Adrinette April - a Miraculous Ladybug fanfic

Day 7 - Modeling

It was Saturday morning when she received a text from Adrien saying that he will drop by at her place after his shoot. He did not specify the time so she assumed that it would be sometime in the afternoon.

She didn't expect that he would arrive at nine in the morning

"What the f- !" Marinette yelped when a heavy body slumped on her duvet. She was still in her bed and was planning to get up around ten if not for the rude awakening.

"A - Adrien?!" she immediately sat up upon recognizing the mop of blond hair that was groaning on her sheets. "Are you - Are you alright?"

She was half-asleep when she heard her Maman calling her name downstairs about a visitor she thought was Alya.

"I can't feel my legs," Adrien sobbed exaggeratedly.

He was lying face flat, with arms and legs sprawled and covered three-quarters of the bed's space. "Not only my legs but my entire body. It's aching everywhere, Marinette."

She was glad she was wearing modest and decent-looking pajamas instead of her dark kitten-themed ones. "I thought the photo shoot will end around in the afternoon."

"Vincent needs to chase the sunrise." his bemoans were muffled by the duvet. "And I had to wear a hundred pieces of clothing."

"A hundred pieces?" she whistled. "Wow, that's a lot."

"You have no idea." he groaned, remained unmoved.

"Does this mean I'll be expecting several lineups for Gabriel's upcoming Spring Catalog?"

"I can't really say. I mean, I always wear hundreds of clothing everytime Père releases a seasonal catalog."

"So you're too used to it."

"Too used to it yeah," he grimaced. "But that doesn't mean my body will get used to the pains."

"Why can't they just make you wear a single design then indicate the available colors on the catalog instead of you wearing them all?" she asked.

"Oh, that's what the team are doing. To crunch the time, they even made me wear a generic suit while the types of collars and the sleeve cuts will be indicated on the catalog," he told her then sighed. "Just because they can do that doesn't mean they will apply it on all lineups. No; that will make Gabriel's catalog similar to RTW's catalog layouts."

She tapped her chin. "Hmm, you have a fair point. Gabriel must preserve their image to uphold its brand."

"Aesthetics," he said. "Père doesn't want his catalog to be treated like any other catalogs wherein you can just dump it afterward because the garments featured there will be considered out of fashion after a year or two. What Père wants is for people to keep it because it's Gabriel, that Gabriel's designs are timeless."

"So that explains why your father hired Vincent on every outdoor photo shoots," she chuckled lightly. "Artist knows fellow artist's best?"

Adrien gave a hearty laugh.

"So what brings you here?" the raven-haired girl asked. "Aren't you supposed to be at your home resting since you woke up early for a modeling gig?"