Before his friends were due to arrive, Adrien went over the plan in his head again.
It had turned out quite complicated. There were four steps to it, each requiring quite a lot of preparation in advance, and all very carefully designed to point Gabriel and Nathalie towards each other without tipping them off.
Marinette's creativity really knew no bounds. She and Adrien had spent hours figuring out all the details, with input from Alya and Nino.
It had to be a success, even though Nathalie was ill, Adrien was sure they could still pull it off.
Everything he had said to Nathalie that morning, though perfectly true and sincere, had been an extra little step he had come up with himself. Considering she probably felt like crap, it would definitely help to put her in a good mood, and a sentimental mood. Not to mention that Gabriel cared for her. She obviously didn’t take it that way, but that was okay, he hadn't meant her to, that would have been very not subtle.
Nathalie was resting in preparation for the social gathering later, and Gabriel was back to fussing over her, despite her protest that he didn't need to.
"Excellent," Adrien had said to Plagg, so Adrien was free to check on Step Four. Obviously the mistletoe would be put up at the last possible minute, to prevent Gabriel or Nathalie from seeing it, but the rest of the game had been set up.
"I think we're good to go, Plagg."
"Great. Now maybe I can hear about something else for a while," his Kwami grumbled.
"You know, I don't buy your indifference. I reckon you want this as much as I do."
"Meh." Plagg shrugged. "Well … I admit your dad has been a bit more tolerable recently. So Nathalie's very good for him. Stop grinning! I'm not into the lovey-dovey stuff! I'm just happy for your sake."
"Uh-huh. You're not a romantic at heart, then" Adrien said.
"Nope!" Plagg replied.
"So, you're telling me I haven't heard you mutter the name of Ladybug's Kwami in your sleep about a million times by now," Adrien said, grinning.
"What?" Plagg gasped. "Uh-uh, no way! You must have misheard me saying … camembert!"
Adrien snorted with laughter. "Yeah, 'Tikki' and 'camembert' are such similar words. I don't know how I missed that” Adrien said sarcastically.
"Mention her name one more time and I'm moving back to the Miracle Box!"
"Okay, I promise."
"Thank you."
"I'll just call her 'sugar cube' instead," Adrien said.
"Hey!"
"What? You tease me about Ladybug so much, I should be allowed to return the favour”.
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miraculous Christmas special
DragosteAdrien really wants his father and Nathalie to become a couple, he believes that in order for it to happen that they need a little push and what better time to do it then Christmas. While Gabriel and Nathalie become a couple? Can a little bit of mis...
