Smiles Hide Everything

Chapter 8

I stormed out of the classroom, not caring where I was going. I heard someone calling my name and I realized it was Adrien. "Mari! Wait!"

"Don't call me Mari! You have no right to!"

"Okay, fine, Marinette! Just wait! I want to talk to you! I sped up and then made a quick right turn into the girls' bathroom because I knew Adrien wouldn't follow me there.

"Marinette! I know you're in there! Come out!" I peeked out of the bathroom and saw Adrien standing in the doorway. I pulled my head back, ran to a stall, and locked myself in. I pulled out the blade from earlier.

"Mari! What are you doing and why do you have a razor blade in your purse?" I froze. Oh sh*t. I forgot about Tikki!!

"Marinette? Who was that?" God damn it! Adrien heard Tikki! What do I do now?

I looked at Tikki and out of the corner of my eye, I saw something black zip out of the stall. What the heck was that?

"Maybe we should leave, Adrien. Ms. Bustier might get mad." Who in our school has a voice that high? "Fine, Plagg. I'll leave. Just make sure to check in on Marinette, okay?"

"Fine, Adrien." What the hell did I just hear? Who is Plagg? And how is he related to Adrien? Just then, I heard footsteps come down the hall and into the bathroom."...ell Ms. Bustier that I had to use the bathroom." Silence. "I said go! Now!"

"Y-yes, Chloe!"

"Ugh. Finally! Some peace and- Oh. Maritrash is here. Great! Now I have to deal with you, too." Ummm... What the hell is her deal? And what does she mean by "deal with you, too"? What happened when I left?

"Maritrash! Get out of here, now! I know you aren't actually using the bathroom." I unlocked and opened the stall and saw Chloe crying. "C-C-Chloe? What happened?"

"None of your *sniff* business."

"Fine."

"Hurry up and *sniff sniff* leave already!"

"Okay, okay! Jeez!" I walked out of the bathroom and waited outside the door, listening to Chloe to see what she would do next. "Where is Sabrina?! That brat! I might as well just hand her AND Adrien over to Lila."

What the hell is happening?

*Timeskip 20 minutes ahead*

I couldn't hear anything from the bathroom after that comment about Sabrina and Adrien so I decided to leave. I went to the classroom but hesitated outside the door. "Tikki, I want you to go inside the classroom and try to find out what happened while we were in the bathroom."

"Of course, Marinette!" Tikki flew out of my purse and through the wall next to the door. I waited for a few seconds and then bolted down the hallway and stairs to the downstairs bathroom, hoping no one would come in this time. I locked myself in a stall again and pulled out my razor

A/N Cutting starting again

I pulled up my sleeves and held the razor to my skin. I realized that my arms were already covered in scars so I pulled down my sleeves and pulled up my pant legs. I pressed the razor into my skin and watched as blood poured out.

A/N Cutting stopped but gore and blood is still present

I remember something then, although it wasn't really my memory.

*Flashback to Paris in the early 1960s*

"No, Chat! You can't leave me here! You can't! Don't leave me! I can't let you die!" I watched as Chat bled and bled and bled but didn't even struggle. "CHAT!! NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO DON'T DIE ON ME PLEASE I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU!!"

I started crying uncontrollably as Longshot continued to shoot Chat Noir with her dagger-arrows. "DAMN IT CHAT DON'T LEAVE ME!!" Another dagger came flying and I caught it with my yo-yo before it stabbed Chat's head.

I bent down, picked him up, and started zooming away from that roof. I eventually got to the hospital. I bolted through the doors and started screaming about how Chat was dying and he needed a doctor. All the doctors and nurses started running around, getting stretchers, and making room for Chat in an available emergency room.

I ran with the doctors but they stopped me from coming into the emergency room, saying that they wouldn't be able to focus if I was there. I sunk to the floor outside the room, sobbing and covering my mouth.

"Don't die on me, Chat. Please." I couldn't raise my voice above a whisper.

*Flashback ends, present time*

Who was that? When and where was that? Why did I remember that now? Why did I remember it in the first place? I looked down and realized that blood was pooling on the floor. I quickly removed the razor blade from my leg and wiped it off with my sleeve.

I put the blade in my purse and took an armful of toilet paper and put it on the blood pool. The toilet paper turned bright red and barely soaked up all the blood. I had to grab quite a bit more toilet paper to mop up the blood left on the floor and the blood still dripping from my leg.

I put all the toilet paper in the toilet and flushed it. Somehow, it didn't get clogged. I dug in my backpack and found my spare first aid kit. I wrapped my legs with the gauze inside and pulled down my pant legs. I put the first aid kit back in my backpack and put it on my back.

I ran out of the bathroom and up to the classroom door. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and opened the door. I looked inside but no one was there. I checked my phone and saw that it was lunchtime.

I grabbed the textbooks that I had left at my seat and walked home. Thank God there wasn't very much traffic. I ran to the middle of the street and stopped as I realized something. I heard a car horn honk and tires screech, but it was too late.