I do not own Miraculous Ladybug or any of the characters in this story.
"Mari?" Nino called, "hey are you okay?" He pokes his head through her trap door, and froze. Muffled sobs were coming from the loft. Nino scrambled up the rest of her stairs before clambering up the ladder to where her bed was. He shook his head in shock, as he nealed next to his long time friend. "Marinette, what happened?"
"We fought. W-we fought, and I can't back down. Y-yes, he's my friend! But I-I c-can't..." Here, she broke off sobbing again, clutching onto Nino's arm. Gently, he picked her up and pulled his friend to him. It had been a long time since he had had to comfort her like this.
"Can you calm down and talk to me, Mari? Marinette shook her head and stuttered
"I can't tell anyone. I-I made a promise. It's for everyone's safety."
"Mari, whatever secret you're keeping if its making you cry this much, then you need to tell someone." She glared up at him, "I am not saying telling me, but tell someone. Mari, please don't hurt yourself." Marinette hesitated, looking over his shoulder, though he didn't know this until later, but she was checking with Tikki, and slumped against him.
"Nino... Its imperative no one knows. I've been keeping the secret for...for years and my partner wants to know who I am. Without," here, she broke down before taking a deep breath "without my mask." Nino froze. What did she MEAN mask wait... No she couldn't mean... "Mari? What type of mask?"
"My… my Ladybug mask." She was staring at her hands; it was obvious she was waiting for an explosion.
Alya sat happily under a tree editing her latest blog post. As she posted her video, she looked up. Sitting on a bench nearby was a familiar blonde. He was sitting quietly; head on his knees, eyes on the ground. "Adrien?" his head shot off at her gentle voice,
"Alya. Hey." His reaction was lackluster and completely unadrien.
"What happened?"
"Um…a…Friend…a close friend and I got into…an argument. It was something stupid that I wanted." She sent him a sharp look "Oh! Not that! It was something small. I just... Wanted her name. She said no. She... She always does. It makes sense. It's for her own safety. But... I got mad. I said some things I didn't mean. She got really hurt, I... I did something stupid, and now she won't talk to me. She has every right to be angry, but..."
"Who?" Alya's voice was gentle, soothing, but was obvious she was curious. A look of panic crossed Adrien's face.
"A... Someone from work. She helps me with my modeling." Alya nodded taking the lie for now. Obviously, Adrian needed to keep something quiet. She knew better than to push, if he wanted to talk about it, he would let her know.
"Don't you think that maybe it's time to apologize?" Adrian shook his head,
"I'm not sure she'll forgive me, this time." Alya sighed
"it's never too late to try."
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WOW! I actually got this up! So….this is chapter 8… and we are 4 chapters from the official ebd…besides the extra one-shots and the epilogues. Hope all is well..i hope to get this completed before my spring break…the last week of the month. The 26th through the 30th I plan opn publishing a chapter of a new story and a one-shot everyday…maybe…it all depends on my collage visits…(:
~ME