Simply Rejected

Part 3

Marinette-

I ran for a while- I don't know how far. Eventually, I found a place between two buildings off the main street. I sat out of view beside a large dumpster.

I couldn't stop the tears, they just kept coming. Adrien's statement rattled around in my head. It is hard to believe Adrien really said that. I thought he was perfect and absolutely amazing. I guess I was wrong. He must be as fake as everything about Chloe.

I felt like I was in a dark, cold, lonely abyss. My heart felt like it was in my throat I hate that feeling, I couldn't breath and I wondered when I would finally die.

"Princess?" I heard. It stopped my thoughts I shot my head up to see Chat Noir. He sat on the dumpster beside me in a feline position."Oh my goodness," He said once he saw my puffy red face and tears, "Mari are you okay? What idiot did that to you?" He asked voice full of concern.

I felt a slight smile as I looked at him but it quickly faded. "Uhm." I hesitated to tell him,
"Adrien Agreste. . . I really liked him and, " I sniffed and rubbed my face embarrassed to cry in front of my partner. "He said he didn't care for me at all, in any way shape or form, I did not expect him to love me or anything, but I always thought he thought of me as a friendly classmate." I wondered if he still disliked me because of the gum accident from almost a year ago.

"Psh!" Chat Noir said in a carefree tone, "That Agreste boy is overrated." Chat Noir jumped off his perch on the garbage can and knelt down by me. He looked intensely into my eyes and swiped a tear off my chin. "There is no reason to cry over him, Whatever he said is totally wrong. You are too purrfect to deserve someone like him." Chat Noir helped me stand up. I laughed at his pun for once. He was so sweet and calm, I didn't expect it. When I am Ladybug I feel like I only see him as once thing. I never noticed that he really does care. This side of Chat Noir what he is really like.

"T-thanks, kitty." I tried to regain my posture my crying had stopped and all that was left was the occasional gasping in my lungs from crying so hard.

"No problem princess." He sweetly kissed the top of my head. "If you ever need any help you can always talk to me. For now, I should go. I think your friends are coming." He Jumped up onto the can and then vaulted away over the rooftop.

How is he being so unbearably sweet right now? Would he do this for ladybug, the girl who has pushed him away so many times? I hugged myself.

"Marinette!" I heard Alya call to the right of me. She came around the corner and spotted me. "Marinette! Are you okay?"