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Kim. Was. Pissed.
Utterly and completely livid.
Lila Rossi has managed to expel Marinette Dupain-Cheng, their class president, with such obvious lies, it absolutely baffled him on how no one seemed to question her.
Marinette stealing the test answers?
No way.
Marinette pushed you down the stairs?
There wasn't even a loud bang and Marinette would never.
Marinette stole your necklace?
Come on, the thing looked so cheaply made and so not a Marinette style.
Before Kim had the chance to fully comprehend the scene unfolding in front of him, most his classmates were reakumatized.
Granted, it only lasted a few moments but it had been a confusing few moments. Then boom!
Marinette was expelled!
Kim was fuming when he noticed how some of his classmates were believing the Italian girl instead of the girl who would go to hell and back for them.
Narrowing his eyes, Kim noticed how smugged Lila looked after she walked out of the principal's office. It dawned on him then that this was her goal all along. To some how turn people against the bluenette.
Kim couldn't stand being at the school after that. He left, refusing to respond to any inquiring text messages.
It wasn't till later that day he decided to visit the bakery. Walking up the familiar path, his shoulder suddenly shagged in utter sadness. When they were little, they use to be the best of friends - hell, they were known as the chaotic duo! Their parents were great friends and because of that, they use to have plenty of playdate. It stopped soon after they started middle school, with Kim finding other friends and Marinette getting busy with her hobbies.
Straightening up, Kim was now a man on a mission. He was going to repair their loss friendship and let the girl know that he was completely on her side. One-hundred percent.
The doorbell chimes as he walked through, waving his hand at the adults behind the register. "Hi, Ms. Cheng, Mr. Dupain!"
They smiled their warm smiles and it eased his aching heart a bit. Those two were the kindest parents he met.
"Marinette is upstairs, why don't you take some of these goodies with you?" Sabine held out a tray filled with their specials and Kim accepted then graciously. "It's nice to see you again, it's been too long, young man."
"Don't worry, Ms. Cheng. You'll be seeing my face so much now, you might even kick me out." He chuckled, waving again as he made his way upstairs.
He didn't get too far before someone blocked his path.
"Kim?"
Looking up from the tray, Kim raised his eyebrows in surprise. It quickly disappeared and was replaced with a nervous expression.
"Hey, Marinette. I heard what happened today and wanted to come comfort you."
He looked away, suddenly realizing how long it's been since his been over. When was the last time? A year ago? Two? Maybe this is too weird, would she kick him out?
His internal monologue was interrupted by a sigh and when he glance back, he noticed how frustrated she looks. When she opened her mouth, he quickly beat her to the punch.
"I know it's been a while since we been close but I just wanted to tell you that I don't believe you did any of that stuff Lila said you did. I'm with you one-hundred percent."
The shock on her face had him looking away once again.
Only to have a hand tug him forward.
"Come on up, Kim."
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"What?"
Marinette nodded, finishing up with the last bit of her cookie. It felt good, refreshing even, to have someone to rant all this stuff too.
Especially with someone who believed her and not some new girl.
"Yeah, which basically means she's admitting that she knows she's lying and purposely framed me. I'm telling you, she wanted me expelled."
Kim was at a loss for words. He knew Lila didn't like Marinette but to constantly go out of her way to humiliate her? That's a whole new level of low.
"What does she have against you? You're like, the sweetest person I know." He asked, mindlessly grabbing the croissant.
Marinette shrugged. "I called her out on her bullshit a while back and it pissed her off. She threatened me afterwards, something about turning my friends against me. But," she waved her hands in front of her, "I didn't think she hated me this much."
"Wait," Kim stiffened, his eyes staring at the girl in front of him intensely. "She threatened you?"
Realizing what she said, Marinette shrunk back against the couch and wouldn't meet his questioning gaze.
"Marinette."
Sighing, she nodded her head. This is it, she thought. Kim is going to call me crazy and his going to think I'm just seeking attention and-
When she noticed the silence, her eyes snapped back to the boy, widening when she saw just how upset he looked.
Meanwhile, Kim was seeing red. Rage red. Lila had threatened Marinette. Threatened Marinette. That was the only thing ringing in his head now and could feel his anger rising. Kim had always considered Marinette as like a sister and use to protect her a bunch when they were younger, How could he have failed her so terribly?
"That's it, Nette. I've made up my mind. Lila Rossi won't even be able to step foot in that damn school once I'm through with her."
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It took a few more treats and panicking Marinette to steer him away from going to Lila's house and plummeting her right then and there.
Enough to say, Kim was going to have a long chat with Adrien. That was the only other person who seemed to not believe the Italian girl and with this idea he was currently come up with, he was going to need all the help he could get.
I failed you already, Marinette. I will not fail you again.