#i can explain...

Me: no, I can't go that route. My love is for Gojo.

*sukuna's grin*

Me: cuz... that's not right...I'm loyal.

*sukuna rips -yuuji's- clothes off*

Me:

*sukuna's voice all put together*

Me:

A young woman flying down the stairs of the Dupain-Cheng household early on a school day was not an unusual event, all things considered. Her mother grabbing her as she emerged into the main floor, however, was.

"Shhhhh!" Sabine hissed, pulling an uncomprehending Marinette aside and putting a hand over her mouth. "Be still. Please."

Marinette's eyes lit up with alarm as she watched her mother's odd behavior. "Mama?" she whispered, urgently. "What is going on?"

"I'm not sure," declared Sabine. "Something has happened to your father. I almost think that he's been Akumatized again... except that he's not acting like it. You know how it was that day, remember? All of that stomping around and the little speeches and fighting that poor Chat boy."

"Oh... I remember," shuddered Marinette. "I was right there in the middle of things that day. What is he doing now?"

"Be very, very quiet. I don't think he's dangerous... but I can't be sure," Sabine warned her. "Go look in the living room."

Marinette crept out of the kitchen, trying not to make a sound... then clapped both of her hands over her mouth after about ten steps.

Her father was purple.

Her father was floating about half a meter above the carpet, drifting aimlessly around the room.

Her father had bubbles coming out of... well... she didn't really want to speculate about that, now, did she?

Scrambling back to the kitchen, Marinette was as pale as her mother had ever seen her. "What in the world happened to him?" she gasped.

"I haven't the slightest idea," murmured Sabine. "He was fine when he came to bed last night. He got up around four for the usual bakery routine, and I think I heard him rustling around for something to eat in the refrigerator..."

Marinette turned paler; any more so, and she might have turned translucent.

Slowly, trying not to draw attention to herself, she walked over to the fridge and opened the door.

Just yesterday, she thought, I made up a fresh batch of my transformation macarons for Tikki. The old ones were getting kind of crumbly and making my purse messy, and Master Fu never told me how long their magic would remain potent...

...and now two of them are missing.

They're not SUPPOSED to have an effect on humans... I don't think... but maybe I got one of the recipes wrong? Or eating two at once caused an unexpected interaction?

"Marinette?" asked Sabine, quietly. "Is there anything unusual in there?"