"Any last words?" Heart Breaker taunted Ladybug as she stared at Carapace, Fang, and Oxdozer as they laid on the ground in sobs.
"Yeah, why the fuck Edward Cullen?"
Heart Breaker and Ladybug both jolted and turned their heads to see Cat Noir looking at them confused.
"Cat?" Ladybug whispered surprised to see her after a week.
"Edward Cullen is the pinnacle of romance," Not-Edward explained as he posed, "And when did you get here?!"
Cat Noir raised her eyebrow at the akuma, "I walked up during your villain monologue. Sidenote Edward is awful."
Heart Breaker's eyes narrowed, "Take that back! Edward is so romantic and a perfect partner!"
The hero gave him a ridiculous look, "Um, no. He is a bad partner. Like obvious point he snuck into her room to watch her sleep! That's creepy! And invasive!"
"No it's romantic! Haven't you ever done it!"
"No!"
Heart Breaker moved away from Ladybug and moved closer to Cat Noir to argue with her. Ladybug blinked at this surprised as they argued. This was out of character for Cat. Ladybug doubled checked and yeah, that was Cat Noir. Same hair, eyes, costume, voice. The hero just seemed more relaxed today and less serious, less stressed.
"-He holds all the power in the relationship!"
"No, he's just protecting her!"
"By being manipulative! Don't get me started on the sex thing! I will bring out evidence!"
Heart Breaker eyes glew getting ready to fire the anti-love depression beam that had taken out the other heroes. Ladybug jumped up and tossed out the mirror her lucky charm had given her at the last minute to knocked the lazer back at him and with a perfectly time kick from Cat he was against the wall, his broken watch realising the akuma.
Ladybug quickly went through the motions to purifying the akuma with a cry of 'Miraculous Ladybug!'
Then the spotted hero looked at black cladded hero, "Your back."
"Yeah, sorry I was gone," Cat Noir started to explain but was surprised by a tackle hug from Ladybug.
"I'm glad you're back."
Cat Noir gave the hero an awkward but sweet hug.
But the moment was ruined as Carapace came out of the akuma's induced depression and looked over, "Look at what the cat dragged back!"
Fang glared at him as she came around too , "Your ruining the moment!"
…..
Emma hummed along with the song playing on her phone, some song she only put on her phone cause it was the Ladybug movie from years ago. She muttered along with 'Cat Noir's' lines as she looked through the crowd waiting for Iris, she usually was a bit late leaving to avoid the crowds.
She impatiently played with the letter in her hands as she waited, thinking hard about what she was going to say.
Emma jolted as she felt a hand on her shoulder and she looked up surprised then froze.
Sophie.
Emma stuffed the letter in her pocket quickly then took out her headphones, "Sophie, hey."
The blonde girl smiled softly at her, "Emma, it's good to see you out of bed."
Emma's chest tightened a little at her friend's words. But not as much as it normally would. Thank you, Plagg and Tikki, "Thanks, it's good to be out of bed."
They looked at each other for a minute awkwardly before Sophie continued the conversation, "Found the gifts you gave me. I like them, how did you get it on my balcony?"
"That's my secret," Emma hand waved away as she saw Iris walk out and looked at Emma and Sophie talking.
The red head sighed sadly and began walking past mutter to one of her friends as she went.
"Hey, so I feel I need to talk to you about some stuff," Sophie started looking down at the ground.
Emma looked from Sophie to Iris walking further away, she gripped the letter in her pocket as the images of that night appeared in her night. Of Sophie kissing Louis in her bed, of Louis saying he was glad to have a sister, a lot of things.
The cat hero made a decision as she stood up, "Hold that thought, Soph. I need to talk to Iris."
She raced past her friend, "Iris!"
The red head stopped surprised as her friend whispered to her excitedly.
"Hey," Emma lamely said rubbing her neck, "Um, I read your letter."
Iris blushed deeply as her friend excused herself and left them alone, well they were standing next to the tree Emma was hiding in earlier, it was a bit away from everyone at least.
"Thanks," Iris said back shyly, "I mean. I know you got a bunch of those today. So, thanks for taking the time to read it."
Emma blinked at that, "Yeah, but...how to put this...Um…"
"I know. Everyone knows. Expect maybe Sophie and Louis," Iris commented as she rubbed her arm, "It was nice that you even-"
"Iris," the Agreste girl cut in, "Would you like to walk home with me?"
Iris's jaw dropped and stared.
Emma patiently waited till the other girl blushed and nodded. With a smile Emma held out her hand with a squeak Iris took it and they turned and left the school.
"So, out of curiosity what are you doing on Saturday?"
"Emma, I'm a panicking bisexual right now please slow down."
…
Sophie couldn't help but stared. An unfamiliar feeling wells in her chest as she watched Emma offer Iris her hand.
"Sophie, Happy Valentine's Day!"
The girl turned surprised to see Louis there with a bouquet, "Hey, Louis."
The blonde girl took the flowers but eyes drifted back to looking at her friend as she walked away hand and hand with the red headed girl.
…
Tsubasa leaned against the wall watching the scene. He wanted a thank you from his friend for rushing their drive home to as so as the matches were done, but instead he was greeted with a weird scene, as he looked at the blonde staring wistfully at the black haired girl in the distance.
"Tsubasa?"
The asian boy looked over to see Nina and Zacharie walking out of the school. The boy nodded at them then motioned to Sophie and Louis, "Am I missing something?"
"A lot actually."
"Welcome to Tikki Fact!" Tikki greeted as she ate cheesecake chocolate and offered some to Plagg, "Today is a day of romance and I got to ask Plagg, when did Emma know she was a lesbian?"
Plagg stuffs his mouth with candy, "Hmmm? Oh. She told me roughly 13. She had dated a boy named Cody Whitmore and realized she really didn't like it, didn't like him at all. She slowly realized she acutally was getting feelings for a girl in her class and had a freak out and panic attack about it. I mean she already was "different" cause of the survivor's guilt, this didn't help."
"That's really tough," The kwami noted sipping her milk, " she seems pretty okay with it now though."
Plagg nodded, "You won't believe it but Gabriel of all people noticed Emma's depression and reassured her that it's fine that she liked girls. He and Nathalie didn't care and her parents wouldn't have cared either."
The kwami of creation scoffed, "well of course they wouldn't. Marinette and Adrien were both bi."
"Emma didn't know that," the kwami of destruction explained, "I'll tell you what though. Em inherited their disaster genes when in comes to romance."
"Thats so true though."
Author's Note
Thanks for reading.
Sorry, this one took a moment. I may have gotten lost in the last season of She-Ra. Look Catra and Adora are adorable! I also got distracted by Korra 'Bridged...
But, anyway yeah, sorry if you took offense to the Twilight joke but you know it's mostly true. The song Emma's listen to is The Wall Between Us by Lou and Lenni-Kim. Apporiate for this little arc trust me. Also we have a new ending theme as well starting now called Right and Left by Survive Said The Prophet.
I have literally created a playlist for this freakin thing that I listen to at work and while writing.
Anyway, next time Episode 12: New Guardian- Emma just wants to take Iris out on a date. Too bad everyone from Sophie to Nathalie to Hugo to Luna Moth are getting in her way.
See ya next chapter and please review, it keeps me going.
