Miraculous Ladybug Fanfic- Adrien Agreste: Marinette's Bully

forgiveness

(MARINETTE POV)

"Guys! Let me walk by myself or I swear to god I will take out every one of your kneecaps." After a solid week of healing (and ignoring all of my actual responsibilities), it was time to return back to school. I hadn't really had any expectations for today but for some reason, Al, Alya, and the other three girls had all decided to become my personal bodyguards for the day. They even escorted me to school from my house and refused to explain why. Just said they 'promised to let Adrien explain.'

Alya rolled her eyes. "Mari, you couldn't even if you wanted to. You literally have stick arms." I had to keep myself from snorting at that. I had no doubt I would be able to beat them all, easily. Other than the whole almost dying constantly thing, being a superhero did have its perks. Such as- being stronger than every single person you know.

"Jessss, help me. I'm being attacked." I leaned against Jess, giving her my best 'sad' face, but she just laughed and pushed me off. "Hey! Rude. You're supposed to be the mom friend!"

"Oh, so you finally admit you're all literal children?" Jess shot back and soon enough, we all dissolved into laughter.

After eventually calming down and heading to class, I noticed quite a few very strange things. One, Adrien wasn't there. Actually, considering what had gone down just a week ago, maybe not that strange. Two, Chloe looked like she was about to kill me. This was no normal Chloe anger, no. This was complete, pure rage. If looks could kill, my funeral would have been last week. Suddenly, it clicked in my head why five people were surrounding me at all times.

But why? I hadn't even done anything to her. Fear began creeping up on me as I tried to figure it out. God, I was such an idiot. Why did I think it would be fine when I came back. Just because Adrien had said he would stop bullying me didn't mean that Chloe would. Keeping an eye on the teacher, I reached over to my phone and typed a quick message in the new group chat Alya made.

Marinette: WHY IS CHLOE SO PISSED OFF AT ME????

Jennifer: did she say anything? if she did, i will stop the class to kick her ass rn

Gloria: ^^

Jess: Jennifer, no violence

Jess: >:(

Jess: Yet.

Jennifer: >:D

Marinette: No one?? Has explained yet??? She hasn't done anything, but when Chloe is mad at you, you know she's mad at you

Alexander: Just gonna clear my name and say I have no clue what's going on either

Marinette: Al, you are the only one here I respect

Alya: We are gonna explain after school. Well, let Adrien explain. It's a lot.

Marinette: Fineeeee. I hate you all.

I sighed and closed my phone. So much for figuring out what was happening. This was gonna be a long day.

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'A long day' was an understatement. Chloe didn't actually approach me at all, but her constant glares just made me more and more confused. She tried to catch me alone a couple of times, but there was always someone there to pull me away before she even got close. So, by the time school was finally out and we were headed back to my place (with the promise of Adrien and an explanation waiting), I was about ready to scream.

And finally, standing there awkwardly by the closed door, was Adrien. He looked like hell. His hair and clothes were a complete mess, and it looked like he hadn't slept at all in the past week. Concern bubbled up inside of me immediately. Honestly, I hadn't been thinking much about Adrien while I recovered. It was just confusing, and I didn't know how to handle any of my emotions. So, I did what I always do when emotions are confusing and shoved them in a box for future Marinette to deal with. But now, I was future Marinette. It really wasn't the most efficient plan.