A Miraculous World

-•Part 12.5: Late Night Talks•-

~•Marinette POV•~
"It was so strange!" Tiki exclaims, waving her small arms in the air. "I didn't tell her my name but she said it during the transformation."

"Are you sure you didn't imagine it?" I ask, squeezing my pillow against my stomach as I curl up into a fetus position on my bed, "It was an unusual situation after all."

"I'm sure of it!" Tiki protests, "Why don't you believe me..?"

I sigh, sinking further into my mattress as I stare at my now blank walls, the ones that used to be covered in photos of Adrien. The girls and my parents helped me realise how...insane.. my crush was. Unfortunately, it's too late for me to make amends with them. Especially with Emily.

A few days after the argument, my parents started to grow worried about Emily since they hadn't seen her with us, at first they thought that we were singling her out. Alya's mood didn't help with their concerns, I was so obsessed with myself and trying to prove that my crush was 'normal' that I didn't even realise that she was becoming increasingly more and more upset as the days went on.

The evening after having the argument with Alya I went home and broke down to my parents, telling them everything. Though they tried not to show it, I could tell that they were appalled by my toxic behaviour and they had a very long and stern chat with me about my obsession and how it wasn't right.

'I had hurt and lost both of my best friends in such a short amount of time' My eyes begin to sting at the thought of my two ex-friends. There one of the main reasons why I haven't been to school, I don't know how to face them and voice my apology without it seeming fake.

"Oh, Marinette.." Tiki says softly, flying down to cuddle my cheek. "I'm sure they'll listen to you if you talk to them, remember what Vixen said?" I nod slowly, remembering those kind words of comfort that the fox hero offered to me as she gently soothed me in her embrace.

"I do." I mutter, cuddling further into my pillow. "But I don't know what to say or how to even go about apologising to them..."

*Knock Knock*

My head snaps to the window as Tiki quickly hides behind one of my many pillows, "Vixen?!" I gape in surprise before grabbing my jacket and heading onto my roof.

"Sorry for disturbing you." She apologises, leaning back against my railing with a small apologetic smile. "I thought I saw something fly into your room so I thought i'd check to see if everything is okay."

"Ah, um..yes!" I stutter, embarrassingly enough. "Thank you for checking on me." She seemed uncomfortable for a short moment, seeming to be puzzling over something in her head. "Have..Have you be crying?" She finally asks, surprising me as I reach up to my cheek, "Ah! Yes..I was Um- watching a sad movie..yeah!" I stumble, trying to find a good excuse.

She taps a steady rhythm on the railing, once again lost in thought. Slowly, she spread out her arms seeming to be inviting me into a hug, "Do you want a hug?" She offers. I freeze momentarily, shocked by her kindness before nodding and diving into her arms as I latch onto her crop top, my face heating up at the feeling of her arms wrapping around my back. "Thank you." I sniffle out. "It's no problem." She replies, gently rubbing circles on my back as form of comfort.

"I'm happy to listen if your willing to talk about it." I maul over her offer but the need to talk about my feelings won over as I nod, relaxing further into her hug. I explain the situation, talking in a third person while changing my friends and Adrien's names.

The whole time Vixen said nothing and just listened, giving me no judgment and instead just let me rant about my situation and offered comfort if I needed it. 'I now understand why she's so popular and respected among the people of Paris. She really does care..'