"Hey... Rose." Marinette said, feeling slightly uncomfortable. "Uhh... what's up?"

"The sky." Rose said automatically. She then blinked and shook her head. "No, I mean I wanted to talk to you about... what happened earlier."

"In the bathroom?"

"Yeah." Rose scratched the back of her neck. "I... umm... heard what you said, after – after I left. Marinette... I misjudged you. I was so stupid – I believed everything Chloe said about you – I, I'm so sorry."

"Oh, Rose..." Marinette said, pulling her into a hug, "Don't apologise, it's alright." She let go and gently pushed Rose away. "But you need to go back to your seat now – you can't be seen with me anymore. You'll be targeted alongside me."

As she said that, the bell rang.

"They'll be here soon you need to go-"

The door banged open, and the classmates started to file in – starting with Alya. She swiftly strode through the class and stopped in front of Rose.

"Rose I need you to move so I can get to my seat."

Rose hesitated.

"Hurry up, Rose, I'd like my suffering to be as quick as possible, so that means getting away from Marinette - and sitting as far away from her - in my seat as I can. Move."

"... No."

With that, Rose twisted herself away from Alya and sat down in Alya's seat. "You said you wanted to be free – so be free and leave us alone."

"Wow." Alix scoffed. "You have no friends and SUDDENLY you decide to talk to the other alone loser in our classroom. Just move on Alya, let the losers sit together."

Nino got up from his seat to join her, and traded with Mylene, as he wanted to stick with Alya and stay away from Marinette at the same time.

"Umm, thanks Rose. Thanks Mylene."

"No problem Marinette!"

"Yeah, after what you've done for us, it's the least we can do." Mylene paused and slowly continued. "I need to apologise to you. I haven't told anyone about what really happened on that roofop – how you-"

"Uhh, Mylene, do you wanna have this conversation at the start of lunch? Where – no one can hear us?" Marinette says, gesturing to Adrien, still sitting next to Mylene. Mylene nodded and the girls calmly waited for the classes to finish.

Once the bell rang to signal lunch, Marinette noticed Rose's demeanour change. She appeared to be more accepting, whatever that meant, as well as quite fidgety and anxious. Mylene and Marinette both caught notice – as it's the look they have in their eyes when they try to kill themselves.

"Well I'll leave you guys to talk and-" Marinette grabbed Rose's arm before she walked off.

"Rose, tell me right now where you're going. Do not lie to me." She said, Mylene nodding in agreement.

"Umm... the bathroom? I'll join you in a few minutes and we can have lunch together?" She broke away from Marinette's grip and rushed off. Marinette stopped Mylene from following.

"Mylene, we can't force her to stay with us. Hopefully she'll return soon."

"Okay. Well anyways, I wanted to apologise. I haven't told anyone about you saving me on that rooftop. I'm too afraid of them judging me for being suicidal. Well, not anymore now I have you guys."

"Don't worry about it, I understand. Besides, it's better if it's me they're annoyed at, instead of you. You might want to mention it to Ms Bustier, though. I really don't want her to think I'm a murderer."

"I'm sure she doesn't think that, but I'll go tell her tonight anyways. I'm sure she won't judge me."

They both pause.

"Umm... I feel like Rose should have been back by now..." Mylene muttered.

"Yeah, I think we both know what's going on." Marinette said in return. "But just in case, you check the bathroom – and I'll head to the rooftop."

Mylene sighed in relief at not having the daunting prospect of going to the rooftop. "Alright, after I check the bathroom, I'll head over there too. You saved me, Marinette, so I'm sure you'll save her."

And with that, they run their separate ways.

Adrien quickly runs behind the school and transforms – having listened to their conversation the entire time.

"Don't worry Plagg, this is just as a backup in case Rose does fall. I'm sure Marinette will do fine." Chat Noir said, climbing onto the rooftop. He fiddled with his stick. "Should I call Ladybug here? No, I can save one girl by myself if I have to."

He noticed Rose walking onto the rooftop and gritted his teeth. "I want to help her but trying to talk to her might spur her to jump, since I am a super-hero and all – I'm pretty powerful." Chat Noir muttered. "The best thing for me to do is be ready in case she jumps and wait for Marinette to arrive."

Rose slowly removed her shoes and placed a note in each shoe. Chat Noir growled softly, and readied his weapon, in an attempt to catch her if she fell.

Rose pressed her hands against the railing, and started to climb over, eventually sitting on the railing, her bare feet pressed against the cold metal, staring into the abyss below.

Just one more push, and Rose will fly.

She smiled, and lent back...

The roof doors burst open, and a figure came running out.

Marinette.

"Rose!" She screamed, "Don't!"

Okay that's this chapter. Sorry for the late update, I started writing a fun skit fic and got completely wrapped up in it. I'll try to more evenly spread my updates from now on.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and next time will FINALLY (and I'm 100% certain this time) be the second verse of My R (or at least an adapted version for this situation).

I will probably update fairly soon, and I'll see you all then!

But for now...

Peachy out! 😊