoursMiraculous