Chloe yanked Marinette aside after school let out & shoved her against the wall, forearm to her throat.
" You listen here, Maritrash. If you so much as look at my Adrikins again, I will have my daddy banish you & your pathetic family from Paris. You got me?" Chloe snapped. Marinette swallowed the lump in her throat & nodded. She didn't really know what she did wrong, but she nodded anyway.
"Do you understand what you did? Or are you just nodding so I'll let you off the hook?" Marinette gulped. She didn't know what she did. It was always hard to tell with Chloe because she was always angry about a ton of crap. All the time.
"Ugh. Fine. I'll tell you what you did. You stole his heart. It was rightfully mine & you stole it!" Chloe screamed. Marinette, who noticed Chloe's arm loosen on her neck, pushed it away & giggled uncontrollably. Chloe scowled.
" What's so funny?"
" You misread his feelings entirely," Marinette breathed, clutching her aching sides from laughing too much.
"No, I didn't. I don't read feelings. He told me you hold his heart," Chloe crossed her arms. Marinette shook her head at the thought that her crush might even slightly feel the same way about her.
"He likes Ladybug. Not me," Marinette went serious.
"BUT YOU ARE LADYBUG!" Chloe screeched, making a ton of heads look in their direction.
" Honestly Chloe, you need to get your head out of the clouds & realize that I'm not Ladybug. I'm too much of a klutz. And according to you (Not the song by Orianthi), I'm too much of a low-life, "Marinette deadpanned, even tho Chloe was right. (For once) She was Ladybug, but she couldn't tell anybody that. Not even her family or her best friend Alya. Chloe stared into her eyes and grinned.
"You're not saying something. And you wanna know how I know how you're Ladybug? It's because I saw your kwami. And then I saw you transform. And then-" Chloe stopped talking when a leather-covered hand was put over her mouth. Marinette shrieked. Chloe looked up to find Chat Noir towering over her, his blonde locks swishing in the wind.
" Now, Chloe, why don't you let the poor girl be? She hasn't done anything wrong. And yes, I heard your full conversation so you don't have to explain yourself. Hello m'lady," Chat Noir said, turning to Marinette. Great. Now Chat knows. Can this day get any worse? Yes. Yes, it can.
" This is not how I expected people to find out. Actually, I didn't plan on anyone finding out," Marinette muttered.
" Come on m'lady. I need to talk to you," Chat Noir grabbed Marinette's hand gently & pulled her close to him. She looked at him wearily but wrapped her arms around his neck as he grabbed his baton & launched them into the air, leaving Chloe on the ground.