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Marinette Dupain-Cheng is a pretty attractive and now popular girl, everyone seems to like her their own way but she has a secret, she’s in love with Adrien Agreste and to her not surprise, basically all of her classmates will stand in her way to get him, but not in the way she expected, one way or another, every girl fell for her and despite her claiming to them that she’s straight, they’ll anyway do their best to sway her in liking them and fall for their charm with their own strategy, will Marinette resist the temptation of dating her classmates? Or will she finally make her dream of dating Adrien Agreste come true, well, let’s find out! (Yes the summary is the intro but in DA there are no Notes or Summary section lol)(No cover for this story sadly, I got an idea for a cover but with my drawing skills it'd take weeks to make) 
With nothing more to say, let’s start with the story:
It was a sunny day in the park close to the Dupain-Cheng Bakery, the weather is perfect for Adrien’s new photo sessions and of course, for our protagonist, Marinette Dupain-Cheng to stalk him from the distance.
- Marinette: “Ah~ Adrien~”.        *Sighs and melts letting herself fall to the ground just to get up and keep, ehem, watching*.
- Tikki: “You know Marinette, sometimes I don’t think what you’re doing is healthy for you, I know liking someone makes you want to see that one person but, don’t you think doing this every single day is a little bit too much?”.
- Marinette: “Nonsense! There is never enough of...”.        *Waits, sighs and with a loving tone*.        “Adrien~”.
- Tikki: “I don’t know why I even bother to try”.        *Hides*.
- Marinette: *Sad tone*.        “Owh, the place where he moved to doesn’t let me see him that well, sorry Mylene, but some trees are going down soon so next time they don’t bother hehehehehe”.        *She makes an almost maniac smile*. In the park.
- Adrien: “Plagg, now’s not the time! What are you doing here someone could see you”.        *Going to Plagg who is checking a cart that’s selling cheese*.
- Plagg: “I’m sorry Adrien, I can’t help it! If you don’t feed me right now I’ll need to go to that cart with all that amazing cheese”.
- Adrien: “Fine, you win”.        *Gives Plagg a piece of Camembert cheese which is eaten by Plagg who hides right after eating it*.
- Nathalie: “We’re done for today, well done Adrien, it’s time to go back”.
- Adrien: “Thanks Nathalie, I’m coming in a bit”.
 
Back to Marinette’s place.
- Marinette: “He’s leaving? So soon? But, but, but, it’s only been an hour and forty seven minutes!! This cannot be! How sad, this one didn’t even last the usual two hours”.        *She said as she let herself fall to the ground kneeling with sadness*.
- Tikki: “You always see Adrien at school, so don’t worry Marinette, tomorrow you’ll be able to see him!”.
- Marinette: “Just to freeze in front of him once again”.        *Sighs... Hears the trapdoor opening*.        “Hide Tikki!”.        *Watches how Tikki hides in her bag*.
- Alya: “Hey Marinette, what’s up? Why the sad look?”.
- Marinette: “Oh, well, Adrien’s photo session is over and I know I can see him tomorrow but, tomorrow I’ll just freeze and speak nonsense as I try to tell him what I feel, and even if I did, he’d laugh at me and reject my feelings immediately, someone so perfect wouldn’t date me, in fact, I don’t think anyone’d date me”.
- Alya: *Looked at how sad Marinette’s face looks*.        “I see, but listen, even if it weren’t him, someone else will eventually love you, but don’t give up! You can do it! I think anyone would date you honestly”.        *Gets closer to Marinette to confort her*.
- Marinette: “Anyone?”.
- Alya: “Anyone!”.
- Marinette: “Even you?”.        *Laughs*.
- Alya: *Caught off guard*.        “I-I ah, well, I, if you do a Ladybug Cosplay for me I might”.        *She joked*.
- Marinette: *Confused*.        “A Ladybug Cosplay?”.
- Alya: “Come on! Woman, you look a lot like Ladybug! If I didn’t know you I would think that you’re her! But let’s be honest, outside of how you look, you’re nothing like her, she’s so pretty, so smart, so strong, so sure of herself”.        *She lost herself thinking about Ladybug*.
- Marinette: “Uhm, hello?”.        *Waves her hand in front of Alya’s face who had a huge smile on her face*.
- Alya: “S-Sorry, I lost myself in the train of thoughts, as I was saying, you’re nothing like her”.
- Marinette: “(Ouch)”.        “So you don’t think I’m pretty, nor smart, I may not be strong but you also think I’m not sure of myself, geez Alya, and you expect Adrien or anyone to go out with me”.
- Alya: “Don’t be ridiculous, at this rate you will get akumatized because you can’t date anyone! You know I didn’t mean that, you have a very friendly and loving personality! Again, anyone’d go out with you, even the girls y’know”.
- Marinette: “So, if I cosplay as Ladybug you’ll date me right?”.        *Said jokingly*.
- Alya: “Don’t...”.        ...        “Ha, well, that’d be cool to see though”.

So both laughed and had fun, later on we go to Marinette’s room at night, she’s transformed as Ladybug as she fought an akumatized villain not so long ago.

- Ladybug: *Holds her yoyo*.        “That was tiresome, I really need to rest, I haven’t been sleeping that well lately, Tikki! Spots Ah!”.        *She almost trips with one of her chairs with wheels, holding herself with one of her tables, since she has super strength she makes the table fall, she gasps*.        “I didn’t mean to do this! I must be really tired”.        *Picks everything up, ordering everything over the table as it was before, including a picture of Adrien she just took today she planned to add to her wall, she lost herself watching that picture, he just looked too good for her, so she walked to her bed and covered herself with the blankets*.        “Will I be good enough for him?”.        *She expected Tikki to say something, but nothing came as a response, weird, but it doesn’t matter, she moves face up and then leans her head sideways placing the picture in front of her*.

“Good night Adrien~”.        *Gives the picture a kiss*.        “I wonder if you’ll love me back...”.        *She remembered Alya’s words, ‘anyone’d date you even the girls’ or something like that she said right? She giggled*.        “That’d be funny, imagine if all the girls I know fell for me all of a sudden!”.        *So then she sarcastically says*.        “I’d wish they really did fall for me!”.        ...        “Though, if that were the case, I’m pretty sure I’d still only have eyes for Adrien anyway, that's for sure, still it'd be fun...”.

*She repeated that in her mind but, she did feel a little bit of doubt, would she really? But that doesn’t really matter, she closed her eyes and soon fell profoundly asleep*.

The next morning.
- Ladybug: *Yawns lifting her right arm and covering her mouth with the left hand turned into a fist, looks at the Adrien picture*.        “Good morning Adrien~”.
*She giggled as she said hi with her hand to the picture moving her gloved fingers... Wait... Gloved? Looks at her other hand, Red gloves with black spots? No!*.
“GAH! Tikki! Spots Off!”.        *Ladybug detransfomed into Marinette spawning a really tired Tikki*.
- Marinette: *Holding Tikki in her hands and proceeding to give her a few macaroons*.        “I am VERY sorry Tikki, I really am, I hope you’re alright, I promise I will let you rest today”.
- Tikki: “I’m alright, don’t worry Marinette, anyway, it’s not like it’s up to you to decide if I rest or not, if Hawk Moth, Shadow Moth, Monarch, or whatever attacks we need to be ready”.
- Marinette: “Well I could transform for something else, but not today, today you will stay here and rest unless Hawk Moth or etcetera attacks ok?”.        *She heard her mother call her name*.        “I’m coming!”.        *Grabs her backpack but when she was about to leave, she ran back, she hadn’t even changed her clothes*.
 
At school.
- Chloe: “Dupain-Cheng!”.        *Said menacingly*.
- Marinette: “(Ugh, Chloe)”.        “What do you want Chloe, aren’t you tired of bothering me?”.
- Chloe: *Slightly sad face, but then she regains her composure*.        “N-No, I mean, I’m not here to bother you this time... At least, not the ways I’ve done before... This time I want something different from you”.
- Marinette: “Huh, and what could that be?”.        *She said confused*.
- Chloe: “I want you... To go out with me, it’s not like you deserve it, but I might have mistreated you too much to the point that I might compensate you with a date”.        *She said that in a somehow derogatory tone*.
- Marinette: *Confused laugh*.        “What kind of prank is this? I don’t understand”.
- Chloe: *Angry*.        “Ugh, you can’t do this to me, I give you the chance of your life and you reject it? You’re Ridiculous, Utterly RiDiculous!”.        *She walks away angry as she failed to get Marinette to go out with her*.
 
- Sabrina: “Uhm, if you want, w-we can hang out and I can serve you”.        *Before Marinette could answer she hears Chloe call her, so, she looks slightly sad*.
- Marinette: “Don’t worry Sabrina, it’s alright, we can hang out another day if you wish to hang out, you don’t really need to serve me okay?”.        *She smiled as Sabrina smiled back and ran away*.        “(That was weird... I wonder what kind of prank they were trying to play on me)”.        *She walked to the classroom and bumped into Zoe Lee as she wasn’t paying attention*.        “S-Sorry Zoe! I wasn’t paying attention and I”.        *Zoe holds her hand, she has hold her hand before but, it felt different this time*.
- Zoe: “Sorry Marinette, it’s alright, I just want to tell you something”.
- Marinettte: “Okay but please hurry up or I’ll be late to my class aga...”.        *She shuts up as Zoe held her other hand and blushed really hard, with a big smile and a burning passion in her eyes*.
- Zoe: “I don’t know how to tell you this but, ever since I met you, I fell in love with you, I never knew how to tell you and, I knew you love Adrien so, I didn’t want to interfere, but, this morning, I felt different, that love feeling increased all of a sudden and I, I can’t hold it anymore! Marinette! I Love You! W-Would You Like To Be My Girlfriend!?”.
- Marinette: *Wide eyed with her mouth open wide*.        “I... I... I”.        *She lost balance, she didn’t fall but had to rest herself on a wall*.        “I’m so sorry Zoe, I don’t know what’s going on, I need time to think about it okay? Don’t worry, it’s not a no, it’s just, I’m not sure if I’m ready, I hope you understand”.
- Zoe: *Her confident smile disappeared and was replaced with a rather sad look as the fire on her eyes was mostly water now*.        “I... I understand Marinette, don’t worry, it’s alright”.        *Her voice almost break as she walked away*.
- Marinette: *Low voice*.        "(Sh-She meant it... For real it seems...)".        “Zoe...”.
 
In the classroom.
- Marinette: *Arrives*.        “(I can’t help but think in Zoe, I know she’s really cute, and really pretty, but, I can’t, I just can’t... Her eyes... She was saying the truth... She really felt that way for me... And I, I just)”.        *She heard Lila’s voice*.        “(Unlike someone else I know who lies as she breaths)”.        *She took a sit*.
- Alya: “Congrats Marinette”.        *She said it sounding happy but looking rather sad*.
- Marinette: “Congrats on what?”.
- Nino: “On your three months dating Lila, you two make a great couple”.
- Marinette: *Her mouth opened to the floor, or it would have if only it could*.        “W-W-W-WHAT!!!???”.
- Rose: “Don’t worry, Lila told us everything, you two’d look so cute together, I approve it!”.
- Juleka: *Mumbles*.        “If Rose approves it I approve it too”.
- Marinette: “(What’s going on today!? Is this some sort of nightmare!?”).        “I am NOT dating Lila! You all even know I don’t like her at all!”.
- Lila: *Sits next to Marinette*.        “Don’t worry my love, I told them everything~ I know you didn’t know how to tell them, and your very Tsundere behavior didn’t help either, but now, we can freely love each other~”.        *She hugs Marinette who actively tries to push her*.        “It was love at first sight for both of us~ We basically started dating as soon as we met each other but you always act this way when we’re in public because you’re just too shy of someone finding out about our secret love, but it’s over, you don’t need to worry anymore”.        *Gets really close to Marinette’s face*.        “Because they now know our secret~”.        *She closed her eyes and leaned into Marinette planting her a deep kiss that made a huge smooching sound when it ended, the shock caused Marinette to get so surprised that she literally forgot to breath and passed out*.
 
In the nursery.
- Marinette: *Wakes up*.        “Oh~ What’s going on?... Where am I? What am I doing here? Ugh, my head hurts so much”.
- Alya: “You’re finally awake I see~ in order: 1.- I was in charge of waiting for you to wake up, 2.- You’re in the nursery, 3.- You passed out after Lila kissed you, but she explained everything, I didn’t know you were that embarrassed of us finding out that you two were dating, even then she said you’d still deny it, but don’t worry girl, we got you”.        *Wink*.        “And 4.- When you passed out you immediately fell and probably hit your head... So, are you up to date now?”.
- Marinette: *Wide eyed and with her mouth open*.        “S-So th-that wasn’t a d-dream, Lila did kiss me, what a nightmare, ugh, so gross”.        *Cough cough*.        ”Of all women why her? What kind of p-”.
- Alya: “Because she’s your girlfriend? Duh~ Come on girl, stop pretending! We know it already! That lipstick mark is the perfect proof of it”.
- Marinette: “Alya, I’m not dating Lila! Wait... Lipstick? Lila’s... YUK!”.        *They’re walking out of the nursery and walking out of the school, due to the hit Marinette passed out for a pair of hours and had to rest for the rest of the school day to make sure she was fine, which luckily, she was*.
 
- Alya: “So, remember what we talked yesterday?”.
- Marinette: “About even girls loving me?”.        *She said scared*.
- Alya: “Yeah... Yes and no... You know, you don’t need to do that Ladybug cosplay for me to like you... You are you, and you got your own way of being charming and attractive, yes, I may like Ladybug, but who knows who is she, who I know I know and I do know well...”.        *Turns to Marinette whom turns to her*.        “It’s You!”.
- Marinette: *Surprised, wide eyed, with her mouth open once again*.
- Alya: *Holds Marinette’s hands*.        “Who cares about Ladybug, we got You, you might be clumsy, silly and obsessive, but that’s what makes you charming, you don’t need some tight clothes to look good, Ladybug can’t even compare!”.
- Marinette: “(Ouch... How funny, yesterday she offended me saying Ladybug was better than me, today she offends me saying I’m better than Ladybug... Oh~ the irony)”.
- Alya: “What I want to say is, that I love you the way you are! Even more than how I like Ladybug”.
- Marinette: “Well that's a surprise to me, y-you’re the biggest Ladybug fan out there and”.        *She gets shut up with a kiss, she turns red of embarrassment*.
- Alya: “And now I’m your biggest fan~ See ya tomorrow Marinette~”.        *So she left leaving her friend frozen in place*.        “Maybe you should consider washing your face”.
- Marinette: “Huh?”.        *Brush her face a bit with her hand and notices it has two different Lipstick marks in it*.        “GAH!!!”.
 
At outside of the fencing class.
- Marinette: “At least I can see Adrien now~ Ah~ Adrien... He’s sooo good, if everyone fell in love with me, Adrien must have fallen straight for me too right?”.        *She saw as Adrien passed by, her heart started to race as if there was going to be no tomorrow*.
- Adrien: “Hello Marinette, I”.
- Marinette: “Hello Adrien~”.        *Waiting for Adrien to say something or make a move as she was in her own train of thought where she imagines herself finally dating him*.
- Adrien: “I’ve been wanting to see you during the whole day Marinette”.
- Marinette: “(Yes! It's finally happening!)”.
- Adrien: “It seems that you dropped this”.        *Gives Marinette a hair tie*.
- Marinette: “Eh? A hair tie?”.        *Her hair tie was loose probably for laying in a bed for long that means, she had only one of her tails for most of the day as the tie fell in school, and Adrien saw her like that, it must’ve been very embarrassing, she turns red of embarrassment and made her tail up again*.        “I can’t believe this happened!”.        *Making complains and sounds of worrying*.
- Adrien: “It’s alright, I guess it happens sometimes, well, I got to go, bye Marinette”.
- Marinette: "Bye~... Adrien~...”.        *After a few seconds of daydreaming she comes back to reality*.        “Huh... Was that all? WHAT!! Are you serious!? Every single girl I know fell for me and you’re telling me that My Adrien didn’t? While most girls kissed me and tried to date me, he just gave me back my hair tie, not an I love you, not even an I like you, What Kind Of Nightmare Is This!!”.        *She cried*.
 
- Kagami: “I see you came to see me”.
- Marinette: *She shut up and froze all of a sudden, she got really nervous*.        “Y-Yes! O-Of course because we are friends! Right?”.
- Kagami: “Marinette, there’s one thing I need to tell you”.
- Marinette: *Sighs, here it goes, why her and not Adrien...*.
- Kagami: “When I told you I get what I want because I never hesitate, I kind of lied”.
- Marinette: *Looks at her confused, she thought Kagami might be a closet lesbian or bisexual, though, she only suspected it*.        “What do you mean”.
- Kagami: “I mean that, I always did whatever I wanted, except for one thing, I wasn’t brave enough to do this one thing... Marinette... I Like You, More Than As A Friend, Date Me! It will work!”.
- Marinette: *She gasped, it happened again, she’d normally be surprised, but the only thing she was surprised of was that Kagami left the closet just like that and that she could be very assertive, she was hoping Kagami would stay in the closet in her version of this crazy world but*.        “W-What can I say hehehe I”.
- Kagami: “You can say Yes”.        *Stares directly into Marinette’s eyes as she gets closer*.
- Marinette: “I uh eh hehe, guess I can say yes bu-”.        *She tries to retreat walking backwards until she meets the railing and Kagami slowly crosses her arms through the middle of Marinette’s arms and her body, leading a hand to grab her head as for the other one to hold her waist and down just to pull her into a kiss, and another one, and another one, and another one... She tried to resist but eventually, she just resigned and at some point started kissing back, it didn’t felt that bad anyway, Kagami was good... No wait, what was she thinking? She tried to break the kiss but Kagami was just too much for her, she resigned once again and kept going until Kagami was satisfied and let her go*.
- Kagami: “See you tomorrow, same place, same time”.        *She waved and threw a kiss to Marinette*.
- Marinette: *Dizzy, waved at Kagami*.        “Yeah... Hehe... See ya tomorrow...”.        *Sigh... Walking back at home, she put on a mask to cover her face from the many lipstick marks she had from Kagami and lipstick remnants she had from many of the girls all over her face, of course she tried to erase them all, but that left some kind of mark and she didn’t know where all of them were*.        “I guess I’ll need to get used to it, she was really rough... But good at the very least... Ugh No Marinette, Adrien is your objective! Not Chloe, not Zoe, not ugh... Lila... Alya or Kagami... Though... Zoe’s cute and, unlike the other girls... She was respectful to me and she’s so sweet... Am I getting confused? Am I turning... No no no no! Focus Marinette, you’re straight and you love”.        *Sigh, blush*.        “Adrien~”.
 
At the bakery.
- Sabine: “Uncle Wang came to the city, and they need to stay somewhere”.
- Tom: “She came with one of his adopted nephews I think it was, she’s really good at videogames, I’m pretty sure you two will have fun!”.
- Sabine: “Since you two are girls about the same age, while your uncle Wang stays here, she will be staying at your room”.
- Marinette: *Nervous and scared, looks down and in a low voice and teary eyes says*.        “No more girls please”.
- Tom: “Did you say something?”.
- Marinette: *Regains her composure*.        “I said that, I hope this girls is good please because I’m sooo good that my level is almost outmatched~”.        *Wink wink*.
- Tom: “We’ll see about that young lady!”.
- Sabine: “You might have won last time but it won’t be the same next time, also, your uncle is really good too”.
- Wang: “Indeed, since we’re not doing anything else tonight, we can play if you want”.
- Marinette: “Wah, no no, I’m really tired”.        *Fakes a yawn*.        “I think I’ll go up and say hi to the nephew you said before going Straight to sleep... Oh and Hi hehe, I forgot to say hi earlier”.        *Runs upstairs to her room*.
 
At Marinette’s room.
- Marinette: “Hello?”.        *She sees Tikki talking with someone, that someone turns, it’s Fei*.        “Fei! I’m so glad to see you again!”.        *She hugs Fei*.
- Fei: ”Marinette!”.        *Hugs back*.        “I’ve been alright! How about you? What’s up girl?”.
- Marinette: *Removes the mask*.        “For sure today was a crazy day, I can’t believe you’re here! Can I talk with Tikki for a moment though? Something really strange is going on”.
- Fei: *She did react surprised by seeing Marinette having a few layers of different lipsticks but she regained her composure quickly*.        “Of course! Go ahead!”.- Marinette: *Goes to the balcony with Tikki*.        “Tikki, today was crazy, and easily, one of the worst days of my life!”.
- Tikki: “Why are you covered in many layers of lipstick Marinette?”.
- Marinette: *Turns red of embarrassment*.        “GAH! I STILL AM!?”.        *Picks up a hand mirror she picked before going out precisely to check that*.        “I Am Covered in like Five layers of Lipstick! How embarrassing, and I thought I cleaned my face”.        *She gets teary eyes*.        “Tikki, all the girls I know all of a sudden fell for me, even the ones that I don’t like and didn’t like me back, even Lila kissed me, LILA! And Kagami forced me to make out with her for sooo long that I lost the perception of time, it felt like hours to me! I don’t understand what’s going o~ho-hon!”.
- Tikki: “I’m not sure Marinette, but it might have had something to do with the wish you made yesterday when you went to sleep transformed as Ladybug”.
- Marinette: “Wish? What wish, what are you talking about?”.
- Tikki: “I, I’m unsure Marinette, I don’t think someone has ever managed to make a wish only using only the Miraculous Of The Creation, but since your wish didn’t need to destroy anything, it’s possible that it was granted without the need of the Miraculous Of The Destruction”.
- Marinette: “Whaaat!!?? I’d never wish for this! It’s basically hell! How can we undo this?”.
- Tikki: “I, I don’t know Marinette, maybe using the Miraculous Of The Destruction and repeating the process but this time wishing to make everything go back to normal, that should neutralize the new acquired feelings people got for you, you must be careful Marinette, you wished for ‘All the girls you know to fall for you all of a sudden’”.
- Marinette: *Wide eyed, scared, she remembers last night*.        “And I said I might have eyes only for Adrien even if that was the case... I did wish for múltiple women to go after me! But what was I thinking!?”.
- Tikki: “I don’t know, but an alternative to using the other Miraculous could be to manage to date Adrien, that could be a condition to keep the wish up, I’d like to help you more but I can’t guarantee anything since there’s no record of this happening ever before”.
- Marinette: “It’s alright Tikki... Don’t worry, I guess I’ll need to be brave enough to... Finally tell Adrien my feelings for him...”.
 
Fei opens the trapdoor and goes to the balcony.
- Fei: “Is everything alright here?”.
- Marinette: *Sigh*.        “Maybe, this day was just tough with me, how did you know about Tikki?”.
- Fei: “I got my own tricks~ Y’know, my day was also tough with me, say, why don’t you give me the welcome kiss? That might make my day~”.
- Marinette: *Her smile faded, she knew this trick, she saw Fei pointing at her cheek, but she’ll surely ‘accidentally’ move a little and make it end up in an actual kiss, there’s no point in falling for it, maybe it’s even better to just give her what she wants*.        “Y-Yeah why not, we share cultures anyway”.
- Fei: “What?”.        *Confused for what Marinette said*.        “Was your day that bad to say nonsense out of nowhere?”.
- Marinette: “Sorry, sorry, well, the kiss, okay...”.        *She didn’t want to kiss Fei, or at least not willingly, so to comfort herself she planed to make it look like an accidental kiss, she lined up, closed her eyes, puckered up and moved forward, their lips met and made a smooching sound, Marinette opened her eyes to see a wide eyed surprised Fei who backed out, Marinette blushes really hard*.- Fei: “What are You doing!? When I asked for a kiss I didn’t mean, That! Is this what french people do? Ugh, just look at you, gross, did you made out with each and every women you found in your way home? You make me feel sick!”.
- Marinette: “A-A-Ah, I’m Sooo Sorry Fei! I didn’t mean to do it! It was an accident I swear!”.        *She gets closer but Fei backs out which makes Marinette feel way more embarrassed than before, she gets red*.
- Fei: “Sorry, but I don’t swing that way”.
- Marinette: “It’s not what you think, all the girls are falling for me and I thought that youuu, well, you wouuuld”.
- Fei: “Are they falling for you? Or are you falling for them, because to me, it looks like you kissed me willingly!”.
- Marinette: *Nervous, tries to get close again to Fei*.        “(I wouldn’t... Would I?)”.        “No Fei, I’m not!”.
- Fei: “Then why are you holding my hand now? Marinette!”.
- Marinette: *Gasp, blushes*.        “I! Since when did I start holding your hand?”.
- Fei: “I don’t know, you tell me, no wonder you’re covered in many lipstick layers, do you have a lipstick mark fetish or something?”.
- Marinette: *Nervous, sweating*.        “N-No! I don’t, ew, I am 100% Straight I swear”.        *She trips and falls over Fei landing on her chest, making her blush more*.
- Fei: “I would doubt of your straightness”.        *Goes back inside Marinette’s room*.
- Marinette: *Curls and rolls as Fei gets up*.        “Could it be that the wish affected me and I’m falling for women too now?”.        *She looks at Fei, did she kiss her because she wanted to kiss her? Held hands because she subconsciously wanted to do so? Tripping that way over her? It couldn’t be could it? Fei didn’t seem to want it, but she, she did it anyway, and on her own? Could she secretly want this? She questioned herself about basically everything regarding what happened today*.

In the room.
They’re sleeping next to each other.
- Fei: “Good night Marinette, don’t kiss me while I sleep okay?”.
- Marinette: *Nervous*.        “Hehehe, d-d-d-don’t worry, I w-won’t”.        *She watched as Fei fell asleep, her mouth was slightly open and she could feel her hot breath, so she turned to her, Fei’s lips... Weren’t that bad... M-Maybe that’s what she wanted? No... It couldn’t... Could it? She closed her eyes, sighed, lean... And their lips met once again*.
- Fei: *In a very light low voice*.        “At least you kiss well Marinette, if you were into me you could have said so”.
- Marinette: *Her voice is also really low, she notices Fei and her are in a hug all of a sudden*.        “I swear I don’t know what’s going on Fei, it feels... Right? Wrong? I don’t even know, I was pretty sure I only liked boys like Adrien or Luka but... After this, not sure anymore”.
- Fei: “So you use me as your test subject? With those surprise kisses and all that subtle touching”.
- Marinette: *Notices that their chests are pressing, their legs are crossed and they’re in a hug, sigh*.        “I swear I’m not doing it, willingly that is... It might be that, you’re too subtle that I’m falling for it, in fact... I doubted if it was I that was doing all these things subconsciously, I doubted it, but, I can say that, at these heights, I don’t mind, at these heights, I’m just trying to blame you for it, it might as well be what I want deep inside, who knows now, because, I don’t even know myself now”.- Fei: *Giggles*.        “I don’t know~ If I’m making you do it, then why did you kiss me on the lips when I asked a welcome kiss? Falling over my chest like some naughty boy, or kissing me when I was actually sleeping, how did your arms ended up hugging me? It seems that this is what you want don’t you? Sorry, again, I don’t swing that way”.        *She turns to hide her happiness, as her subtle moves and reverse psychology might be hitting Marinette hard*.
- Marinette: “On the first I was too dizzy to think about it, in fact I overthought it and that made me do it, my mistake, on the other one, you weren’t really asleep, the trip, accidents happen, and this, you can move my arms with yours slightly if you’re careful with your movements”.
- Fei: *Turns to Marinette again*.        “Well, we’re hugging, really close to each other”.        *Her forehead touches Marinette’s*.        “I know you won’t mind if our lips meet all night, I mean, I’ll be nice and allow you to do it, it can help you get used to it if that wish thing you said is true and I’m ‘falling’ for you as well as all your classmates as you claim, and it can increase by yet another layer your lipstick marks”.        *She smirked teasingly*.
- Marinette: “Fine, whatever, I’ll do it, I just hope you don’t mind when you wake up, hopefully, this will be a one day thing and tomorrow everything will be back to normal”.

So they kissed once more and eventually fell asleep, Marinette really hoped that was a one day thing, but who knows what’s waiting for her tomorrow, Chloe, Zoe, Lila, Alya and Kagami had a move each, and she already compromised to see Kagami again and haven’t answered Zoe if she accepts her feelings, she’s very conflicted as she doesn’t want to disappoint most of them, what will her answer be? She can’t date everyone and expect to manage to date Adrien as well... Can she? Plus, it still feels odd to kiss another girl, but as it happens more often, it feels less and less odd, and more normal for her, plus, what’s happening when she’s around Fei?. Only time will tell who will convince Marinette to date her or if she will manage to sort everyone out and finally date Adrien, again, only time will tell~.

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In Marinette’s Room.

- Marinette: *Yawns and tries to stretch but something, rather than something, someone is holding her really tight in place, at least the light taste of chinese red berries ain’t bad and the soft feeling of... Wait!... She opens her eyes to see a sleeping girl whom she’s meeting lips with, it’s hugging real tight*.        “F-Fei uh, did we just”.        *Blushes*.

- Fei: *Moves an arm, rubs her eyes with a fist of the arm she moved, she yawns hard*.        “Hey~ Good Morning Marinette, did you enjoy yourself with me? It seems that you took advantage of me as I was sleeping, just look how much of my lipstick you have all over your face, then you say you’re not into girls and you’re straight and bla, bla bla, bla bla, pfft, yeah right”.        *She said with a hint of sarcasm*.

- Marinette: “F-Fei I swear it was not on purpose, plus, you agreed to it”.
- Fei: “I was too sleepy to think straight and care enough”.
- Marinette: “And I was too confused to think straight about it, I’m pretty sure you did it on purpose didn’t you!?”.        *She didn't hesitate to accuse her*.
- Fei: “You got no proof though, are you going to accuse me so baselessly?”.        *Smirks*.        “Aren’t you late for school by the way”.        *She said as she watched a clock, remembering that Marinette told her she needed to sleep because she had to go to school quite early the next day*.
- Marinette: *Gasp*.        “Gah! I’m late, gotta run! See ya Fei”.        *Waves Fei, runs*.
- Fei: “Wait! What about my goodbye kiss?”.        *After Marinette left she sighed sad*.        "Well, not going bad so far".

Marinette runs to school, barely arriving before the bells.

- Marinette: “Phew, I, made it, what did Fei say before I left?”.        *Tries to remember but when she thought of the word kiss, her mind immediately blocked it, trying to force herself to be disgusted unsuccessfully, she keeps trying but when she can’t, she just turns elsewhere, turning to someone she left in suspense the previous day*.
- Zoe: “S-So... Marinette... Did you think about it?”.
- Marinette: “Think about it?”.         ...         “(Oh sh¡t!)”.        “Y-Yeah, I thought of it all night I’m pretty sure... Maybe?... Maybe not enough to answer yet”.
- Zoe: ...        *Looks down sad*.
- Marinette: *Sigh*.        “Sorry Zoe, I must be a really bad friend for not remembering, many things have been in my mind lately... I don’t remember what it was, can you remind me? I might have an answer now”.

- Zoe: *With almost tears in her eyes, rubs her right eye with her respective hand*.        “I understand that someone as great as you wouldn’t want to date someone like me, specially with me having a sister like Chloe... I just hope this doesn’t affect our friendship”.

- Marinette: *Worried feeling guilt*.        “N-No! You’re wrong, I”.        *She looks at Zoe’s eyes still looking a little watery, they were at no time from the bell to start classes so Zoe turned to where her classroom was while still looking at Marinette*.        “I, I, I-!”.        “(I-I Gah! I don’t know what I am doing!, but it can’t let it end this way)”.        *Sigh*.        “I think I do... Want to give it a try, I was too shy to admit this but, you’re really good friend and... cute I got to say... Say, wanna hang out somewhere with me tonight?”.        *She said completely red of embarrassment from the thought of dating another girl but also because she did think Zoe was cute*.

- Zoe: *Clears her eyes and smiles, she can’t believe it*.        “S-Seriously M-M-Marinette? I, but, what about Adrien? Y-You”.        *She was confused and blushing fiercely*. “You, I... We...”.

- Marinette: “It’s alright Zoe, things between him and I never reached a thing anyway, so, why not?”.
- Zoe: “THANK You Marinette! I love you! I really do”.        *Runs to Marinette as the bell rings, they hug and have a quick kiss before waving and running to her classroom with an insane amount of happiness, on the other hand Marinette just stand there frozen in place for a moment before walking to her own classroom*.

In the classroom.

- Tikki: “Marinette? What did you just do?”.
- Marinette: “I don’t know Tikki, I just felt like I had to, I thought she was pretty anyway since before the wish thing happened, and she’s pretty nice, and gorgeous... I just don’t know Tikki, I can’t just reject her, she’s my friend, and if she feels this way for me, I don’t want to be the one to break her heart, when we revert things, I’m pretty sure this will be over, and they won’t want to date me anymore, so I’ll be able to go after”.        *Smile, inhale, sigh*.        “Adrien~... All I need to do is meet Chat Noir later and this'll be over”.

- Tikki: “But what if all the girls that are chasing you do the same Marinette? You can't date them all at the same time can you?”.

- Marinette: “Uhm... I’ll uh...”.        *Nervous, scared, turns red and sweats a little picturing herself with basically all of the girls on her classroom*.
- Alya: “Hey Marinette~ You are really looking well today~ A bit pale though, everything's alright?”.

- Marinette: “Gah!”.        *Closes her bag, the one where Tikki is*.        “H-Hey~ Alya~ T-Thank you, I did get ready for a day like today but it’s going totally harder than what I expected so saying that I look well does make me feel well sooo~ Thank you too again”.        *Smiles nervously*.

- Alya: *Giggles, kiss in the cheek*.        “You’re so funny Mari, well, I’d like to tell you something important, is it okay?”.

- Marinette: “Yeah whatever it is! You can tell me”.        *She smiled clenching her teeth, kinda expecting what she'll get asked*.

- Alya: “Well, to tell the truth, I...”.        *Breaths deeply*.        “I!”.

Chloe arrives to the classroom, walks to them and pushes Alya dropping her to the ground, taking her seat.

- Chloe: “Move aside! This is my spot now!”.
- Marinette: “Alya, are you okay?”.        *Worried for her friend, she helps her get up*.        “Chloe, why did you do that!?”.
- Chloe: “To be with you of course”.
- Marinette: *Wide eyed*.        “S-Seriously?”.
- Chloe: “Well, yeah, why else? Duh~”.

- Marinette: “Why would you want to sit next to me, to bully me more than usual!?”.

- Chloe: “I... I know I haven’t been the best person with you but, Ladybug showed me a very important lesson, everyone can change and be a better version of themselves, this includes, being better with others, there will be less akumatized villains to fight as well, so that’s a plus”.        *Kisses Marinette on the cheek whom shakes lightly at the touch*.
 
Everyone who listened to Chloe turned to her with a very surprised and dumbfounded look on their face.

- Chloe: “Marinette, I’d like to...”.        *She froze all of a sudden as she couldn’t find the words of what she wanted to say*.        “I, I think we can eventually hang out, say, later?”.
- Marinette: “Sorry, but I got plans for later already”.

- Chloe: “Then tomorrow m-maybe?”.
- Marinette: ...        “Fine... Everyone deserves a chance, that’s what... Ladybug said right?”.
- Chloe: *Happy, hugs her*.        “Indeed she did! I’m so happy”.

- Alya: “I gave you your space Chloe, but you know what, that’s my place, so get off it Now!”.        *She said notoriously angry, as she’s feeling jealous, she wanted to invite Marinette out too*.

- Chloe: “You lost your chance!”
- Alya: “Nonsense! I was there before you arrived to the classroom, I can’t believe it! What a, what a... What a jerk!”.
 
Everyone that heard that gasped in surprise.

- Chloe: *Gets up*.        “How did you call me? Four eyes!”.
- Alya: “I called you...”.        *She leaned all the way forward to Chloe*.        "A Jerk!".

- Chloe: “You got no right to-”.

Everyone shut up as miss Bustier entered the classroom.

- Bustier: “Sorry my dear students, I had to deal with something with the principal, please everyone, go back to your seats”.        *She turned, writing in the chalkboard*.

- Alya: “Fine”.        *Goes to sit with Nino as Adrien hadn’t arrived yet*.

- Chloe: “Fine!”.        *Was going to sit with Marinette but someone was already there*.        “And what do you think you’re doing here in MY place!”.        *She yelled at Lila, how dare she steal her place?*.

- Lila: “Your place? But I AM~ Right Here~... With my girlfriend~”.        *Winks at Marinette, Marinette can't help but feel repulsion while many aww~ sounds could be heard*.

- Chloe: “Ugh, You Are Ridiculous, Utterly RiDiculous”.        *She walked angry to an empty table as Sabrina was with Nathaniel by now*.

- Adrien: *Arrives running to the classroom*.        “Sorry I’m late”.        *Sits next to Chloe as there’s nowhere else to sit by now*.        “Hi Chloe, may I?”.

- Chloe: “Hello Adrikins~, Of course you can, at least I got nice company with me, unlike Dupain-Cheng who’s got to deal with the... The... Crazy Italian Girl I guess”.

- Lila: “What are we doing later my love? Are we traveling next? To Venice perhaps? We can go to my place to prepare for our next trip now as a proper couple now”.

- Marinette: *Sweating nervously as Lila was too close to her for her liking, and was getting even closer*.        “Help Me!”.        *She said as Lila started to hug her, this was a nightmare! Chloe was with Adrien and she was with Lila of all people!*.
- Lila: “Worry not sweetie~ I’m here to protect you from anything~, as long as we’re together, everything will be just~ fine~”.        *Kisses Marinette on the cheek while Marinette feels like wanting to faint*.

Everyone goes awww but some jealous mumbles can be heard across the whole classroom.

Later after class.

- Marinette: *Angry*.        “Can you release my hand now...”.

- Lila: “But we’re just holding hands just like other couples do”.

- Marinette: “We Are NOT A Couple! Shut it!”.        ...

- Lila: *Sad and breaking voice, she gulped*.        “I know I didn’t have the best approach to you but, Marinette, I really like you”.
- Marinette: “How could I believe you? You’re A Compulsive Liar, A Mythomaniac! And You Almost Got ME EXPelled!, now you say you like me? Hah! What Kind Of IDIOT Do You Think I Am Huh!? Do you think I'm stupid!?”.

- Lila: “I... changed... I just lied because I wanted to be closer to you, I, I’m sorry for what I did in the past, I just couldn’t handle you could see through my perfect world, I always studied people carefully before talking to them, nobody but you saw through it and I don't know how... And Ladybug... Thanks to her my chances with Adrien disappeared... It's so unfair...”.        *She started to drop some tears but still holding herself*.

- Marinette: “Well, I feel no remorse for that! Your lies are plain stupid, and you know what? I HATE Lies! I'm Not A Liar, But If I Were To Lie, I Would Lie To Be As FAR From You As Possible!”.

- Lila: *Those words pierced her heart*.        "B-But...".        *She started to cry out loud and ran away, just stopping to see if Marinette would at least look back at her... But she clearly didn’t... With nothing more to do or say, she ran away with tears on her eyes*.

Outside the fencing class.

- Tikki: “What you did was wrong on so many levels Marinette, I don’t think I’ve seen you behave that way before, Lila looked really bad, what if she gets akumatized?”.

- Marinette: *Now feeling a little bit of remorse*.        “I know Tikki, but I had to do something, I had to take everything out of my chest, plus, I can’t just let her behave that way with me, much less after everything we’ve gone through thanks to her behavior and her lies, if only, she was truly better”.

- Tikki: “If only she was truly better? Or if only You were truly better, Marinette, she’s under the influence of the wish you made, and you know you took advantage of that to hurt her”.

- Marinette: “Owh... You’re right Tikki, I shouldn’t have done that... Even if it’s Lila... Even if were to be Chloe... In this version of our world, they like me, maybe more than anyone else, so, I guess I should be nicer with them as they’re nice with me as well”.
- Tikki: “And?”.
- Marinette: “And I’ll have say sorry to Lila when I see her...”.
- Tikki: “Why don’t you say it right now?”.
- Marinette: “Because we’re waiting for Adrien~ Come on Tikki, it’s only twenty minutes more~”.

- Tikki: “You could say sorry in those twenty minutes Marinette”.

- Marinette: “Come on~ She’ll be fine I’m pretty sure”.

A loud car crashing sound is heard near by.

- ??????: “Where’s Marinette! Where’s Alya, Chloe, and all the girls that are after Marinette! She’s mine and only mine!”.
- Tikki: “Or not Marinette!”.

- Marinette: *Was looking at Tikki, and then heard the akumatized villain near her*.        “L-Lila? I-Is that y-you?”.        *Taking steps back from her*.

- ??????: “I am not Lila, I am Hoaxer! All the lies I tell will become the truth for those who hear them!”.        *Jumps and lands near her*.        “And that includes you my dear~”.        *She said with a face that couldn’t hold any more happiness but also desire*.

- Marinette: “Lila... Lying is not the way, let's have a honest talk”.

- Hoaxer: “I Am NOT Lila!!! Lila is gone, YOU got Rid of her, there’s only Hoaxer now! And Hoaxer will show you your place! Revelation! Marinette Dupain-Cheng here’s your new truth, you will hate all the other girls that are after you, you’ll only have eyes for me now”.        *As she said that, something started to glow on Hoaxer, Hoaxer just held Marinette tight and planted her a deep kiss, everything started to get fuzzy in Marinette’s mind and all of a sudden, Marinette’s heart was beating fast for Hoaxer, seeing Hoaxer’s sweet smile made Marinette’s heart beat faster*.        “Now you’re only mine~”.

- Marinette: “And I couldn’t want it any other way~”.        “(Urgh, what am I thinking, I need to transform and deakumatize her, then uhm, maybe we’ll spend some time together tehehe, yes, that sounds like a plan)”.       *She knew she had to run away but she still stayed close to Hoaxer, that smile...*.
- Hoaxer: “Revelation! You will forever be m- Oof”.        *Pain could be felt all across her middle body all of a sudden as Chat Noir’s stick pushed her really far by prolonging it into her torso*.
- Char Noir: “Taking advantage of the civilians, that’s not purretty nice y’know”.

- Hoaxer: “Grrr... You Stray Cat! I’ll show you!”.
- Chat Noir: “Marinette run away!”.

- Marinette: *Avoiding looking at Hoaxer runs away*.        “Right! She can make her lie your truth, don’t let her touch you with her power or she'll influence you!”.

- Tikki: “That was a close one Marinette, what will you do now?”.

- Marinette: “I got no other choice! Tikki! Spots On! Yeah!”.        *Transforming into Ladybug*.

- Ladybug: “Hrm... I need...”.        "(I'm unsure if I can fight her after what she did to me, and I'm unsure if I can work well with one of the girls... If she gets Chat Noir, that could also be a huge problem)".        *Picks up the Turtle and Fox Miraculous, some of the few that Monarch wasn’t able to steal from her, as those were the last ones she planned to pick up, as they are her closer friends and knew she could trust them their miraculous for slightly longer than the others, she goes to find Nino first*.

- Nino: *Gets pulled by the yoyo*.        “Oh, woah! What’s going on!”.

- Ladybug: “Hoaxer’s looking for Marinette Dupain-Cheng, I believe she’s in already in a safe place, but we need to stop Hoaxer... Nino Lahiffe, This Is The Miraculous Of The Turtle Which Grants The Power Of Protection, You Will Use It For The Greater Good, Once The Job Is Done You Must Return The Miraculous To Me!".
- Nino: *He nodded and put on her Miraculous*.

- Ladybug: "She’s fighting Chat Noir, go help him before she’s able to do something to him, I’ll find Rena Rouge in the meantime”.        *She flew away with her yoyo*.

After a moment of jumping on the roofs

- Ladybug: *Finds Alya and pulls her Hard with her yoyo*.        “So... You were here”.

- Alya: “Ouch, yes I was here, why so rude all of a sudden?”.

- Ladybug: “Because I need you, why else? Geez”.        *Said derogatorily*.

- Alya: *Looking and sounding sad*.        “You... Could be nicer you know”.

- Ladybug: “Ugh, do you want me to say it with a cherish smile and a loving and caring tone?”.        *Said sarcastically, to then sound really serious and angry tone*.        “Cause I can if that will make you wear the Fox Miraculous... Alya Cesaire, This Is The Miraculous Of The Fox, yara yara~, yara yara~, yara yara~”.        *Throws her the Fox Miraculous at her face*.

- Alya: “Ow, what’s wrong with you! I am NOT going to help you like this”.

- Ladybug: “It’s not MY fault, Hoaxer made me hate the other Miraculous users so I couldn’t get help, so put on the Miraculous and help me!”.        *She had to lie but, it was that or give away her identity*.

- Alya: *Understanding the situation noticing Ladybug quite lied but quite told the truth too, she picked the Miraculous. Still not in the best mood*.        “Alright then, I'll help you with this”.        *She puts on the Miraculous*.

Back with Carapace and Chat Noir Vs Hoaxer.

- Chat Noir: *Lands a low kick on Hoaxer’s leg which makes her fall to the ground*.        “You catn't win, just tell me where your akuma is so I can Cataclysm!”.        *Spawning a black bubbly power in his hand*.

- Hoaxer: *Smiles and grabs Chat Noir’s leg*.        “I’ll get you first Chat Noir! Revelation! You’re in love with me, you really despise Ladybug, so to surprise me, you want to gift me Ladybug’s Miraculous to surprise me in hopes to getting a chance with me, you will also comply every order I say just because you like to please me, and will give me your Miraculous right after we’re done with that bastard”.
- Chat Noir: “What, what are you even saying?”.        *He said as he tried to break free from her grasp, then he saw some kind of energy flowing from Hoaxer directly into to him, feeling fuzzy all of a sudden*.        “Meow I... M’lady~”.        *His heart beats faster*.

- Hoaxer: “Help me get Ladybug’s Miraculous my sweet kitty!”.

- Carapace: “No! Chat Noir, don’t listen to her!”.        *Arriving too late*.

After Alya transformed, Ladybug and Alya moved to where the fight was currently happening.

- Ladybug: “We outnumber you Hoaxer! Surrender Now! My...”.        *Wide eyed, nervous, her legs shake a little*.        “(Lovely... Cute... and Pretty... No... Resist or she’ll find out and it will be all over)”.        “A-A-A~ I’ll think of a plan!”.        *She backs off a bit and hides behind a building*.

- Rena: “Is everything alright Ladybug?”.

- Ladybug: *Angry*.        “Do I look fine to you!? I’m Obviously NOT Fine!”.

- Rena: *Sad*.        “I see, well, tell me the plan so we can end this”.

- Hoaxer: “Ah~ Ladybug, you once ruined my chances to date Adrien Agreste, you won’t ruin my chances to date Marinette Dupain-Cheng! Chat Noir! Go after her! And Do Not Hesitate To Cataclysm Her!”.        *She said with a twisted smile on her face*.

- Carapace: “No! Protection!”.        *Capturing Chat Noir inside the Protection Shield, preventing him to attack Ladybug when he jumped to attack her*.

- Hoaxer: “Ugh, I should have turned you first, we could have captured Rena Rouge with that shield instead... What a waste... I like her Miraculous, why don’t you come here Rena and give Hoaxer your Miraculous eh!? Volpina will do a thousand times better job than you!”.        *Evil laugh*.

- Ladybug: *Blushes at the thought of having Volpina as her partner, but then, she comes back to the real world*.        “She got Chat Noir on her side and Nino already used her shield,,, Well... We got one more thing to do, Lucky Charm!”.        *She raised her Yo-Yo up and a lie detector spawns... All she can think of is... Herself, Hoaxer... Alya... She whispers to Alya her plan*.        “Marinette Dupain-Cheng is somewhere safe, I’ll go to find her, due to Hoaxers influence in me, I can’t stay here, so I’ll hide in the meantime, Marinette will for sure make her feel weak or open a weak spot, you will attack Hoaxer but only and listen well, only if necessary, you won’t hurt her at all okay? You will make an illusion of me so nobody notices I left the battleground, the illusion will distract Chat Noir for sure, if something goes wrong, you can count on Carapace's help”.
- Rena: “I quite understand... Mirage!”.

In the meantime.
- Hoaxer: "Break that shield my sweet kitten! And bring Ladybug to me".
- Chat Noir: *Uses the Cataclysm to break the Protection Shield, which’s breaks making a few waves that make Carapace collapse and die... Okay no, but he does fall from the shock on the shield*.        "Come here Milady Milady~ Where~ Are~ You~".

- Carapace: “Dude, stop!”.        *He tries to reach Chat Noir by impulsing himself from the point where he was, holding him with one of his hands while Chat Noir struggles with him*.        "I won't let you, we need to stop Hoaxer!".

- Hoaxer: “Ha~ It’s time to give you a new truth, what should be my next Revelation!? Hahahaha”.        *As she runs towards them, a butterfly energy field appears in front of her, it clearly is Monarch*.

- Monarch: “That makes two of them on our side, you’re really one of my most powerful allies Hoaxer, with Ladybug outnumbered, she’ll have no choice but to surrender! As for your prize you get to keep your dream girl of course”.

- Hoaxer: *Smiles*.        “Yehehehes~”.        *She holds hard Carapace’s arm about to land her technique on him*.        "Gotcha, Re-".

- Marinette: “Lila!”.        *She yelled*.
- Hoaxer: *She turns to Marinette*.        “Marinette? D-D-Don’t interfere sweetie, your girl’s a little busy right now”.
- Rena: “Hya~”.        *Impulses herself to kick Hoaxer, which makes her release Carapace*.
- Marinette: *Gasps worried, looking angry at Rena*.        “Don’t Touch Her!”.
 
Everyone looked confused at Marinette, except for Hoaxer who looked happy at her girl coming to defend her.

- Rena: *Went to hide as Hoaxer was now distracted with Marinette, bringing the Ladybug illusion she made to guard around, which eventually caught Chat Noir’s attention, who needs to fight Carapace to reach her*.

- Marinette: “Hoaxer... Lila... I’m so sorry at how I treated you, I shouldn’t have treated you that way, I really am sorry about everything that happened today, you just wanted to share your love with me, even as a super villain you still try to share your love with me, Lila, it means a lot to me, please, reject the Akuma, and come back to me... Please... Lila... I want to give you another chance, but, only... If it’s truly You, The Real Lila Rossi”.
- Hoaxer: *Looks sad at what she did, she tried to force Marinette to like her, and she’s here for her, could it be because of her powers? Or because she really means it? ‘I hate lies‘ she remembers*.        "M-Marinette...".

- Monarch: “What are you doing, you got this, get me the Miraculouses now! You’ll keep her after we win!”.
- Hoaxer: “No... No... No! I don’t wanna! Not this way! Revelation! You’re all free from the truths I made, and you will go back to normal!”.        *Briefly touches Chat Noir and then Marinette to revert them to their original status*.        “Génesis!”.        *Creates a beautiful rose bouquet and finally rejects the Akuma, seeing a purified butterfly fly away*.

- Monarch: “Nooo!”.        ...        “Dark Wings Fall”.        *He detransformed into Gabriel Agreste*.

- Gabriel: “I was so close from getting them, she had Chat Noir! They might have won today but now, I know a secret, there’s a secret love between Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Lila Rossi, yet, she pretends to go after my son, I won’t hesitate to use that to keep her away from him!”.

- Ladybug (Illusion): “Well done Marinette, guys, I’ll see you at your spots, Bug Out!”.        *Goes away*.

- Marinette: “Err~ Yeah! Thank you”.        "(That was risky, I didn't need to use the lucky charm... I wonder if what I said was the truth or just Hoaxer's influence that made me feel that was the truth)".
- Chat Noir: “Oh boy what happened?”.

- Lila: “I... I’m sorry Marinette, I shouldn’t have done what I did, could you ever forgive me?”.        *Offers her the Rose Bouquet*.

- Marinette: *Blushes*.        “I...”.        *Everyone was looking at her, some more confused than the others, but one in particular was feeling more than just confusion*.

- Rena: “I’m out of here”.        *Waved while also looking disappointed*.        “(What a garbage day)”.
- Marinette: *Looks a little sad at Rena going to her spot*.        “Thank you Lila, I’d be fine if you sit next to me tomorrow”.

- Lila: “There are no classes tomorrow...”.

- Marinette: “Ah, yeah of course, what I mean is that, you can sit next to me next class, that’d be... Nice”.        *Light smile*.
- Lila: *Hugs Marinette*.

- Chat Noir: “Meow, didn’t see that one coming”.

- Carapace: “Neither did I dude”.
 
Their Miraculouses started to beep, so they left, now it’s only Marinette and Lila.
- Marinette: “I got to do something quick hehehe, I forgot a few things inside and I need to go~ Alone, yeah, can you give me a couple of minutes? I’ll just pick them and I’ll come back”.        *Breaking the hug*.

- Lila: ...        "You said you hated lies”.

- Marinette: “I do hate lies, that doesn’t mean I hate you”.

- Lila: “You called me a compulsive liar... And... You know I didn’t mean that”.

- Marinette: *Noticing that Lila saw through her lie, having it hard to look at her disappointed look*.        “I’m sorry Lila...”.        *She ran inside the building*.

Moments later, Ladybug was over a building holding her Lucky Charm.

- Ladybug: “Hm... Who’d say it’d be a lie detector after all... And with Lila, Ha... Just in case it's needed”.        *Holds it tight and throws it up*.        “Miraculous Ladybug!”.        *Spawning a ton of ladybugs that fix everything that was damaged during the battle among other kind of damage caused by Hoaxer*.
 
Ladybug picked Nino’s Turtle Miraculous and then went to Alya to pick Alya’s Fox Miraculous.

- Ladybug: “I... I’m sorry about how I treated you today, I was under the influence of Hoaxer”.
- Alya: “I know... Though... For some reason, it felt very personal... This day wasn’t my best day for sure...”.        *Takes off the Miraculous with teary eyes*.

- Ladybug: “What’s wrong Alya?”.

- Alya: “I don’t know Ladybug, I like my best friend, but every single person I know is getting in My Way... And... Her look when she got the roses from Lila...”.

- Ladybug: “You like Marinette Dupain-Cheng!?”.        *Nervous*.

- Alya: “Yes! But at school, I couldn’t tell her what I feel and invite her out, and now... I should have known... I was hoping that their relationship was one of Lila’s lies but it isn't... To what I saw...”.

- Ladybug: “I see, but, don’t feel bad, if you feel bad, Rena Rouge won’t be able to help us, we need you Alya, I'm sure what you saw has a reasonable explanation and it's not what you think it is”.

- Alya: “I can’t help it, I also like you and, after what happened with Marinette, and you looked for me, I felt happy, but how you treated me, the whole day... And now you need to go, this experience today was... Too much for me to handle”.

- Ladybug: *Shocked as she quite knew Alya could kinda like her more than like her for how she looks and being a superheroine or whatever, for who she is, probably confusing a liking feeling with admiration, but she just said it out loud*.        “I’m so sorry, tomorrow will be a better day, I swear”.        *She hugged Alya and picked the Fox Miraculous*.        “I need to do one last thing today, see you tomorrow”.

Back with Lila, in the park near.

- Ladybug: “Lila Rossi, I was looking for you”.        *Gives Lila a Magical Charm*.

- Lila: *Still sad*.        “I don’t know why you keep giving these, they won’t work after all”.

- Ladybug: “It’s worth to keep trying, maybe we’ll find a something new on them or make them more powerful in the future somehow... It's worth trying”.

- Lila: “I see... Thanks... I guess...”.        *She sighed*.

- Ladybug: “Cheer up Lila, what’s wrong? May I ask why were you akumatized in the first place?”.

- Lila: *Turns to Ladybug, she doesn’t want to trust her but something inside her tells her that it’s alright, she’s feeling conflicted but she cedes to her feelings*.        “What can I say... There’s this girl... Marinette Dupain-Cheng... She’s the prettiest, smartest and also clumsiest girl I’ve seen... She’s so adorable... I wanted to be with her”.

- Ladybug: *Blushing, nervous*.        “Sooo, you like her?”.

- Lila: “Yes... And... She s-said she d-didn’t like me at all, in fact, she hates me, because I’m a compulsive liar! And when I said I lied to be close to her, h-her... Her answer was... That She would Lie To Keep Me Far From Her”.        *She couldn’t hold it and started to cry in Ladybug’s shoulder*.        “I felt so heartbroken that I got akumatized!”.

Flashback:

- Lila: *Crying in her room face-down in her bed*.        “Damn it, damn it all, why can’t you believe my beautiful world of lies where everything is perfect, I hate it, I hate it!”.        *She’s looking at a picture of Marinette she’s holding, as tears run down her eyes*.        “I only want to be with you, I’d wish you could love me, I’d wish you could fall in my lies and fall for me! And be happy with me!”.

Elsewhere in Paris.

- Monarch: “This powerful feeling of a teenage girl who’s crush went farther from just rejecting her, it’s the perfect pray for my Megakuma... Lila Rossi... Ah~ A wonderful ally of mine, this will be good, her world of lies is finally collapsing over her, and I got what she needs to fix it!”.        *Turns to the captured Kwamis*.        “Kaalki! Your Power Is Now Mine!”.        *Absorbing Kaalki’s power, launches a portal with his hand*.        “Voyage my Megakuma and turn her lies into the truth!”.

- Lila: *The Megakuma enters the picture she was holding, a butterfly shaped energy forms in front of her face, which makes her open her eyes and look forward*.
- Monarch: “Hoaxer, a close ally of mine, someone made your perfect world of lies collapse? Worry not, because I got what’s necessary to turn those lies into the truth! And rebuild your perfect world, now in reality!”.        *Turns to pick another Kwami*.        “Ziggy! Your Power Is Now Mine!”.        *The power of the Goat Miraculous is transferred to Lila*.        “I’m Transferring You The Power Of Passion, Which Will Let You Turn Everything You Desire Into A Reality! All I’m asking you in return, are Ladybug and Chat Noir’s Miraculouses, do we have a deal?”.

- Lila: “I Promise They Will Fall To The Passion Of My Perfect World!”.        *She then proceeded to transform into Hoaxer*.

Back to the present:

- Ladybug: “So you were using the Power Of Passion, Genesis, to make truth out of the lies, interesting”.

- Lila: “Yes... I was, and then I broke from the Megakuma, and here we are... I'm not sure if I did the right thing, when I did, I thought we'd spend time together, I even made a bouquet of roses before breaking free just for her... She probably said that only because she was under the influence of my powers... I reverted her to normal and she left...”.        *She sounded more tired now than sad... She was still sad of course but this had been too tiresome for her... She looked up at Ladybug after having a bit of comfort with her, she looked at her up and down*.        “I hadn’t noticed, but, you’re very attractive Ladybug”.

- Ladybug: *Shocked*.        “Eh!? Me!? No way, you’re just too tired, it must be just the tight bodysuit, it’s all, I'm not that attractive”.
- Lila: “I guess so”.        *Yawn*.        “I should keep going to my house, I’m really tired, and with enough luck, she won’t hate me enough to not let me sit next to her”.        *She gets flustered*.
- Ladybug: “I’m sure she will let you sit next to her”.        *Smiles at Lila*.

- Lila: “Thank you Ladybug”.        *She got up and walked away*.

Back to the outsides of the fencing classes.

- Marinette: “Owh, we’re really late, we weren’t able to see Adrien today”.

- Tikki: “But it was your own fault Marinette, you need to be more careful with your actions Marinette, you got Lila akumatized when you were perfectly able to call her to say sorry, you preferred to ignore her knowing she was hurt and wait for Adrien”.

- Marinette: “I know, and I feel really bad for it”.

- Tikki: “On the bright side you did the right thing and went to look for Lila instead of going back here after she got deakumatized”.

- Marinette: “I did, wait, I did? With that time we’d been able to get here in time, urgh”.

- Tikki: “And I was thinking you did it knowing you’d be late here...”.

Something caught Marinette’s eyes attention... A blue haired girl staring at the sunset... It must be...

- Marinette: “Kagami?”.
- Kagami: “So, you did come to see me, like we agreed, you’re late, for a moment I thought that... You rejected my feelings”.
- Marinette: *Gasp*.        “Oh~ Kagami, Kagami, Kagami~ I wouldn’t reject your feelings just like that”.

- Kagami: “It felt like that for a moment, but... You’re here... That makes me happy”.

- Marinette: “Y-Yeah... I’m glad hehehe”.        *Gets nervous as Kagami delicately rubs her face with her hands, despite how rough Kagami might be, her hands are pretty soft*.

- Kagami: “Just like with Adrien, we may need more practice”.

- Marinette: “M-M-More practice?”.

- Kagami: “Yes, we aren’t experienced enough, let’s practice some more”.

- Marinette: *She knew Kagami was going to leave fairly soon, she could tolerate it for a little bit right?*.        “Y-Yes let’s do so... A... A bit of-”.        *She tries to lose herself in the moment, but she can’t, overthinking too much about what the heck she’s doing right now, but she doesn't want another akumatization, it's only a few minutes*.

- Kagami: “Don’t hesitate, we are girlfriends now, take the lead and kiss me, or you want me to control our relationship like I did with Adrien? If you want an equal relationship with me, you need to have more initiative and be more assertive”.

- Marinette: "(G-Girlfriends!? Since When!? Adrien's Exgirlfriend... Why Not Adrien Himself!?)".        *She was more than nervous, but if she didn’t take the lead, Kagami will just impose the pace and she will eventually need to do everything Kagami could want*.        “I see... I understand”.        *She closed her eyes and leaned forward with her mouth slightly open, landing her lips on Kagami’s who eagerly kisses her back after no more than a single pair of minutes, Kagami has to go*.

- Kagami: “Thank you Marinette, maybe we'll go for a love Ice Cream from Andre's Cart tomorrow, be ready, I'll call you”.

- Marinette: “Y-Yeah~ That’s a great idea Kagami... Love Ice Cream hehehe”.        *She waved Kagami*.        *So Kagami got to her car which left a moment later, Marinette still waved awkwardly when her phone started vibrating*.

Later Marinette is running to the movie theatre.

- Zoe: *Slightly sad as Marinette haven’t arrived and the ads must be rolling by now*.

- Marinette: “Zoe! Over here!”.        *She was tired, sweating lightly and pnating as well*.

- Zoe: *Her mood goes up as soon as she heard her, now she's looking for Marinette and finds her*.        “Marinette, over here!”.        *Waves at her*.        “I knew you’d come, I, kept my hopes up all the time hehe~”.

- Marinette: “I’m glad, sorry I’m late, punctuality ain’t one of my strongholds tehe~”.        *Wink*.

- Zoe: “I’ve noticed”.        *Smiles*.
- Marinette: “What are we watching by the way?”.
- Zoe: “Ah, it’s this horror movie about zombies I wanted to watch since last week”.

- Marinette: “I hope it’s not that bad, I should have told you that I don’t like horror movies, but movies with zombies don’t tend to have much horror and are more action leaning sooo I guess we can watch it no problem even if it's a horror movie technically”.

- Zoe: “Pffft, you can’t call a movie with zombies a horror movie nowadays, come on, let’s go, we’re a little late!”.        *She held Marinette's wrist and pulled her in*.

Watching the movie, Zoe and Marinette are sitting next to each other, Zoe lifted one of the arms of their seats, she’s holding the drink as Marinette held the popcorns.

- Marinette: *Nervous*.        “Gah!”.        *Jumps a little, curls in her seat*.

- Zoe: *Drinks a little of their iced tea and picks some popcorns, though, Marinette has dropped a decent bunch of them*.        “Geez Marinette, it’s just a movie”.

- Marinette: “I’ve seen z-zombie movies before and all, b-but, they weren’t this s-scary, they tended to be m-more action leaning”.        *She said sounding super nervous*.

- Zoe: *Smiles at her, in fact, she’s been distracted looking at Marinette’s reactions for a good bunch of the movie*.        “Well, I think it’s fine”.        *Offers Marinette a bit of Iced Tea, which Marinette accepts, completely ignoring it's Zoe's drink and her lips were on the same straw mere seconds ago*.

- Marinette: *After drinking a little, she jumps due to a little jump scare in the movie, making a bit of tea fall on her clothes*.

- Zoe: “Cheap horror".        *Picks a few tissues and clean Marinette’s wet clothes”.

- Marinette: “S-Sorry”.        *A bit uncomfortable as people sometimes look at her, she curls further just to then feel something on her shoulder, slowly turning to see what it is, just to feel a pull, falling her head on Zoe’s shoulder*.

- Zoe: *Leans her head over Marinette’s*.        “It’s okay honey, everything will be alright”.

- Marinette: “I’m not good with horror movies, what’s your secret to feel... Safe right here, right now?”.        *She asked shyly*.

- Zoe: *Smiles*.        “Do you really want to know?”.

- Marinette: “Well... Yeah”.
- Zoe: “It’s you, I don’t know what it is but, when I’m with you I... Feel... Strong, brave, you’ve defended me before but, I feel like, I need to be brave enough to defend you as well when you need it”.

- Marinette: *Surprised, looks at Zoe and blushes lightly, all of a sudden that insecure feeling melts away all of a sudden as she feels... Safe now...*.

- Zoe: *Puts the iced tea cup in Marinette’s mouth, which she drinks*.        “You’re feeling it too right?”.        *Zoe’s heart start to race, as Marinette returns her posture to a normal sitting posture, she hugs Zoe and puts her legs over Zoe’s*.        “O-Oh~”.        *Blushes, she looks how Marinette looks at her smiling*.

- Marinette: “Th-Thank you... You’re so sweet, I, really appreciate it...”.        *Zoe smiles at her, Marinette closes her eyes, inhales and exhales a couple of times*.        "I think I’m ready”.        *Look at Zoe’s eyes, Zoe starts to lean forward closing her eyes, Marinette is really nervous but, when Zoe’s lips meet hers, she remains wide eyed for a second, but after Zoe opens her eyes and slowly closes them, Marinette does so as well and starts kissing back, after what felt like a minute or so, Marinette dropped a few popcorns more*.        “Ah haha sorry”.

- Zoe: *Narrows her eyes, with a smile she just shakes her head no*.        “It’s alright”.        *Picking two popcorns, biting one and giving the other to Marinette through a kiss*.

- Marinette: *Surprised, bites and swallows the popcorn, followed by a cough as a peel got stuck in her throat, feeling how Zoe hits her back, accidentally throwing a bit of the rest of their drink*.        “It’s alright, it’s alright, I’m fine, I am totally fine now”.        *Smiles at her... Leans her head sideways a little*.

As they were about to kiss, both jumped due to another screamer, proceeding both to hug tight, to then look at each other, blushing and also laughing lightly at the event.

Later Marinette is walking home now, wearing a mask once again to hide the lipstick marks from Zoe and, well, remnants of other girls that kissed her today.

- Marinette: “Oh~ Tikki, I can’t believe everything that happened today~ I had a wonderful date in the movies with Zoe, I managed to, deal with Kagami kinda, and even Lila was sweet with me in the end, including Chloe, can you believe it? Chloe! She always bullied me and now she's head over heels for me... Maybe this wish isn't so bad~”.

- Tikki: “Don’t tell me you’re falling for them Marinette, what about Adrien? Also, reminder, you got to see Chloe tomorrow, Chloe!”.

- Marinette: “After seeing Lila like this, I’m not scared of Chloe anymore, though... Alya didn’t seem too happy though”.

- Tikki: “So you’re falling for them I see, but you can’t date all of them”.

- Marinette: “I... I am not dating them, we’re just hanging out... As closer friends... Yeah... That’s all, accept their feelings is the best I can do to not harm them, like what happened with Lila, if I didn’t reject her feelings, she wouldn’t have been akumatized”.

- Tikki: “But she got akumatized because you were pretty mean to her, not because you rejected her feelings”.

- Marinette: “You said it yourself, Kwamis don’t fall in love, so you don’t know what you’re talking about!”.        *She closed her bag*.
- Tikki: *Inside the bag*.        "And how will you deal with your GIRLFRIEND Zoe and her sister that has a massive crush on you, Chloe?".
- Marinette: "Oh... I'll think of something Tikki... That's a problem for Tomorrownette".        *She giggled*.
- Tikki: "You forgot to ask Chat Noir for his Miraculous Marinette".
- Marinette: "Oh... Well~ That's also a problem for Tomorrownette then".

Marinette entered her house and went straight to her room.

- Marinette: *Takes off the mask*.        “Now I can just rest in my own house, in my own room, tomorrow there’s no school sooo... I guess I’ll see Chloe... and I also promised Alya I’d see her... And Kagami...”.        *Sigh*.        "(I guess you were right Tikki, I may not be able to handle all of them, if we add Lila?, Zoe... what should I do?)".

- Fei: “So the Straight Girl has three dates with GIRLS tomorrow, geez, I wonder if you weren’t as straight as you claim”.        *She laughed lightly with a kinda mocking grin*.
- Marinette: “Ah, Fei! I forgot about you, sorry, and they are not my dates, we'll just hang out as friends that's all”.

- Tikki: “I wouldn’t be so sure Marinette, specially with Kagami”.
- Marinette: “Fine, I might have a date with Kagami but that’s it, the others are not my girlfrie-e-e- I mean, they're just my friends!”.
- Fei: “You didn’t give me my goodbye kiss though”.        *Sad*.
- Marinette: "Goodbye kiss?... Kisses!".        *Worried*.        “Kagami will want to make out with me and I suck at it, with Zoe it was fine since, well, she’s cute and all, she’s not that assertive and dominant, what will I do?”.

- Fei: “One... Two... Three and Four”.

- Marinette: “What are you doing?”.

- Fei: “I’m counting how many different residues of lipstick I find in your face, Five and Six... Huh... You're not so straight now I guess”.

- Marinette: “Six? Let’s see, Alya kissed me on the cheek when she arrived, could it be Rena too?... No... Chloe did... Then Lila... Uh... Oh yeah, Hoaxer kissed me, I was forgetting that one... Then I made out with Kagami and finally had my date with Zoe, yeah, they are six, crazy”.

- Fei: “Seven”.
- Marinette: “No, they are six, Rena didn't”.        *Receives a big surprise kiss from Fei, shocked*.
- Fei: “Seven”.        *Smiles at Marinette*.

- Marinette: *Low laugh*.        “Yeah, seven”.

- Fei: “You just have seven layers of lipstick all over your face, and you say you’re straight, I don’t buy it”.

- Marinette: “It seems that... I might be just swaying a little bit, not so straight as two days ago for sure hehehe but, blame the magic of the wish I made, when I make everything go back to normal everything will, well, go back to normal~”.        *Fei smiles at her, so she smiles back*.        “(What is this feeling? I don’t want to disappoint Kagami, but asking Fei this might be too much, Fei's not into me oddly, b-but, I think she'd be down to help me with this...)”.        “Say, Fei, I know unlike the other girls you’re not really into me but that makes you the perfect subject ah... Would you... Practice some kissing with me? It's just to deal with Kagami and nothing else”.        *She turns completely red*.

- Fei: *Surprised, wide eyed, trying to not let her happiness for hearing that come out to Marinette’s sight*.        “Not the straightest request I’ve gotten from you, but, after what you did to me yesterday”.        *Sigh*.        “I guess you’ll do it anyway, come here, the sooner we start, the sooner we end”.        “(Or the longer we last~)”.

- Marinette: “Thank you Fei!”.        *She jumped at Fei, throwing her to her bed to start their ‘Practice Session’ who knows, they might do this every day from now on*.

----- CHAPTER BREAK -----

- Marinette: *Yawns, stretching her arms... Or she would have, if she wasn’t held in place by Fei’s hug*.        “Ugh, Fei, I can’t mo-”.        *She got shut up with a pull into a kiss, which made Marinette blush, rolling her eyes, thinking she should have known, breaking the kiss pushing Fei away*.- Fei: *Low voice*.        “No worries, it ain’t that bad, is it? Aren’t you late for school again?”.- Marinette: ”Gah! I can’t believe it, I woke up late again ugh”.        *She jumps from the bed and starts getting her clothes changed, as Fei just looks at her with a face that could only express disappointment in Marinette falling for that*.        “Is... Something wrong?”.- Fei: “Not really”.- Marinette: “Okay~ Will see ya later~”.        *She went through the trapdoor of her room*.- Fei: *Sigh, lays on the bed again*.        “She’ll notice... I think... Three, Two, One...”. From another room.- Sabine: “Marinette? What are you doing? It’s Saturday dear”.- Fei: *Jumps as the trapdoor was opened hard*.        “What the-”.- Marinette: “Fei!”.- Fei: “What”.- Marinette: “Today is Saturday”.- Fei: “Yes, you took quite long to notice, there are no classes today, and it’s still fairly early, are you coming back to bed?”.- Marinette: “Fine”.        *She hopped into bed*.        “Say, was I decent yesterday?”.- Fei: “Meh, you could be better”.- Marinette: “Really? B-But, we did practice for fairly long, what was it, an hour or so?”.- Fei: “Kinda... It was long enough like to fall forever for me, though, if you reeeally want to get good, we can always practice more, I don’t mind”.        *She said in an uninterested tone*.- Marinette: “Really!? Thank you Fei”.        *She said happy, but then, she looked uneasy*.        “Wait... No, I wouldn’t make you do that, unlike the other girls, you’re not in magically in love with me, or maybe you are but you don’t show it”.        *She looked suspiciously at Fei*.- Fei: ”Whaaat? No I wouldn’t!”.        *She did feel nervous but tried to sound offended*.- Marinette: “Well, if you’re not then yes it does make you a good test subject, but, making you do something you’re not liking is not good”.        *She sighed looking down a bit sad*.- Fei: *Wide eyed, her plan of showing uninterest backfired, she really wanted to share her love with Marinette, so she had to think of something fast*.        “Still, I’m your friend, and you obviously have a massive crush on me, so I’d like to help you, as a friend, because friends help friends don’t they? Maaaybe and just maaaybe I’ll think of giving you an actual chance”.        *Teasing wink*.- Marinette: *Smiles*.        “You’re the best Fei... And... I don’t have a crush on you I swear, I’m straight... Kinda... Now that I think of it, having multiple girlfriends doesn’t make me the straightest of persons but that doesn’t make me not straight, plus, they were the ones who ambushed me and it’s magic you know, it’s not like I looked forward to date them, I just didn’t want to break their hearts, they were getting akumatized because I rejected their feelings, that not only gives us the problem of having to fight akumatized villains, if they’re each time more often, Monarch might have hints on finding out who Ladybug is, as it’s obviously not a normal thing to happen, I will be screwed! I need to keep the balance between keeping them happy and keeping my sanity and my love for Adrien in tact!”.        *She said, a bit red, worried, stressed, holding her hair pulling it lightly with her hands as she clenched her teeth*. - Tikki: “Sometimes I wonder if it’s just that, or if you’re really starting to fall for all of them”.- Marinette: “H-Hey! I’m not falling for them! You know I love... Ah~ Adrien~ So, I want you to stop joking about the possibility of me dating girls! I Am Straight!”.        *She said notoriously out of herself, while red, flustered, feeling nervous with Fei close to her, she hopped off the bed*.- Fei: “If anyone asked me, I’d think Tikki is right”.- Marinette: *Bumps her fists on a table*.        “Stop mocking me! I don’t have a crush on any girl!”.- Fei: “Yeah~ And that is why you come back every night with layers and layers of different girl’s lipstick, you must be a seriously talented womanizer”.- Tikki: “Fei has a point Marinette, and you do nothing to prevent it from happening, at least up to this moment”.- Marinette: *Turns and curls herself on the chair next to the table*.        “Stop it! It’s magic attraction, that’s it, and it’s been only two days, in fact, today’s Saturday, and I’ll spend it at home, with you, my only alternative to hang out with a girl that’s not in magically in love with me”.- Fei: *Smiled, but she knew Marinette forgot her dates, she’d wish Marinette did spend the whole day with her, but she had to do the right thing*.        “You’ll dedicate your whole day to try to seduce me? How amusing, but I think you have like three dates with your girlfriends harem”. - Marinette: “H-Harem!? I don’t have a harem! Not one of women only, please tell me not”.        *Gasp*.        “One, that’s Japanese not Chinese, two”.        *Her phone started buzzing, slowly picking up her phone, it’s Chloe*.        “Gah! I need to go to visit Chloe I can’t believe it, why did I say yes... At least Zoe is nice and, they live together, sooo, I might get to see her”.- Tikki: “I’m starting to think you like Zoe”.- Marinette: “I can’t help it, she’s really cute, fine, you want me to say it? If things didn’t work with Adrien, Zoe was my Plan B, to what we got to talk, she said she liked me since we met, so, even if we the revert the wish, she’ll still like me... Though, I won’t be able to date Adrien now because I’ll be dating Zoe and”.        *Gasp, wide eyed, starting to speak really fast*.        “Tikki this is terrible! I’ll need to break up with Zoe to get a chance with Adrien but if I do and Adrien rejects my feelings I won’t be able to come back with Zoe because we were together already and she’ll think I played with her feelings and I only wanted to make Adrien feel jealous by dating her and will think I’m a horrible person so she’ll talk about it with Adrien and both will hate me forever, I will need to dye my hair and change my name so nobody is able to recognize me because everyone will think I played with their feelings and Adrien’s fans as well as our friends will want to burn me and I’ll need to start over in a new city with a new life!!!”.        *She cried, dropping herself to the floor hyperventilating*.- Fei: *Notoriously worried, hops off to Marinette*.        “W-Wow, C-Calm down Marinette, it’s okay, I won’t hate you, I swear, I’d never, please, calm down and listen, that ain’t gonna happen”.        *She hugs Marinette, feeling how Marinette starts relaxing a little and lays her head on Fei’s shoulder, so Fei starts to pat her head softly in regular intervals*.        *She did want to roll her eyes because that was just so silly but she didn’t*.        “Does she does this often? Or at least from time to time?”.- Tikki: “Don’t worry Fei, this is pretty normal on Marinette”.- Marinette: “Th-Thanks Fei”. *Blushes... Noticing a bit later that her cheeks are burning*.        “Is it me? Or is the weather hot today?”.- Fei: “I think not... Don’t tell me”. *She looks at Marinette’s face, just to see her cheeks are completely pink*.        “And you say you’re not into girls or me”.- Marinette: “It was the heat of the moment”.        *She looked elsewhere, she couldn’t believe she felt like that even if it was for a brief moment*.- Fei: “You’re weak to female charms I see”.        *She smirked, posing a bit*.- Marinette: “N-Nu-uh, that ain’t it, I’m all for male charm”.- Fei: “Pffft, if you say so, though, I think you’re looking for some of this”.        *She said while swaying her hips a little trying to be lightly provocative to her friend*.        “Or maybe something like this”.        *She struck a pose that emphasized her chest just a bit*.- Marinette: *With her mouth wide open, more than anything, she felt embarrassed for being teased that way, she never thought anyone would ever tease her with their female charm*.        “Th-There’s stuff I need to do, but this won’t end like this, I will return and put you in your place! did you hear me!?”.- Fei: “In my place? Hrm... Careful what you say, I could have made a really good joke there”.        *She giggled lightly as Marinette gave steps backwards till she reached her trapdoor and left the room*. At Chloe’s hotel.- Chloe: *Crossing her arms, serious look*.        “It was about time you showed up Dupain-Cheng, you made me wait like five minutes or so!”.        *She said sounding falsely outraged*.- Marinette: “Sorry Chloe, I had visits and couldn’t go out as early as I hoped, and you know I always arrive late everywhere hehehe”.- Chloe: “I forgive you”.        *She held Marinette’s hand, guiding her to the floor where her room was, just stopping outside of it*.        “Wait a moment here, I need to do something first”.        *She smiled at Marinette, releasing her hand to then leave to her room, Marinette could only help but wonder what she’s planning to do, probably this Chloe was better than the Chloe she’s used to deal with in her everyday life, this one doesn’t want to bully her but instead, wants to be nice with her… Or… Nice the Chloe way*.- Marinette: *She smiled at the thought of, ‘if things don’t go back to normal’, at least this change is one she can probably get used to*.        “I wonder how things’d be if we were real friends instead of enemies”.        *She layed on a wall, as she heard someone walking close*.- Zoe: “Marinette? You came to visit me? What a surprise!”.        *She said happy that her girlfriend came to visit her, or that’s what she thought, she looked down and turned a bit red as she was still in her pijama*.        “Oh b-but what a surprise, s-sorry I’m not ready, I didn’t expect to see you here”.- Marinette: “O-Oh hehehe, s-sorry I didn’t tell you, your sister, Chloe, invited me to hang out with her the other day in class”.        *She said nervously*.- Zoe: *Confused*.        “You’re visiting her? I thought she hated you, be careful, now that we are dating, she doesn’t like me, she doesn’t like you either, and we’re girlfriends, she might not be up to any good I feel it”.        *She warned Marinette, looking slightly worried that it might be some sort of trap*.- Marinette: “N-No no no, she seemed to have a change of heart really, I swear she did”.        *She laughed nervously, she knew it was kinda true, but she can’t tell Zoe why she did so*.        “And this was before our date, she doesn’t seem to know we’re a couple”.        *Oddly, she felt something burn lightly in her chest when she referred to herself and Zoe as a couple, it felt... Right*.- Zoe: *Smiles at her*.        “You’re a really nice person for giving her the benefit of the doubt after everything she’s done to you, I really mean it”.        *Proceeding to hug Marinette, whom didn’t know how to react at first, but then reciprocated Zoe’s affection*.- Marinette: “Thanks Zoe”. The door opens to show... ¿Queen Bee?- Chloe: *Surprised at what her eyes were seeing, somewhat angry by the sight next to her*.        “What are you two doing!? Dupain-Cheng! I invited you to hang out with me, not with her!”.- Zoe: “You can’t prevent me from hanging out with My girlfriend either”.- Marinette: *Nervous laugh as she saw Chloe’s first confused face at hearing her sister’s angry words, she then started to feel fear as Chloe’s face turned into one of anger as well*.        “G-G-Girls, d-don’t fight for these little details, I’m pretty sure that we can all surely-”.- Chloe: “Dupain-Cheng! You’re dating... HER!? My Sister of all people? Really?”.        *Her voice breaking lightly as she said the last word*.- Zoe: “Yes she is, so what!”.- Chloe: “I didn’t ask you!”. *Turning to give her back to her half sister*.- Zoe: *Wide eyed, then angry*.        “I, ugh, I I I”.        *She turned, frustrated, but still not wanting to argue with her sister*.- Marinette: “Y-Yeah~ Tehe~ We might have started to date yesterday”.- Chloe: “S-S, So that is why you arrived late night yesterday smiling dumbfoundedly!?”.        *She questioned madly at her sister for ‘stealing her girl’*.- Zoe: “Yes, we had an amazing date yesterday, and I had the best night ever in my whole life, I enjoyed a movie, sharing food and a drink, while talking, hugging, and kissing for the first time in my life with the girl of my dreams, and I don’t regret it at all”.- Marinette: *Blushed fiercely at hearing Zoe’s words, it felt so... Sincere, she lied herself trying to make it seem like a pair of friends hanging out, pretending friends with rights, but for Zoe, it was like a dream come true, she did feel bad for trying to downplay her relationship with Zoe now*.        “Y-You really mean it Zoe?”.- Zoe: *Turned to Marinette*.        “Of course I do”. Zoe started to lean forward and right before their lips met.- Chloe: “Ridiculous, Utterly RiDiculous!!!”.        *She pulled Marinette into her room, slamming the door, locking it, leaving her sister outside*.- Zoe: *Angrily hitting the door*.        “You can’t do this Chloe! Ugh so unfair!”.- Chloe: “I’ll deal with you later, she’s mine, and also, She IS Mine, Not Yours”.- Marinette: *Feeling really bad to have the sisters fight for her*.        “Zoe, it’s alright, I wouldn’t want to mess up more the relationship you have with your sister, we spent some time yesterday, why not let your sister and I spend some time? We can hang out tomorrow okay?”.        *Inviting Zoe to a date felt oddly well, her heart felt warm and started to beat faster*.- Zoe: *On one hand she was angry for all this situation but on the other hand, being invited to a date by Marinette felt really good for her, to the point that it made all of her anger disappear all of a sudden*.        “Okay sweetie, I’ll try to not bother you then, don’t let my sister take advantage of you deary”. Zoe left the floor, Sabrina was arriving at the hotel, so she still had to go up.- Chloe: “So, you’re dating my sister of all persons”.- Marinette: *Nervous laugh*.        “Ha, ha, haha, Y-You’re not angry are you?”.- Chloe: “I, was hoping to invite you out”.        *She sat sad in her bed*.        “I just can’t believe you picked my less impressive and less talented sister over me, even when you knew what I felt for you*.- Marinette: *Can’t help but feel bad even if it’s Chloe*.        “You need to get to know her better, she’s, not bad really, maybe you two could get alo-”.- Chloe: “You’re now going to defend her?”.        *Looking sadder and angrier*.- Marinette: *She knew that at this rate Chloe would get akumatized if she did nothing, she had to make her move to prevent that from happening or she’d have more trouble*.        “Not really, you just didn’t let me finish, Chloe, you’re wonderful when you’re not so focused on yourself and on hurting others, in fact, the look you have right now proves that you’re wonderful, just look at yourself, Ladybug, of all people, picked You to be her partner, anyone would dream of being Ladybug’s partner, very few have the privilege to be one of her partners~, between you and I, Queen Bee is probably cooler than Ladybug”.        *Wink, a kinda painful wink, as she had to swallow her pride along with it*.- Chloe: *She smiles and hugs Marinette*.        “But I really wanted to show you I changed, and I really, really wanted to date you”.- Marinette: *Maybe she can make it out of this one without adding yet another girlfriend to her list*.        “You can always show me a bit of affection can’t you? Plus, who says one person can only love a single person”.- Chloe: “You mean you’ll date both of us?”.        *Confused*.        “Sharing you with my sister? N-No way”.        *That didn’t sound well but it was better than nothing right?*.- Marinette: “N-No, what I mean is, maybe while I’m dating your sister, you can probably look to love someone else, who knows, maybe there’s someone you’ve wanted to date and you didn’t give yourself a chance to try it?”.- Chloe: *Thinking of someone*.        “Like, Ladybug? For example”.- Marinette: *She turned red and shocked her head*.        “Probably not Ladybug, as she got Chat Noir right?”.        *She bit her tongue hard as she said so*.- Chloe: “Honestly, many people don’t know this, and don’t tell anyone I told you but, Ladybug is not dating Chat Noir and I don’t think she will date him anytime soon, as their partner, I can firmly say that Ladybug probably dislikes Chat Noir, at least as a loving figure, and I wouldn’t be surprised if she hates him in general, she, doesn’t seem too kind to him”.- Marinette: “Oh, hehe she wouldn’t, would she? She can’t be that mean, she loves Chat Noir deep down I’m pretty sure of it”.        *Biting her tongue harder than before, to the point that it did hurt*.        “Come on Chloe, maybe, you can try someone else you like and didn’t get to date and it’s also single”.- Chloe: “Adrien Agreste! I love Adrien Agreste too since we’re really young and, since you’re dating my sister anyway~ That means you gave up the idea of dating Adrien right?”.- Marinette: *Holding herself from having a stroke, she talked keeping a forced smile with her teeth joint all the time*.       “Y-Yes, I love your Zoe, sister, ehem, sister, Zoe sooo much that I gave up on loving Adrien hehehe~”.        *She lied, it felt so painful to say those words, but it was to help herself ease the charge having all of the girls after her, and advice Chloe while preventing her akumatization right? Who’d say she’d be helping Chloe now? She got nervous and started to sweat, probably she’d rather keep her close instead of letting Chloe have Adrien, Adrien is hers and only hers!*.        “Y-Y-You said Ladybug is not dating Chat Noir so, erm, why not try to date Ladybug? She seems like a better option for you, according to what you said, plus you two are superheroines, you sooo got the upper hand in this case”.        *Faking a smile, probably regretting her words badly*.- Chloe: *She smiled at Marinette*.        “Thank you Marinette, your words really encouraged me, the next time we see each other, I swear Ladybug and I will be a thing”.- Marinette: “Y-Yeah... Th-That’s the w-way t-to go! You c-c-clearly got it!”.        *She was insanely red, almost in physical pain*.- Chloe: “Are you alright Dupain-Cheng? You look… Off”.- Marinette: “Oh hoho I feel perfect Chloe”.        *She said clenching her teeth faking a smile*. Sabrina arrived to Chloe’s room.- Sabrina: “Chloeee! Marinette!”.        *She hugged them, blushing a bit at hugging Marinette*.        “I see you’re ready”.- Chloe: “I’m always ready!”.- Marinette: “Ready for what?”.- Sabrina: “To play super heroes, what better than with someone that had real super hero experience herself?”.        *She picked the Chat Noir outfit Chloe had*.- Marinette: “Ah, I remember, you two play Ladybug and Chat Noir, but...”.- Chloe: “I am no longer Ladybug, I am Queen Bee!!!”.- Marinette: “But if you’re Queen Bee, then who’s going to be Ladybug?”.- Chloe: *Smiles at her*.        “You can, gladly, be my Ladybug, with that haircut, you can easily be Ladybug for sure, trust me”.        *Winks, gives her her Ladybug outfit*.- Marinette: *Almost panicking*.        “Wh-Wh-Wh-Wha-at!? I I I, I cannot be L-L-L-Ladybug! I I I”.        “(Behave Marinette, or they’ll notice, there’s something I can do in this situation, they’re staring at me with odd looks in their eyes)”.        “But I prefer Scarabella if that’s the case, her outfit and style is way better than Ladybug’s in my own personal opinion”.        *She’d bite her tongue way more if only it didn’t hurt so much for doing it so much by now*.- Sabrina: “You prefer the knockoff Ladybug?”.- Chloe: “I don’t believe in knock offs like Scarabella, Vesperia, Volpina or Kitty Noire”.        *Funnily, two of them are Zoe, her sister and indirect rival for being a hero and now love rival*.(Note: In this universe for Kuro Neko, Zoe was the temporary Chat Noir, but after talking with Ladybug, she realized it was better if the original Chat Noir was back, being this why Zoe improved her personal life like we saw in Adoration, but this happened earlier than in the series, in this universe we’re in early season 5. As for how Adrien accepted being Chat Noir again, Plagg told him what Ladybug and Kitty Noir talked about and that made him feel better, accepting his role again).- Sabrina: “Just put it on, you’ll look great Marinette, don’t be shy, I know you can do it!”.        *They pushed Marinette into Chloe’s closet with the Ladybug suit, Marinette lost her balance and fell face flat on a pair of Chloe’s high heels*.- Marinette: “Owch, ugh”.        *The inside of the quite large closet where she was, was dark*.        “What is this?”.        *It was dark and she couldn’t see so she sniffed, which led her to cough twice*.        “Ugh, are these Chloe’s shoes? Urgh, they, ugh, I shouldn’t have done that”.        *That odd smell stayed in her for a little bit, but she had more important things to take care of*.        “Oh Tikki, what should I do?”.- Tikki: “You shouldn’t do it Marinette, your identity would be at risk”.- Marinette: “I know, but if I don’t do it, what else can I do?”.        *She didn’t want to disappoint them either*.- Chloe: *Opens the closet*.        “Are you do-... What are you doing?”.- Marinette: *Trying to make an excuse, as Tikki was hiding behind her*.        “When I fell in the closet I uhm, fell over your high heels and I was trying to look better at but it’s too dark and I noticed that uhm, they uhm uh”.        *She needs to generate an excuse real quick so she looks around*.        “ They smell nice”.        *She started to sweat nervous and really embarrassed at the bad excuse, literally bad, that’s not what she wanted to say but she couldn’t think properly*.- Sabrina: “See? I’m not the only one who thinks they smell nice”.        *Marinette looked confused, as Chloe rolled her eyes*.- Chloe: “You can always sniff them later if you want, get changed!”.        *Closing the closet again*.- Marinette: *Sigh, confused, thinking in what Sabrina said, she sniffs Chloe’s high heels once again*.        “Blegh, I can’t even pretend to tolerate it, Sabrina didn’t mean it did she? It was surely a trick to make me do that and if that’s the case then, well, she got me”.        *She gets up, while questioning her friend’s words, but also deciding she’ll dress up, as she seems to have no choice, maybe if she didn’t wear it correctly they wouldn’t notice*.        “I hope this works... I also hope Chloe washed this outfit”. - Chloe: “Well, she’s taking a bit too long...”.        *She turned to Sabrina*.        “I can’t believe you two like how my high heels smell”.- Sabrina: “Well, I just like how new things smell, like new purses for example”.        *She excused herself*.- Chloe: “I don’t think this is the case, those aren’t new, in fact, I’ve got a while with them, I think I’ll dump them, you can have them when I get new ones”.- Sabrina: “Really? Thank you Chloe! Uhm, now that I think of it, I do remember you using that pair quite often, she probably likes the smell of socks as it normally gets impregnated when you use a pair of shoes often, I don’t think that smell is bad either and the clothes you use are usually perfumed”.- Chloe: “Sabrina, you don’t wear those with socks”.- Sabrina: “Ah... Well... Then uhm...”.- Chloe: “You two must have a weird sense of smell, I’d never think used shoes smell nice”.        *She said looking a bit off at Sabrina*.- Marinette: *She came out of the closet, she painted her lips red but more leaning in the pink shades, she applied some eyeliner and a quite purple eyeshadows, her front hair was slightly up, held with a clip, and her side hair locks were gone, she also changed her hair tails, making it more like Multimouse’s*.        “Tada~ How do I look?”.- Sabrina: *Gets in the middle of Chloe and Marinette, getting really close to Marinette*.        “Gorgeous!”.- Chloe: *Pushes Sabrina away*.        “You looks nice, though, you don’t look exactly like I thought you would, why is your hair like that? You got the Ladybug haircut normally...”.- Marinette: “It’s probably just the makeup, I wanted to look well as Ladybug, as a fashion designer, I decided to add a little bit of my own to the look hehe”.- Chloe: “If I didn’t know how you are, I would indeed think you are Ladybug”.- Marinette: “Hehehe, naaah, you’re joking right?”- Chloe: “No, like, serious, really”.- Marinette: “Awww, thank you Chloe, that’s so nice of you~”.        *Saying thanks to Chloe felt weird to her, but it was better being nice than not being nice to her*.- Sabrina: “Now it’s time to find the akumatized villain!”.- Chloe: “I wonder where the evil Big Moustachio went, follow my lead!”. Meanwhile with Zoe.- Zoe: “(I shouldn’t be looking on them, but, she’s here, and, aaargh, I can’t help it, she came here to hang out with my sister, when my sister clearly hates both of us, I can’t believe it, am I... Just a toy for her?)”.        *She started walking in circles, wondering if at least Marinette thought about her, she didn’t seem to even ask Chloe if she’d let her join them, instead, she asked her to leave she remembered, it seems like everyone is having fun without her, she’s starting to feel oddly jealous, even more than other times*.        “Don’t let the bad thoughts get over yourself Zoe”.        *She hears more laughter from the girls, while she’s all alone*.        “I’m not normally this jealous or possessive, why am I feeling like this?”.        *She started breathing harder, leaning in a wall, she shakes her head*.        “Why I’m, stressed to anormal levels?”. Elsewhere in a dark place.- Monarch: “Ah~ The feeling of being pushed aside by your sister, your friend and even your girlfriend, making you leave them alone, forgetting you as they have fun playing in your own house, it must make her feel pathetic, she must feel so lonely, this jealousness is the perfect invitation to hang out my Megakuma can’t reject!”.        *He turned to the captured kwamis*.        “Kaalki! Your Power Is Now Mine!”.        *Absorbing Kaalki’s power, launches a portal with his hand*.        “Voyage my Megakuma and hang out with our new friend!”.- Zoe: *A portal opens near her, the Megakuma came from it and entered her hat, a butterfly shaped energy forms in front of her face, which makes her open her eyes and look forward*.- Monarch: “Madeaside, I am Monarch, your friend, sister and even your girlfriend made you aside in your own house? You shouldn’t need an invitation to have fun in your own place, with your own people, as your friend I’m willing to help you out”.- Zoe: *Looking straight forward, as she smiles lightly*.        “Indeed, it’s not only my sister’s place, it’s also mine in the end”.- Monarch: “Transfer!”.        *He pressed the Horse Miraculous Ring, sending it’s power to Zoe’s Alliance Ring*.        “As a sign of my friendship, I’ve transfered you the Power Of Migration! Which will allow you to be anywhere you want to hang out with whoever you want, and make aside all those that bother you! All I’m asking you in return is to bring me Ladybug and Chat Noir’s Miraculouses!”.- Zoe: “With pleasure, no one is going to make me aside in my own house, keeping me far from my own girlfriend!”.        *She said as she stomped, starting to get transformed into a quite similar version of herself, but it was lightly purple and transparent like Vanisher would look*. In Chloe’s room.- Marinette: *Jumps into the room*.        “Aaah! We made it back!”.        *Picking a pillow to block a soft projectile thrown by Sabrina*.        “It’s time! I’m going to beat you with my Miraculous Ladybug, Lucky Charm!!!”.        *She lifted her hand up and with her other hand, she threw a random object up, catching it with the hand she lifted*.        “Tape?”.- Sabrina: “What are you going to do with that huh Ladybug?”.- Marinette: “You’ll see uhm... What was your superheroine name?”.        *A portal opens behind her, as she see Sabrina walk back a little*.        “That’s right! Go! Cause I’ll-”.        *She turns to her almost invisible akumatized girlfriend, when she was supposed to run and look for something to do with her ‘Lucky Charm’, she bumped into Madeaside and fell to the ground*.        “Oof, ouch”.        *She looked up, noticing a familiar semitransparent figure in front of her*.        “Huh? Z-Zoe?”.- Chloe: “Sister, you weren’t supposed to participate in this, you’re ruining it!”.- Madeaside: “Shut up Chloe! This is my house and”.        *She picked Marinette up*.        “This, is My Girlfriend!”.        *She opened a portal and threw Marinette in it, the portal led to her room, jumping into the portal right after throwing Marinette, closing it after she jumped in*. - Marinette: “Ah!”.        *She bounced on the bed, looking around*.        “Is this Zoe’s Room?”.        *She notices Zoe has a picture of her, which she thinks it’s cute that Zoe has a picture of her... Maybe she should have a picture of Zoe in her room as well as she doesn’t*.- Madeaside: “Marinette, why did you decide to hang out with my sister? She’s the worst! She doesn’t only hate me, but she also hates You! I just can’t believe it!”.- Marinette: “Zoe, listen, you’re not thinking right, Monarch is controlling you”.- Madeaside: “I am Not Zoe, I am Madeaside, just like you and my sister made me to the side as if I was nothing to either of you! But with this power, I cannot be left out, as I can be anywhere I want! And if someone bothers us, I can simply send them elsewhere! We can go wherever we want, wanna go to the park? Maybe to the beach? We could go to a nice hill, lay down and watch the stars, that would be, oh~, so romantic don’t you think?”.        *She said daydreaming*.- Marinette: “We went to the movies yesterday, I just wanted to hang out with a friend”.- Madeaside: *Feeling sad that Marinette didn’t want to hang out with her, but then that turned into anger*.        “You call her a friend!? After how she treated us, how she treated me despite being her sister, and despite how she even treats You! You think of her as a Friend!?”.- Marinette: *Gulps, and then nods*. “I think of her... As a friend...”.- Madeaside: *Dumbfounded... Then rages and stomps*.        “I can’t believe you prefer my sister over me! I can’t believe I fell for someone like... Someone Like You!”.        *She pointed and yelled at Marinette while crying, she opened a portal behind her as tears dropped down her eyes all the way till they fell to the ground like a river, walking backwards into the portal, closing it as soon as she crossed it*.- Marinette: “Z-Zoe wait!!! You didn’t even let me finish!”.        *She didn’t know why, but her chest started to hurt and her eyes were dropping a massive amount of tears, she, did feel hurt by Zoe’s words...*.        “Zoe, I... Do like you... Why do I...”.        *She leaned her head down as she started to cry, this felt odd, like she shouldn’t feel this way but she did, maybe she genuinely had a liking for Zoe and never noticed it, After shaking her head, she cleaned her tears and got up*.        “We need to get Zoe back to normal, Tikki, Spots On!”. Moving to Chloe and Sabrina.- Chloe: “I can’t believe she took her!”.        *She bumped her fist to a nearby table, she was about to turn on her Queen Bee light*.- Ladybug: “Chloe! I need your help!... Hi Sabrina...”.        *Sabrina just waved*.- Chloe: “Huh, now you need me? Why don’t you call that, knock off Queen Bee? Vesperia?”.        *She crossed her arms a bit angry at Ladybug*.- Ladybug: “Now’s not the time, Chloe Bourgeois, this is the Miraculous Of-”.- Chloe: “I won’t help you unless you say sorry and ban the knock off Queen Bee from the Miraculous Team”.        *She sounded serious, crossing her arms and looking down on Ladybug*.- Ladybug: “Uhm...”.        *She leaned forward a little and sighed, saying in a really low voice*.        “This might be complicated but I got the upper hand on this one”. In the Eiffel Tower.- Madeaside: *She was sitting in corner of the tower, sad, crying, as a Butterfly Shaped Energy Field formed in front of her face*.- Monarch: “I can understand how you feel, sometimes people is not what we think they are, it’s sad to see the true face of someone we admired, luckily, I am still here to comfort you, however, we made a deal, please, bring me Ladybug and Chat Noir’s Miraculouses!”.- Madeaside: *She nodded, got up and stopped crying, when Ladybug, Queen Bee and Chat Noir arrived, making her go into a fighting stance, a three on one was not a good scenario for her*.- Queen Bee: “You! Hya~”.        *Rushing to tackle her*.        “Where Is Marinette Dupain-Cheng!!!???”.        *Falling into a portal that made her fall over Ladybug and Chat Noir*.- Madeaside: “She’s safe, in my room, far from you, I’d never let anything happen to her, regardless of how she feels for me, unlike you, I do care for her and my love for her is genuine! Unlike yours!”.- Chat Noir: “Regardless of how she feels for you?”.        *He said confused, as he didn’t know they were dating*.        “Maybe you should considere her opinion”.- Madeaside: “She made me aside, she prefered my sister over me, and, she didn’t even hesitate to be clear on that”.        *She looked down, sad*.- Ladybug: *She felt bad for the akumatized villain, but she had to free Zoe, so she got up with Queen Bee’s help who got up first*.        “Maybe you didn’t even bother to listen to her, because you’re akumatized, Monarch just takes advantage of people, he doesn’t want you to listen!”.- Monarch: “Nonsense, she doesn’t want you to do your mission, after we’re done, Marinette Dupain-Cheng will be all yours, don’t listen to her and get their Miraculouses!”.- Madeaside: *She opened a bunch of portals one after the other, distracting them, just to appear with a kick to Chat Noir who flew away due to the hit, she then teleported behind Ladybug but her attack was stopped by Queen Bee’s Spinning Top, turning to attack her, she was now being stopped by Ladybug’s Yoyo, pressured, she opened a portal and pulled Ladybug by her own Yoyo, making her release her and kick Ladybug off the tower from behind*.- Queen Bee: “Ladybug!!!”.        *She jumped off to catch Ladybug who looked worried from the fall, as she didn’t have anything to hold from like she does with her yoyo, when Queen Bee finally catches her, she tried to use her Spinning Top, but it was intercepted by a portal, which made it hold from nothing, both expected a hard landing but they were caught by Chat Noir*.- Chat Noir: “And I call that a Soft Landing my ladies, ain’t my paws soft?”.- Ladybug: “Thanks... Thank you both, I, I think I got an idea”. Ladybug made it to the top of a nearby building.- Ladybug: *Rising her arm*.        “Lucky Charm!”.        *An object starts to generate in the air and then falls on her hand*.        “A ball?”.        *She closed her eyes remembering Sabrina was in the Hotel as well*.        “Riiight~ If only I had the Miraculous Of The Dog still... Entertain her, I need to see something first”.- Madeaside: *She saw how Ladybug was ‘escaping’ so she opened a portal next to her*.        “Not so fast!”.- Chat Noir: *He stepped in front of her, making time for Ladybug*.        “So I say!”.- Madeaside: *Growls*.        “Get lost!”.        *She opens a portal behind Chat Noir*.- Chat Noir: “The same trick won’t work twice on me y’know”.        *He smirked lightly*.- Madeaside: “Opening portals is not my only power”.- Chat Noir: “Oh, Isn’t the other one being invisible?”.- Madeaside: “Not really, that’s just a perk, I hope you like cold weather”.- Chat Noir: “Huh?”.        *Madeaside extended her arm, extending her palm forward, which made an intense pressure, pushing Chat Noir into the portal*.- Queen Bee: “Oh~ I get it, Madeaside, you, made him aside by pushing him into a portal haha”.        *She shaked her head*.        “I mean, how Ridiculous”. Ladybug came back with... Miss Hound?- Ladybug: “Like we practiced, you’ll be the bait, just pretend you’re really transformed, we can’t use the Dog Miraculous from the past but just run with that narrative, how’s your aim?”.- Sabrina: “Decent at least, but not if she’s moving a lot, what am I supposed to aim to even?”.        *We can hear how Queen Bee and Madeaside are still fighting nearby*.- Queen Bee: “What a hot head! Got akumatized out of mere jealousy!”.- Ladybug: “She doesn’t seem to have anything with her, besides... Her hat!”.- Sabrina: *Confused*.        “Are you sure about that?”.- Ladybug: *She nods*.        “Just trust me in this one, it’s called~ Experience! Sometimes akumas go to odd places, just relax, they’ll think they need to worry for you but it’s just a bait, I’ll take care of it as you distract them, you see, she can open only one portal at a time”.        *Queen Bee falls next to them*.- Queen Bee: “Owh, my head”.        *She shaked her head then looked confused at Ladybug and Sabrina*.        “And who’s this one?”.- Monarch: “What? There’s no way! I got the Dog Miraculous, unless they used the Miraculous Of Evolution to get the Dog Miraculous from the past, like day I lost the Rabbit Miraculous”.        *He opened a communication field with his akumatized villain*.        “Don’t let the ball touch the object holding your Megakuma or it will be game over!”.- Madeaside: *She nodded before pushing Ladybug away into a portal, but she held herself with her Yo-Yo, resisting the push and falling to the ground*.- Ladybug: “Now!”.- Sabrina: “Alright”.        *She threw the ball, which was intercepted by Madeaside’s portals, at the same time Ladybug used her Yo-Yo’s swing to take Madeaside’s hat off, which was catched and broken by Queen Bee*.- Madeaside: “What? No!”.        *She kneeled and detransformed*. In Monarch’s lair.- Monarch: “NOOO!”.        *She turns and punches a wall*.        “I’m sick of her luck and these worthless akumatized villains!”.        *He inhales and exhales a few times*.        “Dark Wings Fall! ... To be fair... The chances of this one to success was not so great, but I’m running out of time, every chance to take seems good now that the next chance could be the last one...”.        *He held his shaking arm*.        “It was doing well enough separating them at least, I’ll figure something out, for now I can rest knowing Marinette Dupain-Cheng got someone else and won’t be bothering my son anymore”. Back to Ladybug and company.- Zoe: “Owh, my head... What happened?”.        *She looked up at Ladybug who was pushed by Queen Bee*.- Queen Bee: “What do you think happened, you were so RiDiculous that you were Akumatized once again!”.        *Zoe sighed and looked down sad*.- Ladybug: *Pushing Queen Bee and making a Magical Amulet*.        “Zoe Lee, this might not protect you from Monarch but it will remind you that Monarch is not one to count on, on the other hand you can always count on your friends, if only you listen to them and explain them how you feel, as for you Chloe, that also applies for you, you could be nicer to your sister”.- Zoe: *She felt a bit better*.        “Thanks Ladybug”.- Chloe: *She crossed her arms and looked elsewhere a bit bothered*.        “I promise nothing”.- Ladybug: “Now, where’s the Lucky Charm Sabrina threw at Madeaside?”.- Chloe: “And my Spinning Top...”.        *She started looking around*.- Sabrina: “That was your Lucky Charm? I’m sorry”.- Ladybug: “Yeah, I just painted it a bit to look like the Dog Miraculous’s Ball before giving it to you, don’t worry, there were no significant damages”. As her Miraculous started beeping, she carried Sabrina and Zoe to Chloe’s Hotel.- Ladybug: “Where’s Chat Noir? I need to talk with him quite urgently... I really need to...”.        *She sighed, hid to detransform, feed Tikki and transform once again, walking to an open area on the roof of the Hotel*.        “Well, now I got to look for Chloe, where could that little brat be this time?”.        *She felt a pinch behind her which completely paralyzed her*.- Queen Bee: “I’m sorry Ladybug but I had to tell you something really important and, I don’t know how to say it, where should I begin with... Hrm... I think that”.        *She started walking circles around Ladybug*.        “You see, there’s this girl Marinette Dupain-Cheng but she’s dating my sister, and I felt so confused, I’ve always liked you and all but all of a sudden, these last days those feelings started to grow, and since Marinette is taken and I know you aren’t, I was thinking that probably, ehm, maybe you and I? Could”.        *Stops in front of Ladybug and sighs*.        “See? This is why I had to paralyze you, because I know it sounds so silly, if you weren’t paralyzed you’d totally reject me, if only I”.        *She took her hand to Ladybug’s earrings, Ladybug would enter panic mode if only she could, luckily Queen Bee only undusted her earrings with her thumb*.        “Were brave enough to tell you how I feel, without paralyzing you by surprise...”.        *She leaned and planted a kiss on Ladybug, leaving a lipstick mark*.        “That’s it, Buzz Off”.        *She detransformed, left the Bee Miraculous next to Ladybug, and ran, locking the rooftop door*.- Ladybug: *After getting unparalyzed she sobs lightly*.        “So, that’s how it feels... Ugh... I can’t believe she did that, though, did she really mean it? I mean...”.        *She recalled how she said the word recently*.        “Could it be affecting their perception on Ladybug too?”.        *She remembered how Lila called her pretty, or something like that just yesterday, she felt immediately grossed out at the thought*.        “Yuck, ugh, no please, not Lila too, not Lila... Huh?”.        *Her lips tasted like honey? Which made her go red*.        “Chloe... Fei’s going to laugh at me again, I still need to see Kagami later”.        *Sighs and opens her Yo-Yo*.        “I wonder if Chat Noir’s alright...”. Meanwhile somewhere in the North Atlantic.- AstroCat: *Flying back to Paris*.        “I wonder why Greenland is called Greenland and not Iceland, it’s so cold”.        *Sneeze, sigh*.        “Speaking of which, I might get one for sure”.

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Marinette: *Yawns, opens her eyes and looks around*.         “Huh, this time Fei is not clinging to me... Wait where’s Fei?”.        *She leaned and Fei was already dressed up*.
- Fei: “Oh you woke up, it’s fairly late, I’ll help uncle Wang in a... Kind of food showcase”.       *She said finishing doing her eyeliner on Marinette’s vanity table*.       “How do I look?”.       *She blew a kiss to Marinette and then smirked playfully*.
- Marinette: *Shakes her head*.       “I, ugh, I told you I’m not into girls! Stop it”.
- Fei: *Sigh*.       “Hrm... I still don’t believe you, how was your date with Chloe yesterday?”.
- Marinette: “Not. A. Date... Much less with Chloe ewgh”.       *She shaked at the thought*.
- Fei: *She went to pick her purse*.       “Well you went straight to sleep yesterday, didn’t even update me on your dates, what about Kagami?”.
- Marinette: “Uhm...”.       *She lifted her head up and placed a hand on her chin giving a thoughtful look*.       “Let me remember”. Flashback:
- Kagami: “You’re late Marinette... But I’m not surprised, you’re always so disorganized and so unpunctual with your compromises”.       *She said with a cold tone typical of Kagami*.
- Marinette: “Ah~ Haha~ Y-You know me Kagami, b-but I’d never leave you here waiting, I eventually had to arrive to our no more than a friendly meeting~”.
- Kagami: *Turns to stare deep into Marinette’s eyes*.       “This is not ‘Just a friendly meeting’ and you know it”.
- Marinette: *Gulps and starts sweating cold*.       “Ah~ Haha it isn’t?”.
- Kagami: “No, it isn’t”.       *She held Marinette’s hand and started walking her through the park*.       “You’re just like Adrien, unable to take any kind of lead, others like me need to make the choices for you, that’s why I’m leading once more”.
- Marinette: “Just like Adrien~ Ah~ Yes~ what a dream, I’d wish I was dating him”.
- Kagami: *She felt a rush of jealousness and squeezed Marinette’s hand hard*.       “I’ve dated him before, you’re missing nothing, you’d be disappointed, unlike him, I will not disappoint you”.
- Marinette: “Ow! Th-That hurt a lot Kagami”.
- Kagami: “Let me show you what a real relationship looks like, I’ve been... Reading... About the science of love”.- Marinette: “(Something tells me she’s been reading romantic manga or something like that like when she told me to practice with someone I didn’t love back when Chat Noir and I had to fight Glaciator again... Chat Noir! Where the heck is he? He was sent through a portal the last time I saw him!)”.- Kagami: *Snapping her finger in front of Marinette’s face*.       “Marinette, I’m talking to you, react”.
- Marinette: *She gave a small jump*.       “S-Sorry I got distracted in the train of thought!”.
- Kagami: “I asked you if you want to go for Ice Cream, you want to, don’t you?”
- Marinette: “(Even when she wants to be cute she’s scary!)”.       “Ah~Ha W-Well uhm... Y-Yeah I would, like some Ice Cream”.       *She sighed and let Kagami take the lead*.       “Kagami, I’m sorry but, I’m already... Dating someone else, plus, I’m straight, you know, I like Adrien”.
- Kagami: *She closed her eyes for a moment, thinking what to say next*.       “It looks like we’ll need to NTR then”.
- Marinette: “NTR?... I... Don’t know what that means...”.
- Kagami: “Netorare...”.       *Looks at Marinette*.       “Homework”.
- Marinette: *She looked down thinking, then at Kagami up and down as they walked together holding hands*.       “Your dress is pretty, that red shade goes well with... Uhm... Your heels and your lipstick?”.
- Kagami: “You don’t sound so convinced”.       *Sigh*.       “But I know it’s true, as I made it myself for a special time like this one”.
- Marinette: “You did it yourself, wow! I didn’t know you designed”.       *Her eyes shined, fashion is her passion*.
- Kagami: “Yes, I like drawing, and sometimes I design outfits for my characters, and just like I make outfits for my characters, I design for myself, you want to be a fashion designer, I can help you with your designs, we could, make a good duo in the fashion industry”.
- Marinette: *Her eyes shined*.       “I never thought of that”. They reached the ice cream man:
- Andre: “Marinette, Kagami, what a surprise, what brings you two here?”.
- Kagami: “Ice cream of course”.
- Andre: “I see things didn’t go well between neither of you and Adrien Agreste, but worry not, sometimes things don’t go as expected, I see potential in this relationship, Orange and Blackberry, it could work with you two”.
- Marinette: *Sigh*.       “I just haven’t had a chance with him yet, b-but”.
- Kagami: “I’m sure things between us will work Marinette, something tells me it will, with the right guidance”.       *She picked a spoon and fed Marinette*.
- Marinette: “Mh~ It’s, it’s good, thanks Andre~”.
- Andre: “No problem Marinette, and remember, sometimes love happens to be in unexpected places”. Returning to Marinette’s room:
- Marinette: “And then we had the Ice Cream, an odd combination but it was really, really good, and w-well, Kagami wanted to uhm... Impose the pace and w-we shared the Ice Cream with a single spoon  and, even shared with a few kisses, but Kagami had to go a bit after that”.       *She played a bit with her hair while looking all pink faced due to a light blush*.
- Fei: “But it wasn’t a date, it was a ‘friendly meeting’”.       *She said in a very playful manner to mock Marinette*.       “Yeah right”.
- Marinette: *She went all red*.       “That wasn’t... Who am I kidding, it was a date with kisses and a couple’s Ice Cream... And with Alya, I... Forgot to see her as I said I would”.       *She sighed looking down*.
- Fei: *She walked to Marinette*.       “Don’t worry, it’s not your fault, I got to go Mari, see ya later~”.       *She went up to Mari’s bed just to kiss her forehead and hop down, waving and walking out of Marinette’s room*. Marinette stayed in bed for a few more minutes before hopping off her bed.
- Tikki: “What’s today’s plan Marinette?”.
- Marinette: “I planned to see Alya yesterday, after what happened with Hoaxer, I treated her really bad, I also need to talk with Chloe about what she did, that was so wrong, it almost give me a heart attack, I would have gotten full panic mode if only I was able to move at all, speaking of Chloe... Zoe... I also need to compensate Zoe for ignoring her in her own house”.
- Tikki: “This wish thing is really messing with your personal relationships, you need to talk with all of them just to say sorry for your behavior? Aren’t you forgetting something very important?”.
- Marinette: “Uhm... No, I think not, Alya, Chloe, Zoe are the only ones I have pending matters with”.
- Tikki: “Are you sure there’s no one else you urgently need to talk with?”.
- Marinette: “I’m pretty sure there’s nothing, all’s fine with Fei, Kagami even Lila”.       *She jumped as she heard Tikki interrupt her with a yell*.
- Tikki: “Chat Noir!”.
- Marinette: “Chat Noir?”.
- Tikki: “You need to talk with Chat Noir to undo the wish Marinette!”.
- Marinette: “Ah~ Yeah~ That’s right! I forgot about Chat Noir! I wonder where he is, the last time I saw him he was thrown in a portal, Tikki. Spots On!”. After LadyBug transformed she picked her Yo-Yo
- LadyBug: “Okay, time to locate the Kitty Cat”.       *She opens the Yo-Yo and see a few notifications*.       “Oh, new notifications from Chat Noir, that means he’s fine”.       *Opens the Note 1*.       “I was sent to the arctic but I’m fine no worries... Note 2: I’ll be back as soon as I can, it’s time to call AstroCat... Note 3: Milady? Is everything alright? I came back but, there was no Miraculous LadyBug, I see no akumatized villain, are you okay?... Note 4: I talked with Chloe, I’m glad everything went fine, btw I think I got a cold, oof”.       *Closing her Yo-Yo*.       “Phew, I was worried for a moment, maybe I should call him”.
- Sabine: *From the living room*.       “Marinette? It’s almost 10 PM and you haven’t gone down for breakfast!”.
- LadyBug: “Gah, it’s mom, Tikki, Spots Off!”.       *She detransformed*.
- Marinette: “Sorry mom, I overslept!”. In the kitchen.
- Sabine: “Marinette, Fei told me you haven’t spend much time with her, and you also haven’t spend time with your uncle Wang, they came all the way from China to participate in an important food event but also to spend time with the family, I don’t want to, mess with your activities but maybe you should try to spend some time with them, we don’t know when we’ll have them visit Paris again, this event was originally going to be hold in Berlin, we weren’t going to see them but they are here, I think, you should, postpone some of the things you’ve been doing if possible, and, spend some time here, in family”.
- Marinette: “Oh mom, don’t be so dramatic, I’ve been a bit busy with school, and I’ve been doing works with Alya, Juleka, Rose, I even got to work with Chloe and Lila, they’re not as bad as they were before”.
- Sabine: “You are getting along with Chloe now? Well that’s new, I told you you two could get long if you two tried hard enough sweetheart”.
- Marinette: “Yes mom, ever since her sister and I started da~ Hanging out we’ve kinda gotten a slightly better relationship”.       *She turned all red, she revealed she was dating Chloe’s sister*.
- Sabine: “I’m glad sweetie”.       *She walked to Marinette and patted Marinette’s hair, adjusting it slightly after doing so and proceeding to redo Marinette’s twin tails*.- Marinette: “Oh, mom, stop it, I’m not a kid anymore, I can do my hair myself!”.
- Sabine: “I know dear... I know... It’s just, you’re growing so fast, you, haven’t spend much time with your dad and I like we used to, I know you’re glad you have friends now as you used to say you didn’t have friends but, remember you have a family as well sweetie”.       *She said adjusting her right tail*.
- Marinette: “I’m sorry mom, I’ve gotten... Too much responsibilities lately, but trust me, I’ll deal with everything and... We’ll have some time to spend in family for sure”.
- Sabine: “I hope so sweetie, I really do... I don’t know if, your dad and I can do something to help you, I know sometimes teachers are unfair with the amount of homework, maybe we can help you ease some of the lesser works like covers, or margins, something”.       *She finished adjuster her left tail*.
- Marinette: “No mom... Thank you... But I... I need to do it myself... It’s my job after all...”.       *It felt so odd to her, was she feeling guilt? Ever since she became LadyBug, she’s been making her family aside, rarely TV, barely helps in the bakery, no videogames, only quick talks at the dinning room, she’s doing well at school because she does well in the exams and barely sleeps to do homework, but in school works she rarely does them*.
- Sabine: *Finishes the front of Marinette’s hair*.       “All done sweetie, I left the food in the oven, I’ll go out to buy some paint, see ya when I come back”.
- Marinette: *She quickly turns to her mom as soon as she heard the door opening*.       “Mom!?”.       *She looked a bit emotional*.
- Sabine:  “Yes dear?”.       *She looked back confused as Marinette seemed so fragile, as if she was going to break at any moment*.
- Marinette: “I...”.       *She turned back to the table*.       “I will visit Alya later, so, I might not be here when you come back”.
- Sabine: “Okay dear”.       *She smiled and closed the door*.
- Marinette: *Stands up and walks to the over as she holds one of her twin tails, feeling a bit sad, she opens the oven and takes out the plate to later sit and start eating in the loneliness of the dinning room with no one around her*. A walk in the park later.
- Tikki: “What’s wrong Marinette, you look unhappy, I don’t want to pressure you or anything but you could get akumatized”.
- Marinette: “Oh Tikki, LadyBug is keeping me away from my family”.       *She said with almost teary eyes*.
- Tikki: “But you are LadyBug Marinette”.
- Marinette: “No Tikki, I mean, the time I spend as LadyBug doesn’t let me to spend time with my family, and, just now it’s starting to take a toll on me, in times like this, I’d wish someone else was LadyBug, who am I kidding, beating Monarch with like nine Miraculouses? That’s never going to happen, I'm not getting any closer, even with the patrols and insane amount of hours I spend doing research trying to find anything about him”.       *She looked down holding a notebook which she opens showing a drawing of many outfits and her dream situations with Adrien, one where she’ll declare her love for him in the Eiffel Tower, their first fancy restaurant date, a dress for the day they have a family reunion in the Agreste mansion*.       “I’m just a kid with rather silly dreams...”.
- Tikki: “No you’re not, you’re the one and only LadyBug, and you are the guardian of the Miraculouses, you save Paris everyday and... You need to do it again right now!”.
- Marinette: “Huh? What? Why right now?”.       *Marinette turned her head left where Tikki points to watch none other than Mr Pigeon for the 97th time*.       “Oh, I see”.       *She ran to hide*.       “Tikki, Spots On!”. A quick fight later.
- Monarch: “Mr Pigeon have failed almost for the 100th time, but I’ll akumatize him a hundred times more if necessary, if that’s what it takes to take LadyBug and Chat Noir’s Miraculouses! Mwahajaha!”.       *The window closes*.
- LadyBug and Chat Noir: “Pound it~”.       *Bumping fists*.
- Ramier: “I’m so sorry LadyBug and Chat Noir I couldn’t protect my dear pigeons in the park from getting scared away by the officers, the Pigeons also deserve to hang out in the park you know”. - Chat Noir: “I understand but... Maybe it’s... What am I saying, I just have no words for it, if only, we knew a way to help”.
- LadyBug: *Inhales and then sighs, she opens her Yo-Yo taking a Magical Amulet, giving it to Ramier*.       “Mr Ramier, this Amulet might not protect you from getting akumatized once again but... It will... It will... I ran out of nice phrases Mr Ramier, but I hope it’s a reminder that Monarch is never a good option to protect your Pigeons”.
- Ramier: *Nods*.       “Thank you LadyBug, and I’m so sorry for causing all this mess”.       *He walks away*.- Chat Noir: “Another amazing job milady, got to go, meow!”.       *He jumped but LadyBug held him from the tail, he fell to the ground*.       “Oof... You could have asked me to not go”.       *He turned and looked up at LadyBug*.       “If you wanted to go out with meow you could have told me, I’m still available for you Bugaboo”.       *He said while standing up and undusting himself off*.
- LadyBug: “You didn’t give me time to ask you to stay!”.       *Her Miraculous beeped*.       “We’re not going out, sorry, hurry and give me your Miraculous”.
- Chat Noir: *His Miraculous also beeps*.       “What? No no no no, you know we can’t have each other’s Miraculous simultaneously, it would be too dangerous”.
- LadyBug: *She held her hair tight, looked up and groaned saying in a really low voice*.       “Why are you so useless!”.       *Proceeding to release her hair and stomp the ground to yell at him*.       “Chat Noir! There’s no time to explain, give it to me! I’m serious!”.
- Chat Noir: *His eyes went wide and started sweating cold, she sounded serious*.       “Are you, going to replace me? Did you find a replacement? Are you going to replace me because I keep asking you out? Is that so?”.
- LadyBug: *Inhales and sighs calming down*.       “I’m sorry, I’m not in the best of moods today, I’m in a fairly bad moment, I am not replacing you, so stop being so dramatic and give me your Miraculous”.
- Chat Noir: “I don’t even know why you want it”. Both of their Miraculous started beeping slightly faster.
- LadyBug: “It’s urgent, I urgently need it, give it to me I’m serious, can’t you take something seriously for once?”.
- Chat Noir: “I don’t even know why you want it”.       *He started stepping back very slowly*.       “I got three lives and you three dots, we can still talk it out if it’s so important that you need to use my Miraculous”.
- LadyBug: “There’s not nearly enough time to explain Chat Noir, it’s a long story, and if I told you, you wouldn’t believe it”.       *She turned a bit and crossed her arms*.
- Chat Noir: “LadyBug, I know I love you and all but”.
- LadyBug: “Ah so I’m LadyBug now and not Bugaboo”.       *Turns to him*.
- Chat Noir: *Feeling a bit intimidated*.       “N-No you’re still my Bugaboo but”.
- LadyBug: “But?”.       *She started walking to him*.
- Chat Noir: “If you want my Miraculous, I must know why, when Master Fu gave it to us he said under no circumstances they had to be held by the same person, not even either of us, and us includes you”.
- LadyBug: “I know! I’m the first one to obey that rule! That’s why we’ve kept our identities a secret! You’re the one asking to reveal our identities over and ov-”.       *Got an idea*.       “Hey~ Kitty Cat, maybe it’s time to reveal our identities so we know each other a lot better and who knows, maybe it can... Work out~”.       *She smiled approaching him like if she was trying to seduce him or something weird like that*.
- Chat Noir: *He couldn’t help but get a bit red*.       “Ah~ Tempting I got to say but about the rules, You don’t look like you’re following them right now~”. One more time the beep goes faster, only 2 lives/dots remain.
- LadyBug: “We’re running out of time, give it, I’m serious”.
- Chat Noir: “Not unless you tell me, don’t you trust me?”.
- LadyBug: “I’m not telling you, it would expose my secret identity”.
- Chat Noir: “Then why did you say it could be time to reveal our identities? If you were that desperate to lie like that and play with my feelings in the process tell me what you can tell me without exposing yourself”.
- LadyBug: “Fine, once I fell asleep being LadyBug and I discovered I have the subconscious power to make a wish while I sleep, or something like that, I don’t know how it works but what I did only being LadyNoire I can fix”.
- Chat Noir: “No but, that’s impossible, the power to wish only works with both Miraculouses at the same time”.
- LadyBug: “Or so we thought, but the universe needs to stay balanced, I created something and I want to destroy it or the universe might be in danger! Now you know, give me your Miraculous!”.
- Chat Noir: “That’s not the full story is it? I just, don’t believe it, you can’t make a wish without my Miraculous, could it be that”.       *He gasped*.       “N-No no no no, Milady, you don’t want to make a wish do you? You know the risks!”.
- LadyBug: “No Chat Noir I said I want to undo one, I did just find out about that power, you got to believe me, I’m serious!”.
- Chat Noir: “Prove it, or at least tell me what’s the wish, I don’t see anything different at all, maybe if you tell me what it is, I can undo it myself without you needing to use my Miraculous, if you’re telling me the truth it will work!”.
- LadyBug: “Chat Noir, I’m The Guardian, and The Guardian orders you to give her your Miraculous!”.       *She’s pissed off, she wants to get rid of this world where all her classmates are deeply in love with her and the only thing getting in her way to restore the world as she knows it is her trust worthy partner*.
- Chat Noir: *He starts walking backwards and takes his stick, keeping his hand on his back while holding it*.       “No, I’m not, Milady, we need to think about this well and talk it like civilized-”. The Miraculouses start beeping really fast as only one live/dot remains.
- LadyBug: *Groans and pulls her Yo-Yo out, spinning it*.       “I’m sorry, but you’re leaving me no choice!”.       *She threw her Yo-Yo at Chat Noir*.
- Chat Noir: *Gasps, holds the stick and bats the Yo-Yo making LadyBug getting wrapped with her own Yo-Yo*.       “I’m sorry Bugaboo”.       *He ran*.
- LadyBug: “Urgh, I hate him so much!”.       *As she fell, she rolled, releasing herself and chasing Chat Noir*.       “I still have a few seconds, it’s now or never, I need to recover my life now!”.       *She yells*.       “Chat Noir! Get Back Here!”.
- Chat Noir: “No! Milady, There Must Be Another Way, you don’t need to make the wish to solve whatever problem you have!”.       *He yelled back*.
- LadyBug: “Then you leave me no choice!”.       *She rolled her Yo-Yo once more threw it at him, this time to hit him and make him fall*.
- Chat Noir: *He turns drifting lightly, stopping fully and barely dodging it*.
- LadyBug: *She’s wide eyed, surprised he dodged it, he has super reflexes for sure but she has an amazing aim, she rolls back her Yo-Yo*.
- Chat Noir: *He rolls his stick point it at LadyBug who’s running at him*.
- LadyBug: *She smirked lightly*.       “(He wouldn’t dare!)”.       *She kept going*.
- Chat Noir: *Places a step forward and starts expanding the Chat Noir stick, hitting LadyBug in the stomach, pushing her many meters away*.
- LadyBug: “Urgh!”.       *She bumps into a wall, after a moment she shakes her head and looks forward, Chat Noir is not there anymore, she holds the stick and makes it small again*.       “As long as I have this, it means I can still find you~”.       *The stick disappears which means Chat Noir detransformed, LadyBug gasps*.       “N-No no, no no, wh-why,”.       *Her eyes go all teary*.       “Why... I Hate You Chat Noir!”.       *She yelled so hard that people might have heard her yell from a block away! She started crying and ran to hide just in time as her time was over and she detransformed spawning an exhausted Tikki*.
- Tikki: “Owh... I’m so tired Marinette...”.       *Tikki looked confused at Marinette as Marinette had tears running down her cheeks*.       “Is everything alright Marinette? You’re not looking so well”. Marinette proceeded to feed Tikki a Strawberry Macaron as she sits in the ground leaning on a wall.
- Marinette: *Sobbing her crying eyes*.       “I tried Tikki, I really tried, why does he never listen?”.
- Tikki: “What’s wrong Marinette?”.       *She looked confused not understanding what was going on*.
- Marinette: “I asked Chat Noir to let me use his Miraculous to undo the wish and he didn’t let me, he didn’t want to let me use his Miraculous to undo the wish I made, I don’t want to be stuck in this world where every girl is hunting me ceaselessly, it’s not been even a week and I’ve already had problems with Alya, Zoe, Chloe, Lila, Kagami, they all want a piece of me, I Can’t Keep Spending My Whole Time Pretending To Be A Filthy Lesbian For Every Single One Of Them!”.        *She bumped her right fist to the wall*.
- Tikki: “But you looked happy the other days going to the movies with Zoe, playing with Chloe and Sabrina, and also when you shared that Ice Cream with Kagami Marinette, you’ve been emotional since that talk with your mom”.
- Marinette: “I’m always trying to stay positive to not get akumatized and to not get them akumatized but, I can’t, this makes me so angry, Chat Noir’s always like LadyBug this, LadyBug that, Milady, Bugaboo, but when I need something from him... He leaves me alone...”.       *She took her phone and looked at her contacts*.       “I need comfort or I’ll get akumatized...”. (Skipable Mid-Chapter Author Note: I normally plan a few events that must happen in a chapter but if things are going in a different way as I write, I end up moving those ideas to another chapter, this episode was going to be dedicated to Alya but as I was writing this I started to want to dedicate it to Marinette and as I kept going I started to want her to get akumatized as the circumstances were slowly but surely leading to it, but I realized it might be too soon to do so lol, I’m so sorry if you wanted to see it, I also wanted to test myself writing it but we need to dedicate an episode to Alya first, which was going to be this one in order to open the possibility to have Marinette akumatized, but I wanted it to focus more on Marinette as I wrote, sadly, the only one that can really fight Marinette using Tikki is Alya, I thought in the possibility of it being Adrien or maybe Chloe, Adrien if he talks to Tikki the story loses its motive and Chloe, it was a fun idea but I found it off, I didn’t manage to solve that triangle of Tikki - Chloe - Marinette, I’m so sorry really but it is not happening in this chapter, I’m just a very casual writer) At the Bourgeois Hotel.
- Zoe: *Her phone rings*.       “Huh?”.       *Picks her phone up*.       “Oh! It’s Marinette~ How nice”.       *She answered the call*.       “Zoe Lee here~ How are you doing sweetie?”.
- Marinette: “Hi Z-Zoe H-Honey may I see you in the park if possible?”.       *She asked as she was going down off some stairs that led from the roof down to the floor*.
- Zoe: “Of course! Let me get ready dear and I’ll be there in no ti-”.
- Marinette: “No, Zoe, please, I want to see you really, go as you are okay?”. Marinette was waiting on the park.
- Marinette: “I should have gone there, I had to talk with Chloe about what she did yesterday, I’d have called her but, she wouldn’t respect my boundaries, same with Kagami, I believe if I say no to Zoe she will respect my choices”.
- Tikki: “You could have called Alya too, you normally count on Alya always”.
- Marinette: “Yes but, I didn’t thought of it, I was too stressed earlier, I normally don’t stress so much but, my mother’s words and then Chat Noir refusing to help me fix this problem was that little drop that spilled the glass of water... You are right Tikki, I was overreacting, this world with like six lovers is not so bad, I’d still wish one of them was Adrien... Or Luka... Or any boy for that matter, kissing women makes my body shiver if I have to be honest”.
- Tikki: “Something tells me you’re lying to yourself Marinette”.
- Marinette: “Me? Nah~ What makes you think that?”.       *Squee*.
- Tikki: “I don’t know... I can’t put my finger on it... If I had fingers...”.
- Marinette: “Well it depends, if you mean the part where I was overreacting, or the part where I said the world with six lovers was not so bad, or the part where I wished it was Adrien, Luka or any boy, or the part where kissing women makes me shiver”.
- Tikki: “I think you did feel repelled to do it, but curiosity beat you so you let it happen, and while you still find it strange, you are slowly getting more complacent with it as it keeps happening, like making a tolerance to dating girls despite what you originally felt”.
- Marinette: “Hrm, I highly doubt it but, I cannot discard it, I felt a lot of curiosity yes, so I asked Fei to make out...”.       *She turned insanely red and covered her face*.       “I can’t believe I did that, I willingly asked Fei to make out with me, why did I do such thing?”.       *She wanted to list more things she let happen out of curiosity but she was too embarrassed to even admit she was curious of them*. Zoe arrived to the park where Marinette was waiting.
- Zoe: “H-Hi, I uhm”.      *She turned a bit red*.       “Hello Marinette~ You look, great, as always, well, you always wear similar clothes but, it still looks great”.
- Marinette: “Ah, Zoe, there you are”.       *She hid Tikki well*.
- Zoe: “Yeah, I’m here I guess”.       *She inhaled, closed her eyes and leaned to Marinette*.       - Marinette: *She was a bit taken by surprise but she should have known, she simply let it happen and after a quick smooching sound she leaned back a bit*.       “How’s your day?”.
- Zoe: “Better than yesterday for sure, how about you?”.
- Marinette: “Ah~ What can I say... There are a lot of things going through my mind I needed a bit of relief and, someone who can understand me to talk with”.       *She smiled*.
- Zoe: *She smiled back warmly*.       “You always call Alya in moments like these”.
- Marinette: *She was taken aback once more*.       “Ah well yeah but, uhm, I wanted to talk about something very specific and I think you’re the right person to talk about this one thing I want to talk about hehehe~”.
- Zoe: “Okay? I’m all ears”.       *She sat next to Marinette and leaned on her, resting her hand on Marinette’s shoulder*. Marinette got ready!
- Marinette: *She inhaled and exhaled*.       “So, uhm... I don’t know how to begin with this but, have you ever felt like, nobody liked you and then all of a sudden everyone’s after you?”.
- Zoe: “Well, yes, at least for the first part... Back in New York nobody liked me for who I was, I had to pretend to be someone I really wasn’t, that till I came to Paris and met you, my whole life changed, now I have friends, I can be myself, and it’s all thanks to you... But, I don’t think everyone’s after me, I don’t know if that helps”.
- Marinette: “Ah~ No I was just uhm, starting with this tini-tiny story, so... Lately I feel like, everyone’s after me for some reason and I don’t know why, I feel so much pressure to even be with people in ways I don’t want to,  I don’t know why I’m telling you this, I probably just wanted to take it out of my chest, they are not doing anything bad to me, I just think they are being, way too pushy with me and I don’t know how properly to tell them no and ask them to stop and give me my space”.
- Zoe: “Well, leave it to me, I’m your girlfriend, I’ll protect you from unwanted followers, let’s stop them before they start taking your schedule and start following you without you noticing or start doing weird unwanted stuff like that”.
- Marinette: *She laughed nervously*.       “Y-Yeah like, who’d be crazy enough to take someone else’s schedule and follow them without them noticing? You’d need to be really crazy to do something like that”.
- Zoe: “Do you know who these persons are? The ones that are making you feel pressured?”.
- Marinette: “Ah~ No no thank you very much Zoe, dear, I just need the strength to tell them no y’know is just... I fear they’ll get akumatized if I reject their feelings... They seem to be... So into me... I don’t want to... Break their hearts and much less get them akumatized”.       *She had a flashback to how bad Lila looked when she told her no, and how she got akumatized into Hoaxer, basically chasing her down and forcing her to love her, forced into loving Lila, Lila of all people, big yuck moment for sure*.
- Zoe: “Well, tell them you got me already, that should work”.
- Marinette: “I tried but, they’re... Still trying, as I said, they are, way too pushy”.       *Not only Kagami ignored the fact Marinette was with someone, Chloe also ignored her sister dated Marinette till Marinette told her she should probably focus on LadyBug instead*.
- Zoe: “Then tell me who they are and I’ll tell them myself”.
- Marinette: “No, I don’t want to cause you trouble, y-yesterday you were akumatized and, it was all my fault, I don’t... Want you to get hurt”.
- Zoe: “Don’t say that Marinette, it was more like, my sister’s fault, I just don’t know, I felt this, almost uncontrollable surge within me, I can normally hold myself but, this time it was different”.
- Marinette: *She leaned her head to look at Zoe just lightly sideways*.       “It was different?”.       *She looked interested*.- Zoe: “Yes, it wasn’t like other times, I normally understand a no, but this time, some kind of, burning in my chest made me want to go forward, I, desired to be with you no matter the cost, I felt so much distress all of a sudden, and I don’t really know why, I’m so sorry I lost control dear”.       *Zoe did look a bit sad for being akumatized for what she thought was a rather silly reason*.
- Marinette: “(I knew it, the wish makes them feel an uncontrollable desire to be with me... I didn’t know it was that bad though)”.       “It’s not your fault Zoe, don’t be sad, these things happen, we’ve all have lost control at some point, even LadyBug I’m pretty sure”.       *She looked down a bit sad for Zoe*.
- Zoe: “Yes, even a super hero like, Kitty Noire or Vesperia might have their low points for sure, at least, not low enough to get akumatized”.       *Smiles*.
- Marinette: “Yes, maybe, but, believe me when I say that, it wasn’t your fault, I, also had a bit of fault, sadly I can’t elaborate any better but, I’m sure you’ll understand what I mean”.       *She looked at Zoe with a reassuring smile*.
- Zoe: *Looks back at Marinette*.       “Marinette, don’t be so harsh on yourself, it wasn’t your fault at all”.       *She lifts her right hand and caresses Marinette’s cheek, slowly but surely leaning forward trying to reach her*.
- Marinette: *Leans back*.       “No!”.
- Zoe: *She backed a bit as well surprised and confused*.       “Huh?”.
- Marinette: *Looks elsewhere and holds her right arm which she uses to rest her body with it*.       “What I mean is... I’m... Not in the mood for that, I hope you understand Zoe”.       *She looks back at Zoe and her sad expression, she sighed knowing it could lead to Zoe feeling rejected, maybe she can probably take a few*.       “W-Well, m-maybe just a few”.
- Zoe: *Smiles and turns a bit red at noticing Marinette’s light blush, leaning and giving her just a single quick kiss*.       “What’s wrong Marinette?”.- Marinette: *Inhales and sighs*.       “My relationship with my mother and my father haven’t been great lately, I felt, so vulnerable earlier, that I felt like I could have even gotten akumatized for it, I don’t know what to do, these last months I feel I’ve been missing on my family, I have so many responsibilities that I’m basically ignoring them or avoiding them, but it’s not because I want, I’d just wish I could spend more time with them like in the past...”.
- Zoe: “I don’t know how many responsibilities you have and I really wish I could help you but, the relationship with my parents is not good with either of my parents”.       *She also looked down not sure on what to say*.       “What I do know is that, it’s never late to fix things, no matter how long a fight is, in the end, a Miraculous Ladybug always fixes it”.       *She looks at her and smiles*.
- Marinette: *Looks at Zoe as well and smiles back at her*.       “Heh, thank you Zoe, but, maybe a Miraculous Ladybug is not enough sadly”.
- Zoe: “You can do many things though, think on what consumes the most time and when your parents have spare time, and try to align your spare time with theirs, you always managed to adjust your spare time to Adrien’s, if this is really important to you, I’m pretty sure you can do the same for your parents”.
- Marinette: ... “I haven’t seen Adrien in a while either, ever since he stopped being a model I can’t manage to catch him anywhere, but, I think you are quite right, I’ve been acting like if there was nothing I can do, there’s always something I can... At least try to do, I’ll think of it... Thanks”. So they hugged, later Marinette returned home, making the doorbell sound.
- Tom: “Ah~ Marinette you’re back, just in time for dinner!”.
- Marinette: “Hi dad... Hrm...”.       *She closed the door*.       “Sorry, I think I... need...”.       *She looks a bit down remembering Zoe’s words from just an hour before “if this is really important to you, I’m pretty sure you can do the same for your parents”*.       “(It’s time to put it to practice)”.       “I just need to leave my purse in my room and I’ll be down in a bit”.       *She run to the stairs, stopping mid way, thinking*.       “(Maybe I do need a break, spending time with my family will help me relief from this pressure, not long ago we tried to haunt Monarch for a month or so and he didn’t give signs of life, it's only fair I take a break as well, I’ll go out only if necessary)”.       *She ran upstairs to her room*. Marinette enters her room.
- Fei: *Looking in the mirror how Marinette enters*.       “Oh, you’re not a mess of lipstick marks today, don’t tell me, you want me to fix that?”.       *She smirks lightly*.
- Marinette: “No, stop it”.       *She laughed lightly*.       “You’re so mean”.
- Fei: *She tilts her head lightly*.       “I’ll do it just to bother you, I know you want that to happen”.       *She approached Marinette and kissed her cheek leaving a kiss mark over it*.
- Marinette: “FEI!”.       *She stomped lightly*.       “I really am starting to think you were affected by the wish!”.
- Fei: “We talked about this before, I wasn’t affected by your magic, it surely was only your closer friends, or maybe it’s because I have a Kwami as well”.
- Marinette: “I’m not so sure about it, we’ve also been uhm... Y’Know... Yeah”.
- Fei: “I tell you, you’re the one who has a crush on me, just look at how red you are right now”.
- Marinette: “I”.       ...       *She turned red*.       “I’m not... Am I?”.       *She sighed as Fei nodded*.       “Let’s just go have dinner okay?”.
- Fei: “You don’t plan to track Monarch today as well?”.
- Marinette: “No, I realized, I’ve been missing out on my family for trying to catch him pointlessly... It became almost an obsession to me, I research, I patrol, I do a lot of things and I ignored what I had, for once, I want to give myself a rest from that, and enjoy what I currently have”.       *She smiles*.        "(I hope I'm not doing a bad thing)".
- Fei: *She smiles back at her*.       “Alright then”. In the kitchen, getting ready for dinner.
- Marinette: *She took a spoon and held it with both hands while she looked straight at it*.       “Uncle Wang, I’m so sorry for not spending time with you and with Fei, and, well, my family in general, I don’t know how long you will stay here, I had been so busy lately, there’s so much going on but, I still should have made some space for all of you as well, I’ll do my best to spend some quality time with all of you... If I can... That is, sometimes it’s out of my control”.
- Wang: “Do not worry Marinette, sometimes there are things that are out of our control, but we can always go with the flow of things, maybe we can’t control what’s around us but we can always adapt to them”.
- Marinette: *Looks up at her uncle*.       “Huh? What do you mean?”.
- Wang: “What I mean is that sometimes we want things to go one way even when we know that no matter how hard we work on them we can’t make it go our way, spending important time and energy is something that we know it’s pointless, you can’t choose the way the river flows, but you can always flow with the river”.       *He illustrated letting a vegetable flow freely in the soup*.
- Marinette: *Looks down thinking*.       “Flow with the river? Like, let things happen?”.       “(Maybe I’ve been trying to force things to go my way too much, even to the smallest details that don’t really matter, but if I don’t control everything, things can get out of control, how can I let things just happen when I also have to deal with all the girls chasing me? If I don’t deal with them one by one while I still have to protect Paris from Monarch?)”.        *She looked a bit worried now*.
- Wang: “Indeed, there is a time for everything Marinette, your mind can be stressed, overwhelmed with everything going on, like this soup in the cooking pot”.       *He let Marinette look how everything is a mess while it’s boiling and being mixed*.       “But just like that”.       *Turns the stove off and slowly but surely everything calms down*.       “As soon as you stop trying to control everything it calms down”.
- Fei: “You seem way too stressed lately, I think you’ve been overworking yourself waaay too much, why don’t you relax a bit and enjoy dinner in family without letting everything that’s been going on bother you?”.        *She leaned in a chair taking her hands to the back of her head*.
- Sabine: *She walks to Marinette and pats her once*.       “Sometimes it’s alright to have some peace of mind, if you stress yourself too much your productivity takes quite the toll”.       *She starts serving the bowls*.
- Tom: “Of course, otherwise we could be working all the time in the bakery”.
- Marinette: *Giggles, she holds her spoon as her bowl is served*.       “Dad, you work on the bakery all the time”.
- Tom: “Oh well”.       *Sabine and then the others start laughing a bit and soon after he joined them*.       “I guess you are quite right”.
- Marinette: “Hahaha, oh, I’d never change this for nothing in the world!”.        *For once in a while she was happy sharing a moment in family*.
*Fei smiled and winked at her to which Marinette smiles and winks her back*.