Just Fine

Let's Talk

Marinette sighed into her hands, as her homework continued kicking her butt.

It was hard to get back into the swing of things, after getting used to her schedule as Ladybug.

She usually didn't get her homework done until midnight, but recently she had been getting it done whenever she got home. Though she was never in the mood to do it.

Her emotions were out of wack.

She had taken so many years to build up that courage. To finally ask him to the dang movies.

All to be regected, just like that. Her heart hurt, but she refused to let it break. She wanted to cry, to sob really, but she couldn't. She already knew it was gonna happen.

He had been acting weird that day. He must've hated her, that's why he tried to avoid her.

Well it took me long enough to realize.

Maybe it was time to move on. But she couldn't. Not yet.

Though she wasn't sure what she was holding onto.

"Maybe you should take a break." Tikki told her, sitting down on her shoulder.

Tikki knew Marinette was hurting. She knew she wasn't okay. But she couldn't force her to talk about it if she didn't want to.

"Tikki I can't." She didn't want to do homework, true, but what else would get her mind off of Adrien?

As if on cue, her computer beeped, showing she had a message.

She and Chat had decided in the early months of fighting that they needed a way to communicate without the miraculous.

Texting was too dangerous, just in case they actually knew each other and had each other's numbers. So they resulted to messaging on the computer instead. They made accounts on a chat website.

It wasn't the most efficient, but she was glad to have someone to talk to.

Marinette opened up the message from the flirtatious cat.

Chat- Hey m'lady. How was your day today?

Marinette smiled at the screen. He was always so sweet, and asked how she was everyday. And she always had a good response, and really never had a bad day, but on the rare occasion she had, he would do anything to make her feel better.

Ladybug- I've been better.

Chat- what's wrong?

Ladybug- meet me at the Eiffel Tower in 5?

Chat- of course m'lady

She spun around in her swivel chair, looking over to Tikki. Tikki just smiled and waited for the words.

"Tikki, Spots On." Marinette spoke clearly.

A warm pink light surrounded her body, her clothes transformed into her signature Ladybug attire. She pulled her yoyo off of her waist, and a made her way onto her balcony. She slung the round part of her yoyo, while hanging onto the string.

The yoyo wrapped around a cable pole, and she swung out into the air.

Her light weight propelled through the sky, the city below her. It was almost like a dream. It amazed her everytime, no matter how many times she had seen it all. She loved being ladybug, like nothing else in the world mattered. If only Marinette could do this as herself.

She eventually got to the Effiel Tower, taking her time to look out into the city. She would rather look out into the night sky, but sadly, it was only 4:30 now.