Restaurant

I wait with Aunt Amelie at the hospital to take Mom home.

She walks out of the room wearing some of her old clothes we'd brought her, and talks a minute to the doctor waiting for her.

"Let's go! I'm ready to get home!" She says as she walks over.

We all go to the car, where Mom greets The Gorilla happily.

He gives a barely noticeable smile, and we pile into the car.

Once we get home, Mom looks around and gets herself reacquainted with the place.

"Hasn't changed too much." She mentions, looking at the furniture and everything.

"Though this is new." She mentions, gesturing to my photo wall.

"Yeah. I'm not sure why that's still here, I was gonna get rid of it."

"Well, you look very nice." She tries to make the best of it.

"Right. I don't know if anything has changed in your room, I never went in there before, and I still don't, so you can just check for yourself." I shrug.

"I'm told my room is just across the hall, just like when we were children!" Aunt Amelie says.

They go off together to examine Mom's things, and since I don't want to go in there, I head to my own room.

But on the way, I run into Felix.

"I'm glad your mom is back." He says.

"Me too." I say, trying to walk past.

"So I guess we'll be leaving soon. I'm sure you'll be happy about that."

"I wouldn't say that."

It's not a lie, I wouldn't say that, because I don't mind Aunt Amelie staying here, now that I know she's not working with my father.

Felix, on the other hand.

It wouldn't be so bad if he left.

"Right. I'm you'd just love for us to stay." He says sarcastically.

"If you're trying to start something, I'm not interested." I say, continuing to try to leave, but Felix has positioned himself directly in my path, where I'd have to physically move him to get through.

It might be fun, but I wouldn't want to ruin Mom's first day back home.

"Oh no, I'm just making observations."

"Great. Well if you'll excuse me-"

"Speaking of observations, I wonder how long it'll be until your mother how similar you look to a superhero." He says in an offhanded way.

"We look pretty much the same. You could just as likely be Cat Noir, judging by looks."

"Yes, but I haven't been in Paris until the need for superheros mostly died down."

"I'll find a way to keep things under wraps."

I already did with him.

Once I found out about the potion we gave Lila and my father, I asked for some more to give Felix.

He doesn't even know, I just poured it into his drink at dinner.

It might be kinda wrong, but I doubt he'd drink it willingly.

"Of course you will. It will be sooo hard to figure it out, I mean, it took me !" He smirks as he finally moves out of my way and slips past.

I try to keep myself from growling at him as I go to my room.

"As much as I hate to say it, and I really do hate to, it would probably be easier to give up cheese for an hour, but he's right." Plagg who has clearly been listening in, says.

I laugh at his cheese comment, but nod.

"I know. It seems like everyone is figuring it out. I'm so scared that I'll have to give you up." I respond as I look at him sadly.

He's given me so much freedom, and friendship.

I'd hate to lose that.

"Yeah. Master Fu doesn't feed me as much as you do." Plagg says, which is his way of saying he'd miss me too.

"I guess I just have to be more careful."

"Yeah. Maybe not jump out the window all the time? Only make me work if it's absolutely necessary."

"I suppose that would probably be a good idea. But how else do I sneak out in the middle of the night?" I tease.

"That's easy! Don't!"

"But then I couldn't see y/n as often!"

"Just go as Adrien, that would be much easier on me! I'm tired of hearing all your flirting and smooching. Bleck!!" He says, pretending to throw up.

"Sorry, but that's the easiest way. You know how I get so swamped with reporters."

"You could at least detransform when you get there!"

"I'll try to remember that, Plagg."

"You better! Plus she gives me cheese when you detransform!"

"Yeah, and that's why I usually don't, you go looking for cheese and almost got us in trouble that one time!"

"Ah, gross! Don't remind me of that time!" He shudders at the memory.

I laugh at his disgusted face, before spinning around at the sound of a knock at the door.

Plagg quickly hides so that Mom doesn't see him, as she asks if she can come in.

"Yeah, it's open!" I call out, quickly making it look like I was on my phone, in case she heard talking.

"Sorry, were you on the phone?" She asks.

"We just hung up, it's fine!"

"Ok. Talking to anyone special?" She hints, clearly questioning my relationship status.

She's joked around a few times, but I've dodged the questions.

"Uh, I guess. My best friend, Nino."

"Ah, right. You told me about Nino. He's the DJ, right?"

"Yep!"

"I'm so glad you were finally allowed to go to school, I don't know why your father was always so insistent you stay home."

"Me either. But I really like school, I've made tons of friends!"

"Riggghhht." She winks.

"Not what I meant, Mom!" I laugh.

It is true, I didn't meet y/n at school.

"Well, anyway, I was wondering if you'd like to go out to eat? Amelie and Felix will be coming too, of course."

"Yeah, sure! It'll be fun! I don't really go out to eat at restaurants, much."

"The reporters attack you?"