!This chapter and the next chapter will contain contents that could potentially be triggering to individuals so I recommend reading with certain caution.

This chapter will contain mentions of violence, blood, harm coming to major characters, angst, and gun use.

The next chapter will contain mentions of cheating, affairs, abuse, violence, blood, possibly some curses, hospital talk, and angst.

Please take care of yourself and if any of these topics trigger you please click off. I won't get offended because I know better than anyone that the world is scary and you need to take care of yourself above all.

So if you're still reading this, I hope you enjoyed and this chapter was worth waiting so long for.

I'll stop wasting your time now, and please enjoy chapter twelve of Arranged Marriage, a Felix Agreste x reader fanfic.

I only own the story, original characters are not mine

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"Ezra! Please! This isn't you! I know the real you is still in there somewhere!"

"For the last time, I am NOT Ezra. I am Loup surprotecteur! You'll never see Ezra again so you better get used to it. This is the real me and it always has been!"

"No! It's not! The Ezra I knew was sweet, he was kind and funny. He was someone that would do anything for his family and the people who care about him! And especially not someone who would be doing what you're doing right now!"

I stare at him as I swear I see a flash in those glasz, meaningful eyes.

Our intense staring moment was interrupted by a shrill voice echoing throughout the very large, somewhat empty room.

"Oh my god! Shut up already! You both are incredibly annoying."

"You think that's annoying? Try listening to your screechy whining voice screaming orders in your ear constantly!"

"You know what? I don't remember asking you for your opinion!"

I watched Ex/N's nostrils flare as E/N crossed her arms and glared daggers back at him.

Suddenly a loud crash, much like the sound of shattering glass, was heard somewhere in the somewhat abandoned building.

E/N and Ex/N stop glaring daggers at each other momentarily to look at the door then back at each other with visible panic written on their faces.

"Someone's here. Grab her and the supplies and let's go."

Ex/N doesn't bother arguing this time as he heads in my direction.

I tried to fight and squirm away from him to get Ezra's attention but he was paying me no mind.

I tried to fight as Ex/N sticks tape over my mouth then unties me and handcuffs my wrists together, shoving me to follow the other two.

"Get moving!" Ex/N pokes me in the back and I roll my eyes, mumbling a snarky rebuttal under the duct tape.

"Y/N! If you can hear me then please respond! I....I just need to hear your voice to know that you're okay!"

I instantly recognized the voice as my former frenemy and once again, attempted to free myself from my ex's tight grasp that was most likely going to leave a red mark left on my skin.

Felix's tone seemed to sound full of hurt, from the way his voice seemed to break at the end.

I also heard other voices...

Wait....

I recognized B/F/N, F/N, Adrien, and even Luka?

They were calling out to me repeatedly as I attempted to squirm away in order to meet them.

I didn't know that they cared about me this much...

Especially Felix.....

I mumble as E/N tells me to shut up already and pulls me farther along rather harshly.

I looked up to Ezra for help but he was walking ahead with E/N, probably talking about what they were to do with me.

God, please let the others find me....

"Y/N! Please!"

Ex/N's grip somehow tightens more as I feel loss of circulation in the arm held in his harsh grasp.

We somehow make it outside, with sounds of quick paced pounding footsteps behind us.

"Hey, give us Y/N back!"

E/N stops in her tracks with a small head turn over her shoulder. Her thin lips change from the usual face of displeasure to a smile that could only be described as truly and absolutely vile.

With a sharp spin the opposite way and a catty look in her eyes, she says a simple, "If you want her, then come get her." She dangerously smiles as she pulls out a sword while aiming at the people I care so much about.

I scream out from under the tape as Felix lunges forward towards E/N with next to no hesitation.

I try to run forward but Ex/N holds me captive in his arms that I had at one point in my life had felt a strange sense of comfort in many moons ago.

It's crazy how you'll take comfort in knowing someone you think that you'll care for and love as long as you'll live changes significantly when suddenly everything you know is a lie and your entire world seems to just to spark into absolute flames.

Then suddenly the person you presumed to be your previous soulmate is now just a stranger with all your secrets that knows things about you that maybe they shouldn't.

I try to forget about previous tragedies in my life such as past relationships but it was moments such as this where I was forced to relive those moments that once caused heart wrenching misfortune.

"Get off my best friend, you creep!"

My heart ached as I watched B/F/N leap forward while shoving Ex/N and I apart.

I prepared to hit the ground but I found I had instead landed backwards into someone's open arms.

I look up to the warm, smiling of my other best friend, F/N.

She hugs me softly then removes the tape that was over my mouth gently and starts to fiddle with the restraints locking my wrists tightly together.

Suddenly, I'm pushed away yet again.

F/N is on the ground and E/N is digging her acrylics into my arm.

B/F/N rushes over to help F/N and they both run over in order to try and help me.

Adrien looks away from Austin, hiding him from the danger and Luka pauses from keeping Ex/N away from us.

Felix keeps Ezra in his grip but turns to look directly at me.

I noticed his pale blush blue eyes seemed to have an appearance to look what one might describe as puffy and bloodshot.

I wondered if he had been crying over me...

He hardly ever cries unless it was very serious.

I think the last time I ever saw him cry was when his and Adrien's mother disappeared.

Before I can blink, everyone is stopped in their tracks as E/N aims the shotgun in her hands right at my head.

"Take another single step and I'll pull this trigger and shoot her right now."

"I'll give you whatever you want, just don't hurt her!"

"Then give me your ring and nothing happens to her." Ezra yanks his arm from Felix's grip and aims his sword right at his chest.

Felix fiddles with the miraculous then looks up at me, his eyes seemed to be searching me as if I had any way of telling him what he should do.

"Felix! Don't do it! Please!"

Adrien tried to run towards us but he was held back by Luka who held a quaking Austin in the opposite arm.

Felix looks at Adrien for a few moments before he starts to remove his ring.

"NO!" Adrien screams out as he once again tries to run forward in an attempt to stop his twin.

Felix removes the ring which causes green to surge over him as he returns from a vision of Chat Noir back to his civilian form.

Adrien had tears in his eyes as he was struggling to pull away from his taller boyfriend in order to prevent Felix from making a huge mistake they would both deeply regret.

Felix doesn't take his eyes off me and I would give anything to break free from my ex's harsh grip and run to the blonde in front of me to just be able to be held in his rough, yet extremely comforting arms.

Felix takes a sharp inhale as he launches the ring to Adrien and speeds in our direction.

"It's a trap! Get them!"

I finally regained my strength to kick E/N in the stomach, surprising her and causing her to drop the weapon she was holding.

Felix grabs the small hand gun and tosses it to me as I run over towards my other friends.

"Y/N!" B/F/N and F/N wrap their arms around me as I smile fondly and warmly hug them back.

"Let me go!"

My eyes widen as I see E/N with her arm gripping tightly onto Austin.

"Leave me alone! Your business is with me, E/N! Leave my friends out of it!"

I aim the weapon at her incase she tries something as I walk over to retrieve Austin.

I pull Austin behind me as I watch E/N just stare at me.

She gives me a sour look and chuckles harshly.

"Go ahead, try and shoot me. I dare you."

I look at Austin's trembling figure then back at E/N's chilling stare that still haunted me to this day.

Something was definitely wrong.

What in the world was she planning?

I start to back up while keeping Austin in my line of sight protectively in case anybody attempts to try and start something.

I signal Adrien to take Austin as I continue to watch E/N cautiously.

Everyone seemed to back up as E/N and I stared at each other with cold eyes.

"Come on Y/N, you wouldn't hurt your bestie, now would you?"

She spit the word 'bestie' with venom and an eerie chill ran down my spine.

'I believe you lost that title when you went out and proceeded to stab me in the back."

She rolls her eyes. "Oh, please. Grow up. It wasn't my fault that he wanted me instead of you. I'm obviously the hotter one. "

I take a deep sigh as she crosses her arms. "Look E/N, I understand if you have a problem with me but it should only be with me. Leave my friends out of it."

"Aw, look at that. Poor sweet Y/N just wants to protect her fwiends." She did a baby voice on the last word then went back to her monterious glare. "You never change, do you?"

"Well clearly neither did you since you're still the same unforgettable backstabber."

I normally wouldn't do or say anything like this but the thought of someone I care about getting hurt has me purely enraged.

"Look, I'm done talking to you. Either pull that trigger or I will."

I look at the weapon in my hands then back up to her eyes that were closely watching me.

I honestly did not expect that at all.

Did she really expect me to actually use this?

I had never even held anything like this before, I didn't know if I even knew how to use it even if I wanted to.

"Y/N, it's a trap!"

"Don't fire! That's exactly what she wants!"

My friends' cries of disapproval fade into the background as I examine the weapon that felt as if it weighed a thousand pounds in my small, soft, and very shaky hands.

"Hurry up before I do it myself and put a shot in you and that snotty little brat!"

I look at Austin's shaking figure behind Luka and Adrien before I take a sharp inhale.

One bullet in her was better than hurting me and all of my friends, right?

Who am I kidding? No it's not. I'm a monster.

"Why can't we just go back to how we were in middle school? We were so close then...."

"Go back to middle school and relive one of the worst times of my life? How cute. Thanks but I think I'll pass on that note, little baby bird. "

I stop in my tracks and stare dead at her with wide eyes. "W-What did you call me....?"

"I called you a baby bird since you're so weak with your flock of followers surrounding you." She guesteres at my friends and I just simply continue to stare at her.

"Take a picture, birdy. It'll last longer."

Baby bird....what did that nickname remind me of?

Suddenly my mind flashes back and it's like I never left middle school.

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"I d-don't know if i can do this, E/N..."

"Oh, come on! You're Y/N L/N for god sakes! You model all the time and you're never nervous then!"

"That's different. When I'm modeling everyone's there for my family name, they don't care about me."

"Then they're idiots. " She puts a hand on my shoulder. "Come on, Y/N. You should give yourself some credit! You're pretty, you're smart, you have a beautiful voice, and you'll have Ex/N and I cheering for you the whole time. So what are you still afraid of?"

"Well I-"

"Since I'm your best friend I'm going to go ahead and say make sure to thank me when you become rich and famous. "

"I'm already rich and famous, it's just my parents' money."

"Y/N, enough. You're going to be amazing if you just show some confidence in yourself!"

"But-"

"No buts! Now get out there and show them the star that is Y/N L/N! Fly away you soaring songbird!"

She pushes me up onto the stage as I swallow the huge lump in my throat.

I rushed through my performance and I was pretty sure I got a standing ovation but I didn't manage to see before I ran off to the bathroom so I avoided bombing my first performance by throwing up all over the stage and the crowd.

(Rip people with emetophobia)

I fixed myself and managed to regain my composure before walking back out of the bathroom.

I expected a simple night of laughing with my best friend and spending time with my boyfriend but what I got was far worse than anything I could have ever imagined.

I saw Ex/N and E/N kissing, behind my back.

Had they been lying to me this whole time?

As soon as I checked the words out, E/N shoved Ex/N away from her.

"Y/N! Please wait! I can explain!"

Maybe if i had let her explain that night then we wouldn't be here right now, but I was young and petty so I told them I hoped they were happy together and ran off in tears.

A lot of things changed for me that night. That was the night I lost both E/N and Ex/N and it was also my last night of freedom before my mother took full control over my life.

But it was also the very same night I put my best friends now, B/F/N and F/N.

I sat crying by a wall because my parents weren't answering and I didn't think this was worth bothering Adrien or Felix.

I tried to keep my sobs inside but tears just kept rushing out like a waterfall.

I had so many questions that I couldn't even think through clearly.

I wanted an explanation but by the time my brain had processed the whole situation, my feet were already running full force towards the exit.

I could have walked home but it was pitch black outside and I wasn't supposed to walk home by myself, especially at night.

Plus, I was a middle school girl, so what method of defense could I possibly have if somebody tried something?

"Hey! Are you okay?!"

"She's crying so she's obviously not okay."

"Fair point. Hey, I'm B/F/N and this is F/N, what's your name?"

I wiped my face and hoped I didn't look quite as awful as I felt.

"I-I'm Y/N..."

"Wait, as in Y/N L/N?" B/F/N's eyes widened.

I stay silent as F/N studies me for a few moments before turning to B/F/N.

"It's her, right??? God, I knew she looked familiar! How didn't I see it sooner?"

"B/F/N, calm down. You're scaring the poor girl."

B/F/N's cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she looked to me absentmindedly playing with my sweater sleeve.

B/F/N sits next to me as F/N sits on the other side.

They sat and stayed with me for a while before inviting me for a movie.

Now, I know it's ignorant to trust strangers but I had to weigh my options here.

Either sit by myself at night in the cold Parisian air or go with two girls that were nice to me even before they knew I was famous.

I asked them if they wouldn't mind keeping the famous thing on the downlow because I preferred to keep myself under cover.

After they got over the star struck fan girl act, they were very helpful in keeping a low profile and helping me hide out in the background.

That turned out to be a fun, then completely horrible, then amazing night for me.

After the movie, as we were walking I told them the whole story of why I had been crying.

They were incredibly supportive and actually gave some pretty insightful advice.

They felt sorry for me so we all went out for ice cream.

It turned out to be a very useful experience because it helped me forget all about the situation from earlier.

It was if I no longer even cared about my problem with Ex/N and E/N. I guess that would just have to be a morning problem. I simply didn't have the energy to deal with anymore drama tonight.

Ever since that day, I lost a friend and my boyfriend but gained two of my now best friends.

And eventually when I told Felix and Adrien, Adrien was very sympathetic of me and Felix was mad at Ex/N and E/N and told me to block their numbers in my phone and tell him if they tried to start anything with me.

I always found it adorable how he tried so hard to protect me and Adrien since we were kids.

That part of my life was very hard to cope with and I could never have managed to get through it without any of my friends.

Ever since then, B/F/N, F/N, and I have been inseparable. I even still have the movie tickets from that night in a box of keepsakes.

Then suddenly, my mind flashes back to the current moment and the weight of this truly dire situation washed over me all at once.

Songbird, That's what she called me...

"You're wasting time, baby bird! I'm done playing games!"

'Run!" I felt an arm grip my wrist and pull me along with the others.

"Stop right where you are!"

Everyone freezes as my friends stand behind me and Ezra and Ex/N stand behind E/N.

"E/N, I really didn't want to have to hurt you but this has to stop."

"Go ahead then. Pull the trigger."

I hope this was only enough to damage her a little, I would never want to kill her even if she was awful to me.

I take a deep breath and aim the gun at her, praying I was doing the right thing.

I pull the trigger and squeeze my eyes shut while preparing for a gunshot.

I hear a mock cry of pain and split my eyes open to reveal E/N clutching over in pain.

Oh my god... I did that. I shot her...

I feel the gun get snatched from my hand and I panic.

I watch as Felix points the gun towards the ground and shoots.

I try to steal the gun back before he gently pushes my hand back and shakes the gun gently to show it wasn't loaded.

Wait, no sounds of gunshots, no bullets on the ground, gun seemily empty...

With a confused look, I turned to E/N.

"You tricked me..."

She laughs and removes her arms from her stomach to reveal no injury in sight. "Guess I did."

She aims the gun at me as I step back.

"Say goodbye, L/N. You won't be missed, at least by me."

I feel myself step back more as warm arms wrap around my body. I lean into Felix's touch and try to process what to do.

"Wait!" I feel Felix push me gently behind him and step towards E/N.

"Get out of the way. My business is with the baby bird, not you, Agreste."

"No."

"No?!" Her eyes widen as Felix gives her a sharp glare.

"No. I want you to listen to me. You want money and power, I'm prepared to make you an offer of both."

She raised an eyebrow and held the weapon in her hands straight in our direction. "I'm listening."

"As you obviously know, my father is not a well man. I'm sure there's a lot of people such as yourself that would give a lot of money for my head on the line. Think about it. Felix Agreste, heir to the Gabriel Agreste fashion industry. It would make you a fortune for sure. "

I fight back the tears in my eyes. Was he serious?

I reach out to grab his arm. "Fe, please be serious.... You're not really considering this, are you?"

His two blue pools full of mystery and curiosity flicker to my figure, quickly scanning me up and down then looking back at E/N expectantly.

"One condition though." E/N gives a look to tell him to continue.

Felix places a hand over mine on his arm and smiles softly at Adrien. "You can do whatever the hell you want with me but you have to let Y/N, Adrien, and the rest of them go free."

I tighten my grip on his hand. "Fe, no! I won't let you! This is my problem, I can't let you get hurt just because of me."

He squeezes my hand softly. "I always promised even when we kids that I would always protect you and Adrien, even at my own expense. No matter what the circumstances until the day I die, and that's exactly what I'm doing now. "

I didn't realize I was crying so much until I felt tears pouring quickly down my cheeks.

"A-Adrien, talk some sense into him!" I look back to the younger blonde who was currently sobbing into Luka's chest and holding a still shaking Austin in his arms.

"Fine." E/N studies him as I feel Felix's hand leave my own as I watch him slowly move forward.

I suddenly realize something and look around to see B/F/N, F/N, Ezra, and Ex/N all missing.

What an awful timeto disappear when I needed my best friends the most...

Plus Ex/N and Ezra being on the loose could be dangerous...

All of those worried thoughts of what could have happened to them all seemed to fade into the back of my mind as they were replaced by alarming thoughts of the current situation.

Before I could argue any further, a gunshot was heard and Felix fell to the ground.

I ran forward to help him, slipping off my ripped jacket from my shoulders and tying it around the injury tightly like I slightly remembered from a first aid class I had taken during a summer a few years prior.

He was bleeding out fast as his eyes rolled in and out of consciousness and his head landed straight in my lap.

Rain slowly started falling and my vision blurred with hot tears as I saw Luka, Adrien, and even little Austin rush forward.

"Felix, how could you do that?!"

He raised his hand to cup my cheek and I ignored the intense blushing I felt on my face.

"I... I told you I would protect you, didn't I? You of all people know I never go back on my word. " His speech seemed to be slower and slurred in a way.

His voice was also more raspy and huskier while it dropped a few octaves, normally I would have found this fairly attractive but under the current circumstances I was distracted with other more important matters.

"Felix, please..." I trailed off as his cold hands intertwined with mine rather bittersweetly.

Felix looks to Adrien. "Please take care of yourself and the kid. I know I don't say it as often and it's been hard for both of us since mother disappeared but I appreciate you, Adrien."

Adrien gives a small smile while tears continued to stream down all of our faces.

He struggles to lift his head up in order to look at me. "Y-Y/N..."

"Shh.." I try to calm him down as I ignore the immense tears on my cheeks and run my fingers through his soft blonde locks.

We stayed like that for a few minutes, silently praying someone would show up soon. Felix was losing more and more blood as time passed, the tunic only did so much.

Soon enough, sirens were hears as the whole scene flashed shades of red and blue.

I saw F/N and B/F/N in the police car and Ezra and Ex/N in a different one.

Police officers came and apprehended E/N and paramedics came to lift Felix gently onto a stretcher.

B/F/N and F/N run out to see if I'm alright as officers interview the boys.

Luka answered their questions about what happened as Adrien held onto Austin who was sobbing into his shoulder.

The officers yelled at E/N to drop her weapon as she attempted to resist.

Ladybug soon shows up to devilise the akuma and turn Ezra back to normal.

The Miraculous ladybugs fixed all of the damage caused by Ezra while he was akumatised but we still had our injuries and Felix's were fatal so he had to be rushed into the hospital.

"Y-Y/N!"

I jerk my head over in the direction of the ambulance Felix was put into.

"I-I just w-wanted to tell you, in case I d-don't make it... I-I lov-"

That was the last thing I heard before the doors slammed shut and the ambulance drove away.

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Haha Cliff Hanger

So I know a lot of stuff doesn't make sense in this chapter, I kinda got lazy cause I just wanted to finish this chapter so I could post the next chapter which is hopefully a lot better.

Let me know if you liked it, bai! 

Ps: Sorry for using female pronouns, I was too lazy to go back and change them