It had been a year since she transformed. And while it felt fantastic, it was a painful reminder of how out of shape she’d gotten.
Apparently, she was going to have to run over the rooftops on a daily basis again.
She hit the school and took a moment to catch her breath before she detransformed. Now, card in hand and Tikki hiding in her jacket, Marinette marched into the academy. She had to ask a student where Ms. Tsurugi’s office was, but the moment she found it, Marinette burst through the door and shut it forcefully.
Marinette took a moment to look this woman up and down. She was in a red fencer’s uniform, her hair was short and sleek, and her eyes were sharp. Marinette was loathe to admit Kagami was an attractive woman. Maybe Adrien had a thing for Asian (or half-Asian) females.
“May I help you?” Kagami asked, her voice laced with irritation and expression sharp in warning.
“Yes,” Marinette said, flashing the card in front of Kagami’s face.
The woman’s eyes narrowed at the card before leveling at Marinette.
I’ve faced akumas scarier than you, hussy. If you think I’m scared of you, think again. Marinette cocked her hips and glared back.
“So,” Kagami began. “You’re the problematic girlfriend.”
“Girlfriend?” Marinette repeated, feeling as though she’d gotten hit in the chest.
“You know, you don’t deserve him.”
“Oh?” Marinette challenged, ready to hear just what this woman had to say. “Enlighten me.”
“Adrien’s been walking around for days, miserable because of you. It’s clear on his face he doesn’t want to keep letting you walk all over him. Every time I see him, he looks stressed.”
“And you know that’s because of me?” Marinette challenged.
“Yes. He’s told me so.”
Marinette couldn’t deny how much that hurt.
“So yes, I wrote him that card telling him to get out of a bad relationship,” Kagami continued. “And now you have the audacity to come here and yell at me in my own office. Let me inform you that you don’t own him. And if you care about him whatsoever, you would walk out of his life. He doesn’t deserve to let you hold him back from happiness.”
Marinette bit her cheek before she completely went Ladybug on this woman. She could feel Tikki press her tiny paws against Marinette’s chest, over her heart. Simmer down.
“Well,” Marinette said. “Let me clarify a few things. The first being that you have absolutely no business sticking your nose in this. Absolutely none. The second being that this is something that Adrien and I have to work out without some presumptive woman giving advice to get out instead of fixing it. Thirdly, I actually do have right to Adrien. More so than you.”
Kagami scoffed. “Just because you’re dating him doesn’t mean you have a ‘right’ to him. He deserves to walk out of that relationship and find someone who would actually care about him.”
“I wasn’t finished,” Marinette growled. “Because I have a fourth point to correct you on.”
“And that is.”
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The love dare
Random⚓After Hawkmoth was defeated, Adrien and Marinette are both hurt, leaving their marriage strained. Worried, Tikki and Plagg decided to take matters into their own hands by issuing a series of dares in an attempt to help their charges fix their marri...
