Give me a hand
Follow up of Armed
Marinette gingerly poked her sketchbook with a pencil. The darkness surrounding the book didn't transfer over to the pencil.
"Should we tear it?" Asked Alix, watching Marinette carefully pick the book up.
"No, I'd rather not damage any of the designs I have in it." Said Marinette, staring down at the sketchbook, "Funny, I'm pretty sure he'd would've started talking by now."
Lila grunted against Kim, who was sitting on her.
"Kim, why don't you put her in a closet." Said Marinette, looking over at the two.
"Nah, I'm alright here." Said Kim, folding his arms.
"Kim."
Kim froze, before getting off of Lila and unceremoniously throwing her in a cupboard.
After a few seconds, the sketchbook flashed white and purified butterfly flew out.
"Did Hawkmoth just…?" Asked Alya, as Marinette's eyes narrowed.
"Purify his own Akuma?" Said Marinette, "Yes, but why?"
Meanwhile across the city, Hawkmoth was trying to understand what happened.
"Why did it de-evilise itself?!"
Back at the classroom, Marinette stood up and put her sketchbook back in her bag. She turned around and folded her arms across her chest.
"That was…" Marinette trailed off.
"Anti-climactic?" Asked Alya.
"Quick?" Suggested Rose.
"Weird?" Said Alix.
"All of the above." Said Marinette, absently starting to wander around.
"How are you not freaking out?" Asked Kim, "You literally had your arm ripped off last Friday, Lila's been lying about you for ages and now Hawkmoth released an Akuma."
"I'm better at hiding it." Came Marinette distracted response, before she shook her head and straightened up, "I'm going for a walk."
"Do you want-" Alya was cut off by Marinette.
"No, I'll be alright." Said Marinette, as she walked out the door.
"Does Marinette seem… off to anyone else?" asked Kim, looking around the class.
"No, I didn't notice anything," Said Alix, sarcastically, "except, perhaps, she's minus an arm and literally just found out one of her classmates was actively trying to kill her, other than that, she seemed fine."
GMAH
Marinette's legs dangled off the school roof, the odd passer-by would spot her and stop to take a photo. There was a quiet thud behind her, Marinette carefully strained her ears, trying to figure out who it was without giving away that she knew.
"Bunking class, M'Lady?" Asked Chat, as he plopped down beside her.
"Pot, kettle." Retorted Marinette, looking down at her arm.
Chat laughed, tilting his head back, swinging his legs back and forth. There was a silence between the two.
"Chat?" Asked Marinette, suddenly getting Chat's attention.
"Yeah?" Said Chat, tilting his head towards her.
"How-how did you feel when you found out who I was?" Asked Marinette, her gaze on the ground below them.
"I, uh, well, um, well I, for one, not that anyone else's opinion is worth any less," Stammered Chat, his face heading up, "I, I was glad it was you. You know, since er, since there were rumours that Chloe was you, and, um, and I know that Chloe leaves a lot to be desired."
Marinette giggled, before leaning over and resting her head on Chat's shoulder.
"Thanks, Kitty," Said Marinette, as tears gathered in her eyes, "I needed to hear that."
"W-well it's the truth." Said Chat, leaning into the touch.
Marinette closed her eyes and sighed, trying not to focus on the cold metal against the scarring on her stump, she kept seeing the Akuma's smirk every time she closed her eyes. The sound of Chat's heartbeat helped calm her down, especially after her arm had been taken from her.
"You mean a lot to me, Chat." Said Marinette, her eyes still closed.
Chat blushed, he was insanely happy that his lady was saying that he was important to her, but he didn't want to get between her and the boy she loved. He knew that Luka was interested in her, and there was the mystery boy she spoke about.
"I've actually had some time to think about everything," Said Marinette, her eyes still closed, "I actually thought I was in love with that boy I told you about, but he's only properly seen me since Piledriver, if my arm hadn't been ripped off, I'd still be invisible to Adrien."
Chat froze, looking down at Marinette, "I mean, he sees me as just a friend, and he values me as a friend, but every time I tried to get him to see me as anything else he gets the wrong impression, it's hopeless and, I think I see him the same way."
Chat remained silent, internally screaming, Marinette opened her eyes and looked up at him, "I, I think that the feelings I had were for you and I was just projecting them onto Adrien. I, I love you, Chat, I think I always have."
Chat's face was red, "Oh," He squeaked, fiddling with his ring, "thanks?"
Marinette giggled, before she caught the time, "Oh, fuck, I need to get back to school!"
Quickly transforming and swinging away, Ladybug left Chat on the rooftop. Chat felt like a puddle, a hot mess of a puddle. "She loves me." Whispered Chat, before scrambling to his feet, "I need to catch up with her."
GMAH
Ladybug dove through the window and dropped her transformations. Ms. Mendeleiev and her class stared at her.
"Oops, sorry," Apologised Marinette, quickly heading to the door, "wrong window."
Marinette exited the room, before there was a loud thump and a squeaking sound as Chat Noir hit the window and slowly slid down. Aurore stopped recording when Chat disappeared from view.
"Anyway, back to the laws of physics." Said Mendeleiev, making everyone look back to the front.
GMAH
Marinette quietly apologised as she entered the room, before sitting in her place next to Alya.
"Where's Adrien?" Asked Marinette, frowning at Adrien's empty seat.
"Apparently his dad has some Photoshoot arranged." Said Alya, making Adrien stop outside the door.
'Oh, shit, I forgot about the photoshoot.' Thought Adrien, before spinning around and taking off.
Marinette could've sworn that she saw a flash of green light outside the school.
GMAH
It'd been a week since Adrien found out that Marinette loved him and every time he'd approached her as Adrien had ended in disaster, the most recent one being that he threw up on her. She had taken him to the nurse, after changing clothes of course.
Why couldn't he approach her as Chat?
Adrien froze, before grinning and he started to head out of the room, "Plagg!"
GMAH
Marinette wrinkled her nose as she dug a bit of vomit out of her arm. Honestly, what had Adrien been eating? It was like he had eaten nothing by grain from a bag. A loud bang made Marinette jump and accidently throw the wooden skewer she'd been using. Marinette looked at the window, she caught a glimpse of a pair of cat ears sliding out of view towards the ground.
"Chat?" Asked Marinette, getting to her feet and heading to the window.
Said Hero suddenly resurfaced and drew level with the window. Marinette noticed the rose in his mouth and the bruise from where he'd slammed against the window was blossoming over his nose.
"…Are you okay?" Asked Marinette, as Chat rubbed his nose.
"I think so." Said Chat, as some blood trickled out of his nose.
Marinette sighed, before grabbing Chat by his bell and dragged him inside, "Sit there."
Marinette walked off to fetch the first aid kit, leaving Chat to nervously sit in the middle of her room and wait for her to return.
"How many times have you hit the window now?" Asked Marinette, setting the first aid kit down and tilting Chat's head back, "Your nose isn't broken, at least I don't think it is."
"It's not," Said Chat, as Marinette started cleaning up the blood, "A friend of mine broke their nose once."
"A nose can be broken without it looking broken." Said Marinette, grimacing as a blob of blood slid out of Chat's nose and onto the tissue.
"My nose doesn't hurt when poked." Said Chat, as Marinette removed the tissue.
"What are you doing here?" Asked Marinette, glancing up at Chat, "I thought you had the night off."
"I do, I, er, um, Iwanttoapologiseforthrowinguponyou!" Marinette blinked as Chat's words blurred into one.
"What?"
"I want to apologise for throwing up on you." Repeated Chat, breathing deeply, unable to remember what he actually planned on saying.
"Throwing up on me? Chaton, you didn't throw up on me, Adrien di…" Marinette trailed off, before her eyes went wide, "AdriEN?!"
Chat suddenly tensed and swore.