Marinette P.O.V.
I walk to school slowly making sure to not bump into anything or get in any situation that could break my project, I finally reach the classroom safe and sound and place it on Adrien's desk since we will be sitting together for class.
"Early for once" I hear Alya say from behind me.
"Good morning Alya." I greet as she walks in holding hands with Nino who has their project under his other arm. "Morning Nino" I say to him.
"Good morning" they greet as they place their project on my desk, there were multiple ways one could design their project so I admire and examine theirs.
"Is that a new outfit? Because it's beautiful Mari" Alya asks me, I blush a little. I decided to change my style a little, I'm wearing a pastel pink dress with a black coat over it, I wear black tights under and black ankle boots, my hair is in a single ponytail adorned by a bow made of the same fabric as my dress.
"Y-yeah, my mom thought it would be nice to see me change my style every once in a while...so I followed her advice and changed my style a little, though I doubt I'll be able to pull it off" I tell them nervously.
"Well if you look at that, Marinette tried to look decent for once! sadly for her, she failed," Chloe says as she enters the room with Sabrina right behind her, she giggles at Chloe's remark but I just ignore them and place my backpack down next to Adrien's seat.
"You know, even if a trash bag dresses in silk, it's still a trash bag" Chloe says as she seems to approach me but once again I just turn, ignore her, and yawn.
"Are you listening to me you moron?!" Chloe yells as she grabs my shoulder and turns me around.
"Don't you go thinking that just because you got paired up with my Adrikins you are so much better than me! He doesn't like you in the least! I bet you're nothing more than a charity case for him! I mean you ARE Maritrash! Stay away from him or I'll make you! HE IS MINE YOU HEAR?!" Chloe yells, as she says the last part though she swings her arm and throws the cup of coffee she is holding at me, I cover my face as soon as I see what's about to happen. The hot liquid quickly impact me and drenches me burning my skin. I let out a tiny cry of pain as I feel it all over my body, not only ruining my outfit but leaving my skin irritated.
Adrien P.O.V.
I walk towards the classroom, early for once since I want to see Marinette, maybe it's too early since school doesn't start for at least another forty five minutes as I get closer to the classroom though, I hear yelling from a familiar voice.
"Are you listening to me you moron?!" I hear as I hurry to get to the classroom, I am almost a hundred percent sure of who the voice belongs to.
"Don't you go thinking that just because you got paired up with my Adrikins you are so much better than me! He doesn't like you in the least! I bet you're nothing more than a charity case for him! I mean you ARE Maritrash! Stay away from him or I'll make you! HE IS MINE YOU HEAR?!" Chloe yells as I enter the classroom, I see her throw what seems to be a rather large cup of coffee at Marinette, who lets out a barely audible cry.
"Marinette!" Alya exclaims grabbing Marinette who nearly falls to the ground from the impact of what I assume is a very hot liquid.
"I'm okay," Marinette claims as she stands up and looks at Chloe, but she doesn't look okay. Her whole body is soaked with coffee! Luckily her face seems to be dry since she has fast reflexes and managed to cover her face.
"Let's... let's set things straight Chloe..." Marinette says, her voice seems shake-y, "Adrien is NOT AN OBJECT!" she yells making everyone in the room go quiet, that is not what anyone expected to hear, after being soaked in coffee that's definitely what any of us would say at least, her Ladybug is showing, she's defending me when it was her that got hurt.
"ADRIEN IS A HUMAN BEING! HE DOESN'T BELONG TO ANYONE, HE MIGHT BE A MODEL BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE DOESN'T HAVE FEELINGS! IF YOU TRULY CARE ABOUT HIM STOP TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE GET AWAY FROM HIM! YOU CAN KILL ME IF YOU WANT! BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN OTHER PEOPLE WON'T TRY TO APPROACH HIM!" Marinette yells at her as she tries to stand up, I instantly try and take a step forward to get to her but Alya beats me to it as she inches close to Marinette.
She finally manages to stand on her own but falls again, ripping her tights a little, I see her skin and notice it's red, most likely irritated from the hot liquid. I try and go to her but Nathaniel and Alya reach her first. I take a look at Marinette and see her neck and hands have become red as well!
"Adrikins!" I hear Chloe exclaim as she notices me standing at the door, she rapidly rushes to me "Did you just hear the way she treated me?!" Chloe asks acting like a victim when I just witnessed everything myself.
"Chloe! What you did was not only wrong but also unacceptable" I say to her, her pulling her off of me. Her eyes widen and she frowns.
"She was acting like a pest, acting all innocent when we all know she fawns over you" Chloe says loudly, I turn to Marinette who looks away from me while she is being helped up by Nathaniel.
"I thought you said you disliked crazy fans," Chloe continues talking making me annoyed, I try and get past her so I can help Marinette but she blocks the way again.
"Look Chloe, I-I can't deny I was pretty crazy about Adrien but at least I never made any one leave his side" I hear Marinette says as she slowly makes her way with Alya at her side while Nathaniel held her now ruined bow.
"Oh, and Chloe, at least I know my place, but do you?" Marinette asks as she leaves the classroom with Alya behind her, I can hear a couple people make "sizzling" sounds and asking if Chloe needed water for her "burn".
"Wait Marinette," I say as I start to walk towards the two girls who were leaving the classroom, Alya turns around giving me a "leave her alone for a while", I nod at her and take my seat.
"Adrikins," Chloe comes over once again, I sigh.
"Chloe, I appreciate you, we have been friends for a long time but please leave me alone," I tell her as I turn away from her. I can hear her audibly gasp and go to her seat with Sabrina praising her about something.
I can't keep what Marinette said out of my mind... especially when she said that she had never made anyone leave my side, sure in the past people wouldn't want to hang out with me because Chloe would scare them off but... did Marinette mean that she wouldn't be by my side anymore?! Is she going to stop talking to me because of what Chloe did?! Is that what she meant? I don't want that! I can't lose her, not now, not ever!
Marinette's smile always makes me smile, her clumsiness is something that I find adorable, the way she concentrates and is passionate makes her so attractive, when she becomes stubborn all I want to do is tease her. I wanted to make other guys look away from her, I wanted to run my hand through her midnight hair and stare into her eyes forever. I didn't want to lose her, and I can't even full tell myself why...
Marinette P.O.V.
"Are you okay girl?" Alya asks me as we enter the locker room slowly.
"Yeah, my clothes are drenched so I have to change, luckily I have clothes here," I tell her.
"You worked so hard to change your style and that brat had to come ruin it, your skin is all irritated! Good thing it didn't fall on your face, it did fall everywhere else though, even your hair!" she says as she fans me with her binder.
"It's okay Alya, I can just use perfume to cover up the smell, as I said I have extra clothes, my original creations," I say with a wink she smirks at me and we fist bump, but I wince at the impact since my skin is a little sensitive.
"Sorry Mari!" Alya exclaims as she hears me.
"I'm okay, I'm not as weak as I seem" I tell her, giving her a big fake smile.
"Well, I'll leave you to it, somebody has to pick up the coffee that brat spilled, try and change as fast as possible," she says with a wink and exits the locker room. I open my locker and look through the clothes I have, I haven't told Alya this but sometimes I leave new creations here since sometimes I don't know if they're worth wearing and would rather keep them hidden, something that isn't possible when Alya loves to look through my closet.
With a little struggle I manage to undress, no one is around so it's okay, I tell myself as tears brim my eyes and I let the tears come out as I sob, I don't know if I'm crying because of my physical or emotional pain but tears come out either way, my sobs only grow louder as I try to contain them. My legs feel weak, and I collapse on to the cold marble floor of the locker room, my irritated skin feels so nice against the cold.
"Marinette...?" I hear Tikki's small voice say as she flies out of my very damp bag which I carefully placed on top of my pile of wet clothes.
"S-sorry, I-I'm so-so s-sorry y-you h-have to s-see m-me like this," I say to her as my tears continue to fall.
"It's okay, but remember you have to stay positive, we wouldn't want you to get akumatized" Tikki says to me.
"Y-You're right, I-I'm sorry, I just can't h-help myself" I say, after a couple moments my sobs finally quiet down, my tears don't cease to fall though. I just had to go open my mouth, what would Adrien think of me now? The last thing I want to do is cause problems for him, Chloe after all did out rank me. Not only is she richer than me but she is Adrien's childhood friend and nothing will change that.
She just sees Adrien as an object, a prize, a toy. She was mean and cruel, and he was kind and gentle, but Adrien only had her while he grew up, she was his one friend, wether he did or didn't want it to be that way. Marinette was sure that in all those years Chloe had made sure that no one got close to Adrien, for he was her personal toy. All those years, Adrien must have believed that there was a problem with him while he sat in that big mansion where he lives. I know that Chloe has hated me since the day we met, I've never understood why though, and I'm sure that if I get away from Adrien, she'll stop making other people get away because in the beginning she didn't care as long as he wasn't friends with me.
I let my tears flow, a sob escaping my lips every once in a while. So many things are built up inside me, not just this incident but so much more. I cry, and cry, I don't know how long I've been here collapsed on the cold floor but I know that if I don't get myself together Alya will come back in looking for me. A couple minutes pass and finally I collect myself enough to stand up, I smile at Tikki who has been giving me a tiny hug all this time, I let her know I'm much better and I get dressed.
I put on a pastel pink sweater with a cat on it, I put on a black high waisted skirt and wear grey tights under , I put on some pink flats that are stored in here just by luck, I leave my hair down since it's rather wet with coffee. I put perfume all over myself trying to make sure the coffee smell doesn't linger, Tikki offers to help me and sprays it on my back and parts of my hair I can't reach. I apply some moisturizing cream on my skin which is still really irritated. I trade bags since my everyday one is drenched and is definitely not suitable for Tikki, I head to the classroom and luckily enter right as the bell rings. I take my place next to Adrien and try not to make eye contact with him.
"Mari... are you okay?" Alya whispers to me as Miss Bustier takes attendance.
"Yeah, don't worry" I say as I turn and give her a smile.
"...but Mari, your eyes are red and puffy..." she says, a worried expression on her face.
"Uhm... it's probably just because my skin is irritated" I lie to her, she gives me a look that I know all too well, she knows I'm lying.
"Yeah, it's probs just the coffee" she lies as well, I remember that Nino and Adrien can over hear this conversation as well, so I just turn and make sure not to look at Adrien. I'm worried he heard everything I said this morning, I definitely know he knows the fact that I "used" to be a fangirl. I can feel his eyes on me though, it's as if he was burning a whole through me.
When Miss Bustier calls on him to read I steal a glance at him. He finishes reading and I turn away, but I want to see his face again so I try and steal another glance, instead of meeting the sight of his perfect side profile, I meet his eyes. I'm not the only one caught off guard though I caught him off guard as well and he blushes furiously and turns away, it's so adorable but did he, did he seriously think I couldn't feel his eyes on me earlier? It was only fair I look at him at least once as well. Finally the lesson ends and I stretch in my seat, my skin fells better but I'm still in pain. I see Adrien from the corner of my eye, I know he wants to talk but luckily before he can Alya comes ad saves me.
"Girl, that outfit is on point! I can't believe you had it in your locker!" Alya says as she pulls me up, making a little whimper escape me. Alya looks at me apologetically but I give her an "it's okay look", and she resumes to examining my outfit, which is rather simple, but she admires it all the same.
"OMG Marinette, how can you be so talented?" Alya asks me as she quickly takes her phone out and snaps pictures of me making me blush.
"I-It's nothing really" I say giving her a smile.
"She's right Marinette, it's a really nice outfit" Rose says as she approaches me, Juleka, Alix and Mylene gather around me as well.
"You look so nice with your hair down Marinette" Mylene says, the other girls nod.
"Where did you get that dress? Do you think they have it in black?" Juleka asks.
"Actually, Marinette made it herself," Alya brags to them, I smile nervously as they all inch closer.
"Really Marinette?!" they all ask.
"Y-Yeah, I make all of my clothes... the only think that I don't know how to make are shoes, but I'd love to learn" I say to them continuing to smile.
"Wow, you are so cool Marinette!" Alix says.
"Good job on all your projects class, you are excused" Miss Mendeliev says as everyone gets up and starts to leave the classroom, I get up as well and start heading towards the door with Alya, finally the day has ended! All I want to do is get home, eat my pain away, take a nice long bath, write in my diary and sleep, hopefully my skin will be much less irritated by tomorrow.
"Marinette!" I hear a voice call, it's Adrien, I turn and see him catch up to me with Nino at his side.
"Nino! You said you would babysit with me today!" Alya exclaims as Nino looks at her in confusion.
"Babysi-" he starts before he looks at Alya in the face, "OH YEAH! Well, got to go guys!" he says and the couple rushes out of the school, I face palm myself and regret it as my hand is still irritated, I shake my head at my best friend as I watch her run off with her boyfriend.
"Marinette?" I hear Adrien speak again, I jump a little.
"D-Don't you have an after school class today?" I ask him trying to once again, escape any confrontation.
"I told you. I told Nathalie to clear up my whole week, also I wanted to talk to you" he says, his voice getting serious, I look at his eyes and instantly I feel a little better, No Marinette!
"Here?" I ask, we're standing in the doorway of the now empty classroom.
"N-no, how about we go somewhere?" he asks me, I'm not really in the mood to go anywhere, my skin is irritated and my emotions are a mess but this is Adrien and I can't deny him anything no matter how hard I try to tell myself I can, I want to get away from him but at the same time every part of me tells me not to.
"Sure," I reply to him, "but where?" I ask.
"Want to go to the park?" he asks me, I nod and we start walking to the park.
A/N: Told you this chapter had more action! But don't kill me please! I'll make it up next chapter.
Before you go and say "would Marinette's skin really get all red and irritated that fast?!1?!11!", let me tell you that I based this off something similar that happened to me. Boiling coffee was... accidentally -_- thrown all over me; even though I have a tan complexion, because I have sensitive skin my skin got really red and irritated and it took me about a week for it too feel all better, but that was because I applied nothing on it. So there you go! You can't say this isn't realistic because I myself have "tested" it out.
If you read this annoying long note then... Thank you for reading as always! Hope you liked it, 'Till next time:3