Author note:decided to give this to you all a day early
With Eri
*Eri took a sigh as she finished ordering her new room and putting everything in its place. The door knocked er walked to answer, she opened it and saw one of her legal guardian while in France Marinette Dupain-Cheng smiling at her*
Marinette:hello eri, how are you liking your new room? I hope it's alright for you
Eri:it's...fine thank you
Marinette:of course well, if you your finished with decorating and all that please follow me to the living room me and my wife need to tell you all the rules of living here
*Eri nodded reluctantly and followed behind her, Eri liked Marinette, not because she was being nice, nor because she was sweet no. Because she was a mumbler like her father it made Eri feel calmer about her situation*
Marinette:oh and of course you'll be starting school here, hero school of course, you'll actually be going to my old school Collège Françoise Dupont.
Eri:wait your old school?
Marinette:yes. While Collège Françoise Dupont is an old school it just added a hero program like 8 years ago and let me tell you i wish they had that before when i was your age i had to learn everything as i went
*Marinette giggled remembering those.... frustrating times*
Eri:your a hero?
Marinette:me and Chloe are the heroes of Paris ladybug and Queen bee
Chloe:i think you mean queen bee and ladybug love
*Marinette rolled her eyes playfully as they made it to the living room where the rest of the teens were waiting. And what do you know the only spot available to sit was next to Mínoka, Eri took a small huff since she knew this was on purpose and sat down next to the grinning lionfish. Chloe coughed and got there attention, she smirked feeling empowered*
Chloe:alright you are all living rent free in my family's hotel complex
Marinette: actually izuku and yaoyorozu are footing the bill for all of them
Chloe:hush you. So if your living for free here they will be serious rules you will need to follow while living under our roof and eating our food for free
Marinette:paid for
*Chloe looked at her with with an exasperated look while Marinette gave her an innocent smile *
Chloe:you want to do this right now? Like really undermined me right now? While I'm in the middle of something here?
Marinette:fine, look kids we don't expect much just don't be stupid, wear protection, if your going anywhere tell us first, and if we say something you best believe it like it's law understood?
Mínoka:yeah yeah, now Chloe keep telling us how you founded team miraculous
*Chloe flinched and could feel her wife looking at with with an angry smile*
Marinette:yes love, please tell them All about that
Chloe:well i uh... umm...how about instead i tell you how i got my kwami?!
Marquis:so, I'm guessing you weren't all that truthful with that reaction
Chloe:w..well the team did get better after i replaced that stupid cat
*Chloe mumbled blushing thinking of a way to escape the hole she dug for herself*
Marinette:how about you tell them how you were before? I feel like that would help them
*Chloe's breath hitched in her throat as she looked at Marinette and instantly knew what she meant. With a sigh she sat down on the armchair and rubbed her neck*
Chloe:i...well I'm not gonna lie i was just a total bitch towards everyone, i was a bully no two ways about it
*This got eri's attention as she looked at Chloe who was playing with her hands*
Chloe:i...did horrible thing towards everyone but especially at Marinette, i abused her mentally, i would harras her, steal her stuff and....a lot of things that i still for the life of me i can't figured out why she forgave me
*Chloe said as she cleaned away a tear from her face, Marinette walked towards her and rubbed her shoulder giving Chloe the smile she loved so much the smile she doesn't deserve but is still blessed with*
Chloe:it got worse when this girl Lila something came to our school she managed to manipulate me in to being a worse version of myself and it got so much worse. Until my kwami appeared and dragged me to Marinette's house. And...i saw her crying, like actually crying for the first time i saw her broken i saw what my actions has caused.
Eri:and what, that makes it ok? Just because you saw her crying you suddenly saw everything you did as finally bad? It never came to mind that you might be wrong?
*Eri said harshly, Chloe chuckled softly to herself as she looked at the young girl who was seeing her like she was satsuki*
Chloe:no it doesn't. Nothing that i did made my actions ok. But i did change for the better because of it, i stopped hanging out with Lila and started defending Mirabel. It took a long time to gain her trust...like a very long time
Marinette: can't blame me for that
Chloe: fair. But i did change even if i was the only one in that class that saw the truth. My point being and the reason I'm telling you all my story, especially you Eri. Is that people can change, hopefully military school will help her change like seeing Mirabel crying helped me. And maybe one day you two can become friends again
Eri:it's still too fucking early to see that ever happening
*Eri mumbled crossing her arms, she calmed a little feeling Mínoka rub her back*
Chloe:that's completely natural it took me almost a year to get Marinette's trust, just don't focus your time on that hate because it can consume you and i can promise you as someone who used to let it control her, it's next to imposible to escape it
*Eri sighed and nodded, but she wasn't really listening*
Marinette:alright so it's still early so all of you go explore the city it will be you new home for the foreseeable future, and Eri tomorrow I'm taking you to therapy
Eri:oh come on i don't need it...
*Eri whined, Marinette just chuckled slightly looking at her phone*
Marinette:yeah your father texted me and i quote "if I'm going to therapy so is Eri"
Eri:gee thanks dad...
Mínoka:hey it's gonna be fine, hell my mom goes to therapy it's completely healthy
Eri:i am not sick Mínoka i don't need to sit in a chair and talk to some quack for 2 hours
Kotsuzui:your wrists would say otherwise. Girl they are red
*Eri cursed under her breath and hid her arms behind her back. Even with her quirk, at this point. She can't rewind far enough without causing herself damage. Mínoka frowned and grabbed Eri walking away with her with a smile on her face*
Mínoka: alrighty! So me and Eri are gonna walk around the city and just...take it all in we'll see you all later
*Mínoka left with Eri before they could say anything else. They got out of the hotel and just walked around not saying a word*
Eri;it's not that bad...
*Eri mumbled out loud the first word said between the two of them*
Mínoka:if it's not that bad why are you Fighting so hard against things like therapy? If it's not that bad just go the doctor will see that your right and you don't have to go back
Eri:.....
Mínoka:hey look ice cream let's get some
*Mínoka said in a attempt to change the conversation. They grabbed there ice cream and Mínoka paid for eri*
Eri:you didn't have to do that...
Mínoka:i wanted to
*Mínoka said smiling brightly, eri gave her a small smile back and ate her ice cream. They sat down and just enjoyed the icy treat while the world moved around them, Mínoka shifted closer to Eri to the point there arms touched and on instincts Eri let her head rest on minoka's shoulder*
Mínoka: something tells me Paris is gonna do great things for you.....for us
*Minoka said softly both knew the implications of what Minoka's words and the words she left unsaid but they weren't there yet. Eri wasn't there, she wasn't in a place mentally where she could see herself with another person and Mínoka knew that, and was more then ready to wait for when she was, even if it's not with her*
Eri:yeah....for us..
*Eri said softly as they didn't say anything more after that just sat there enjoyed there ice cream and more importantly each other's company*
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