Marinette is overwhelmed with tasks and responsibilities, especially because of her newfound job as the guardian of the miraculous. Especially tackled with her love life, school life, and hero life at the SAME TIME, how will she handle this responsi...
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{THIRD PERSON POV}
CHAT NOIR SPRINTED to the area of the most recent akumatization after seeing Ladybug skillfully swinging from one building to another with her yo-yo. He was using his staff, extending it to the ground and gliding with it to make it his own form of hero transportation. Chat passed the Dupain-Cheng bakery. He couldn't help but swoon over the thought of eating delicious croissants.
Chat caught a glimpse of Marinette's room in the swift moment that he passed the building. She wasn't home. Maybe she got to school already. Unlike me, maybe Marinette won't be late today. I can't miss a mission with bug-a-boo, or saving another poor victim, Chat Noir thought.
He escaped from the moment of thinking and continued making his way to Ladybug. When he finally arrived, he plopped down beside her, startling her in the meantime, almost making her fall over.
Ladybug was in her own train of thought while she had waited for her loyal partner. These thoughts being about Adrien, of course. Mi coeur aime Adrien (translation: My heart loves Adrien), Ladybug thought. She also passed by Adrien's room as she swung by earlier, and couldn't stop herself from gawking over him, despite having not seen him in his room in the first place.
"Chat! I- um- what are you doing here?", Ladybug asked frantically, in denial that she was distracted before Chat had scared her.
"Um, I assumed there was a mission. Are you okay, m'lady?" Chat Noir replied.
"Oh! Yes, I'm fine, thank you. And yeah, there is a mission. Oh my gosh- the mission! C'mon let's hurry, the akuma victim is gonna get away!" Ladybug yelled as she snatched Chat's hand, making him blush and get flustered, and ran together.
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{MARINETTE'S POV}
That fight today was more boring than expected. But alas, the job had to be done, Marinette thought. I walked into the school building with a smile on my face despite the disastrous morning. I was on my way up the stairs into Ms. Bustier's classroom when I heard a concerning commotion going on in the hallway.
"Oh yeah, you definitely heard me right! Chloe's mother hates her guts! Hahaha, it really is funny, isn't it?" the high-pitched voice spoke with an amused tone.
Well, of course, Chloe would be slandered at one point in her life, she isn't exactly the nicest person, I thought to myself as I scoffed. But then, I heard crying. Sobbing, even. It couldn't be-, could it?
I rushed up the stairs and saw Chloe, on her knees, as Lila lingered above her.
"Please.. stop.." Chloe said in between sobs. Her voice was a light whisper, I'd assume her crying wouldn't let her speak any louder.
"What's that? Look at how vulnerable you are. Why don't you jump off the school's roof and see if anybody'll feel bad for you while you're 6 feet under" Lila giggled.
"Hey, Lila! What are you doing to Chloe? Can't you see she's suffering?" I yelled. I hate Chloe and all, but nobody deserves this kind of behavior.
In response, Lila made a mocking pout. "Aww, are you trying to stand up for your bully? You're such an angel", the girl said, pronouncing her r's as w's to mock me even more. Lila rose her hand as a threat to physically harm me, but I was saved as soon as Ms. Bustier came to the hallway to see what was going on.
"Good morning, Ms. Bustier!" Lila said, who had already backed up from the two girls.
"Good morning, Lila." Ms Bustier replied with a smile. "Good morning to you as well, Marinette". She hadn't noticed Chloe because Lila was standing in front of her, I thought.
"Please get to class, girls. You're very late. I especially wouldn't expect this from you, Lila. I am very disappointed. Let's go"
"I'm so sorry, Ms. Bustier", Lila said. Ms. Bustier turned around, and before Lila turned as well to follow, she looked at me, and she winked while smirking. She's definitely up to something, I thought while shivering.
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I walked into class after Lila has already gone. I sat in my seat next to Alya and put my head down, dreading everybody's response to everything that had happened.
"Girl, are you okay? Yesterday must've been awful for you!" Alya whispered, knowing fully that Adrien was sitting right in front of them next to Nino. If I'm nervous about everyone's responses, I can't imagine what Adrien is going through right now. Adrien also had his head down.
"Yeah, I'm fine right now, Alya. Thank you. I'm just a little shaken up about it, and nervous for what everybody is gonna think about me now"
"Don't worry, Marinette. If anything, I'm always by your side. I promise", Alya replied in a soft voice. For a moment, I felt like all my worries had been washed away.
Adrien left the classroom. He had asked to go to the bathroom. I know that he punched Luka, but he's still human. I hope he's okay.
Lunch had begun, yet some of us were staying behind to finish a project we're working on. I'm working on it with Alya, of course. So we stayed in Ms. Bustier's classroom with the rest of the class. Lila and her partner were lurking near the back of the classroom, also working on whatever project they were doing.
"So, Marinette, do you think you could-" Alya said. She hadn't stopped talking, but I couldn't pay attention to her. My eyes were on Lila, who was glaring at me and whispering things to everyone in the classroom. "Marinette?"
"Oh! Sorry, Alya, I just- I'm a bit distracted-" I started, but Lila danced her way towards us and interrupted.
"Hey girlies!" her mouth spitted out. "I've got a secret that I think Marinette is gonna love! It's about her, actually!"
"Um, Lila, I don't think Marinette would appreciate a secret of hers going around. If she hasn't told anyone yet, then I'm sure she's uncomfortable with people knowing", Alya said.
"Noo!! It's totally fine, I swear! I already told everybody in this class, anyways. And I never lie. Just hear me out, okay? So, we all know our beloved hero, Ladybug, right? And her secret identity or whatever?" Lila exclaimed.
