Your Performance Bores Me | Rosegami
another one for Week 1!! this focuses on Rosegami with some background FelNathMarc. So i hope you enjoy :D
Kagami only tolerated Marinette. Her humiliation at the movie premeire and hearing the racist shit she said, or how Marinette had practically used her to get closer to Adrien. The whole thing made Kagami role her eyes, fussing over a boy, Kagami could never even think of doing something like that. So, when Marinette had called them friends, she simply nodded along as the other girl blabbed on and on about everything that they would do together.
It didn't escape Kagami's notice how Marinette's main focus was still Adrien. (Kagami found herself internally punching the wall)
Kagami watches and follows Marinette around, she didn't have much interest going on in her life, and with an odd satisfaction, Kagami would be delighted to watch Marinette fumble and trip over herself. It was only meant for good fun, Kagami thought it was a silly crush on Adrien that she could entertain. She realized too late just how far Marinette would go to get with Adrien, and Kagami was too seeped into Marinette's plans that she couldn't just turn and run.
She had threatened Felix when he kidnapped her, but his proclomations of love had felt stiff, rehersed and not real. Kagami didn't care, he was merely playing a role, one that Kagami could easily provide him. They held hands and kissed like any couple would, but it felt wrong and Kagami had found herself gagging when she was alone. It wasn't right when she kissed Felix, it made her skin crawl and her mind buzz with warning signals, as if she was in danger.
Kagami was no fool to how Felix felt, seeing how he always flinched away from her touch or how she always hesitated to kiss her. They weren't right for each other, but it made those around them happy.
Marinette squealed, hugging them both and congratulating them, saying how she could take them on double dates now that her and Adrien were together.
"Your together?" Felix asked, shock and horror written on his face.
"Yeah" Marinette smiled, ignoring how Felix grinded his teeth and Kagami scowled.
"You and Felix are dating?" Adrien looked at Kagami shocked, blinking a few times.
"Yes, is that really a shock?" Kagami asked, swallowing the bile in her throat.
Adrien chuckled, adjusting his bag strap, "yeah. I always thought Felix liked guys, but I shouldn't make such assumptions on anyone. I'm happy for you guys though!"
Kagami nodded, waving goodbye as Adrien left fencing practice.
"He said he suspected you like guys." Kagami told Felix watching the night life of Paris.
"... What if I did?" Felix asked.
Kagami shrugged, "I'd still date you so we don't have to deal with our families."
"You broke up!?" Marinette shouted, her voice rising in pitch at the end.
Kagami moved away, only for Marinette to continue to invade her space.
"I th-thought you two were going to stay together!"
"I don't like boys," Kagami stated it plainly.
They were adults now, Kagami had moved away from her mother and into an apartment, finding peace that she didn't have to worry about playing a role. It was Felix's idea really, Kagami had figured that they would slowly drift apart, but he had said he wanted to stay friends, and Kagami agreed. They spent years talking about themselves, how they hid in plain sight away from their friends and family, neither could afford to lose the only safety that they had at the time.
"You... Like girls..." Marinette's face twisted into several emotions at once.
(Kagami didn't miss the disgust that breifly shaped Marinette's face)
It was quick as Marinette moved away from Kagami, her body language devensive and scared, as if Marinette was repulsed to be so close to Kagami.
"Do you find me digusting." Less of a question and more of a statement.
Marinette's face controted into that of guilt and fear, she began to wave her hands around.
"No no no no! I don't mind at all, it's just shocking is all! I mean you and Felix always looked so good together and I thought you two would always be together. There's nothing wrong with you liking girls, I mean Rose, Juleka and Zoe like girls. I'm don't find you disgusting, again I'm just so..."
Kagami frowned, watching Marinette trip over herself trying to excuse her rather lakluster, it was almost laughable at how Marinette kept digging the hole she was in. But, Kagami let Marinette talk over and over, repeating herself at nausioum.
They had all met up at Adrien's place to catch up on lost time. The place was huge and the whole class, plus some extra significant others, had shown up. Kagami stayed to the side, watching the group mingle with each other, her eyes wandered and found Felix being gushed over by two men: one with long red hair and the other with shaggy black hair. She rolled her eyes at her ex-boyfriend being flustered and attempting to hide away from their compliments.
Swirling her cup, Kagami hummed only to see a woman with short blonde hair dressed in pink make her way over and stand next to her. She didn't say anything at first, glancing at Kagami before coughing into her fist and nervously smiling.
"Sorry to bother you, I'd figure I'd reintroduce myself—" Kagami turned to her — " I'm Rose Lavillant."
Silence greeted the two as Kagami went back to people watching. (She noticed Alya and Nino giving Rose a quick thumbs up before returning to talking to Zoe and her girlfriend)
"What do you like to do Kagami?" Rose asked.
Kagami thought about it, there wasn't much she did now that she was out of her mother's control, naturally she found herself gravitating towards things her mother didn't like her doing. She found herself getting into pottery when drawing wasn't enough, and even gardening and cooking.
"I've been attempting at cooking," she said.
"Oh? What do you make?" Rose asked.
"I mostly stick to bento boxes for now, but I've been learning how to grill fish and even marinate pork."
Nothing she said was intersting, yet Rose looked at her and asked more questions, as if everything that Kagami said was more important than anything else. Like she was learning about it for the first time and Kagami was the one who was telling her about it.
"What do you like to do?" Kagami asked.
Rose's face lit up, she talked about getting into crochet and knitting, even saying she wants to start a little online store to sell her creations. Kagami nodded, listening, a small smile growing on her face.
While Kagami wasn't in Paris as often anymore, she kept in touch with Rose. Finding herself texting the other woman often and learning more about her through their conversations. She had a reoccuring illness that kept her from doing much else, how it weighed her down on bad days. Kagami was shocked at Rose's resilliance, but smiled and complimented her about it.
Everything came to quick stand-still when Rose informed Kagami that Marinette and Adrien broke up.
Kagami pretended to be shocked.
(She remembered Felix whispering to her how Adrien had cried about not being able to return Marinette's affections, that he felt broken for not loving her how she loved him. They both consoled him, telling him that he wasn't broken that it was okay to not feel this way.)
A weight from Kagami's chest had been aleviated, several years of Adrien putting Marinette first. She was relieved about the whole thing really, Adrien never had time to figure himself out, so Kagami was greatful he was taking that step.
Me: Send my condolances to Marinette
Rose: I'll let her know! She doesn't seem to be taking it well :(
Weeks past by and Kagami doesn't hear from Rose, she still informes her that she'll be coming to visit in the next few days, asking if they could plan something.
No response, not even a glance at the messages.
Kagami lands and finally hears what happened from an enranged Felix.
"She blames us for Adrien's decision!" He did circles around the couch. "I can't believe her! What made her think that this would last? Not everyone lives out their lives with their High School Sweethearts!"
Kagami hummed in agreement.
"Does she not realize that Adrien likely learned what she did?"
"That's the thing," Felix dragged a hand down his face. "Adrien still doesn't know! No ones told him about her stalking and various other crimes!"
"Worst part? Rose was there comforting her, and Marinette snapped at her, blaming Rose that this was her fault." Felix waved his hands around. "Rose!? I don't know her personally, but that woman has done nothing but be supportive of Marinette and everthing she's done! I can't believe her!"
Kagami huffed, letting Felix rant and rave into the night.
Me: Felix told me what happened with you and Marinette.
Me: How about we meet up for lunch, my treat.
Rose: That sounds nice, what place were you thinking?
They met up the next day, Rose seemed to be in good spirits, though it was clear that mentally she was struggling just a bit. Kagami didn't want to bring it up, talking to Rose about what she's been doing in Japan. How she picked up some items for Rose of her favorite characters. This seemed to brighten Rose up considerablly, and Kagami smiled as the other woman gushed over the pins and little photo cards of her favorite characters.
Both looked up, seeing a furious and confused Marinette.
She looked awful. Her hair was down, and and sticking up all over the place, her clothes were wrinkled and looked like she splet in them, but Marinette's eyes were the worst. Bloodshot, clearly from her crying and heavy bags. Kagami stood up from her seat as Marinette marched over to the two of them.
"What are you two doing?" She demanded, trying to keep her voice low.
Patrons of the cafe were glancing over their shoulders, clearly trying not to stare but it was hard to ignore. Kagami placed herself in front of Rose, feeling a sudden urgency to keep Marinette away from her.
"We're hanging out," Kagami stated plainly.
"Hanging out," Marinette scoffed, "sure. That's one way to say your on a date."
Kagami rolled her eyes, "I'm visiting and simply wanted to catch-"
"Sure," Marinette spat. Her voice raised and more patrons were looking on at them. "You just want to make me miserable, is that it? Rub it in my face that I'm lonely and your not?"
"We're just catching up," Kagami reiterated.
She felt Rose take her hand (they were cold), Kagami held her hand back.
"Everything that's happened and you guys can only thing of yourselves!" Marinette had started to yell, staff members mutted to one another, Kagami caught sight of a waiter whispering on the phone.
"Marinette-" Rose had stood up, reaching out to her.
She looked at Rose with disgust, slapping her hand away. "DON'T TOUCH ME! YOU DON'T DESERVE TO LAY A HAND ON ME AFTER YOU LEFT ME! WHAT KIND OF FRIEND LEAVES? YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT ME, YOU NEVER DID!"
Kagami pushed Rose behind her, glaring Marinette down. This further angered Marinette, who continued to shout and scream at the two, saying stuff that Kagami didn't care to process. She gave a comforting squeeze, her eyes landed on the police cruiser that parks outside of the cafe.
So, Kagami steps back as does Rose, the police walk in and walk over.
In just three mintues, Kagami watches as Marinette goes from screaming to crying her eyes out. Only, the cop looks annoyed and escorts her out of the cafe, despite Marinette's protests. Another cop begins to ask questions to the staff, some patrons, and finally ended with Kagami and Rose.
Despite everything, Kagami and Rose leave the cafe and head off to Roses apartment, the events were a lot and Rose had asked for them to head over. Kagami agreed, knowing that it likely caused Rose a lot of stress and put her in some amount of pain both physically, mentally and emotionally.
She grabbed a glass of water for Rose and even got a few snacks upon her request. They sat on the couch and watched a few movies, Rose huddled in a blanket and leaning against Kagami.
"Y'know Marinette did have a point," Rose mused quietly, a yawn reaching the end of her sentence.
"Maybe it was a date... Or..."
"You wanted it to be a date? Kagami finished.
Rose nodded burrying her face into the blankets. "It's silly I know! But, I really like you and-"
Kagami wrapped her arm around Rose resting her head against her's.
"Let's take it easy," Kagami whispered.
Rose leaned further into Kagami, a soft laugh leaving her mouth.
"Yeah, that sounds nice."
WOOOO this was fun to write!! I like to think that after Cerise is defeated, Kagami, and a few others, resign as Miraculous holders to focus more on herself and getting out of her Mother's grasp. She lives in Japan and has a job that's flexiable to where she can visit Paris often enough. Kagami always knew she liked girls, but because she was under her mother's watchful eye, she couldn't be herself, hence why she dated Felix for as long as she did.
