GOLD

Ten

Adrien had just finished taking a much need shower from all the added stress. It was going to be a headache trying to keep his hero life a secret. It didn't help that he had a cat shaped bad luck charm who had no boundaries. The little imp had changed the water temperature when Adrien had lathered his hair.

Adrien sat with a towel laid effortless on his head as he watched the television intently. Mayor Bourgeois had prepared something in accordance with today's events. "I am pleased to announce that we will organize a huge celebration in honor of our city's new protector, Scarlett Lady."

Adrien was in utter shock. Scarlett had avoided the entire fight. She only helped when persuaded with fame. "What about Marigold?!" He yelled wishing that the Mayor could hear him through the television.

He rewind the TV to the small clip of Marigold. Plagg studied the screen realizing that was indeed his Marinette Dupain-Cheng.

"Look at her. She's amazing!"

Plagg hoped that Adrien didn't set his sights on her. She had a lot on her plate already and didn't need any boys to distract her even if they were destined to be together. "I don't know how baseball works but aren't you out of her league or somethin'?"

"You've should of meant her. She was funny, flirty, and super cool."

"You have probably have met plenty of girls that fit that description."

"She's different."

Plagg rolled in an empty camberet container. "My advice is to pick camembert cheese. Its fantastic."

"Can the cursed be lifted by an inanimate object?"

"I don't know. Makeout with some cheese and find out."

"No thanks, I prefer something that I can have s..."

He unpaused the television to avoid finishing his sentence. "The police are perplexed to what will happen in event of another attack. Will there be other villians like Stoneheart?"

"Plagg, is there going to be other villians? I thought we defeated him. Although, there was this random butterfly and Marigold said something about it."

"Heres a crash course. I'm only going to say this once kid so listen up. The butterfly is called an Akuma. Its from the butterfly Miraculous. Its used to make villians. Only the Ladybug Miraculous holder can capture akumas and repair damage caused by supervillains. The Ladybug and ChatNoir are opposites of each other. One good luck, one bad luck. One creation, one destruction."

"Can't I do anything without Scarlett Lady?" He asked kinda irritated that he'd be forced to work together with her.

"Nope."

"So, where does Marigold fit in, in all this?"

"She's just a sidekick. Ignore her." Plagg knew that if Marinette ever heard him call her a sidekick she'd lock him up permanently in the miracle box or worse.

"What do you have against her?"

"She's not cut out to be a superhero. She's only gonna keep messing up. Did you not see how clumsy she was?"

Adrien recalled the heat of her body against his. She had accidentally fallen on him and that was subtle compared to the friction of her entire body against his back. Her breath in his ear. He covered the ear that was given the opportunity to feel such warmth. "Yah." He smiled.

"SNAP OUT OF IT. CHAOS AND CHEESE. NOTHING ELSE."

"But, she's so... and she captured hakuna matta thing and did it successfully. And she called me pretty."

"UGHHH" Plagg groaned as he had forgotten how stupid teenage boys were. Letting hormones running amok.