Human Kwamis

Chapter 4

Bridgette met up with Marinette at the bottom of the stairs. She was shaking slightly. "Marinette? Are you ok? You look like you just saw a ghost." Bridgette asked. Marinette quickly stiffened. "N-no. I-I'm fine." she stuttered. Bridgette looked at her questioningly but decided not to pry anymore for the moment. The two girls walked out, passing Felix waiting against his and Adrien's ride. "Where is he?" Felix asked. "I'm sure he'll be out soon," Bridgette said back. Marinette seemed to be staring off into space. "Hey Marinette, you ok?" Felix asked. Marinette looked at him nervously. "O-of course I am! Why does everyone keep asking me that? It's not like I just fo-" she put her hand over her mouth and quickly removed it. "Uh, Bridgette and I should be getting home. We'll see you tomorrow P- uh, Felix!" she said quickly and started walking off. Felix looked at Bridgette confused. She simply shrugged then turned and followed Marinette. The whole walk home Marinette had her head down and neither spoke.

Bridgette folded up her apron. She was so glad to finally bake! She had told Tom and Sabine that Marinette was tired and was taking a nap. She figured that with whatever was bothering Marinette, she should be left alone. She quietly went upstairs and carefully opened the hatch. Marinette was sitting at her desk, muttering. "-not. He really can't be. B-but he said he was. I-I-I....." she trailed off and sighed. "He really is, isn't he?" she asked herself. She leaned back in her chair. She turned around and froze when she saw Bridgette. "Uh, how long have you been there?" she asked nervously. "Not long. What'cha doing?" Bridgette asked, climbing up into the room and closing the hatch. Marinette stood up in front of her computer screen. "Oh, um, nothing much," she said. Bridgette walked towards her. "Marinette, you know you have no reason to lie to me. Just tell me," she said. Marinette looked behind her then sighed. She moved to the side of the computer revealing a picture of Adrien. Except it wasn't a normal picture. It was Adrien with edits made to make him look like Chat Noir. Ears, a mask, and part of the suit. Bridgette looked at Marinette and smiled. "Congrats. You figured it out. It took you a while but you did." she said. Marinette shook her head. "No, I didn't. I heard him say it. As much as I want to deny that it's the truth, there's no good reason why he'd lie. Not about something as serious as a superhero's identity." she said. "I did figure that Felix is actually his kwami but I wouldn't have without first finding out that Adrien was Chat." Bridgette grabbed Marinette's chin and turned her head so she was facing her. "I bet you would've figured it out eventually," she said. Marinette smiled and Bridgette put her hand down. Marinette turned to look at the computer. She smiled a bit. "Who would've guessed that the silly, flirtatious, pun-loving hero of Paris, Chat Noir, was really the quiet, smart, nice, handsome model, Adrien Agreste," she said. "So I'm guessing you had a good few hours to think about all your interactions with Chat both in and out of the mask?" Bridgette asked. Marinette stared at her blankly then her eye twitched. "Oh. My. Gosh. I-I kissed Adrien! On the lips! And he flirted with me! What's worse is I rejected him! I'm a horrible person!" Marinette ranted. Bridgette shook her head then sat down on the chaise. She pulled out a book and read while Marinette continued ranting. She knew she would repeat herself, therefore, making the whole process longer but if it would help get it through her head then it would be fine.

Adrien sat down at his desk and leaned back. "I'm so stupid Plagg. Why didn't you try to talk me out of it?" he asked. Felix rolled his eyes and took a bite of camembert. "I did kid. You didn't listen and you said I wasn't going to talk you out of it so I stopped," he said. "Well, you should've tried harder regardless!" Adrien said back. "Now do you want to know why I'm not a kwami?" Felix asked taking another bite of his cheese. "I guess. Maybe it'll help," he said. "So basically, you and Ladybug are drifting apart and pretty much our job as kwamis is to get you two together so, me and Ladybug's kwami are humans and we're gonna try to force you two together and reveal yourselves. If that doesn't happen then like we get stuck as humans." Felix said casually. Adrien looked down at his ring. "It's almost sounding like Bridgette is Ladybug. I know what I saw. Why would she lie?" he wondered. "No. You didn't think she was Ladybug, you thought she was your lady. Ladybug could mean any of the countless Ladybugs before. Only one Ladybug is your lady, and it's not Bridgette." Felix said. Adrien sighed sadly. "Look, I asked Bridgette out on a date earlier, tomorrow after school. The only problem is, I'm a kwami and not into human romances so I don't know the first thing about how this dating stuff goes. I need moral support. I was wondering if you'd go with me." Felix said. "You're asking the wrong guy to go with you Plagg, and you know that," Adrien said. "Look, I'm not asking for advice. I'm asking that you'll be there. I'll text you if the date is going bad and you will suddenly come down with like the flu or something and I'll have to take you home. That's all." Felix said back. Adrien sighed. "Fine," he said.