I was at work, bit my tongue and this happened? I blame all the LBSC members, we've talked about Luka having the tongue piercing before but here's Marinette with it and Luka unable to cope.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“Absolutely?”
“Yes.”
“Maybe you should sleep on it.”
“I already have and I’m sure.”
“Look I know you want to change your image a bit but this is totally different than clothes and I just-”
“Rose breathe.” Juleka chimed in, sharing an amused look with Marinette. The way her girlfriend was acting was as if she was getting her tongue pierced instead of Marinette.
“I promise this is what I want.” The designer reassured the nervous girl, while she had been experimenting with the clothes and her hair a bit, this was something no one was expecting her to do. To be fair, Marinette couldn’t believe she was about to let Juleka shove a needle through her tongue for her to always have it pierced. The timing had just seemed right and her parents had been hinting at her expressing herself and feeling more comfortable with who she was becoming for a while now and didn’t bat an eye when she word vomited her idea. Now all the girls were free during the break which was the perfect time to allow it to heal before school was back in session.
“One question.”
“Shoot.”
“This is for you right?”
“Definitely for me.”
“One condition then.”
“What Jules?” The shorter girl was wary of the glint in those amber eyes.
“I want to be there when you talk to Luka for the first time.”
“Deal?” She agreed confused, sticking her tongue out when prompted and letting Juleka secure the clamp and mark the spot. No turning back now.
The swelling was bad the first few days, it didn’t help that her clumsy nature caused her to accidentally bite her healing appendage. Salt was okay but too much was bad, pepper was even worse and she had gained a deeper appreciation of ice cream and popsicles. The girls had planned an outing today and since it was closest to the boathouse, they would meet over there to pick up Juleka beforehand. The only ones who knew of her new jewelry so far could still be counted on one hand. Juleka and Rose who were there, her parents because she had discussed it with them first and Tikki who was also technically there for the whole thing too.
“Tithee,” oh god her nerves were making it harder to talk, “I tant do tisss.”
“Marinette I know you’re nervous but just breathe! Everyone is bound to find out eventually anyway, it looks great! The ladybug topper really makes it miraculous!” The kwami grinned at the giggle from her chosen.
“Otay, I can do tiss.” Grabbing her purse and phone, she left with a goodbye to her parents and popsicle in hand. Surprisingly she was one of the first to arrive, Alix beating her by a few minutes.
“Hey Marinette.”
“Hey Alickss.”
“Are you feeling okay?”
“Yeah, I uh-”
“Hey Marinette! Is your tongue still swollen?”
“Yeah jusst a bit.” Deciding to rip the bandage off so to speak, the designer stuck out her tongue to show off the piercing.
“Whoa dude! Sick!” Alix leaned in with interest, firing away questions. “When did you get it done? Who did it? Did it hurt a lot? Oh cool, is that a ladybug topper?”
“Juleka did it for her last week, she didn’t even flinch! Isn’t the ladybug topper so cute? A ladybug for our everyday ladybug!” Rose smiled, clapping her hands in happiness.
“Yeah itss noth too pad.”
“Okay this is kind of hilarious but are you sure you’re okay to talk? Don’t ruin my hard work.” Juleka appeared from down below, nodding in greeting and moving to check out the piercing. “Looks good.”
“Popsisscle.” Marinette held up her popsicle to accent her statement.
“Hey girls! Oh wow, did we take that long? Marinette never beats me!” Alya teased, checking the time on her phone.
“Early start.” To keep from talking, she squeezed the next chunk of her treat to the top and let it melt in her mouth. The coolness of the flavored ice did wonders and helped the swelling, even if it made the bar very cold and feel weird.
“Oh wow, you weren’t kidding when you said all the girls were coming over.” Luka joked, waving as he grabbed his helmet and slid his guitar on his back.
“Wuka!” Oh no. “Whatss thup?” Not now oh god why now?!
“Hey Marinette, just getting ready for work. I swapped with a co-worker to get saturday off so I have a three day weekend. You okay?”
“Yess, never bethur. See?” In a panic she stuck her tongue out, not seeing that Juleka was recording or the confusion of the Girl Squad. “Itss new, do yoo wike it?”
“I uh well sure. It’s great really really great. Uh, ladybug topper?”
“Mhm!”
“Cool, so looks like it’s new and you’re still healing so be careful. No making out until it's healed.”
“WHAT?!” She screeched, causing a handful of eyes to be as wide as dinner plates.
“With me! I mean anyone! Just be careful until it’s healed!” It wasn’t often Luka was flustered enough to blush but boy did he look cute. He couldn’t meet her eyes anymore and just dash around everyone to leave for work, nearly falling at the end of the walk.
“Oh god, I knew this would be priceless but that was so much better!” Juleka was cackling, still recording Marinette as her brain caught up and her face lit on fire too.
“He wantss to makeow wif me?!”
“Totally but you have to wait at least six weeks.”
“Thatss too wong!”
Juleka was so getting copies of this video made, she could not pass up blackmail material this good. She would of course make sure to edit out all the yelling from the rest of the girls at the end because no one wanted to hear banshees.
