Miraculous: Tales of Hound Dog and Furret

Bubblower

Milo Porter snores softly, undisturbed. Suddenly he's woken up by his cellphone. "Huh? Happy birthday-- ow!" He jumps down the stairs and hits his chaise. "Happy birthday!" He gets to his computer and turns it on, revealing his desktop background to be a collage of Katrina Anderson's pictures. "Ah! Happy birthday, beautiful." He makes kissing noises towards the screen.

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Katrina is in her bathroom, brushing her teeth.

"Happy birthday, Katrina!" Truvv flies up, bringing an egg wrapped with a red bow.

Katrina rolls her eyes, disgusted. "Ugh, Tuvv! Get that raw egg out of my face!" She plugs her nose.

"Huh?" Truvv eats the egg. "Mmm."

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Milo walks down the stairs with a gift in his hands while his mom is in the kitchen drinking tea.

"Milo, don't forget to clean your room after school today." She says.

Milo groans. "Mom! It's Friday, and I'm already doing something with Dylan!"

His mother raises an eyebrow. "Fine, I'll go ahead and clean it, but don't blame me if I come across any of your private stuff, like your e-mails, your diary--"

Milo pales and stutters nervously, "Okay! I'll do it, I'll do it." He goes up to his mom, gives her a kiss, and starts to leave.

She chuckles. "Have a nice day, sweetie!"

Milo closes the door. "Happy birthday-- I mean, have a nice day!"

His mother looks confused. "Hm?" She shrugs. "Hm." She sips her tea.

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Katrina is eating alone at a big dining table. She looks lonely. Astrid, her father's assistant, walks in. "Your schedule, Katrina." She hands Katrina a tablet.

Katrina takes it and scrolls through. "Thanks, Astrid." Astrid starts to leave. "Hey, um, my father get back to you about my birthday party?" Her face lights up with hope.

Astrid coughs lightly. "Well, um-- He doesn't think would be a good idea."

Katrina's shoulders slump as she turns sad again and speaks softly. "Of course not."

Astrid sighs. "Happy birthday, Katrina." She leaves.

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At school, Katrina and Nina stand on the steps, talking. Meanwhile, Dylan and Milo are hiding nearby out of sight. Ashley and Kylie are in the school but near enough to see what's happening.

Nina blows a bubble. "Kat, seriously? Has your dad always been such a downer? You'd think he'd remember what it was like to be young and wanna party a little."

Katrina sighs. "No, I'm pretty sure he was a downer back then too. Well, at least I tried."

Nina wraps one arm around Katrina. "It's your b-day, Kat! Insist!"

Meanwhile, Dylan is encouraging Milo. "You can do it dude, you can do it!"

Milo nods determinedly. "I can do it, I can do it!"

Nina grunts. "You know what, I'm gonna have a little convo with your pops."

Katrina shakes her head. "Don't waste your time. He's not gonna change his mind."

Milo pops up to look at Katrina while she's not looking. "I can't do it, I can't do it! She hates me!"

Dylan facepalms. "Uh, no you don't, bro. You've been stalling all morning. Now's the time." He pushes Milo over to Katrina.