As the four teens enjoyed their food, Alya started to grill Marinette and Nino about their elementary school memories. She was shocked, to say the least, when she found out that Chloe used to be friends with them. Good friends with them. When she asked what happened, Mari had simply shrugged and said "her mother left." Adrien had been silent, listening, and when Nino agreed with her, he shot them questioning looks,
"How could Chloe change that much?" His tone was quiet, but all three could tell that he was wary. Marinette hesitated before answering, remembering that Adrien too had lost his mother.
"H-her father sh-showered her with g-gifts an-and stuff and Sabrina started to follow her around and... S-she just seemed to change. It, it w-was as if she f-f-fe-felt like she w-w-wasn't g-g-good enough an-and t-that was what c-caused her t-to change." This observation stunned Adrien, and he thought back to it Mrs. Bourgeois left, and winced. Chloe had cried for days, before Sabrina had appeared. After that, Adrien hadn't spent time with her as much, before he came to school. Alya glanced at her watch and yelped,
"Guys! If we don't hurry, then we'll miss the movie!" The friends exchange glances, before hurrying to grab their stuff on their way to the movie.
Marinette sighed happily as she put away her laundry that evening. Besides her awkward stuttering, the day had gone well. The only way it could get better was if there was no Akuma attack that night. Slipping up to her balcony, Mari looked out over the city. Smiling to herself, she turned her Kwami; "Want to go for a swing?" Tikki giggled at Marinette's accompanying wink
" Just be careful, Marinette." Mari smiled before calling out
"Tikki, spots on!" Minutes later, she was flying across the city with the wind howling around her. Landing on the bottom steps of the Trocadera, Ladybug stretch and ambled along. It was a quiet night, and Ladybug was grateful for some time to herself.
"Well, look at that great minds think alike, m'lady." She world around to see Chat Noir sitting at the top of the stairs.
"Wow, Chat, I wasn't expecting to see you here, especially on such a quiet night." Chat Noir smile and moved over before padding to stand next to him.
"Maybe we're here because the universe is trying to tell us something."
"Chat, no!"
"It can't be a coincidence that we're both here on such a miraculous night."
"Chat, what do you want?" Ladybug shoulders slumped, "what is the I can do?" He swung his head towards or sharply,
"who are you?"
"No."
"My lad-"
"Chat. No. Our identities have to remain secret. No matter what. You know that!"
"Lb, come on! It's been 3 years! I don't know about you, but I want to know who I trust with my life with!"
"Chat-" Ladybug turned away, "Chat, I can't. I can't risk endangering our lives. What if I accidentally call your real name!? What... What if we don't like each other in real life? What if..."
"Ladybug, stop! I get the idea. You don't trust me. You don't trust anyone. I'll just go." With that, Chat used his baton to shoot into the night. Ladybug sat there, stunned as she looked down at her hands. Tears were forming in her eyes, as she stood up. Her swing home was lonely that night.
The last part was so painful to write!
Now, I know that Chat was a little (ok, more than a little) ooc here, but I needed it to move the story along. Just so y'all know, THIS IS NOT A REVEAL FIC! I have to rest of this written, by the way, I just have to upload it to my computer and edit…on that note, I have a friend who will be helping me edit this when she has a chance, so I'll be going back and changing some stuff soon hopefully. This was later than I had hoped, because I was out literally all day. (ACTs, am I right?) Anywho, I'm hoping to get ch 5 up by Wednesday or Thursday (Feb 14 or 15) but it depends. I may do a Valentine's Day special instead…
~ ME