Skybound- Miraculous Au

Chapter 16

A.P.V.

Chloe's visit earlier, though brief, brought hope to me as it meant my father felt I was well enough for guests. Then again, it could also mean that my lessons would start up again tomorrow, and I would lose my newly acquired free time, which I had hoped to use to decipher the diary and Plagg's past.

"You sure you don't remember anything that could help speed this up?" I inquired as I skimmed through a couple more pages of the journal, my eyes begging to take another break from staring at it's stained pages.

Plagg shook his head as he floated lazily on his back beside me, as if he was relaxing in a pool.

"I've got nothing Kid." He repeated, in his normal gravelly voice. "If I did we wouldn't be wasting time on that old bundle of papers."

"You mean I wouldn't be wasting time. You're not exactly being very helpful at the moment." I grumbled as I flipped another page, wincing as the corner slit another small cut into my skin. I stuck my finger into my mouth sucking on my paper cut, and ignored the momentary pounding in my head as I tried to read through the next page.

Plagg must have noticed however, as his usual cheeky expression turned to a frown. 

"You feeling okay kid?" He questioned as he floated into an upright position. "You kinda dazed off for a second there."

"Did I? I didn't notice." I mumbled as I reread the sentence I'd been on for the last minute for the sixth time. 

Why was this so hard for me? It's not like I wasn't good at reading. I used to spend hours and hours practicing my reading skills, but since I discovered the diary, the one book I actually wanted to read and study, I'd been struggling to get through it as if I was a toddler.

"You know, there is a chance you do actually have brain damage." Plagg reported, interrupting my train of thoughts. I glanced up at him giving him a look of dismay.

"Plagg, I do not have brain damage." I replied in a dull tone. "I'm a bit offended you would even think that."

"I don't mean that your brain is damaged, just that your brain could have been hurt during the accident." Plagg interjected, as I glared at him. "Like you got whatever it is humans get when they hit their head to hard. A cushion or whatever."

"A concussion?" I asked, turning to fully face where Plagg gloated beside me. He nodded vigorously.

"There's a good chance you might have gotten a concussion from when you saved that old man from the collapsing arch." Plagg continued, floating back and forth as if he was pacing. "I wouldn't be surprised if you did. Humans are so fragile."

I gave him a look, as I tried not to find myself offended from being called fragile, when something occurred to me.

"Hang on, I don't think I ever mentioned that it was an arch that collapsed on me, or that I was saving an old man." I remembered, as a look of confusion formed on my face. "How would you know that stuff?"

"I was there Kid." Plagg huffed in retort. "I watched it happen."

"Why didn't I see you then?" I asked, as I tried to piece together the event again.

"Well you didn't have goggles on yet, and weren't wearing the ring yet either." Plagg pointed out. 

"Right. I forgot I couldn't see you at first without them." I frowned. "Still I find it a bit odd that you happened to be in the park, watching me at the exact moment I saved the old man."

"Well it's not exactly everyday that a Kwami sees a human run straight into danger." Plagg chuckled at this, painting my act of bravery and heroism as foolish and dangerous. Granted it had been dangerous, and probably a bit foolish, but worth it as I saved a life.