Chat Out of the Bag?

Chapter 4

Adrien went back to his room to get ready for bed. He wished Hawkmoth hadn't interrupted his time with his sister. They had been apart for too long and he wanted her to feel safe and happy.

"I can't believe your science teacher assigned a group project. At least she assigned groups so you don't have to deal with Chloe but still."

"Marinette was kind enough to have us all at her house and I'm sure her family has something with cheese at the bakery."

Plagg rubbed his hands together like a villain when he thought about the tasty cheese. Plus unbeknownst to Adrien he could spend time with his sugar cube. Plagg was too busy plotting and Adrien was too busy putting on his pajamas to notice that Lucia had snuck into his room.

After the akuma attack, Lucia didn't want to sleep by herself so she went to her brother's room. "Adrien, Can I sleep --- kitty fairy!"

Adrien and Plagg both froze. "Lucia, that's my new toy from Japan with floating action," he said hastily. Lucia closed the door and went up to Plagg. She pouted at her brother.

"No lying. He's a house spirit like the stories say. You have to be polite to them."

Adrien tried to convince his sister that Plagg was a toy. Finally, Plagg decided to speak, "You are dreaming. This is just a dream. You will wake up in your own bed and bring your brother cheese in the morning."

Lucia giggled, "I like you, kitty spirit. My name is Lucia Marie Agreste. Please protect my home."

"My name is Plagg and I am not a minor house spirit. I'm an important Kwami."

Adrien sighed, "Lucia, you cannot tell anyone you saw Plagg."

The little girl nodded. She didn't know what a Kwami was but he looked like a cat so she offered her hand for him to sniff. Plagg refused to sniff her. He looked like a cat but he wasn't a real cat.

The cat kwami was a softy at heart because he let Lucia pet him when she looked sad that he didn't sniff her hand.

"You're a cute kitty, Plagg, and I promise to keep your secret. I'm a good secret keeper because I have a secret that I never told anyone my entire life."

"What secret is that?" asked Adrien.

"If I told you it wouldn't be a secret," she replied as if it were obvious and her brother was silly to ask.

She happily chatted about how much she loved the heroes in Paris especially Chat Noir since he was a kitty and kitties are the best.

Adrien shot Plagg a look when he had a smug look on his face when he heard how much Lucia loved Chat Noir.

"Okay, Lucia, it's time for bed now. Tomorrow we get to go to Marinette's house since we have a group project."

"Okay..., I like her. She's sweet and she made me chocolate croissants," she replied with a yawn.

She snuggled in the bed and kissed Adrien good night, "I love you, Adrien.   I love you, Plagg."

"I love you too, Lucia."

Soon enough the little girl was fast asleep.

"What are we going to do, Plagg? Lucia knows my secret now!"

"Don't worry about it. She thinks I'm a fairy. So your secret is safe," replied Plagg as he ate some cheese.

When the kwami finished, he had a mischievous look on his face. He floated over to Lucia and whispered to her, "When you wake up bring cheese to your fairy guardian. Remember that Plagg likes cheese."

"Plagg, stop sending subliminal messages to Lucia," said Adrien.

The kwami snickered and got comfortable on the pillow between the two Agreste children. Adrien smiled as he looked at them. It was nice not having to hide Plagg and he was glad Lucia liked him. He couldn't remember the last time he felt so happy.

Adrien woke up to a knock on his door.

"Adrien, may I come in?"

Plagg hid when he heard the knock so Adrien told Natalie that she could come in.

Natalie walked in and had a tiny smile when she saw Lucia sleeping next to Adrien.

"I supposed Lucia is the reason you slept in this morning."

Adrien explained that Lucia was scared by the akuma and didn't want to sleep by herself.

Natalie nodded and typed something on her phone. She told Adrien that breakfast was ready and after that, he would be taken to Marinette's house for his project.

Natalie gently woke up Lucia and took her to her room so she could help her get dressed.

Lucia came down to breakfast wearing a cat ear headband and a pink dress with paw prints at the bottom. Their father was absent yet again but Adrien was used to it. As soon as they finished breakfast, Lucia ran off to get her things together. Adrien got his school stuff together and made sure Plagg had his morning cheese.

"Adrien, Adrien, look! look!" Lucia ran into his room and showed him her kitty backpack. She took out a metal pencil case but instead of pencils, she put little pieces of cheese wrapped in napkins in it. "Plagg said he likes cheese so I took a little bit of cheese from the kitchen when the staff wasn't looking."

Plagg came out of Adrien's pocket when he heard the word cheese.

"She is now on my list of favorite humans and the kwami protection list."

"Really!?" said Adrien and Lucia said at the same time. Adrien in disbelief and Lucia in pure happiness.

"You are now my favorite pair of cheesy siblings."

Lucia cheered and Adrien shook his head at his kwami.

"Adrien, Lucia, if you two don't leave now, you will be late. Your father will not be happy if your schoolwork suffers."

Lucia opens her backpack and asked Plagg if he wanted to stay with her for the ride over. Plagg looked over to Adrien to see if he was okay with that plan. Adrien nodded and the cat kwami made himself comfortable in the cute backpack.

Today will be a good day because  Lucia had her big brother and a kwami on her side.