Summary:

Hurt and disappointment weren't new things for her, she always experienced it. While she successfully feigned being happy and unhurt in front of others, in reality, she had a simple heart of glass.

Filler anyone?

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Chapter: Heart Of Glass P.1

It hurts, it hurts so much. Chloé can barely breathe without her chest aching. She feels the knot in her throat growing bigger and bigger, it's suffocating. It's been a hard whole week since she was made Ladybug and Marinette was made into her Black Cat. Many reporters were eager to get something out of them, eager to inform the people of Paris on what was going on with Ladybug and what had happened to the original Chat Noir. So much was and has happened. School had been weird since Marinette's akumatization, the class hasn't made a single peep about Marinette. Even Lila has been silent.

Still...

She's never felt so...alone, despite being constantly surrounded by Kagami and some of her classmates, a bubbly Blonde and her friend and a boy she'd already met at some point named Marc. They were nice company, while the group was a little apprehensive around her, Kagami served to ease any worries the trio had towards being around her. Chloé appreciated Kagami, growing to actually like her as a friend. But...there was that emptiness that lingered, the emptiness she carried around her, an emptiness she thought she finally left behind.

Marinette and her weren't talking much. They only spoke when they were out and about fighting akumas or simply patrolling and even when they did speak during those times, it was hardly speaking at all, just mostly small grunts and huffs from Marinette. Chloé missed her, not a day went by where she didn't internally beat herself up for confessing to Marinette at the worst time. She truly regretted opening her mouth that afternoon.

While Tikki and Kagami consoled her, she couldn't shake the feeling that Marinette was purposely pushing her away and ignoring her.

It felt...cruel of Marinette.

But even if Marinette was intentionally being cold to her, she deserved it. She allowed her selfish desire to get the better of her, she betrayed Marinette, she let her down. She had hurt her before, many times, just like she hurt everyone else around her, even the person whom she was supposed to openly care about. She wasn't a good person, she knew deep down the reason she moved in to comfort Marinette was only because she had no one else and that meant that she would be the only person Marinette would focus on.

It was an opportunity.

An opportunity for Chloé to try to right all her wrongs while also trying to court her.

She had many regrets and among them that constantly ate away at her even when she was on good terms with Marinette...was her falling out with Sabrina. She truly took the girl for granted and she would remember that every time the girl silently walked by her in the halls of their school.

She was selfish and she deserved to be alone, to be abandoned.

She sighs heavily as she shuts her locker door, she locks it up and takes a step back, she sits on the bench behind her, plopping down, she grips the strap of her bag tightly with a hand, she stares blankly at her locker. The school day was over, it was a Friday, so she wouldn't have anything to distract herself from beating herself up internally. She would be alone with herself all weekend unless Hawkmoth decided to send an akuma out. While she had Tikki and Kagami, she didn't exactly want to rely on them or...let them in. Not yet.

"Chloé?", Comes a soft voice. A voice that makes Chloé's head snap up and turn to the owner of that voice.

Sapphire eyes widen, she feels the knot in her throat growing bigger, she feels the weight in her stomach become heavier and she feels the ache in her chest intensify all at once. She tries to open her mouth, but her lips can barely manage to part any bigger than a slit.

A look of hesitancy flashes in Emerald eyes, but peach pink lips part again. "Can we...talk?", the girl asks softly, slowly and cautiously, she fidgets in place, gripping her bag's strap with both of her hands.

Chloé forcefully swallows the knot in her throat, gulping, her trembling lips finally manage to part. "Sabrina…", she breathes the name, her expression falls just a little more, "Uh, um yes…", she says nervously, zero confidence in her voice and her expression. "D-Do you...want to maybe talk at my place?"

The redhead sighs softly, she takes a moment to think before eventually nodding her head, "Sure.", she says.

Chloé doesn't know what to expect from this...what may happen, why Sabrina wanted to suddenly talk after months of silence. But she wasn't just going to deny Sabrina's want for a talk.

It's awkward, the air between them is thick with apprehension and hesitance. Both girls sat in silence for what seemed like forever. Neither knew how to start whatever conversation was to be had.

Chloé nervously shakes a leg under the table, she fiddles with her hands in her lap, looking everywhere but at the girl across from her, shame and guilt filling her with each passing second she spent sitting across from someone she had taken for granted.

The silence is deafening and overwhelming, at least, until Sabrina's voice breaks it as well as unknowingly breaking her.

"You're losing weight.", she says suddenly, concern is clear in her voice.

Chloé tenses and freezes for a moment, her leg stopped shaking and she stopped fiddling with her hands, her eyes widened for a split second, slowly she turns her head and her gaze meets the redheads worried expression, the way her eyebrows furrowed upwards, the way her emerald eyes looked at her so...worriedly.

Chloé doesn't know what comes over her, but she breaks, because despite everything horrible she's done, despite so little good she's done…Sabrina was still worried about her to some extent.

The heiress sucks in a deep breath, her vision blurs immediately, she feels the sensation of wet warmth suddenly rolling down her cheeks, she feels her expression fall harder than it's ever had, the way her jaw clenches tightly and her teeth grit together, the way her eyes screw shut and her eyebrows knit together. She can no longer keep the knot in her throat down. She lifts her arm and wraps them around herself, letting her head fall forwards as she held herself tightly and began to cry.

Emerald eyes widened, the sound of a chair falling on the floor came followed by hurried footsteps. The redhead was quick to get by the heiress's side, she placed her hands over tense shaking shoulders. It took a lot of thinking for Sabrina to finally approach Chloé, it was hard but after everything that happened last week and noticing Chloé's sudden and rapid weight loss, Sabrina gave in to her worry and concern. She cared about Chloé, even if Chloé probably never really cared for her, she couldn't help but want to be by her side, they've known each other for such a long time, she knows Chloé pretty well, knows when Chloé's hurting or is annoyed or frustrated. She knows her, right down to her mannerisms and what even the slightest change in her expressions mean.

"What's wrong?", Sabrina asks as she gives the shoulders a small squeeze, "What's going on?"

Chloé only cries harder, bringing her hands to her face, trying to muffle her whimpers and sobs, she leans into the redheads touch.

"Chloé, please-"

"I'm sorry.", Chloé whimpers out, cutting off whatever Sabrina was going to say. "I'm so sorry, I'm sorry.", she whimpered out over and over, her voice cracking.

Sabrina's eyebrows raised and her lips parted. "Chloé-". She begins but is once again cut off.

The heiress huffs and puffs, trying to catch her breath, before she knows it, she slips out of her chair and drops to her knees, kneeling before the girl that's done nothing but support her throughout the majority of her life. She began to do something she never thought she'd do.

"I'm such a horrible person, I never deserved to have you as a friend, I'm so sorry.", she sobbed out on her hands and knees.

Sabrina gasps, her own eyes begin to fill with tears, she doesn't hesitate to drop down to her knees, she wraps her arms around the heiress and hugs her tightly. "Relax, it's okay-"

"No, it's not okay, I hurt you so many times, I mistreated you when all you ever did was support me, you were the only one there for me when my own mother left me.", Chloé choked out her words through her sobs. "I never once thanked you or actually showed you that I cared for you.", Chloé now clung to the redhead and cried into her shoulder. "I deserve this...I deserve everything that comes my way. I deserve to be alone."

Sabrina swallows thickly, she rubs the heiress's back, she feels her chest aching. "No, no, everyone makes mistakes, it's not your fault.", the redhead began to speak, consoling the girl she grew up with. "It's not your fault.", she breathes out more loudly. She knows Chloé wasn't the best person, but she was her first friend, they've come this far and while she was the one that put the majority into their friendship most of the times, there were instances when Chloé was genuine with her. She knew Chloé's flaws were due to her mother leaving her all those years ago, before that incident, she was just an ordinary friendly girl. "I'm not going anywhere, Chloé, I'm here for you, I'll always be here."

Chloé sobs and whimpers, still clinging to Sabrina. Guilt and shame still remained.

Lila was the catalyst to their fallout, she drove a wedge between them, forcing Sabrina to really acknowledge all of Chloé's flaws, the brunette would always catch Sabrina alone and attempt to manipulate her, it never worked, but it frustrated her and also angered Chloé. Chloé's anger however was directed at her, which then resulted in an incident that simply broke the camel's back. Sabrina knew not to trust Lila, while everyone around her all fell for the girl's lies, she and Chloé did their fair share of digging around before they began to fight. Their fights were usually one-sided, mostly Chloé yelling at her, but with Lila pointing out some truths regarding Chloé's attitude and selfish nature, Sabrina began to distance herself from Chloé until she began to argue back.

Sabrina needed the space, she did, she's done some deep thinking and by the end it, she came to a conclusion, she didn't want to let Chloé go, at least not without talking with her...actually talking with her. If Chloé wanted her around, she'd have to try to be a better friend.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry.", Chloé continued to whimper, her cries were dying down.

Sabrina sucks in a deep breath, she wanted to be there for Chloé and right now she would, but when Chloé was in a better place, she would have that real talk with her.

Being there for someone, is just something you do when you love them.

Welp, hope it's been an interesting read so far.

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