Miraculous One-Shots (Mostly Angst)

Not the perfect model

A/N Ladybug and Chat Noir don't exist in this one, credit to MewsKitty for the title.

This one's just... wow. Like what the heck? I did not know what I was doing.

TW: Eating disorder

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(3rd pov)
Adrien stood in front of his bathroom mirror, he lifted his shirt to get a better look at himself. To almost everyone Adrien Agreste was perfect, Golden blonde hair, pearly white teeth, emerald green eyes and thin. They had no idea that he didn't think that.

It had started when his mom disappeared and his father had immediately started being harder on him, pushing him to be the perfect model. Adrien became self conscious about his looks becoming obsessed with fixing whatever flaws he thought he had, his teeth weren't white enough, his skin not tan enough ect, but those were small compared to his biggest demons, he wasn't good enough, and he thought he was fat.

It started small at first, he just skipped a meal a day, usually lunch, but soon he wasn't eating anything at all. Things got more complicated once he started going to school, he couldn't just skip lunch since everyone would notice so instead he would eat and then make himself throw up.

It was easy to hide it at first even when his cheek bones began to show more and his eyes began to sink in he could hide it easily enough using make-up. But after a while makeup wasn't hiding it as well. But even still he couldn't just start eating again.

And this is why he stood in front of the mirror examining himself. He stared at his swollen stomach for a minute then dropped his shirt and began to apply make-up. Once he was finished he took another look at himself before leaving the bathroom. He again skipped breakfast, he barely even thought about it anymore, and instead headed straight to the limo where his driver and Natalie were waiting for him.

(Adriens pov)
I arrived at school and was greeted by Nino.
Everything was fine at first, but about half way through class I began to zone-out I hadn't slept very well in weeks, so I was pretty tired and I was also pretty weak from lack of food it didn't help that the voice was screaming at me.
I felt a hand on my shoulder and jumped
"Dude are you alright? You've been zoning out." Nino said with concern
"I'm fine Nino, just tired." I told him with a reassuring smile
He didn't seem all that convinced, but didn't say anything else about it.

I sat with Nino, Alya and Marinette at lunch, like always, I listened to their conversation as I forced myself to eat, once the bell rang, I ran to the restroom where I quickly got rid of what I had eaten. I sat on the floor in the stall trying to find the strength to get up and go to class. After a while I heard the door open
"Adrien are you still in here?" I heard Nino ask
I wanted to answer but I couldn't so I just sat there.
Suddenly the stall door swung open, Nino gasped and knelt down next to me, I looked over at him, but couldn't focus on him, my vision began to blur and go black around the edges, I could hear Nino calling me, but he sounded far off. I began to feel tired and let my eyes close.

I don't remember much after that, I kept slipping in and out of consciousness, when I was awake I could hear people talking, but I couldn't understand what they were saying.

When I finally woke up for good I was in the hospital and Marinette was sitting in a chair next to me.
"Marinette?"
She looked over at me and jumped out of her chair, hugging me, I hugged her back.
"I was so scared you weren't going to wake up." she sobbed as I hugged her, she suddenly pulled away, and hit me.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again!" She yelled in anger
"I won't, I promise." I told her and then she surprised me by kissing me, I kissed back and heard the door open, we pulled away from each other and I looked over at Nino and Alya, who both looked like they were trying not to smile.
"Are we interrupting?" Nino asked
"Just a little." I told him
Everything was going to be just fine.

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A/N I hope you liked this one-shot, if you did then please vote, if you didn't please tell me why in the comments.
Word count: 771
Originally posted: 3-23-2019