glass shards ⟩ miraculous ladybug ✔️

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🐞 POV

Marinette was also panicking. From the same reasons.

"How is this happening? Why didn't my miraculous ladybug work on me? It worked on Chat!" she cried out to her kwami, who was frantically trying to calm her down before she got a phone call.

From Adrien.

She didn't care how unusual it was for him to call her, she just needed somebody to talk to.

"M-Marinette?"

He sounded frightened, like usual. "What's up?" she tried to avoid the sorrow in her voice.

"I'm in a serious panic, and I need to know if you got scars from Verre earlier to make sure I'm not crazy."

Her eyes widened. Did Adrien get hurt by the akuma? She thought he was safe! She sighed, "Yes, yes I did. Why?"

"The scars. They're still there. I swear I'm not crazy they're just still there."

Her world just stopped. She wasn't crazy. Neither was he. Why didn't her miraculous ladybug work? "The same here, why do you think Ladybug's power didn't work?"

"I don't know. The problem here is that I have a swimsuit shoot soon, and if this isn't fixed I might get grounded. Or worse, pull me from school."

She froze. School without Adrien? She couldn't go to school without one of her best friends. "I'll figure something out. I'll text you?"

"Please.. and yeah.."

He ended the line, and she instantly felt guilty. He was in pain, and it was her fault. "He's going to be okay. He's going to be okay." she kept repeating to herself. She looked at her kwami. "Oh, Tikki! What am I going to do? A school year without my best friend would be absolute torture!"

"Calm down, Marinette!" Tikki flitted around her carefully. "You're Ladybug, you'll figure something out."

She nodded and pressed her forehead against the table top, before shooting back up with a gasp. "Chat Noir!" she cried, making her kwami look at her to explain. "He was literally bulleted with glass in the back. Imagine if his family members saw that! They could keep extra watch on him!" she banged her head on the table over and over.

"I'll leave you be." she murmured, before flying off, disappearing somewhere in her room.

Marinette sighed, soon pulling herself back on her bed to get to her trapdoor. Her mind still swirled with Chat Noir, and wondering how much pain he must be in. Once she was up, she leaned on the railing and exhaled deeply.

"Sounds like you have a lot to think about."

She whipped herself around swiftly to face Chat Noir. He has already landed on her balcony, baton in hand which was now to its small size. She sighed, then nodded. "I just.. I'm wondering how the miraculous ladybug didn't work for the scars Verre made. I mean— they worked on everything else!"

He nodded and his eyes traced her. He walked closer. "I can't forgive myself for you getting hurt." he said softly, before she put her hand on her shoulder. "What would happen if I couldn't save you? What if-" she placed two fingers on his lips and giggled. "Stop attacking yourself, kitty. I'm fine, okay?"

"But.."

She blinked. Then she snickered. "You've been attacking yourself this whole time, haven't you?" he nodded with defeat. "Stop that. It's not your fault, okay?" her hand made its made its to his cheek, cupping it lightly. "I got myself hurt, I wasn't being careful." she glanced at the ground uneasily. "How hurt are you?"

She could tell he was hesitant at first but then scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. "They're.. definitely still there." he said, glancing at her arms. "What will happen if your friends see you like this? They'll know that you were involved with Verre's attack. Or.. they'll think you.."

He didn't have to finish that sentence to know what he was trying to say. She put her hands on his arms, grabbing his full attention. "My friends are understanding people, so they'll not think that low." she looked at him properly. "What about you, kitty? You got attacked by the akuma as well."

Chat Noir waved his claw in dismissal. "Please, I'll be fine. It just just my back and my hands, nothing suspicious." he took a step back and flexed in a joking manner. "Nothing can destroy this cat." she rolled her eyes and flicked his bell.

🐱 POV

She flicked his bell. Chat Noir literally stopped working in that moment. He thought he couldn't stop functioning when she called him kitty, but she proved that wrong. She ran her hand through this hair and giggled.

"I'm having my friends over today, so you might want to scat." this brought Chat Noir back to his mind, remembering that he was coming here with Alya and Nino today, and that his father was actually letting him. 

He let out a fake chuckle and nodded weakly. "Of course, I'll see you later." he looked at her clothing and chuckled for real this time. "Maybe put on a jacket or something, princess." she blushed deeply and smacked her in the head. "Shut up, idiot."

I hate everything and I'm sorry for my lack of motivation for this story, my other story has sparked my interest more, but I'm attempting to keep updating this one as well

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