Everything Changes –Chapter Nine

Marinette POV

"What did you just call me?" All the colour drained from my face and my eyes widened.

"I- I-I said 'you can be pretty persuasive with those eyes, Marinette…" Adrien tried to cover up, his face turning a deep crimson in the progress.

"No… y-you s-said Purr-incess…" I stammered, feeling my cheeks heat up. "Why did you call me that?" I shifted across the couch, away from him. He looked at his hands in his lap, refusing to make eye contact.

"Adrien… answer me. Why did you call me princess and more importantly why did you add in a cat pun? Chat Noir is the only person who's ever called me Princess." I watched as he slowly brought his gaze to mine.

"Marinette…" He started with a serious expression on his face.

"Wait! Please don't tell me that you're-" An thought sprung to my mind. A horrible one, but a possibility none the less. As though he knew what I was about to say, he nodded and then hung his head low in shame.

"A Chat Noir fan?!" I asked, a little disappointed. He looked up at me shocked before smirking. "But… I thought you were all about Ladybug?" Adrien laughed.

"Well, I was… but she doesn't talk to me much anymore…" He babbled, unaware of what he was saying. I felt confusion rush over me as my brain tried to process what he had just said. I don't recall ever having a full-on conversation with Adrien. I mean we've talked a little during the Simon Says incident but that was ages ago! Is he lying to try and sound cool? Thoughts as to this strange remark coursed through my mind.

"When do you ever talk to Ladybug?" I accidently blurted out. He must've realised what he had said because his cheeks turned a deep scarlet and he reached up to scratch the back of his neck. Yep. He was definitely lying.

"Oh! Um… we used to talk… um…a lot before?" He tried to cover up. I don't know whether it was the hormones or just my inner Ladybug coming out but I went off.

"No, you haven't! You have not even had a full-on conversation with her! EVER!" I practically screamed at him. He flinched and then shuffled back looking kind of hurt. I felt Tikki fidget around in my pocket. I knew she was trying to tell me the same thing as I was thinking. That was mean.

"Oh my goodness Adrien! I didn't mean to snap!" I looked down at my hands in shame. When I looked back up, Adrien's eyes were glassy and red. "Adrien?" He looked down and tears started to gently flow down his cheeks. It broke my heart. "Adrien, I am so sorry-" I was interrupted by a small sob.

"No, it's me. I shouldn't have lied. I have never spoken to her like that. But I have been treating her horribly lately…" I was confused as to why he had emphasised the 'I'. He said that last sentence under his breath but I heard it anyway.

"No! I'm sure you haven't!" Actually I knew he hadn't. "It's okay! Please don't cry… or…you'll…make…me…cry!" I said between sobs and the tears started falling. Adrien bolted his head up, his crying ceased and his eyes wide in worry. He knew it was just the hormones pushing me over the edge, but he still clearly didn't like seeing me cry. Adrien pulled me into a big bear hug and I cried into his shoulder. When I pulled away, I had stopped crying.

"You know; if anyone were to be treating Ladybug horribly, you'd think it'd be Chat Noir," I giggled. He had been kind of mean lately. I looked up to study Adrien's expression. Well, that clearly wasn't the right thing to say. His bottom lip started quivering and tears threatened to fall again. I immediately regretted saying that.

"I know and I'm sorry for it…" Adrien mumbled under his breath. I just looked at him confused. Suddenly there was a loud bang. We looked up to see a triggered Alya running through the doors.

"MARINETTE! You, stupid dense child! Chat Noir is the father!" I had no idea what she was talking about. All the colour drained from Adrien's face and he lost all emotion. Alya opened her mouth to speak once again, but out of the corner of my eye I saw Adrien signalling for her to stop. Alya face palmed and them looked up to me.

"You are an idiot, you know, Marinette. A pure idiot," I shrugged my shoulders before having a sudden thought.

"Alya, were you eavesdropping on us? This whole time?" I asked, shocked.

"Yes and Marinette? It's creepy. It's not cute or funny or sweet. Adrien can purr for crying out loud! That's creepy!" Alya said and Adrien looked a little hurt.

"Well, at least now you know why I purr!" He defended. I was getting impatient.

"What?! Am I really this stupid that I can't figure out what you guys are talking about?!" I raged. Alya nodded leaving me feeling insulted.

"Oh, but don't worry. He's no better…" She pointed a finger at Adrien and now we were both staring at her, confused. Adrien huffed and made a pouty face at the no-longer-making-sense Alya. I couldn't help but laugh at him. My laughter was cut short though, as a piecing pain ran through my stomach. Gripping my stomach tightly I doubled over, my breathing becoming short and huffy wheezes. Noticing this Alya rushes to my side and helps me stand up. Looking back at where I was sitting, I notice blood. A lot of blood. Suddenly, short, panicky breaths interrupted everything. Alya and I both whip our heads around to Adrien, who was hyperventilating. Really bad. Alya rolls her eyes, but I feel sorry for the poor boy. Alya walks me to the door, ready to head off to the hospital, and goes back for Adrien (honestly, anyone would think he was the pregnant one). Only, when I looked back at him, he had stopped panicking and lay still. Unconscious.

Heh heh heh…

Don't judge! Hope you like it!

Sticks and Stones don't normally hurt me…

But words sure can hella hurt!

~Allie