Why? Because I legit love this ship ^_^

So deal with it. Love you anyways! Chloe is a bit OOC in this one, but she gets more IC towards the end.

I might make a fanfiction on this ship. I don't know, it's up to you guys.

Nathanael, otherwise known as Volpin, was running across the rooftops.

He didn't understand why he felt this intense protective feeling for her. All she did was insult people, specifically Marinette. She even had to bribe Sabrina to stay friends with her.

So why did it hurt him so much to see her taken away? And by that botanist villain no less. The one villain that could do actual damage to her.

Now that he was Volpin, the fox miraculous holder, he had the power to save her. And maybe, just maybe, he could convince her that what she does is wrong.

That could work, right?

"Volpin? I would have suspected someone more... Experienced than you would have come. Perhaps, Ladybug and Chat Noir?" The akuma chuckled as she shook a, surprisingly enough, scared Chloe.

"Come on. Let's just do this easy way, huh? I'd prefer to stick to the rule of a man not hitting a woman." He jumped back, dodging the thorn covered vine that was swung at him. As a result of the weapon missing him, the vine lashed out at Chloe, splitting the yellow cardigan she was wearing, leaving behind a deep red gash on her shoulder.

Her cry of pain was just adding fuel to the fire as Nathanael dove forward, breaking through the wall of vines the akuma placed between the two teenagers. His tail snagged on to the thorns but he managed to snatch Chloe out of the akuma's grasp, holding her in one arm as he played a small tune from his flute.

Several foxes surrounded him and Chloe, all baring their teeth at the female villain. At his word, the foxes jumped forward, ripping all of the vines that were chasing after Volpin in to pieces as he raced to find a safe place for Chloe.

He leapt from building to building until they were a safe distance away. He set her on top of an AC, as he began to play another small tune.

"I'm sorry."

What? Nathanael stared at Chloe with a confused look. She hadn't spoken the whole time, but when she finally does, her first words are 'I'm sorry'?!

"Sorry for what?" He asked as a white bandage wrap appeared in his hands, dangling loosely between his fingers.

"For everything. I know that I'm a terrible person." Volpin started to push the cardigan off of her, being extremely delicate with her wounded shoulder.

"It took an akuma hurting you for you to realize that?" He sighed when he saw her solemn face, her usually bright and sparkly azure eyes now dull and gray. "I didn't mean that... You're actually a good person, Chloe. You should give yourself more credit. And less of an ego..." He whispered to himself as he began to wrap her shoulder.

"And you actually give Ladybug, Chat, and I some work. So there's that." He joked, glancing back up at her eyes to see if he was cheering her up. No such luck.

He decided it'd be best if he stayed silent. He knew he had to wrap this up quickly, thanks to using his magic for the bandage, his foxes were gone. He could only hope his partners were already on the scene.

"I lost my mom, you know." She didn't look at him as she spoke. "I'm not saying this because I want your condoly whatevers. Or am using this as some kind of excuse for my actions." He listened quietly as she continued on.

"I just thought it would be good to finally tell someone what happened." Nathanael felt his heart begin to pound against his chest at an erratic pace.

She actually has feelings? That's a surprise...

Well of course she has feelings, you idiot. She is a human after all.

She could be a sociopath for all we know though...

"It happened when I was really little I guess. I apparently looked a lot like her." Chloe's voice knocked him out of his thoughts as his blue eyes met hers. He sat down beside her, staring off at the skyline like she was.

The akuma, idiot!

Chat and Ladybug can do this one without me. I can't really abandon Chloe in her once in a lifetime human-like crisis.

"I remember hearing her and my father arguing all the time, yelling in his office or outside my room. I remember one fight in particular though. It was about me." Nathanael couldn't decide which one was worse. Having parents that were gone all the time like his, or having parents that yelled at each other every time they were together.

"My mom was screaming about how I never talked, and how it annoyed her to no end. I heard her say how she'd rather have a daughter that had hundreds of friends, and was the Queen of her school. Winning homecoming and prom and all that. I never really understood what she meant until I began third grade."

Nathanael had a sharp intake of breath. That was the year Marinette transferred to their school.

"Marinette had just come to the school. At first I thought it was great. I'd finally have a friend. But I was already dubbed as the quiet loner." Now that, that he could relate to. "She instantly became popular. Boys loved her, and I wanted to be her. She was a princess for Halloween that year, and so was I. But I was yelled at by the other kids, saying how their only princess was Marinette, and that I needed to go and change."

Nathanael's face bloomed a dark red as he felt her lean against him, her cheek lightly resting on his shoulder as she spoke.

"That was also the day my mom got in a car crash..." Chloe was quiet for a few seconds, as if reliving the event.

I've never seen her act so... Human. It's weird... I don't know how I feel about it.

"She died on impact. Even though she was terrible mother, she was still my mom. I loved her more than life itself. So I didn't go to school for the rest of the year. When we went to her funeral, I remembered what she said that day, about me. And I vowed upon her grave, that I would be exactly what she wanted. And now look at what I am."

He was surprised when he saw one tear roll down her cheek.

"Stop crying Chloe." It hurt him too much. "You're going to ruin your make up if you don't." He wiped a thumb under her cheek, catching the tear.

"Wouldn't want that." She mumbled, a small smile gracing her lips. The Miraculous Healing Light surrounded her, healing her injured arm.

"Looks like Ladybug and Chat Noir beat the akuma."

"Thanks Volpin."

"For what?"

"For listening to the rude girl that everyone calls a bitch behind her back."

Nathanael smirked at her. "Well, Bumble Bee, I can swear that I will not be one of those people."

He was prepared to jump off the roof as his miraculous beeped when Chloe's hand stopped him.

She pulled him back and placed a kiss on his flaming red cheek before releasing him.

"You owe me a new jacket. This is Louis Vuitton." Volpin smirked.

"Sure thing, Bumble Bee." He winked as a goodbye before jumping off the roof.

At least she's back to normal.

Freaking love these two. I'm posting this today because on Friday I'll be gone again, with half of the day spent at the hospital.

Until next time, peace!