A/N: Okay, here we go 3/4, I hope to get the last one up either tomorrow or Thursday! So, be excited.
Prompt: (came from my castmate!) "Mari dyes her hair and Adrien stops BEING SILLY AND RECOGNIZES HER" Thanks, kid, will do!
~Enjoy!
"Oh, oh my!" Sabine gaped as her teenage daughter stepped out of the bathroom with a pained expression, she had made a slight mistake.
"Mama, the box lied to me," she said lamely, her face and voice expressionless as she stared at the floor, her face tinted red.
Sabine gave a soft hum before going over to her daughter and placing an arm around her shoulder, "it's not bad, little one, just different, it's very cute." She encouraged, looking down at her daughter to read her reaction. Marinette just sighed and glanced up at the woman, her eyes hopeful and very, very blue.
"Are you sure? What if no one likes it?" She questioned, her back tensing slightly as the scenario played over in her head, how no one would talk to her, she'd be doomed to sit at the back so a to not distract the rest of the class, and Adrien wouldn't talk to her! Oh she'd be a social outcast for sure!
"Marinette, you need to breathe, it will all be okay," Sabine spoke sternly, upset that her daughter was worrying over something so trivial, her friends loved her for her, not her hair. Marinette snapped out of her slight panic to look at her mother, who gave her a hug and a kiss to the forehead.
"Go on, you'll be late if you don't head out now."
Her mother was right, no one really cared about her hair, right? Right.
"Oh Tikki, I can't do this!" She whined, ducking behind a tree to watch all her classmates mingle in front of the school and suddenly she felt scared, what if her mother was wrong, even though Sabine could never be wrong, there's a first time for everything.
"Marinette, you're mother is right and if you don't go now, you'll be late!" The kwami chirped, not daring to leave the small clutch for fear of being spotted.
"Besides, you're wearing a hat."
Marinette nodded, heading out once again for the school to meet up with Alya.
"Hey girl! You're on time, thank goodness!" She teased, slinging her arm around the small girl and leading her inside.
"Hey Alya, I might have made a, uh, small mistake?" Marinette whispered, leading Alya to the bathroom by simply walking in that direction.
"What'd you do, steal another phone?" Alya teased her once more, sensing the uneasy feeling wafting off of Marinette.
Marinette said nothing, just opened the door to the bathroom and took a quick survey, no one was in there except her and Alya.
"Okay, don't laugh, it was a mistake and I can fix it in a few days." Marinette took a deep breath and removed the beanie that covered her head, revealing the mess of a bright blue bun. Alya just stared at her now blue haired friend and gapped, this... was a surprise to say the least.
"Well? Is it really that bad?" Marinette was close to tears, Alya hated it! She just knew she should've skipped classes, or called in sick!
"No, nonono, it's just, different, but it looks rad, girl!" Alya quickly came to her rescue, grabbing some paper towels and handing them to Marinette, just in case. Marinette took them and shot Alya a grateful look, at least she tried to make her feel better, that's all that mattered.
"Yeah? Well, I'm going to fix it soon, but I have to let the dye set first." Marinette sighed, fixing the beanie on her head to hide the hair disaster.
"That's good, were you touching up your highlights?"
"Yeah, but I think I'm going to just go back to my natural color," Marinette decided, following her friend down to their classroom to forget this entire mess.
Chat Noir sighed, it wasn't like his lady to be late for patrols, one that she set up, to be precise! Where was she?
"Chat! Sorry I'm late, I uh, ran into a problem..." Ladybug sighed, standing at his side.
Chat looked over to the girl to ask about her problem, but one look at her and he knew it exactly, her hair was bright blue.
"M-my lady, was this problem a teenage rebellion?" He asked, gawking at her hair, it wasn't bad, just different.
"No! I just messed up with my highlights. My problem was trying to find a hat to cover it, but I decided that was ridiculous, but one more joke and I'm leaving." She warned, throwing her yo-yo and zipping away, leaving Chat to himself.
Ladybug's attitude reminded him of his classmate Marinette, and how she refused to take off her beanie the entire day. Chat sat there, mulling it over before it dawned on him and he prang into action.
"My lady!" He called, slamming onto the roof next to her, knees buckling under the force of his landing.
"Chat Noir, are you okay?!" She reached out an arm to steady her partner, letting him lean on her as she gently helped him into a sitting position.
"Thanks, Marinette," he smiled at her, and her reaction said it all, he was right.
Ladybug shoved him away, pushing him into the roof and letting out a squeak of fright, "how did you know?!"
"I, uh, didn't really, just figured 'Marinette was wearing a hat today and Ladybug is embarrassed about her hair' and so, I guessed?" He laughed uneasily, sitting up and shifting away from the very angry girl.
"Don't hit me, purrty pawlease?" He smiled cheekily at the girl.
"Just, don't tell anyone."
Chat sat up and held up his hand, "Cat's honor!" She smiled with him at that.
"Right, then let's finish this patrol, silly kitty."
The two heroes leapt into the night, neither feeling ready to let Chat's secret out of the bag, but both ready to help Marinette keep hers, both secrets, to themselves.
