Limp
Marinette leaned back in her seat, idly listening to Alya's explanation on some new features on the Ladyblog. Marinette and Alya were jerk out of their own little world by Lila crashing against the floor next to them.
"Shit, Lila, are you alright?" Asked Alya, quickly jumping to her feet.
"Y-yeah," sniffled Lila, slowly looking up, "I-I think Marinette tripped me!"
Everyone looked at Marinette, while Alya slapped her shoulder, "Seriously girl? What did I tell you?"
"Don't stick that in your mouth?" Responded Marinette, thinking about the time Alya caught her mauling a pillow.
"No, let everyone know when you've taken your leg off." Corrected Alya, reaching down and grabbing the prosthetic and waving it at her, "What if there was a fire alarm and you couldn't escape because you forgot to tell everyone you'd taken your leg off?"
"But it was itchy." Whined Marinette, lifting her stump up and showing it to Alya.
Everyone stared at Marinette, before looking at Alya.
"I think she wants her Maman to scratch her leg for her, Als." Smirked Nino, as Marinette poked her tongue at him.
Alya sighed, before running her nails over Marinette's stump, making the girl sigh. Lila stared between Marinette and the prosthetic leg.
"I'm sorry, what?! Since when has Marinette been missing a leg?!" Demanded Lila, as Marinette whines when Alya stopped scratching her stump.
"Since a couple of years ago." Said Nino, leaning forwards, "We don't know the exact circumstances, but we know that Marinette's leg had to be amputated."
"So, what happened?" Asked Lila, making Marinette shrink.
"We don't talk about it, Lila." Warned Alya, handing Marinette her leg.
"But if she's your friend, she'd tell you what happened." Pushed Lila, too focused on Marinette shrinking.
"No," Growled Alya, "she doesn't have to if she doesn't want to, we're not entitled to know everything about her. She'll tell us if she wants to and if she's ready."
Lila quickly glanced around, noticing that even Chloe was glaring at her. Thankfully, in Lila's opinion, Adrien's arrival distracted everyone.
"What's going on?" Asked Adrien, dropping his bag next to his seat.
"Lila's finally noticed that Marinette's an amputee." Said Kim, making everyone look back at Lila.
"But Marinette's had her leg off hundreds of times, she even has to change into that blade thing for PE." Stated Adrien, as Marinette slid off her seat and under the desk, "Wait, Marinette, what's in your mouth?!"
With surprising speed for someone on all fours, Marinette shot out from under the desk and dove under the bench at the back of the classroom. Adrien crouched down at the bench and reached under and grabbed Marinette's collar. He carefully pulled Marinette out from under the bench and pinched Marinette's nose shut. One second. Two seconds. Three- Marinette opened her mouth to breath and Adrien grabbed the ball of paper and yanked it out of her mouth.
"Mari, we've talked about this." Said Adrien, as Marinette suddenly became interested in his shoelaces, "The 'adorable act' isn't going to…work…with…."
Adrien trailed off as Marinette gave him her best puppy eyes. Adrien looked around for help, only to find everyone was pretending to work on their homework, except Lila, who was just staring at them with an open mouth.
"Do you mind?" Asked Adrien, frowning, as he carefully gathered Marinette up in his arms and awkwardly shuffled towards his seat.
"Alya, how much sleep has Marinette gotten?" Asked Adrien, making Alya look up.
"She hasn't told me."
Adrien carefully put Marinette down, as the girl had fallen asleep.
"What's the previous record?"
"Two weeks, three days, two hours and forty-two minutes." Listed Max, as Adrien gently brushed under Marinette's eyes.
"What is happening?!" Demanded Lila, shrilly.
"Marinette has trouble sleeping," Explained Alya, impatiently, "She'll go days without sleep, and she usually is in one of two personalities; the one you've just seen, where she's a mix between a toddler and a small animal and, the other is… well, not very pleasant to know."
"Why?"
"That side of her is a feral swearing machine and will stop at nothing to get coffee." Shuddered Adrien, as the sleeping Marinette let out an almost animalistic growl.
"And you'll get to see it in three, two, one." Max countered down as Marinette bolted upright.
"WHERE'S MY FUCKING COFFEE YOU LIMP NOODLE CLUSTER FUCKS?!" Screamed Marinette, before launching herself at Adrien, "ADRIEN, I MAY LOVE YOU, BUT IF YOU DON'T GIVE ME MY COFFEE, I'LL SHOVE A CHAIR UP YOUR ASS, MAKE YOU ENJOY IT AND THEN MAKE IT LEAVE SPLINTERS!"
Adrien put a finger to Marinette's lips, before Alya hastily shove a pacifier into Marinette's mouth while Ivan restrained her. Marinette furiously suckled on the pacifier, glaring at everyone. The periods between the suckles slowly got longer, before long, Marinette had fallen asleep.
Ivan gently put Marinette down, prompting Rose to heave Marinette over her shoulder and walk out of the class.
"What the fuck?!" Demanded Lila, looking around at everyone, "Why am I only find out about this now?!"
"Because you haven't been here." Said Nino, dropping down into his seat, "Marinette will be back to normal tomorrow."
Lila looked around the class, before angrily dropping into her seat.
L
Chat quietly dropped down through Marinette's skylight. Carefully making sure he didn't wake Marinette, Adrien cancelled his transformation and curled up around Marinette while Plagg shot off to be with Tikki. Before Adrien settled down, he spotted Marinette's prosthetic laying on its side with her stump dangling off the bed.
"Chaton?" Asked Marinette, blearily.
"Hey, M'Lady." Murmured Adrien, burying his nose in the crook of her neck.
"'m sorry for shouting and being mean." Marinette murmured back.
"It's fine, go back to sleep." Soothed Adrien, as Marinette shifted in her sleep.
"mmkay." Sighed Marinette, before falling back asleep.
Adrien got comfortable and let sleep claim him.