Just Friends

22. Spots On

A/N: this was what you weren't ready for, sorry for making y'all wait. Don't hate me!
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I had multiple nightmares of Chat blanc last night, and all of them ended with an undecided fate.

"It was our love that did this to the world." Was the key phrase in every single one of our fights, and I couldn't help but think that whatever bond Adrien and I had, was useless.

I had just had another nightmare, making me decide to stay up till the sun naturally wakes up Adrien. It was tempting to wake him up myself, but I decided against the thought and began to feel annoyed, drowning in my own thoughts.

I turned the TV on, flicking through channels before a sudden splotch of red caught my eye. Making me quickly realize that there was a picture of Ladybug and another picture of myself next to each other. "They did not-!" I almost yelled, ignoring the fact that I had probably woke up Adrien.

I looked over to my phone which was resting on Adrien's night stand, and grabbed it quickly to check for any notifications. It wasn't surprising when I saw about a million notifications from my mom, making me want to to throw up.

I already knew that if I called her back, it would not be good.

"Adrien." I called out as I looked over to the boy on the bed. He woke up, seemingly unfazed causing me to wonder if he was really asleep. "You heard that didn't you?" I asked, my voice soft to hide my internal rage. "I'm screwed." I said before throwing around a bunch of curses.

Adrien lifted his body up a bit quickly before spitting out, "We can fix this, I promise Mari."

"We can't fix this, I have no idea what your talking about. All of Paris knows now, my identity is gone, thrown away like the wind. And Tikki... now my miraculous is in danger." I stated before getting up, not caring that I was just walking around in underwear.

I started to get dressed before I was stopped by Adrien talking, "Where do you think you're going?" He asked.

I felt my eyes water but held on to a brave face. "I can't get a whole city to forget my identity, but yours is safe. Take my miraculous box." I stated while keeping my head down.

"What the- no. We can figure this out Marinette. I-I love you." The sad tone in his voice felt like it shattered my heart, but I chose to ignore his words, and hit him back where it hurt so he would no longer be involved in whatever we had. Because what we had was dangerous.

"Well I don't love you."

My voice was harsh and direct, striking Adrien in the core. His eyes visibly broke before he stared at me with a harsh glare.

"You don't mean that Marinette." He said, but it seemed like he was trying to convince himself instead. "You wouldn't mean that unless... who is Chat blanc?" He asked.

Who did he think Chat blanc was? It wasn't some random guy that I could have a hookup with in the middle of the night, it was a villain. The villain form of Adrien.

"Are you kidding me! Chat blanc?! That doesn't even matter. I just told you that I don't love you, why don't you believe it?!" I yelled at him, although I was trying to convince myself that whatever I was doing was for the best.

"Chat Blanc has to be me, I heard you yelling about it the whole night, did you really think I was asleep, I mean how could I go to sleep with a sleeping beauty crying next to me. I could never." He came closer to me, and I took a step away.

"I'm not telling you, knowing you, you wouldn't even care." I sniffled, looking around for my purse. Maybe I'd just take my miraculous and do the job myself?