Chapter 22: Rejection and Perfection
{This will be a long chapter, get ready for the angst train!! CHoo CHOOO}
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How long had it been since (M/n) got angry at someone to the point of tears?
How long had it been since he's actually gotten angry at someone?
He felt weightless and somewhat at peace. His body felt warm and his left arm bared no pain for once since the accident. Wait for a second, what happened to the arm exactly? He doesn't remember anything other than the pain. But he didn't feel any pain.
(M/n)'s eyes fluttered open, the room he was in had a light pastel pink hue of the lights with the maroon-colored walls and white carpet.
He stood still and watched as the carpet of the room turned into a vast sea of white flowers and the walls shift into a limitless red sky.
His body held no pain, no emotion, no confusion or fear. He just felt empty. As he looked around, he caught sight of someone in the wavering distance. Squinting his eyes, (M/n) went to push up his glasses with his left arm but found that he was unable to.
A flower turned bloody wine red.
(M/n) stared at his mutilated arm, it was nothing more than a bloody white-button-up a long sleeve, and some tears. He only stared at the missing appendage.
"Oh.." (M/n) hoarsely whispered, his voice sounded strained and his throat felt dry. "It's gone." he continued. The thought of not having that certain arm made his blood boil, but he was just confused. Why did he feel so angry?
Two flowers turned red.
The fact that he felt so angry and the fact that he didn't know the reason as to where that hate came from made him even angrier than before.
When he looked back up, the figure he saw before was in front of him. His blond hair that was slicked back and his electric blue eyes, it was like a replica of someone he knew. But their name was on the tip of his tongue.
He couldn't remember who this person was.
"Hey, (M/n), " the person smiled at him. He had light freckles dusting over his nose and a little on his cheekbones, he wore a black suit which contrasted the (h/c)-haired teen's. (M/n) just stared at him before his lips parted to speak.
Three more flowers turned red.
Just the thought of this person caused (M/n)'s gem-like eyes to water. But now, the confusion was overbearing. He didn't know this person. He didn't remember this person. But he wanted closure.
Wrapping his right arm around the boy's shoulders, he was taller than this boy. They looked about the same age, even though the blond was older than him. (M/n) felt big salty tears drip down his cheeks and land on the ground as they fell onto the flowers.
"Why..Why do I get so sad every time I see your face..?" (M/n) questions, his voice was quiet and he wanted to throw up. The urge was quickly tossed away when he felt the boy's arms wrap around his body.
"You've known me for a long time, and I know you've been hurting without me." The blond whispered in his ear. His blue eyes only made (M/n) want to cry harder. The pain he felt in his chest, the pain he wanted to scream about.
It had been congested and turned into a murky red puddle of unwanted feelings.
As (M/n)'s tears fell down his cheeks the ground turned red and without any effort, the entire field of flowers turned into a bloody floor.
He finally remembered.
"Ty..Tyler..." (M/n) cried, his throat hurt and his left arm was starting to grow back as the blond hugged him tighter.
"They need you more than I do, (M/n), get back to your friends!" the pianist smiled sadly, despite not wanting to let go, his arms tightened around the taller teenager.
"When were you going to tell me that you got taller?" Tyler tried to lighten their mood, although it only resulted in (M/n) hugging him tighter. The (h/c)-haired teen buried his nose in Tyler's shoulder as he breathed in deeply, the blond still smelt like the sunshine and the slight scent of Lavender welcomed him.
(M/n) shakily sat up, his arm hurt more than it ever has since the accident. He smiled down at the blond and leaned down towards the blond's lips, kissing them softly as he cried.
"Thank you..." he whispered, "thank you.." he repeated more sadly. Hugging himself now as Tyler's ghost disappeared in thin air.
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Ladybug and Chat Noir struggled to fight back against the Akumatized body of their dear friend. The civilians had been evacuated and smoke rose in different houses from the blasts of (M/n)'s now monster-like dragon form. Both Chat and Ladybug had used their one-time use powers, their time slowly dwindling down and the pressure of trying to keep the damage to a minimum was starting to get harder as their bodies ached.
(M/n)'s body suddenly stopped completely, big tears leaking from his pink-colored irises, the monster's jaw slacked and choked out growls left his throat. Ladybug rushed over to the large nose of the creature and hugged the skin.
"(M/N)!! I know you're fighting in there!!! Come back to us!" She screams. Chat used his prolonging Cataclysm and touched the support beam that (M/n) was standing on that connected to the underground subway station. After making sure that everyone else was evacuated and out of harms way, he watched as (M/n)'s colossal body fall on the tracks and crash into the marble flooring with a pained roar.
"Chat! We need to drive his attention to us! He's fighting back against the Akuma with everything he has in him!!" Ladybug's desperate cries alerted the Akumatized (h/c)-haired teenager as he began to shift his body and get up only to hit his head on the lights of the subway.
The lights sparked and got into his. More cry-like roars left his sharp jaws and he whined, slamming his body into the tracks once more.
"(M/n)!!" Chat screeched, using his baton, he stuck in between some of the debris and launched up into the air, grabbing ahold of the pipes above the large face of the pink monster. He let go and wrapped his arms around his shrinking head.
"I know you're hurting, I know that it seems like everyone turns away from you and that you're all alone! I know how that feels, but you have to let it out in a healthy way!! I hurt you and I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lied to you." Chat clutched onto (M/n)'s crying body as the now white butterfly left his ripped up arm sleeve.
"I..I saw--I saw him!" (M/n) lamented, he hugged Chat's warm chest and back tightly against his naked body. A blanket was wrapped around his shoulders and upper thighs as Ladybug crouched down beside the two.
"I saw Tyler while stuck in my head, he was--he told me to forget about him! To just let him go! How?!" (M/n) sobbed, his eyes were screwed shut tightly and he clutched the blanket close to his body as he rested his forehead on the dusty ground. His glasses were shattered and smudged. His sobs were starting to quiet down although they echoed throughout the debris.
Ladybug rubbed his back soothingly making Chat grit his teeth and stand to his feet.
"We should go and fix the damages..we're about to transform back, My Lady," Chat's stern confrontation made the girl glance up at him before nodding hesitantly. As the girl leaped out of the heavily tattered subway, (M/n) finally realized what he had done to this lovely city.
"I..I did all of this..?" his comment was barely heard by the blond model next to him. Chat frowned and nodded as he helped the boy stand to his bare feet. "I'll go find you some clothes to wear for now while the damages are fixed." Chat whispered. (M/n) glanced at him from the corner of his eye, giving him a slight nod as he sat down on the still in tact benches.
Glancing down at his left arm, his eyesight was very blurry, although he could still make out the large puffy scars and slight shaking of his elbow and shoulder.
Chat came back a few minutes later and handed the boy some baggy sweatpants and black boxer briefs with a white t-shirt. "I had to grab my clothes, but I think they'll fit you.." the blond mutters. (M/n) nodded slowly with his words and began to get dressed as the cat-themed hero turned around to give him some privacy.
"Adrien--or..um, Chat," (M/n) starts out, correcting himself awkwardly as he coughed into his fist to save himself the embarrassment. The blond turned back around and hummed.
"Why did you lie to me...? I mean, when you told me that you wanted to be friends, were you lying about that too?" (M/n)'s throat was still dry, his vocal chords vibrated his chest and his voice was raspy from crying. The hero chuckled and crossed his arms over his chest.
"I don't think I would lie about being friends with someone as awesome as you," he teases. A smile growing onto his face. His miraculous beeped, cutting (M/n) off from talking. The Model glanced up at the pursed bloody lip that (M/n) was messing with, his fingertips were a light crimson and the blood dried up quickly shortly after.
"Anyway, let's get you home," Chat smiled wider, turning back around and crouching a little for the (h/c)-haired teen to climb onto his back. He still had 10 minutes before he changed back into his civilian form.
(M/n) climbed on and held onto the boy's shoulders. Suddenly, he felt so at peace while being with Adrien. That thought alone made a smile grow on his lips.
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When they had arrived to (M/n)'s house, he watched as it reformed from the obvious damage from his previous Akumatized form. The (h/c)-haired teen sighed out deeply and slid off the golden-haired teen's back, sending him a small smile. Before the model could return it, the front door to his house slammed open and (M/n)'s mother came storming out.
"What the hell is the meaning of this?!" Elizabeth shouts, gesturing to all of the debris reforming to their proper forms. The (h/c)-haired woman glared at the blond behind her son, "and who is this?" (M/n) stayed silent, blankly staring at his mother.
"I'm staying here." (M/n)'s blunt statement caused Elizabeth and Chat to gape at him in surprise. The bold statement sounded so foregien coming from the tall seventeen-year-old. Elizabeth, the usually calm woman stared at her son in complete and utter anger.
"What?" She hissed, Chat winced at the tone. (M/n) didn't react, only stuffing his hands into the sweat pant pockets.
"I'm staying here." He repeats himself, nodding to himself as he walked up to her then past her into the house. His scarred arm caught Elizabeth's focus, sighing out tiredly, she pinched the bridge of her nose and temple.
"Fine. I'll be leaving in a few days so I'm staying here until then. I'll help you unpack your things." Elizabeth voiced. Stepping into the house, she brushed past her son's shoulder and up the stairs. (M/n) turned to the golden blond who stayed outside the house the entire time.
"I gotta get going..Ladybug is probably waiting for me--" Chat was interrupted by the (h/c)-haired teen grabbed ahold of his wrist with his right hand and tugging him into his chest.
"Thanks for being there for me...even when I was mad at you, it means a lot, Adrien," (M/n) whispered in his hidden ear. The golden-blond felt heat rush to his face, but hid it as he pushed the taller teen back a little by his chest and turned his head away from him.
"Y-yeah, I'll still be there for you, even as Adrien." the hero glanced up at the (e/c)-colored irises before looking away again and jumping back into a flirtatious bow and using his Baton to launch himself onto a roof top.
(M/n) watched him leave with a gentle smile gracing his injured lips.
Elizabeth watched from her bedroom window, her eyes softening into a loving stare as she sighed out.
"What are we going to do with you, (M/n)?" she asks herself. Glancing at the picture of their family portrait on the wall. That was the first time she had seen him smile at someone other than Tyler.
There is always Rejection before Perfection.
{I hoped you enjoyed this chapter, I'm so sorry that it took so long to update, but I made sure to make this chapter long enough to satisfy you readers!! I love the change in this development of Chat's and (M/n)'s relationship. Even though (M/n) is still mad at Adrien, he made sure to let him know that he was happy that he was still there for him.
What should happen between the two next?
How will Rose and his friends react when they find out that he had been akumatized?
Let me know in the comments! Don't forget to Vote and share this story with your friends!}
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