My friends and I had to be so extra and send each other prompt requests with the prompt, the names, an element (became damn difficult with this), an AU and angsty/lighthearted.
24
Chlonette
Air
Bottle Episode
Dark
"I can't believe you made me do that."
Marinette growled.
"Made you do what?! Throw you into a safe along with me and dump you into the Seine along with you because I'm a miserable magician? Yeah, definitely my fault and not that Akuma's."
Chloé shook her head, feeling the safe hitting the ground of the river and bit her lip.
"I meant before that!"
"What before?!"
"Well, that stupid running away! You led us right to the Akuma!"
"I was trying to get away!"
The water inside the safe was rising more and more and they both slightly panicked.
"W-Well it didn't help!"
"Do you really want to discuss what let us end up here and not how to get out of here?!"
Chloé suppressed her tears and saw Marinette's eyes also getting a bit damp. It wasn't the water from the river in her eyes, that was for sure.
"I-... I don't think there's a way out."
The bluenette's breath hitched and she slammed her free hand against the walls of the safe.
"There has to! There has to be!"
Chloé already felt her breaths getting shorter. The air in here was getting used and it vanished through tiny gaps alarmingly fast.
"There isn't!"
"There is! There has to be!", she rolled her eyes, "Fuck! Chat Noir has to know we're trapped here!"
The blonde shook her head and tried to stand a little straighter since the water was reaching her neck. Suddenly Marinette yelled something that didn't seem to fit.
"TIKKI! TIKKI, SPOTS ON! SPOTS ON, spots on, damnit...!"
"What're you saying?!"
Marinette shrugged helplessly, visibly giving up.
"I-... I dunno-... I must be going crazy...", she sniffled and pressed herself against the walls of the safe.
"I'm sorry!", Chloé suddenly burst out, her eyes squinted, "I'm sorry for treating you like garbage all these years. I'm sorry for-... For everything!"
Marinette sighed. Then she shrugged.
"Thank you... For-... For apologizing. Scared that you won't have another chance, huh?"
Chloé whimpered.
"W-Well, yeah...", then she huffed, as the water reached her chin, their air almost running out, "I-... I can't believe you made me do that..."
The water completely filled the safe now and they both closed their eyes for a moment, then they looked at each other. Marinette smirked and held out a hand. All they had left was the air in their lungs that was keeping them from drowning. Chloé took her hand and nodded. Marinette nodded as well. They stayed like that for a minute. Another. Marinette gave up before her. Her eyes rolled back and her breath left her mouth in rapid bubbles, bolting for the upper side of the safe. Chloé's tears mixed with the water of the river. Shortly after that she felt her breath leaving her as well and the cold and wet death filling her throat and lungs.
