Things after Antibug had quickly died down for Marinette and Adrien, even when Ladybug had explained her anger towards Chloé/Antibug to Chat Noir on their following patrol. While she couldn't give too specific details that would tie back to her identity, Ladybug did explain that the situation had hit a little too close to home for her, which the feline understood and left it at that. The week after Chloé was freed, the school had also let out for winter break and there had been no akuma's in the days leading up to Christmas.
Granted, there was the incident of Santa Claws on Christmas Eve when Adrien had run away from home and Ladybug mistook Santa for his kidnapper/akuma stalker. Thankfully for the heroes, it had been an easy one to take care of and led to Adrien having one of his best Christmases to date when his friends and their families came to the mansion to celebrate with him.
The week after the Christmas akuma, it gave the Miraculous Holders a well-needed break from school and training when Master Fu insisted that they needed it. It was much appreciated by the teens, especially since Marinette now had the opportunity to catch up with her projects, like the Geode Beanie for Toby. Speaking of gifts for her family in the States, they loved the handmade Santa hats and sweaters she sent them and sent a picture of them wearing them to her and her parents. It was their Christmas card to their Parisian side of the family. But when school finally started back up for them in Paris, it held quite a few surprises for them.
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The week after Christmas was presently quiet for the majority of the city, save for the inhabitants of the Agreste Mansion. After Adrien's late-night excursion, Gabriel realized that he was being a little unreasonable with his brooding earlier that night and made it a point to spend the holidays with him. It was one of the best weeks Adrien had spent with his father. But now that winter break was over and it was the first day back at school, it meant that both Agreste males had to return to their respective responsibilities.
It was on that fateful day when Adrien was running down the foyer's steps and making his way out to go to school that he heard a voice coming from his father's atrium. Intrigued by it, Adrien stopped right in the middle of the room and turned to see his father passing by the ajar door to his office, talking to someone on the phone. Deciding to find out more, Adrien quietly snuck over to the atrium door and poked his head into the room to spy on his father, even if the blonde would tell you he was doing it for noble reasons if asked about it later. As he observed his unaware father, Adrien watched as Gabriel suddenly grew frustrated with who was on the other line of the call about something regarding his new line just as the fashion designer was looking through a book on his desk.
'I wonder what's in that book. It's got to be something good if it's got such a hold on Father's attention.' Adrien mused internally, continuing his watching while a now frustrated Gabriel picked up the book on his desk and walked to the painting of his wife, still on the call. 'What's he doing now?" the blonde model wondered as he followed his father's line of trajectory.
As he did, Adrien saw that where the painting of his mother usually was, a safe had taken its place as Gabriel placed the book in before shutting it close. A second after the safe was closed, Gabriel reached off to the side and pushed the painting of his wife back into place, revealing that the safe had been behind it all along and leaving Adrien flabbergasted. But once the safe was hidden from view, Gabriel started making his way to the room exit and sent Adrien into a panic to scramble away, hiding behind a pillar to avoid being seen by his father. When he was sure his father was gone, Adrien poked his head out from his hiding place and then looked back at the man's office just as Plagg flew out of his overshirt, his curiosity growing as well as Adrien's.
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Miraculous Hunters Rewritten: Book 1
FanfictionJim and Marinette are half siblings, and are seemingly normal teenagers. They go to school like everyone their age, have friends and do normal teenager things... but that's not the whole story. They have the responsibility of keeping the world safe...