𝘔𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 2

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"𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦?"

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playing: [Amor Eterno] - [Rocío Dúrcal]
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[014]

"I'll let you in on a little secret. I always add cream to the chocolate to make the ganache extra velvety. Then I let it infuse for one minute."

You watched Mr. Dupain-Cheng in awe as he taught the class his baking skills. He seemed to enjoy teaching it himself, as he was asked to teach the class about pastries and all that other stuff. You stood beside Alya, who was currently talking with Marinette meanwhile recording the lesson.

"I love it when your dad comes and gives us pastry lessons," Alya whispered.

Marinette laughed as she replied, "So does he."

You watched their interaction with a little smile, though it fell when Chloe dramatically leaned over your shoulder, "The horrors, N/n. The horrors! Do they really think I'd get my hands dirty cooking like some... maid?!"

"What are you talking about?" Unlike her, you whispered; just to not distract others from listening to the man teaching.

"If I wanted a croissant, I'd get my butler to do it." She added, bringing her free hand over her forehead to emphasize her distress.

"You mean macaroons?" You corrected, gently pushing her head away from your shoulder. She pursed her lips as she walked back towards Sabrina, who watched your interaction with her closely. You shrugged it off as you continued watching the baker explain the lesson.

"It's all done with a flick of the wrist, but you mustn't go too fast or you might splash yourself." He humorously said, resulting with Chloe making another snarky comment.

Mr. Dupain-cheng later showed the bowl of his mixture to everyone in class and everyone gasped at the sight.

Rose gushed, "It's beautiful!"

Everyone hummed in agreement as they remained staring at the bowl that'll soon make their freshly made macaroons.

"Now we need to chill it for half an hour." He explained, before calling out for Marinette. She seemed slightly startled as she turned to face her father, "Yes, dad?"

"Could you put this in the cafeteria fridge, please? In the meantime, I'll show your friends how to whip out egg whites!" He spoke enthusiastically.

Marinette smiled as she grabbed the bowl and headed out the class, meanwhile Mr. Dupain-Cheng continued his teaching. It later came to a sudden halt when the fire alarm went off. You heard him sigh in disappointment before the teacher dismissed everyone safely out the classroom.

Once you guys walked towards the courtyard, the principal entered with a fireman beside him, his face twisting with slight anger. "So, some smart aleck had the bright idea of calling the fire department." He informed, looking at every single student with disdain.

Everyone looked around in confusion, especially when everyone was doing their own thing. You knew your class had no fault as you guys were busy doing a pastry lesson.

"Somebody amongst us thought it would be funny to waste the fire captain's valuable time." He added.

Somehow that sentence made everything click for you and you turned to face the unbothered blonde who was fixing her nails.

"Yes, in fact, if you wouldn't mind I—" The fireman replied, but was soon interrupted by the principal.

"Hold on. I want the guilt party to apologize to you."

You watched him with a dumbfounded look, wasnt he contradicting himself? He was wasting the fireman's time just by making him wait for someone to take responsibility for their actions.

"I'm sure it was Chloe. I saw her on the phone right before the alarm went off." Marinette whispered to Alya, though you heard her perfectly.

"You seeing her make a phone call isn't solid proof." Alya replied.

You hated to agree, but if Marinette said something like that out loud and without proof; it'd only seem like she said that to cover her own tracks.

"Mr. Damocles, sir?" Chloe called out, raising her hand.

"Yes, Ms. Bourgeois?"

"I saw a student leaving the classroom right before the alarm went off. It must've been her," Chloe said, referring to the blunette who was currently clenching her fists in anger.

"Really? Who was it?" He questioned.

"Let's see if she'll come clean." She hummed sarcastically as she smirked, "What do you say, Marinette Dupain-Cheng?"

"Marinette, do you have something you want to tell the fireman captain?" The principal remarked.

"Uh, wait! Excuse me, sir. But it couldn't possibly be Marinette. Why would she disrupt her father's cooking class?" Adrien defended. 

"And I know for a fact she didn't have her phone on her when she left the classroom," Alya added.

"Plus, it's not something Marinette would actually do. Even if it weren't her father's class," You joined, nodding to your friends' words.

"Mr. Damocles, I must be heading out." The fireman spoke, almost begging to leave. 

Mr. Damocles blocked his way out as he brought his hand up, "Just one more second. We're very close to discovering the truth."

The fireman groaned as his helmet fell shut.

After a few moments of silence, the principal spoke up again in disapproval, "Since no one is owning up to it, the whole school will be punished."

Everyone groaned, including the fireman who seemed to be taking the disappointment as well.

"What?! I'm not sure my father will react kindly to me being punished without any proof," Chloe raged, threatening him as she brought out her phone.

Mr. Damocles panicked, "O-Oh, no! Please, don't disrupt the busy mayor." He cleared his throat before his next announcement, "The whole school is punished except for Ms. Bourgeois!"

"That's more like it." She retorted, ending the call with a smirk.

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You were stuck sweeping the floor from the punishment you were all given. How did a pastry class lead to this? Your eyes darted to the blonde who was sitting on the bench, completely busy with her nails. You were honestly tired, so you took a seat next to her.

She let out a disapproving sigh before noticing you were the one who sat next to her. Her face lighted up as she scooted closer to you.

"N/n!!" She leaned against your side, snuggling in your arm.

Adrien soon walked over to you both, looking at Chloe with a disapproving look. She looked taken aback at the sight, which gave you access to pull yourself away from her.

"It was you who called the fire department, wasn't it?" He interrogated, his usual soft green eyes hardened in annoyance.

"Of course it was me who called the fire department. So what?" She remarked, crossing her hands over her chest.

You walked away from the confrontation, already knowing how it'll end. You were suddenly now filled with energy as you continued sweeping the floor. If anything, you didn't want to let others do the same punishment you were given and spend time listening to Adrien and Chloe's argument instead. Looking over at them momentarily though, you saw Adrien walk away from a hurt Chloe.

You wanted to comfort her, but did she really deserve it? You shrugged to yourself and finished your work.

After all that hell passed, you went back home. Your back slightly ached from all that walking around so you laid down on your bed until, well, it stopped aching as much. As soon as you were about to squeeze your eyes shut to get some rest, your phone buzzed uncontrollably.

You sighed as you went to grab it, just cause you were curious who'd be texting you at a moment like this. Your eyes bulged slightly out of your sockets.

Chloe didn't usually hold parties, that's something you knew. But what had you in pure shock was how quickly she changed; especially when she let everyone else have the punishment that should've been reserved just to her.

It had to be Adrien's doing. You almost wished you stayed to hear what he had said to change her in such little time.

"Wow, that girl surely changes quickly." Plagg commented, startling you as you had forgotten he was there.

You nodded, "Maybe it'll be fun. I'm usually busy with all that hero crap and with school, so why not take a break."

Plagg only clicked his teeth, claiming that he'd rather much prefer staying at bed eating camembert instead. Laughing at his comment, you went way to grab clothes to change into.

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Entering the hotel, where the party was held, everything was neatly arranged. Most people were already there, dressed in their usual attire and seemed to have their own conversations amongst each other. They must've came way more earlier than you as well.

You seemed to be right on time to receive a warm welcome from Chloe, who gasped once she saw you enter.

"N/n!" She called out for you, her voice dripping with adoration as she sprinted towards you, "I'm so glad you could make it. You must've really wanted to see me, right? You came early!"

She kissed your cheeks before turning her body around to welcome the newcomers who had just joined the party. Which were Nino, Adrien, Alya, and lastly Marinette— many others too.

It didn't seem as a problem to welcome Adrien, and you, to her. But once it came to your mutual classmates, she had found it quite difficult to welcome them sweetly. It was even worse when it had been Marinette's turn.

The way they both gasped in mere horror was enough to make you amused, but you didn't choose to act on it as you brought your hand over your mouth to stifle your laughter.

As Chloe leaned forward to her, you saw how Marinette glanced over at you; her brows raised in distrust at the blonde's actions but once she saw your somewhat encouraging smile, she leaned forward as well.

"I should've gotten you guys on video," Alya laughed at the disgusted girl.

"Don't rub it in!"

After that dramatic performance, everyone began dancing around at the music Nino had played. You just stood near a table, watching everyone having a good time amongst themselves with a small smile on your lips.

Randomly, the music turned into a jazzy tune.

Everyone had paired up with someone almost instantly to dance with and it had finally hit you that you were supposed to be having fun, dancing with someone like they shown in Disney movies; which you weren't a big fan of but it's whatever.

But sometimes these were the things you wondered if you'd one day experience with someone.

Ever since you've met Ladybug, you experienced what liking someone felt like. It gave you hope that you'd still able to experience more firsts and you found yourself thanking her every single day afterwards.

Your love felt thoughts were interrupted by the sudden push you received from the blunette, who seemed just as shocked as you were when you turned around to look at her.

"Marinette, are you alright?" Tilting your head slightly to the right, you watched her rub her head against her palm.

"Uh, oh... yeah! Sorry," She whispered softly as she slowly regained herself.

Your eyes darted at the dancing crowd to the nervous girl in front of you, who seemed to be staring— or rather in a daze, at you with a cutesy smile on her face.

"Hey, Marinette. Want to have this dance with me?"

She remained silent for a moment, making you believe she was going to reject your request, but instead she let out a deep breath before grabbing your hand and dragging you to towards the dance floor. You only let out a relieved smile as you grabbed her waist, bringing her slightly closer to you as she wrapped her arms around your neck.

You could've sworn the music stopped as the only thing you could only hear was the sounds of your beating heart, but the continuous swaying you've guys done from the soft jazz musics' beat was enough for you to register that it was still being played.

Quickly analyzing the girl's features, somehow— she looked far more prettier than you've ever seen before and suddenly it had gotten hard for you to breathe as she snuggled into your neck; inhaling your scent as if this were all some sort of magic world you've both been sucked in and that if the music stopped any time soon, it'd all disappear.

The deafening sound of your beating heart, maybe hers— you couldn't tell but you also didn't ponder to think of who it belonged to, was the only thing you could make out.

This is what you've dreamed of, not with Ladybug, not with anyone specifically, but you could almost thank Chloe for setting up this party as it was the main reason you were able to have this dance with Marinette. The girl who had you completely lost in a world where it was just you two dancing; together.

"Thank you," You unconsciously said, and the feeling of a warm gush over your face was enough for you to realize what you've just uttered.

When had you gotten this sappy feeling with someone other than Ladybug?

She slowly turned her head towards you, her lips pursed together in confusion- with the same red hues forming on her own cheeks, "For what?"

"Uh... for having this dance with me?"

Her bashful smile and her bluebell eyes were entirely different to you than before, as it had you absolutely swooning over her. You coughed to cool down your nerves as it made it difficult for you to mutter your words.

She nodded her head slightly, seemingly like she was experiencing the same thing; her nerves being too much to bear that speaking words would be too hard to do. Though, her gentle gaze never stopped.

Marinette seemed to want to lean back against you, but the sudden voice of the bratty blonde's butler halted her further movements.

"Oh, please, Chloe, dear! You've been such a good little girl. Mr. Cuddly is so very proud..."

Chloe instantly sprinted to the butler, pushing down the plushie before anyone could see it. But it had been too late, as Kim made sure to let everyone else know what he had seen.

"Is that your teddy bear, Chloe?" Kim taunted, laughing at his own joke.

Everyone else joined his laughter, making Chloe glance around the room in slight disbelief.

Any other day, you'd think that she now finally understands what other people felt when she poked her own fun at them but instead you felt bad. You could only watch her drag her butler towards the kitchen in silent sympathy.

A few moments after, everything returned back to normal as everyone continued dancing with their partners. But as soon as the atmosphere cooled down, the jazz music changed to a more upbeat tone; making you disappointed that you couldn't continue dancing with Marinette.

Well you stayed at the dance floor with her, though unlike before you guys weren't hugging each other.

Marinette still remained there with a big smile on her face, giggling to herself when she was doing a silly dance. You laughed with her as well, doing your own dance at the upbeat music.

Chloe suddenly pushed Marinette aside, running away from the gingered girl who held a brush out at her threateningly. She shielded herself from her as she hid behind Kim, turning him around to face Sabrina.

"If you touch one hair on Chloe's head, you'll have to answer to me." Kim threatened.

You watched how the bear who attached itself on Sabrina, now attach itself to Kim; making you understand what's happening.

"Sorry, Marinette. I have to go somewhere," You spoke, not giving her the chance to stop you or respond.

Immediately scanning the area, you found a secluded spot to transform. Checking to see whether there were anyone around, or that someone could see what you were doing; you transformed once you saw no one there.

Getting back to where the party was held, you saw Ladybug already there; unintentionally throwing Chloe on the ball pit. It seemed to catch the attention of the controlled Kim as he sprinted off to fight against her. Before he could get the chance to fight her, you extended your staff; making him trip and made the clinging bear fly off his leg.

"Ouch. Sorry, didn't hurt you too hard there, did I?" You joked, spinning your staff around as you looked at the funny position Kim was left in.

Meanwhile you were distracted, the bear climbed up the wall eventually landing in front of you to run over the crowd. You ran after it, though it had already controlled Max— who was holding up a chair to throw at you.

"How about a game of throwing chairs?!"

Before he could throw it, Ladybug wrapped her yo-yo around his ankles. Once he fell, the teddy bear now clinged onto Alya, who held onto Ladybug. Ladybug instantly turned their position around, making Alya unable to move. But later, the bear ran off her ankle and made her return to her usual state.

"Ladybug? What happened?"

Before Ladybug could reply, you three heard Ivan grunt from behind you guys. You felt your eyes widen as you let out a small gasp but you regained your breath as you cut the table Ivan held in half with your staff.

With the staff, you pinned him against the couch. "Huh? Chatón Noire?"

Once you've realized he wasn't controlled no more, you pulled your staff away from his chest. "Damn, where did it go?" You muttered, glancing around the room.

You felt yourself go still for a moment, before you turned around to walk to towards the polka dotted heroine. Grabbing her wrist, she turned to face you. "What are you—" She paused, noticing the indifference in your eyes, "Oh, no!"

You tried grabbing her miraculous but she flawlessly stepped back before you could grab it. The hold you had on her arm was still there and you made more attempts to get her earrings but she avoided each of them.

"Chatón Noire, it's me! Snap out of it!" She cried out, twisting your arm to hold you down. At the situation you were in, you called out for your cataclysm to get yourself out of the uncomfortable position you were in.

You brought your hand back to the heroine, scarily close enough to grab her face. The sudden pull of your tail prevented it though, making you fall on the couch. "Paws off, kitty!"

The touch on the couch disintegrated from your cataclysm, turning it into dust. Making you fall on your ass once it faded away. You groaned and regained your breath from the fall, scowling as you ran toward the heroine. Ladybug ran up the stairs and you followed after her; which she intentionally lead you to the roof. You let out a scoff as you scanned the area to catch sight of her.

Feeling your eyes open at the sound of the heroine's yo-yo, you turned around to smack the yo-yo away before it could wrap itself around you. Next thing you knew, she jumped at you to kick you in the face but you avoided it as you drew your fist at her; which she avoided it as you also avoided her own attacks.

You threw your staff at her, only for her to move out of the way and nearly hit Chloe on the head. The staff bounced back towards you and you took the opportunity to immediately swing at her, but once again she moved out of the way. Ladybug then wrapped her yo-yo over your ankle and towards the umbrella. You remained unaware of her plan as you drew your fist over her continuously until she grabbed your staff with her hands.

You slowly came back to your senses, realizing that you were unconsciously trying to hurt the other girl.

"Bug? What happened? No— are you okay?" You tilted your head slightly to the side before glancing around to catch sight of the walking plushie.

She smiled at you, pointing slightly over your shoulder. "I saved