Friday, December 29
Marinette needed some girl time.
Don't get her wrong, she loved spending time with Adrien, but a girl sometimes just needs some space, you know? Especially with what happened on Wednesday. It wasn't Adrien's fault, but she needed to gather her thoughts for a while. To just relax and not think about Akuma's, boyfriends or Chloé Bourgeoises.
Which is why she called Alya up with the offer to go shopping. Alya happily accepted and said she would invite Juleka and Rose too. The more the merrier!
They entered and passed multiple shops, everyone buying at least one thing they desired. It was already getting darker outside, so they agreed to spend about 30 minutes more before heading home.
That was, until they bumped into Sabrina leaving a store. She smiled and greeted them, and they returned the gesture, but the moment was quickly ruined by Chloé leaving the same store, apparently shopping with Sabrina.
When Chloé noticed the presence before her, she frowned, especially towards Marinette. The dark-haired girl didn't mind though, this kind of behavior was always expected from Chloé Bourgeois, especially after their 'discussion' last week. Mostly everyone knew about the sudden change in Adrien and hers relationship, some of her friends also knew about Chloé's outburst, but she didn't dare to bring it up to anyone else, except Adrien, that she was almost akumatized because of it. Though it was tempting to say it right now to make Chloé feel guilty. Surely, she would feel some kind of remorse if she heard she had made someone so upset that they could become one of Hawk Moth's goons? Then again, this wasn't the first time an Akuma would have been created at Chloé's hand, and the girl knew that. Also, it would probably be more likely that Chloé would laugh at Marinette for letting her words get to her.
No, it would be better to keep quiet. For now.
"Marinette," the blonde spoke harshly. It was completely unnecessary, but she only used this tone to get under Marinette's skin.
Marinette was contemplating if pulling a few punches on the girl in front of her would get her in trouble, but she already knew the answer to that. After all, daddy was the mayor…
So, instead of making her aggressive thoughts reality, she took a deep breath and went for another method of hurting the girl.
Doing the exact opposite what she wanted. Instead of acting angry or scared, which Chloé always loved to see on her face, Marinette would be sweet as sugar.
Marinette smiled broadly, it almost hurt her jaw. "Hey, Chloé!" Everyone seemed to be taken aback by the sudden happy response. Marinette only went on with her charade and plucked her phone from her pocket. "I just wanted to thank you again for the fabric you gave me for Christmas! I made a dress out of it, look." Marinette held the phone in front of Chloé's face, showing her a few pictures from her family dinner that evening. "I know you don't really care about what I make, but I just wanted to tell you that it's really appreciated and it's being put to good use. So yeah, thanks!"
Chloé didn't know how to respond to that. She hadn't expected this reaction at all, which was exactly what Marinette was hoping for. The blonde was stunned.
"Uhm…y-your welcome?"
Oh, Chloé stammering? This was too good to be true. Marinette should have asked Alya to film this beforehand. Oh well.
"Yeah! So, we're heading home now. Bye!" Marinette mustered a smile again and took off, the other girls awkwardly saying their goodbyes too before following her. "Oh, and Chloé?" Marinette asked over her shoulder, making her smile as wide as she could without breaking her face. When it seemed she got her attention, she continued. "Adrien gives his regards."
Chloé basically snarled before turning on her heel, Sabrina quickly following her, carrying all the bags by herself.
"What was that?" Alya asked incredulously once they were out of earshot.
Marinette grinned. "Just trying to tick her off. Serves her right. She wants to play dirty? I play dirty. Adrien offered to talk some sense into her, but I said I could take care of it."
"You so did!" Rose beamed happily. "The look she had on her face! You definitely showed her."
Alya smirked and threw an arm around her best friend's shoulder. "I'm proud of you, M. Though, I have to ask, I don't understand your method of trying to get under her skin. Why were you all rainbows and sunshine?"
She shrugged. "Because she hates that."
Alya pondered on that. "So, you're being mean to her by being nice to her because she can't stand that?"
"Yup," Marinette said proudly.
Alya shook her head in amusement. "You really are something, Marinette."
Hello, it's been a while. FINALLY, today I will be ending this madness. The chapters will all be posted and SFSS will finally be over. I'm sorry that it's been a month. Due to some personal problems I haven't been able to post. I'm terribly sorry for that. In the last chapter I'll explain what my plans will be for the future and my other stories!
