(Y/N) (L/N)'s P.O.V.

Sitting on my fingers was a large gift box ready to be opened up.

Today's Miss Bustier's birthday, something I came to know only a week ago. It took me a long time to figure out what I wanted to give to her because she wasn't just your ordinary teacher. Miss Bustier was the first teacher to have showed me her kind eyes, she is a very kind person and I want to show her my admiration for her. The only problem now is to go inside the school with the gift I'm holding. It was a large, turquoise ribbon-strapped gift.

Maybe I shouldn't have gift-wrap it so much? I think as my heart raced at the thought of Miss Bustier opening it.

Will she like it? Maybe not. Flowers are occasional. Are they? I don't know.

Thoughts spiral in my head as I push open the door to the lockers, immediately feeling eyes on me. All of my classmates hold presents on their hands and the sight brightens me up seeing how everyone was all perked up and excited for Miss Bustier.

"I see all of us remembered Miss Bustier's birthday..." I say with a happy sigh as I walk to my locker, followed in by Marinette and Alya. Alix laughs behind me, "Most of us remembered. Chloé Bourgeois never remembers." She says and I turn to look at said-girl who scoffs at us. It wasn't a surprising matter seeing how the snob was in general so I didn't bother commenting. Not that I needed to, anyway.

"Ooh~ Is that for Miss Bustier?" Marinette asks and I chuckle. "Yeah, it is," I say as I look around at the gifts others brought for the teacher.

"What did you all bring for her?"

"I brought her a scrapbook!" Rose chirps showing me a gift-wrapped book.

Nathaniel pulls out a large frame from his bag and shows me a drawing. "I drew her as a superhero because she is always there for us."

"I got her a braid of hair to thank her for her breathing classes," Mylène sweetly implies, "It keeps me calm and less afraid to be around Akumas,"

"What about you, Marinette?" I ask, "You must've come up with something awesome as usual~" I wiggle my eyebrows pulling my gaze to the cute box she's carrying. All of us turn to her, waiting for her to say something as she flusteredly fumbles with it.

"Oh! Uh...it's just..." She opens the box with a red face. My eyes sparkle when I see a custom cosmetics bag that Marinette obviously made. There are engravings at the bottom of the bag which she points out, "One of the first things she taught me at this school was, 'If we wish to change the world, we must all learn to love each other'. I always keep that in mind. I also got a lip balm of her favourite colour," She says and we awe at her thought.

"That's beautiful, Mari..." I say, pinching her red cheeks as she giggles nervously.

"But you haven't really told us what's in that box of yours, (Y/N)..." She says as she glances at the box I tried putting in my locker, although it's too large to fit.

"Yeah! We want to know what our Class Rep brought for her!" Alix whistles from the back to which I chuckle nervously.

"Oh, it's nothing. I got flowers for Miss Bustier from my mom's store. Here..." I say, opening the lid to show an arrangement of sunflowers, yellow tulips and pink carnations, starting to feel crowded as people gather around me.

Marinette and Alya applaud at me with a playful glint, "Knowing you, you have everything in hidden meaning, (Y/N)..." Alya says as I look up to see Adrien interested in what I have to say. My cheeks heat up at the sudden attention as I look down at the bunch in the box.

"Well..." I start as I take out a pair of each flower from the box.

"In all my school years, Miss Bustier was the first teacher who made me feel genuine love. She never fails to help me and always looks on the bright side of things.. So...I got her sunflowers because they show warmth, adoration and longevity; yellow tulips because she's so cheerful and pink carnations to show that I'll always remember her..." I state putting back the flowers in the box in the right as my classmates begin to awe. I silently thank my mother for the knowledge of flowers that I have now.

"I never knew you know so much about flowers..." Adrien awes to which I laugh off with warmth creeping on the base of my neck. He's just beside me as he peeks into the box for another look, triggering my defence mechanism to awkwardly place the box away and turn to the rest of the group.

"Come to think of it; she's probably the reason we all get along! I hope she has a perfect birthday today. We'll make sure of it!" I say with a smile.

"I'm so lucky to have a teacher like Miss Bustier for my first year in school!" Adrien says, "What did you bring for her, Chloé?"

Silence fills the room at the mere mention of her. Marinette laughs looking at Chloé with a sarcastic smirk. "Nothing. Like every year since kindergarten~" She taunts and I turn to look at Chloé who gasps.

"It's not her fault she doesn't like birthdays!" Sabrina defends her, "She doesn't remember them, just like her mom-"

"You don't have to tell them my life story, Sabrina." Chloé snaps as she whips her head towards us, "All this talk about love, warmth and adoration is sickening. Seriously, (Y/N), can't solve your daddy issues yet? No wonder those flowers, if you even call them that, look so cheap." She says with a smirk which causes gasps to fill the air. I gasp at the shocking remark.

The once gleaming feeling on my chest drops as her words send a strong pang of hurt through my heart. Marinette, seemingly noticing my expression, spits fire at the Chloé. The atmosphere quietens into a deadly hush as the two of us stare down at each other hard.

Had to go there now, did she...?

"Don't listen to her, (Y/N). She doesn't deserve your thoughts..." Mylène coaxes me as my temper rises.

"Aww~ Need your friends for support. How sweet~" Chloé continues to push my buttons further leading me to snap. I let out a sharp tainted chuckle at her, "Now don't get me started." I spit at her, noticing the sudden change of her expression at my tone.

"At least I have friends, Chloé. It's not like you'll ever have some with that heartless personality of yours..." I say just as the bell rings, walking past her as soon as I say that.

"Let's go," I call out to my friends who follow me as we head for class.

"That little-!" Alya burst, "How did you keep you calm back there?! If I were you, I would have strangled her with my bare fists-"

"Save it, Alya." I quietly respond, turning to them with a bitter smile, "It took all of me not to pounce on her that time. She's not worth it." I say turning the corner.

"Are you alright, (Y/N)?" Marinette asks me and I can tell she's worried for me with that upsetting look in her eyes.

"Yeah, I'm fine..."

As we reach our class, I slump down my seat glaring hard at the seat in front of me which belonged to Chloé. The fact was that everyone else already knew about my family due to her big mouth but I was fine with it. Until today, that is.

---

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISS BUSTIER!" All of us shout to the unsuspecting teacher who enters the class. Her eyes brighten at the sight of us singing for her as she enters. One by one, we place the presents for her on the table.

"Thank you." She sniffles and wipes a stray tear from her cheek, "All of you are so sweet..."

She then proceeds to pick up a gift which so happens to be Marinette's.

"Marinette made that one!" Alya says as she opens it. Miss Bustier's smile widens when she sees the bag made by Marinette. "Thank you, Marinette!" She says, "This will go well as my new cosmetics bag and I'll always remember you with it..."

"Happy birthday!" Marinette giggles as the teacher sets the box down.

The next gift she pulls out is mine which leads to a grin forms on my lips when she knocks on the box playfully.

"This is from...(Y/N). I wonder what's in this box~," She says and as she opens it, and when she does, her smile fades quickly. "O-Oh..."

My face contorts in confusion as I hoped to see her eyes light up at the contents of her box but then her expression changes into a very distraught one.

"What's wrong? You don't like it?" I ask as I walk up to her and look inside the box. My heart drops at the sight of the flowers tattered and cut off from the bouquet, destroyed.

This is not real...

I cover my mouth in disbelief as I gradually turn to who, I'm absolutely sure, is the culprit.

"Chloé Bourgeois," I say, feeling blood boiling in my veins. From my field of view, I see her smirking cockily at the sight of my torment.

"You did this, you..." I choke, unable to complete my sentence from the shock as my eyes burn from the tears forming on the edge of my eyes. As I try to grab the box and throw it at Chloé, it slips from my grip and falls to the ground. The petals of the flowers fall to the floor, displaying a mess in front of the class. Everyone gasps at the sight of the damage.

"CHLOÉ, YOU MONSTER!" Marinette says with anger lacing her voice.

"So uncool!" Alya backs up nearly throwing hands at her.

"Okay, students. We don't want to get upset on my birthday, do we?" Miss Bustier shushes the class as I glare at the girl who tilts her head at me with an incriminating grin. She gives me a look that tells me I should've kept my mouth shut. It only makes me want to strangle her more.

I grimace at her as my anger continues to rise. She had done it now.

The teacher looks at me with a sympathising smile, "It's alright, (Y/N). It must've been some sort of a mistake." She says and my eyes widen in disbelief.

"Wait! That doesn't mean she's going to get away with it?!" I say as I point at her accusingly.

"That's not fair!"

"She's worse than Hawk Moth!"

"Calm down now! A classroom is not a place for insults or defamation!" She says sternly.

"(Y/N), come with me please." Miss Bustier calls to which makes me look at her in disbelief but I bite back from protesting further when I see her eyes worn-out from today's work and grudgingly follow her outside.

"Marinette, I'm looking at you to keep things calm while we're gone."

Narrator's P.O.V.

"Way to go, Chloé. You're never satisfied with being so miserable, aren't you?" Alya spits at the girl sitting on the front.

The blonde chuckles deviously, "Miserable?! Hah! Don't make me laugh. What? It's not my fault. She had it coming." Chloé says with venom in her tongue which added more fuel to the fire, "Are you kidding me? (Y/N) did nothing to deserve that!" The red-haired girl retaliates, on the edge of her seat, ready to jump on Chloé.

"Whatever, she was a nuisance anyways..." Chloé says with a grimace of her face. This infuriated the class, knowing what was coming from the expression on Alya's face.

"Oh, you've done it now!"

"You don't deserve to get away like this!"

"You sadist!"

"Hey! Stop it!" Marinette butts in the battle so it doesn't escalate. "Miss Bustier won't like this! Even (Y/N) wouldn't approve of us saying things like that...even to someone as evil and mean as Chloé..." She says sending a cold glare to the said-girl. As much as the blunette wanted to bite back on Chloé, she had to hold back. She sweatdrops at the ambience in the room, so much tension all centred around the mean girl.

I hope (Y/N) gets off okay... Marinette thinks, unable to not feel worried for her best friend.

(Y/N) (L/N)'s P.O.V.

"I don't get it...." I breathe out as she turns to look at me.

"Why do I have to take the fall for Chloé being...Chloé!?" I say as Miss Bustier stops just in front of the class. She lets out a laugh as she turns around to me, placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Of course not. You're not in trouble." She says making me look up at her.

"It's just not fair..." I say, rubbing my eyes so tears don't fall.

"Oh, (Y/N)..." She crouches to look into my eyes, "I just want you to set a good example as the Class Representative and forgive Chloé."

I take in a deep breath as I feel my anger slowly drown into sadness.

"But I spent so much time trying to figure out what I wanted to give you...Chloé just took that and ruined it. She just uses her power and money to make people miserable..." I affirm with my head held low, digging my nails into the palm of my hands.

"Come on...I'm sure there are people much worse in Paris than Chloé Bourgeois." Miss Bustier says pulling my chin up, "I think people like Chloé are capable of great things. It's just that they only think for themselves and don't know the meaning of love. That's why people like (Y/N) are important in this world..."

I lift my head to look at her as she smiles, "So that they can show a good example to others and do good to them as well because they have a lot of love to give." She says and I feel a smile tug on my lips. She pulls me into a short hug which calms me down completely.

"Thank you, Miss Bustier..." I say as I pull away. We both have a short laugh and then turn to return to the class. But then as I look up, fear strikes in my heart when I see an Akuma heading towards us. Miss Bustier sees it too and pulls me behind her.

"An Akuma! No!" She backs us up from the butterfly that inches towards us, "I won't let you evilise her!" She says and uses Mari's bag to try to shoo it away. I think of millions of way how to get away and transform but it seems useless when Miss Bustier's there.

As she swings her hand, the lipstick in the pouch flies towards the Akuma and hits it. Miss Bustier trembles and holds her hand and I soon realise she's going to get Akumatised.

"No! Miss Bustier! You can fight it!' I say as I notice the familiar highlighted moth-like mask form on her face.

"I...won't let you make me do evil things!" She fights off.

"Yes! That's the spirit! Fight it!" I yell but then my chest gets hit with an enormous amount of pain. I look up to see Miss Bustier in a trance, turning to see the Akumatized object on the ground.

I try to grab it but Miss Bustier beats me to it from my reach.

"I won't stop until everyone on earth feels the love!" She says and laughs maniacally as she applies the lipstick to her lips and transforms which gives me enough time to escape. As I enter a clearing in a classroom, Seven pops out of my pocket.

"I will not let Miss Bustier go down like this!" I say and then get ready in my stance.

"Seven, it's springtime to bloom!" I chant and get transformed into my alter-ego. I rush out of the classroom to see the villain transforming bystanders into love zombies with her kisses.

Before she can go further, I use my whip to grab her hand.

"Stop it, Miss Bustier! This is not what you want!" I say as I struggle to get a grip on her.

"Name's Zombizou, love~" She blows a kiss towards me but I use my whip to break it, "From now on, everyone is going to hug and kiss and love~! Even Chloé Bourgeois~!"

I stall Zombizou as the remaining students, including my classmates, escape from the peril.

"Looks like it's just you and me," I comment, attacking her with my whip as we fight in Miss Bustier's classroom. That is, until a horde of love zombies burst in, leaving me defenceless against the villain.

"I'll leave her to you, my lovelies~" The villain casually strolls out, skipping dancingly as she calls out for Chloé. I use this chance to lock the zombies in a room with duct tape before escaping the room, only to find a ton of other zombies waiting for me outside.

"Prim!" Ladybug drops down from the roof and approaches me, relieved that I'm alright.

"Let's go look for the others...I'm sure some of them are still not infected." I say and she nods as we look around for other 'survivors' inside the school.

"Is anyone still here?" I call out as I enter the locker room with an arrow pulled back for good measure but no one seems to be here. Alya jumps and tackles me from behind, getting ready to hit me but I put my hand up in defence.

"Primvère? Is that you?"

"Yeah! I'm good!" I say as I step back. Slowly, other students emerge from inside the lockers. including Chloé.

"Took you long enough!" Chloé complains, fixing her hair from the reflection of the window.

"I'm so glad you're all here," Ladybug says ignoring the snob as we count heads.

Nino looks around in search for someone until he points over to a locker, "Uh...Adrien? He hasn't come out of his locker yet." He notes and we all turn to the spot. I take the guts to open it up, only to see Adrien slouched over at the corner of the locker.

"Adrien?" I call out which evokes him to look up with his eyes closed.

"Kissu~," He says eccentrically which makes me slam the locker door shut as the other students scream. This probably alarms the other zombies outside of the locker room as they try to break into the door.

Ladybug grabs one of the students and uses her yo-yo to open the window, "We need to get to the roof!" She says and swings out.

"Hold on to me!" I say making Alya, Nino and Rose latch on to me as I swing up to the roof, landing them there. Ladybug and I do the same with the rest of the students.

"Out of my way!" Chloé wraps her arms around my neck and pushes the other students. I glare at her darkly enduring an alarming urge to push her off but my sensible side takes over I get her to safety.

Just as the door bursts open, I pull out the last student from the room onto the roof.

Ladybug pulls out her yo-yo and checks the news on how everything's going haywire all over the city.

"Hey, guys~ I'm all for French greetings but let's hold out on the kisses, for now, ~" Cat Noir finally reaches to us.

"Glad you're here, Cat Noir," I say as he approaches Ladybug and me. Ladybug shows us the screen, "Check this out."

She shows us the live news broadcast from Nadja's station.

"It is yet again that the people of Paris' lives are in grave danger. A strange disease has been spreading throughout the city! Hordes of kissing zombies have been appearing and endangering the lives of Parisians everywhere. Let us now hear from the Mayor of Paris, Mr. Bougeois, live from City Hall."

The camera switches to outside of the City Hall where reporters are lined up to heard what the Mayor of Paris has to say.

"We request all Parisians to remain at home at this time-"

"KISSIBOO~"

The Mayor gets attacked by one of the zombies and the camera cuts off.

"Daddy?!" Chloé pushes Cat Noir over and closes in on the screen as the sight of the Mayor getting zombified comes into the camera and statics off.

"Mr. Bourgeois?" Nadja pries but to no response. Her eyes go wide showing panic as she tries to swat a flying kiss in the studio, "We're facing some sort of technical difficulties here!"

But she gets infected and the camera pans to Zombizou who smirks sweetly at it.

"I took care of your father, Chloé Bourgeois~! Show yourself and embrace the love that you will feel from my kisses~!" She laughs which sends Chloé screaming and hiding behind me making me groan internally.

"Then Primvère Rosé, Ladybug and Cat Noir? I'm coming for you next. Unless, of course, my sweethearts get to you first~! Because soon the city will be hot on your heels!" She taunts and kisses the camera before it switches off. I send a worried look towards the two superheroes who share the same.

"Chloé! Of course, it's always Chloé!" Alix comments tight-lipped towards the said-girl, "You only think about yourself!" The rest of the students gang up on her, fed up with her wrong-doings.

"Yeah! Why don't we give them what they want!?" Alya says in anger. "Yeah, good idea!"

Chloé glares at the rest of them. "Is it my fault that I'm better than all of you?" She glowers as she turns away. Even from the corner of her eyes, for a moment, I see a flicker of vulnerability in them which makes me feel sympathy for her. Although I do feel the same way, no one should be treated this way. Everyone has a heart, even mean freaks like Chloé.

"Alright, you guys. Her being the cause of all this doesn't give you the right to throw her into the dirt." I state firmly, "We have to focus on getting all of you in a safe spot. This is no time for pushing people on the edge."

"Besides, we still have to use Chloé as bait for luring Zombizou when the time is right." Ladybug chimes, which is actually true and another reason I'm keen on defending this girl.

"Uh...thank you?" Chloé says with her eyes squinted, unsure of whether to be grateful or offended.

"They're coming!" Rose screams as the kissing zombies manage to climb onto the roof. Ladybug spots a nearby bus and comes up with a plan to get everyone into safety.

"Can you drive?" She asks Cat Noir who smirks like she didn't have to ask. Cat Noir jumps onto the bus roof and uses his staff and belt to make a zip line, bringing the students inside of the bus one at a time.

I hold off the zombies with my arrows which stun them. Ladybug holds of the zombies trying to come out of the nearby sunlight window as we become surrounded by them.

"There's way too many of them!" I yell as I try to pry them off of the remaining students left to zipline

"Max!" Kim yells as his friend, trying to save Chloé from getting hurt by the zombies, gets kissed and hurls up infected. The tall boy grabs Chloé and puts her on the zip line. She sneers at him for being too heroic but by this time, Kim ignores her statement and lets her go.

She ziplines too fast and misses Cat Noir, landing on the far end of the baton. I groan at this and watch as Cat Noir scurries to lure the zombies away from her as Rose goes out of the bus and saves her, although Chloé being a pain because she sprains her ankle.

On the other hand, Kim tries saving Max but gets hoarded by the zombies making me use my whip to pull him out but it's too late. He's covered with kisses.

"No..." I put my hand over his head, noticing how hot it's suddenly become. Kim groans in pain as he chokes out.

"I know you'll save us, Primvère. You always do..." He smiles wearily and I bite back my anger.

"You can count on us," I say and lay him down before Ladybug and I jump down and enter the bus. As Cat Noir drives the bus, it's obvious that he doesn't know how to.

"Isn't driving cars one of the many things you can do in your long list of skills?" I snicker at him and he pouts.

"I've mastered every car and racetrack in Extreme Racing 3, but there are no buses in that game." He says which makes me feel as though the situation's become more hilarious. Fortunately, with Cat Noir's driving, the bus speeds up and we outrun the zombies.

"So, what now?" Cat Noir asks. Ladybug looks like she's in her thoughts as I do the same.

"Let's take Chloé to the top of the Eiffel Tower." She suggests.

"Yeah. There'll be fewer zombies up there, and fewer places for all of Zombizou's disciples to run to." I say but Cat Noir's eyes hold worry, "Fewer places for us to hide, too." He states with his eyes on the road.

"But it's the only way if we want Zombizou to turn up in perso-"

We hear a scream from the back of the bus which leads us to turn around. Juleka backs away from Rose with her mouth covering her lips as if she's been kissed.

"Oh, no."

We watch as Rose turns to us in a slow dragging turn, with her pupils dilated wide in a pink hue. She's infected.

"Shoot. She must have been kissed trying to save Chloé," Alya grumbles as the once-sweet girl launches at us but she gets blocked by Alix who pushes Chloé off of the zombified girl's radar.

"I trust you, Primvère!" She says as she gets kissed by Rose.

"People need to stop invading my personal space!" Chloé says with no regard to what's going on. Alya and Nino grunts angrily at her. As soon as Cat Noir hits the brakes to our destination, I grab the rest of us out of the bus whilst blocking the door.

There, we are easily spotted and now being chased by pink-eyed mindless kissing zombies which we evade as we enter the tower.

"Stay close and follow me!" Cat Noir says as he tries to find a way in. The only ones left are Alya, Nino and Chloé who aren't zombified. I swiftly carry Chloé with her arms around my neck since her leg is sprained and we find our way to the elevator.

"Come on, come on..." Alya mutters impatiently as she presses the elevator button rapidly. When the elevator arrives and opens, she shrieks as a few zombies pop out and pin her down. Cat Noir and Nino take care of them but Alya seems to have already been taken. I run into the elevator with Chloé in my arms.

"Come on!" Cat Noir says to Ladybug who stands there in defeat, "There's nothing we can do for her!"

Alya sits up, " He's right. Just go and save us all." She says weakly as the colour from her eyes slowly fades into that pink hue.

"I won't let you down!" Ladybug says determined, breaking from her daze and enters the elevator as we wait for Nino to do so as well.

"Nino?" I call for him but he tips his cap at us just as the elevator door shuts. "Nino!" Ladybug yells as we watch him trapped with Alya. Ladybug punches the wall.

Chloé and I share a look of sentiment before turning to Cat Noir as Ladybug seems dejected.

"Hey, now." I mutter, "We can still save them, Lady Luck. You just need to believe in it,"

"It doesn't matter that we're the only ones left since we'll fix it all in the end anyway." Cat Noir encourages her as she turns to us.

"Let's do this!"

As we reach the top of the tower, we sprint out with me and Chloé behind as Ladybug and Cat Noir clear the way.

"Straight ahead. Gustave Eiffel's office!" Ladybug says opening the door outside. There are a bunch of zombies packed together running towards us as we head for the office.

Chloé in my arms slows me down and the distance between us and the other two superheroes widens.

"Prim?" Ladybug turns around, realising we're lacking behind. The zombies surround us which makes me think of a quick escape but a zombie lunges towards us. Chloé screams as I toss her towards the other two superheroes.

"Ladybug, catch!" I say and she does so, pulling Chloé into the office.

I brace for impact.

"No! Prim!" Cat Noir comes into action, pulling out his baton and jumping between me and the zombie, pushing me towards Ladybug. I look up to him and my eyes widen as I realise he's been kissed. He uses his baton to prevent the other zombies from coming to us.

"Cat Noir..." I run up to him and place a hand on his cheek as he struggles to stay put.

"I'll just stay here and chill, m'Lady. If we're going to end up kissing, then I'd rather do it after you save us, okay?" He says which makes me shake my head, "No! Don't do this..." I plead.

"You and Ladybug are the only ones who can fix this for us. No arguing now!" He says and I watch as the light in his eyes slowly fades away.

"Come on!" Ladybug urges as she runs insides. I follow her towards the office and take one last look at Cat Noir as he falls down under the weight of the zombies before slamming the door shut.

I sigh and settle myself on the door.

Ladybug places a hand on my shoulder. "It's down to you and me." She says pulling me out of my misery daze and I smile morosely at her with a nod. But then I realise something.

"Chloé?" I peek behind Ladybug's shoulder in search of the said-girl who's nowhere to be seen. I spot her under a table as she holds herself with her knees to her chest.

"What're you doing?" I ask her and she lifts her head.

"I'm sorry! Oh, this is all my fault!" She covers her eyes in embarrassment as if we didn't already know that.

"Awesome. But...now's not exactly a good time." I state with my lips pursed. She pouts and lays her head low.

"At least I won't get in your way now. Good luck!" She says making me stand up and turn to Ladybug who shrugs.

Through a window facing us, Zombizou stands there laughing heartily with her army of kissing zombies banging on the window.

"There's nowhere left to go! Hand over Chloé and your Miraculous, Primvère Rosé and Ladybug. Then I might just let you witness the final triumph of love~!" She cackles and I roll my eyes, turning to Ladybug who seems to be done with this.

"We still have a bit of luck in our hands." I look at her as she smirks getting ready in her stance.

"Lucky Charm!" She chants and receives a dispenser of some sort leaving us unclear of what to do.

Chloé stands up from her hiding spot eyeing the dispenser with a scathing look. "Make-up remover? How are you going to save my life with that?" She points to which I come to realise.

"Oh...so that's what it is..."

With her Lucky Vision, Ladybug sees the scarf worn on the statue of Gustave Eiffel.

"Anytime now," I call out to her as she grabs the scarf and soaks it heavily with the make-up remover. Just then we hear something crash above us.

"What was that?" Chloé whispers in a panicked tone as she scrambles back into her hiding spot. We stay silent for a while waiting for the intruder to come along.

"Cataclysm!" Cat Noir's voice echoes and he crashes through the ceiling into the office.

"Cat Noir!" My eyes sparkle with hope as he begins to stand up but my optimism immediately strides away when he raises his head, revealing purple eyes.

"Kissu~" He darts towards the first person close to him, Ladybug.

"Watch out!" I say but unexpected she turns too late. Cat Noir nearly kisses Ladybug, but Chloé jumps in front of the superhero, embracing Cat Noir as he kisses her cheek.

"CHLOÉ!?" I yell in a confused shocked state as I did not expect her to do that.

"You both go save us..." Chloé says as she looks at me. Ladybug backs away and turns to me with the same expression.

I turn to the now-infected Chloé and Cat Noir and make my decision. "I'll take care of them! You go!'"

She nods and jumps out of the rift made my Cat Noir.

Turning to the two zombies, I scrunch my nose at them in disgust as I watch them hug each other.

"Now." I pull up my stance as they turn to me, "Where were we?" Jumping at them, I use my whip to capture Chloé and tying her into place.

Cat Noir pounces towards me and I dodge him before smirking at an idea.

"Decoy!" I chant and identical figures of me appear before him.

He stops and looks at each one of us before turning to me. I feel dread within me as he defeats all the other decoys which disappear.

Well, that didn't work.

A chase begins between the two of us inside the office. "Damn you, cats and your feline senses!" I grumble and use my arrows to shoot at him since my whip's busy keeping Chloé captured. In a swift move, he grabs and pins me to the ground, straddling me so I can't escape.

My mouth gapes in turmoil as his strength prevents me from moving.

"Kissu~" He leans slowly towards me as his eyes savour every inch of me. I purse my lips and squirm underneath him so that he can't get to me.

"No, no, no..."

His face inches closer to me with his eyes closed.

Any moment now...

I whimper and plead Cat Noir not to go any further just as I hear Ladybug's muffled voice from outside.

"Miraculous Ladybug!"

I rejoice as if all my prayers were answered at that moment. A flash of ladybugs woosh before us and his eyes open. I feel relieved when I see his original green colour come into place.

"Prim...?" He looks dazed for a moment and then he freezes noticing how we're positioned. His eyes widen in shock and I see his face go red under his mask.

"Oh...uh...hey." I chuckle as I feel my heart race as well, as our faces are still close.

"Can you get me out of this?!" Both of us turn to Chloé who's still tied up with my whip. Cat Noir jumps up from me when he notices another person in the room. I, too, sway towards Chloé and untie her as if nothing happened.

We all walk out of the office just as Zombizou, on the ground, transforms back into Miss Bustier. Once she comes out of her post-akumatized trance, she gasps.

"What on earth-?" She looks utterly confused as she looks at the unfamiliar surroundings and then she turns to us, realising what had happened. "The Akuma overtook me, oh no!" She covers her mouth in disbelief.

"I...I let my negative emotions get the upper hand, how terrible! I'm terrible..."

Cat Noir, Ladybug and I share a distressed look before I walk up to her and put a hand on her shoulder.

"That's not true! It wasn't your fault. Hawk Moth is the one to blame."

"But I hurt a lot of people..." She

"No..." Chloé's voice makes us turn to her, "I did...I forgot your birthday, once again. And when I saw everyone had prepared a gift for you, I totally lost it. Because I, too, would've liked to offer you something." She admits as she looks down, eyes downcast and ashamed. Her words hold a lot of meaning to me.

"I'm sorry, Miss Bustier."

Miss Bustier hugs her which sets her back for a moment but she relaxes into her touch.

Look at that.

I smile at her. This is probably one of the only moments I'll ever see Chloé at her most exposed spot. Knowing that fact makes a wholesome feeling flood within me.

You aren't nearly the monster I thought you were.

"Thank you, Chloé. Those words are the best possible gift you could ever give me." The teacher says and then I look at the other two superheroes who also must be feeling the same.

Chloé hugs Miss Bustier back, forgetting herself for a moment. She turns to look at us starting at her with a smile and pulls away from the hug as quickly as she does. "Huh...? Uh, yeah. Okay then, we're all good."

Taking this chance, I pick a flower from my hair.

"No more injustice in the world and here's a token from a rose~" I chant and the petals from that purple rose pluck and hover towards Miss Bustier.

A hair clip sets her hair to hold up her bun.

"Oh, what's this?" She looks at me confused.

"It's a token. Whenever you feel that negative emotion, it helps if you hold onto it." I state.

We get them down from the tower and bid goodbye. Ladybug swings off from the scene since her miraculous beeps out of control, leaving me and Cat Noir. There's an unspoken feeling between us that we need to talk.

Cat Noir turns to me with the most earnest expression. "I-I don't know what happened to me back there, m'lady. I would never-"

"No. It's okay. You were not in your right mind," I smile at him assuringly. "But most importantly, thank you for saving me back there. I think I owe you something for taking the hit for me."

"You don't have to. It's my duty. I would never let my lady fall into danger like that." He says sincerely which makes my heart burst with emotion.

"What did I do to deserve you?" I chuckle, scooting myself closer to him. Both of our miraculouses beep in unison, signalling we have less time.

"That's my cue," I say as I turn to him and place my hand on his cheek, reminding me of that moment when he took the fall for me. "Goodbye, kitty."

I place a short peck on his cheek before jumping off of the building and swinging away.

---

"Me? You want me to apologize to the entire class? Ridiculous!" Chloé scoffs enormously at Alya who crosses her arms at her. "They should be thanking me for saving everybody."

Marinette and I walk into the room just in time to hear this conversation.

Alya pulls out her phone, "I happen to have several accounts of what went down, including my own, and they don't exactly match your version." She pits back and the tension between the two of them darkens.

Marinette puts an arm on Alya's shoulder.

"I heard you helped Ladybug and saved Miss Bustier! Awesome!" The bluenette says to Chloé who looks at her in shock.

I walk past them and, for the first time, give Chloé a look that showed something other than resentment. "I guess there is a heart in there somewhere," I say with a smile and walk over to my seat.

"Uh, but-!" Alya tries putting up a fight but Marinette pulls her away before sending a smile to Chloé. "And thanks!"

She forces Alya to sit who looks at us with a dumbfounded expression.

"Am I having a nightmare? (Y/N) and Marinette complimenting CHLOÉ? Girl, are you still Zombizoufied, or what?" She asks and the both of us laugh.

"I've realized Chloé has a heart, too," Marinette remarks, "She just doesn't know how to use it. Hopefully, she'll learn if we continue setting a positive example." She says pointing to Chloé who's slowly walking towards Miss Bustier's desk.

Chloé quickly puts something behind the computer monitor, then acts nonchalant. I smile just as Alya gasps at her action.

"Morning, everyone!" Miss Bustier enters the class with a smile brighter than the sun.

"Morning, Miss Bustier!"

"Glad to see you all! As usual, we'll start the day by giving a nice compliment to your neighbour."

I perk up when I see the hair clip resting on her hair. From the corner of my eye, I get a glimpse of Chloé who has a huge smile on her lips looking at the teacher.

Not so heartless at all...

End Chapter.

Ah...I think I'm getting attached to this fic although I don't really update it regularly which I should. I do have a lot of plans. It's just school.

.

.

.

I have no words. *mic drop*