Electrify My Heart

chapter 4: invitation and rejection

warning/s: language! cringy writing (a bunch of stuttering) also marinette being a bitch

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Silence ensued.

Nathaniel looked around his surrounding and then he remembered something. He crouched down to his bag on the ground and pulled out a paper.

It was the drawing of you hugging the picture of Adrien.

He gently removed the picture from the paper and handed it to you with a careful gaze. You could immediately recognize the picture, making you snatched it away from him. You looked at the picture closely. It was still in good condition.

Without a word, you placed the picture back in your bag's pocket. You made enough embarrassing moments already so you figured you need to go now.

Nathaniel stepped towards you, ignoring the papers burning for a while. "W-wait!" He called. You turned around. "Does... Marinette tell you anything about me?"

"She says you're--" You were about to joke something but you saw past him. The fire was spreading throughout the garden. "Shit!"

He frowned. "That bad, huh?"

You pointed a finger towards the branches and leaves that were touched by fire and it is quickly getting bigger. "No!"

Nathaniel followed to where you're pointing and saw the fire. "Shit!"

You looked at it. You have to do something! An idea popped into your mind. You swore you saw a fire extinguisher earlier...

You didn't waste any more time and sprinted towards the school and into one of the hallways. You ignored Nathaniel's confused screaming.

You finally saw one extinguisher plastered against the wall. You quickly detached it and ran and ran and ran, as fast as possible.

You almost reached the back of the school when you could feel your legs giving up and your heart beating faster. Your vision was going dark, but you eventually saw the fire. You attempted to pull the pin out of the extinguisher, but you saw electricity coming out of your palm. Still, you managed to pull it out.

You aimed the hose towards the fire and squeezed it, making puffs of chemicals spray out, slowly putting out the fire.

Finally the fire was out and all Nathaniel could hear was the continuous beeping coming from your watch. He saw you doing a double take with your hands placed on top of the extinguisher for support.

"H-hey," he spoke. "Are you gonna faint?"

The beeping was non-stop. Mixed with the sound was your heavy breathing.

Nathaniel ran towards you. You checked your device slowly going downwards to 140 then 137 then 135...

"What's that sound?" He asked.

"It's the... sound of my... heartbeat," you replied, still breathing heavily.

He crouched down lower to your level to face you. "You're having a heart attack?"

You wanted to roll your eyes but you were still catching your breath. "...No."

Then 130, 127, 123, 120. TOOT!

You sighed in relief. You stood up, taking the fire extinguisher in your arms. "I use this device to know if I'm going to discharge electricity."

You began walking away. He followed right after you. "So, you can actually shock people with lightning?"

"I'm not Thor."

You walked away again. He kept asking so many questions. "How strong is it?"

You turned around to answer. "Hm. It can make people faint." You placed a palm in front of his face. "Wanna try?"