Marinette clung to her backpack. It had been a week since she had patrolled as Ladybug. Chat was probably very worried, and that made Marinette feel awful. It wasnt her fault though, as she had been partnered up with Chloe on a project. Naturally, Chloe had her do all the work which left Marinette very tired. Alya had been jealous, claiming that Marinette was "oh so lucky". She had nodded along as she felt Chloe's eyes prying into her back. She had finished the project, it was a poster and Marinette was proud of herself, until Chloe took all the credit...again.

"Marinette shouldve done more though, but thats ok. She was feeling tired, so I helped out." Chloe beamed and Alya nodded along as Marinette walked in the room, clutching her work. "Speak of the devil, hey Marii~" Chloe smiled and clung to her shoulder with a grin. Alya smiled at her.

"Hey girl! Chloe told me about the poster. So sorry you werent feeling good, but next time dont put it all on your partner." She winked and Marinette felt her day go down hill like that. Of course she did. Why f*cking not. She took a seat and wrote down all her notes for the class, barely moving as she doodled in her notebook after her notes were done. She needed to get out. Go on patrol for once. Her kittynever failed to make her smile. She turned to Adrien, blushing slightly. She adored that boy, though she knew he was with Chloe. She knew that Chloe liked Adrien, and she also knew that Chloe knew that she liked him too. She couldnt confess, but she would leave him unsigned gifts, as her way of showing her love. She smiled and got back to work, finishing her homework and watching the day crawl by.

By the end of the day, Mari was itching to leave. When the bell rang she grabbed her things and ran outside towards her home, not giving Chloe a chance to stop her with some more rediculous requests. As soon as she was home, she transformed and lept across the buildings. Her parents were on a long delivery, a two hour drive to another city, so they wouldnt be home until dinner. She waved at a little girl before leaping up the walls of skyscrapers and landing safely on a roof. Soon she felt the presence of a certain cat behind her. "Miss me, my lady?" He said with a charming grin as he sat down on the roof. "You were gone for a while. I hope nothing catastrophic happened to purrevent you from visiting." Marinette sighed and turned to him with a bored stare.

"Hello kitty, I see youre feeling well." She huffed and stood up, bending over to touch her toes, feeling slightly alert. She smiled at Chat and winked. "Care to race? Ill buy you a pastry if you beat me." She saw the gleam in Chat's eyes and he stood, bouncing on his heels. With a slight nod she was off, bounding across rooftops. This was how she wanted every day to be. Calm, and refreshing, with her silly partner at her side.

(sorry its super short, being mothersday and all i had to do this before doing chores now so bye ;;. i wasnt feelin confident in my story writing so i left for a while 3)