Walls Between Us (Vanitas x Reader) Vol. 3

Chapter 20: Party Crasher

"I'm really sorry, Wayhem, but I've got a casting this afternoon and then a private fencing lesson."  Adrien is talking to Wayhem through a video chat when he notices Wayhem tearing up. "But we will hang out soon. You're my number one fan after all."

Wayhem dries his tears and turn his mood up.

"But my father never lets me hang out. I never have friends over, either." he continues.

"Seriously? You never have friends over?" Wayhem asked and Adrien shake his head in disappointment. "That's harsh. One of these days, I'm gonna come over and change your dad's mind and we'll have a rocking good time. For real!"

"My father doesn't change his mind very easily, but I appreciate the thought. Okay, gotta go finish my homework before the shoot. See you, Wayhem."

"Bye, Adrien." Wayhem hangs up.

Plagg flows over. " Why don't you make the most of your father being out of town? Have some friends over and live it up a little. Maybe hang out with Vanitas."

"You know my father has very high expectations of me." Adrien disagrees. " I can't go behind his back like that. Besides, even if I wanted to live it up a little, my bodyguard's keeping an eye on me and Van to make sure we stay in line." Adrien frowns.

"That's okay, you've got me and your brother. And our endless supply of cheese. That'll make anyone happy."

Adrien chuckles.

In the Agreste car, Nathalie drives a hologram Gabriel to the airport and fixes it when it flickers.

"Is everything going to plan, Nathalie?" Gabriel calls her.

"Yes. On route to the airport, sir. You will officially be spending the entire weekend in Tokyo. No one will ever suspect that you stayed home." Nathalie assures him and no one will suspect that he stayed home.

"Perfect." Gabriel hangs up and then presses the buttons on his painting, leading down to his repository and speaks to Emilie.  "Emilie, we miss you so much. But you'll be back with us very soon. Thanks to my akumas, it's only a matter of time before I take control of their Miraculous. Merging them will grant me absolute power to reshape reality, and finally reverse our past mistake."

Suddenly he notices the white butterflies emerging from their cocoons. " They're ready. Nooroo, time to harvest." He started to collects the butterflies and begins to harvest them.

{~Outside the Agreste mansion~}

Noe explains explains their goal to the boy team to get into the Agreste mansion .

"Okay, remember our objective. To penetrate the impenetrable fortress, aka Vanitas' and Adrien's pad. Our main obstacle, Their old man, is headed for Tokyo's fashion week along with Obstacle #2. As for Obstacle #3, we have our own secret weapon to neutralize him. "

Max chuckles and  taps his bookbag.

"Operation Vanitas begins now!"

"Uh... now now?" Ivan asked confusingly.

"Yeah, now now! What now?" Nino shrugs.

"Uh, now now is when I promised Mylène I'd go help her plant some trees down by the river."  Ivan is concerned over the fact that they had promised the girls that they'd help plant trees.

"Wait a sec! The street thing's today?" Kim raised a brow.

"Yes, and the probability of the girls being terribly disappointed if we don't participate is 100%." Max agrees that they'd be disappointed if they don't show up.