Reunited

-Chapter - 52 - Suffering pt. 2-

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Minutes later, Adrien arrived at the mansion and raced inside. He ordered his kwami to go through the bathroom door and unlock it from the inside. When he pushed the door open and entered inside, his eyes welled up with tears as he saw his mother laying on the floor. Adrien dropped to his knees and took his mother in his arms and checked for her pulse. When he felt Nathalie's heart still pounding, even more tears escaped his eyes.

"Aunt... Call an ambulance please..." Adrien instructed and Lucy did as he said.

He saw his sister standing there, looking at them, while she cried. When he stared down at their mom, Gabriella approached them and joined them in the floor.

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Of course they weren't able to leave the house without the press and paparazzi following them around. As soon as people from the news were informed about Astro Cat's appearance, they knew something happened.

Adrien had, of course, notified his father and wife about what happened to his mom. The doctor stated that Nathalie's loss of consciousness was caused by dehydration, which caused her blood pressure to decrease. This made Gabriel extremely worried about Nathalie. He wished he could be there to provide her with the necessary comfort that she needed, but there was nothing he could do, and he despised the feeling of helplessness.

After Marinette had left, when the ten minutes was up, he couldn't concentrate on the dresser they were trying to make due to the thoughts running in his mind.

~"What if she is slowly forgetting to take care of herself?"~

~"She needs me the most now."~

~"I should be there for, Nathalie. I can't do anything! I'm useless!"~

The tears in his eyes blurred his vision, when he realized he almost smashed the hammer on his finger, he snapped out of his thoughts.

-Hospital-

When Nathalie woke up, Adrien and Gabriella stood up from the couch and approached her immediately.

Nathalie tried to sit up on the bed, but stopped when she felt her head throb.

Adrien sighed and told her, "Mom, please just don't move too much."

Nathalie looked at the both of them, and asked, "What happened?"

"We found you passed out in the bathroom," Adrien informs her.

She turned turned to Gabriella, who was at the edge of the hospital bed, "I-I'm sorry..." tears welled up in her eyes.

Gabriella grabbed her mother's hand and intertwined it with hers, "You made me worried, mama. We were knocking on your door, and you didn't even answer. Did you hear us?"

Nathalie stared at the ceiling and closed her eyes trying to remember. She then turned to her daughter, "I remember..... I remember hearing your voices while I was inside the bathroom... I tried to stand up, but I couldn't. I could barely move as I tried to get near the door," her tears rolled down her eyes as she explained. "I don't recall anything else... I think that was when I lost consciousness," she added then returned her gaze to Adrien.

"You have low blood pressure the doctor said, and it's because you haven't been drinking enough fluids...That's why you passed out...She advised that you take a rest..." Her son told her.

Nathalie nodded, "When can I go home?" she asked him.

"In two hours you can be discharged, but please worry about that later. Take some time to rest, please mom..." he turned to his sister for a brief second, "For Gabriella and I... And for father?"