Chloe had been laying in Marinette's room for the past two hours just waiting for something to happen. She had settled on watching Marinette for a while, slightly amused by the way the girl just fluttered around the room after fabric and thread. "What are you doing?" she asked, crossing her legs on the bed.
Marinette looked up and blew her bangs from her eyes, "Well, since you're now sort of a permanent member of Ladybug and Chat Noir's team, I'm making this doll…" she explained.
"Doll?" Chloe repeated, standing up and making her way to Marinette's desk. "Why a doll?"
"I already started making a bunch of them," Marinette said. "They're in that basket." They both looked over to a little doll basket which held the two heroes as well several akumas, including Antibug. Chloe smirked, knowing that she would be the only one to have two dolls based on her made by Marinette.
…Why was that such a big deal?
She shook her head and turned her attention back toward the doll in Marinette's hands. It was quite adorable, and the detail on the scepter was quite impressive. "Wow, you're really good at that…" Chloe mumbled form where she leaned over the girl.
"Thanks," Marinette giggled. "I've had quite a bit of practice."
Chloe stood up straight, and it was then that she noticed The Wall. There were pictures of Adrien all over that wall. Like, a lot. More than Chloe had. Wow.
She snickered and felt her usual self slide into place as she sauntered closer to the wall. "Well, someone's got it bad, doesn't she?" Chloe snickered, hiding it behind her hand.
Marinette turned in her chair to face the girl, a bored look on her face. That was weird, not quite the reaction Chloe thought she would get. "Yeah, but I know Adrien doesn't like me back…" she grumbled. "I wish he did, but…ughhhhhhh!" Marinette tossed down the doll in her hands and crossed her arms, drawing her feet up into the seat. "Whatever…"
Well, that surprised Chloe. She wanted to fluster the girl, embarrass her and tease her like usual. Instead, she just…frustrated her? And, for whatever reason, Chloe felt kind of bad. It had to be Buzzi and the suit, since Chloe never felt anything more than cold toward Marinette. These weird feelings could stop anytime, though.
Before Chloe could even say anything else, a beep from her scepter drew her back to reality. She picked it up and a projection came out of Chat running around.
"Reine, Cat's Meow is close, it's show time!" he announced with a bit of a giggle.
"Fine," Reine grumbled, "I'm going." She hopped up the steps to the hatch and pushed it open, "Well, I'll see you later, Marinette Dupain-Cheng!" she said with a wink, jumping out the door.
The fight didn't last long. Cat's Meow fell into Marinette's room, but Marinette had disappeared, leaving only Ladybug running up the stairs to grab the cat ears headband off the girl's head. Once the poor girl was sent down to the bakery, all three heroes couldn't help but laugh.
"Good going, Chat!" Ladybug laughed, punching his arm.
"Hey, I can't help it I'm too handsome!" Chat defended, arms behind his head. "The ladies can't resist; I don't know how you two contain yourselves!"
"Oh, please," Chloe snickered, "You're kitten not a panther!"
Chat faked hurt, but laughed as Ladybug shoved him out onto the balcony. "Alright, we should get out of here," Ladybug said as she took ahold of her yoyo. Chat shrugged and said his goodbyes, pressing a kiss to either girl's knuckles. Ladybug rolled her eyes and tossed out her yoyo once he was gone.
But, Chloe had to think quickly. "Wait, Ladybug!" she shouted, grabbing ahold of the girl's shoulder.
"Yeah, Reine?" Ladybug raised an eyebrow, slightly concerned. "What's up?" She retracted her yoyo and stuck it back by her side.
"So, um…how did I do, you think?" Chloe asked, tugging on her hair.
Ladybug smiled and rested a hand over Chloe's arm, "You did great; we wouldn't have been able to do this job without you're help," she reassured.
Chloe couldn't help the bright smile that fell over her face. She hid her grin behind her hand, which made Ladybug laugh. "I'll see you at patrol tomorrow, OK?"
"OK…" As Ladybug left, Chloe had to shout, "See you, super girlfriend!" She giggled and bounced on her toes, tossing out her scepter and catapulting herself home. Once Chloe fell through the doors to her room and released her transformation, she fell into a fit of uncontrollable laughter and squealing. "They couldn't have to done it without meeee!" she shouted, kicking the covers on her bed. "I am a hero, not the villain!"
Buzzi rolled her eyes and flopped down on Chloe's head. "Yeah, yeah, that's great and all, but where're my peppers?"
Sorry updates have been funny lately. I'm graduating high school and I have final projects, final exams, and my driving test, so I've been running a little thin lately. Don't worry, once June gets here my schedule should return to normal. Heck, I'll probably update in the middle of the day!
