Uh-Oh

For a second my mind is blank, then I try to scramble for an excuse.

"Uh, this is the wrong house! My bad!" I try to disguise my voice.

"Hold it! Where's my son?" My mother asks, noticing I'm not in the bed.

"Uhh, bathroom?"

She looks that way, but of course the door is open with nobody in sight.

"Nice try. Have you taken him somewhere?"

At least it sounds like she doesn't recognize me.

"Of course not, what would I want with you son?!"

"I don't know, you're the one taking him."

I almost say that my father is the one that kidnaps, not me, but that's probably a slippery slope, that could lead to me giving away something important. 

So I settle for saying I didn't take  her kid.

"If you don't have him, then where is he?"

"I'll go look for him!"

"Do you even know what he looks like? I suppose you do, if you look in the mirror."

No no no no no!

"Uhh, what?"

"Adrien, I'm not blind. I've known for a while."

"I don't know what you're talking about, um, I need to get home. Hope you find your son!" I say, turning back to the window.

Maybe I can sneak in and pretend I was just somewhere else?

"Don't you go out that window." She says, putting on her Strict Mom voice that I can't argue with.

I hang my head and turn to face her.

"Didn't I tell you a mother could always recognize her child?"

"I was hoping that only applied to age."

"Nope. Now, where have you been? Your girlfriend's?"

"You know about her too?"

"Yes. And I want to know why you lied."

"Because publicly, Adrien isn't dating her, Cat Noir is."

"Ah. When can I meet her? And does she not go to your school or was that another lie?"

"She's homeschooled, like I was!"

"Aw. So is that where you've been?"

"Yeah..." I say sheepishly, not wanting her to get the wrong idea or something.

"Why?"

"We were hanging out."

"This early?"

"We may have been hanging for a long time."

"Since when?"

"Sometime last night?"

"That's what I thought. And what about your sleepover with Nino? Was that actually with her?"

"Yeahhh."

"So her family knows?"

"Yes. She has a nosey sibling who found out about us, and then told everyone."

"Ohh. I'd like to meet her."

"I know. And I would've told you a long time ago, I just couldn't. Secret identities and all."

"Her identity isn't a secret now, right?"

"No?"

"So tell me her name!"

"Y/n." I say, unable to keep myself from smiling.

"Aww, I knew you were in love!"

"I know, I know I'm totally obvious."

"You really are. So what have you been doing?"

"Sleeping."

"Really?"

"Yes. She convinced me to sleep because she's worried I don't get enough."

"Do you?"

"Maybe?"

"Well maybe you should think about dropping a few hobbies, you're always busy!"

"I know, but I enjoy most everything."

"I just worry about you."

"I know, Mom. That just means you care."

"Yes, I do. So. When can she come over?"

"I don't know. I can ask her later."

"Good. Well I made pancakes. Come down if you want some, or you can sleep. Whatever you want!"

Then she just leaves, as if she didn't just admit to knowing my biggest secrets.

How long has she known?

Was it the time I was talking to y/n outside school, when she saw Cat Noir leave when she arrived, and then Adrien appeared just a minute later?

Or when she was talking to me about Equina?

If she found out about that whole thing, which would be the next secret, I suppose, she could do whatever it is she was wanting.

Whether it really was getting her a pastry, or setting me up a date.

I guess she could've just seen me and put it together?

But isn't everything supposed to be more well hidden?

Maybe moms don't count.

I guess I should tell Master Fu, but I don't want to give him another reason to take my miraculous.

All this is making my head hurt.

I detransform, and watch Plagg go to hid cheese.

"So that's another person that knows. You might as well hand me over to Fu now." He says, speaking for the first time since Master Fu sent us in our way.

"It's not like I want people to know! It just seems that I've been really bad at secrets lately."

"I'll say!" He says in a snarky tone.

"I don't want you to have to leave, Plagg."

"Obviously. I'm great!"

"You are! But if Master Fu says, I cant resist. That would make me too bad to deserve it."

"Yeah. It would. And then where would we be?"

"Nowhere good."

"Yep. It's a lose-lose situation."

"That it is." I muse.

"Well you can wrestle with your morals if you want, but I'm gonna sleep some more." He says, which reminds me to tease him about Shadow.

But he's already asleep, before I can even try.

He has the right idea, I could use a quick nap myself.

So I climb into my own bed, and try to let sleep take me, but my mind races for a while.

I think about when I should say something to y/n about coming over.

Should we aim for sometime during the week?

I know my mother would want it as soon ad possible, probably dinner today.

But I don't want to spring anything on her, so I'll plan for later.

Then I can't stop thinking about the fact that I could lose Plagg.

Maybe I could find a Guardian, one that would let me keep him?

Would that be wrong of me?

I just don't want to lose my friend.

But maybe things would be easier this way.

And I could hopefully still see Plagg, sometimes.

Eventually my thoughts calm down enough where I can sleep, just for a while longer.