NOTE: I NEVER UPLOADED THIS IT WAS READY TO BE UPLOADED AND EVERYTHING MY APOLOGIES I THOUGHT THIS WAS UPLOADED, WELL, HAVE TWO CHAPTERS NOW WHERE THE AUTHOR'S NOTES DON'T CORRELATE

2

Adrien opened his eyes groggily as he was met with a face full of long, fluffy, blonde hair, tugging away for a moment as he rubbed his eyes slowly, getting all the boogers out of the corners. The boy then looked back up at the figure beside him, smiling as he finally recognized it as Lain, first noticing his broad shoulders and how they moved with every long breath he took. It was such a beautiful thing to see, the small movements being the most important ones to Adrien.

The boy cuddled up close to his lover, pressing his whole body against his much bigger frame, smiling to himself as he loved the size difference too, it just made Lain so much cuter, like a teddy bear. "I love you…" Adrien whispered as Lain turned over, smiling at the boy with his eyes half open. Adrien was startled by the movement, not realizing he was awake and blushing softly, being embarrassed by the way he was snuggling with him.

"I love you too, kitty cat," Lain whispered sweetly, wrapping his arms tightly around the smaller boy. "And I wasn't asleep, dummy, I was just on my phone," Lain giggled groggily, Adrien blushing as he missed hearing his rough and deep morning voice and feeling the stubble all over his face, his face just continuing to redden as he thought about it. "Aw, is someone getting embarrassed?" Lain teased as Adrien shook his head, looking down.

"I just… really missed hearing your voice and seeing your face… A lot…" Adrien whispered as Lain's face turned a deep red, both of them locking eyes and sharing a moment of extreme intimacy. Eye contact was something that brought them closer together more than anything else, the silence around the trapping them in the crystal balls that revealed what the other was really thinking and feeling. The eye contact drew them closer together, quite literally this time, as they leaned in and locked lips, smiling against the other's as they just grew closer and closer every second. The kiss started growing more passionate, the two running their hands through the other's already messy hair, Lain softly running his hand over Adrien's stomach as he knew that was something he was insecure about, wanting Adrien to love himself as much as he loved him.

Adrien broke the kiss at the touch of his stomach, though, Lain being afraid that he made him feel insecure, but smiling once he heard quiet laughter from Adrien. "Don't you fucking tickle me," Adrien's tone suddenly changed to a very serious one, Lain taking his hands away and smiling as he tried not to laugh at the change in tone, knowing Adrien was joking either way. The two giggled at each other as they brought each other closer, both of them putting their foreheads against each other as they smiled happily entangling their legs into the other's.

"Ah, I forgot how nice it feels to wake up next to you like this…" Lain whispered, Adrien blushing at just how hot his voice sounded, holding his breath a little as he tried to focus on the cute things about his lover rather than the sexy things in a desperate attempt to wean himself away from sex.

"I did too… And you're so warm, I love it, the house is so big that no matter what kind of weather it is, it's always cold and it felt sooo nice to sleep next to such a warm body," Adrien smiled as he caressed his cheek, getting a prickly feeling from all the stubble on his face. He then touched his own face and realized there wasn't any, frowning a little unconsciously as Lain was quick to smush his cheeks together and distract him quickly.

"Just because you don't grow facial hair right now, doesn't make you any less of a man, or a person in general," Lain encouraged him, Adrien extremely happy to have such an upbeat and caring boyfriend who could look at all his imperfections and stare them in the eyes with love and care, rather than looking past them.

"Okay," Adrien whined, his speech mumbled from his cheeks being squeezed and morphing his lips. He pulled out of Lain's grip as the two laughed softly, Lain rolling onto his back as Adrien cuddled up to him. "How long were you awake?" Adrien asked, hoping his lover wasn't waiting for him to wake up so they could do something.

Lain sighed softly as he looked down at the boy in a bit of distress, Adrien immediately cuddling closer as he grew worried. "Well, around four in the morning…" He answered, seeming a little nervous to say why, but Lain knew he shouldn't hide anything from his lover to make him worry less. Stuff like that would just make Adrien worry more. "I had the nightmare again…" Lain mumbled as he sighed once more, staring up at the ceiling as Adrien frowned, holding him tightly.

"I'm so sorry, baby," Adrien whispered, kissing his cheek softly as he could only imagine the kind of torture that came with these dreams, wondering why he wasn't having them himself if it was related to the Miraculous stones. It only made him think about the possible outcomes, wondering if his lover was going to be okay in whatever was was upcoming.

Lain sighed loudly as he was kissed, running a hand through his hair in frustration of the attention he was given. "Let's not make a big deal out of it, it's nothing right now… I prefer not to think about it…" Lain explained as he put an arm behind his head, then grabbed Adrien's hand with his free hand. Adrien frowned softly before sighing in defeat, snuggling closer to him as he continued to worry about his lover, wondering what kind of toll this would take on his mental health.

"Alright… But tell me if you wanna talk about it…" Adrien whispered as he kissed his cheek, Lain smiling.

"Of course," Lain smiled back as Adrien snuggled closer to him, Lain holding him close as he kissed the boy's head, Adrien's cheeks dusting a soft red as he giggled softly, enjoying the sound of Lain's deep breaths that signaled he was going to back to sleep.

"Hey, do you want to go swimming today?" Adrien asked as Lain opened one of his eyes, looking down at the boy with a smile.

"Is this just an excuse to see me in a swimsuit. Because you've never seen me in one~" Lain teased as Adrien smirked a little at him, rolling onto Lain completely and propping himself up by resting his elbows on the other's chest.

"And what if it is, hmm~? I would never want to pass up the opportunity to see my boyfriend in a swimsuit," Adrien giggled as Lain was obviously getting a little red around his cheeks, loving the way Adrien could easily flirt and tease him back, take what he was given and throw it back even harder. "Besides, you've never seen me in a swimsuit before either~" Adrien teased as Lain rose an eyebrow at him.

"You're forgetting how much of an Agreste-fanatic I was. I'm almost as bad as Marinette used to be," Lain giggled as he thought about being a young twelve year old, dying to meet the great Adrien Agreste and hoping to be swooped up by him and kissed in an instant, his first really really gay thought. He never believed it would actually happen, though, not even thinking about living in the Agreste household alongside the great Adrien Agreste who he was in a happy, healthy relationship with. It all seemed so dreamlike until he remembered how much of a doofus Adrien was, giggling as he stared at his newly reddened face with a smirk. "Boy, was I under whatever spell you had on young preteens… You were like one of my first obsessions, and I remember my parents being really supportive of it all, since they probably knew how important it was for me to express myself," Lain seemed to ramble as Adrien smiled widely at him, loving to hear Lain's stories of childhood and how obsessed he was with him.

"Well I'm happy I fell in love with such a cute fanboy. But I never would've thought you were such a fanboy if it weren't for your shower sets with my face all over them! You were so cold towards me!" Adrien complained as Lain smiled at him, brushing his hair aside.

"I'm sorry, I tend to be like that with strangers, especially ones as intimidating as I thought you'd be. I thought you were going to be a stuck up snob celebrity, but you were so kind, I couldn't believe it. I was so scared," Lain explained as Adrien just got redder with every sentence, loving the fact that he was so cute about it. "And I had also met Chat Noir and holy hell, I was gone, Chat Noir was so cool!" Lain exclaimed as he then pulled Adrien's head down to his chest, holding him close. "And I'm happy that both of those people were my first kiss and became my boyfriend…" Lain sighed happily, Adrien holding him tight as he felt so much love for him in this moment.

"Hey… Did you have other boyfriends before me?" Adrien asked as he looked up at the dirty blonde, admiring his tanned skin and the way it forced the color of his hair to pop out.

"Yeah, I did. A few, but I never kissed them and they never kissed me," Lain explained before smirking a little bit at him. "My first kiss was from some kid who wasn't even my boyfriend, at the time! You had more balls than any of them!" Lain giggled as he smothered Adrien with kisses, Adrien giggling softly as a knock on the door sounded through the room, the two looking over to see Nathalie standing in the doorway, smiling at the two of them as Lain was quite surprised to see her making such a face. He'd never really seen her smile all the much, but since he got back, he had noticed it much more.

"Master Adrien, Master Lain, breakfast is ready for you," she reported before Adrien smiled and nodded at her.

"Right, thank you, Nathalie," he replied as she shut the door, Adrien looking down at Lain as he smirked a little. "We've got time for a blowie."

"No! No, blowie!"

Adrien and Lain stayed turned away from each other as they changed into their swimsuits, giggling like idiots as they thought about how stupid it was. "Why is this such a big deal, we've seen each other naked before, plenty of times, too. What's the big deal about a swimsuit?" Adrien laughed, making fun of both himself and his boyfriend as Lain just laughed harder.

"Leaves more to the imagination. And you get to see my body nice and wet, too," Lain giggled, Adrien glancing back at him and noticing how he had light tan lines around his bum, having not noticed during their first "reuniting."

"You idiot, we see each other naked in the shower, too!" Adrien protested as Lain snickered, slipping his Chat Noir swim shorts over his legs and around his waist.

"Eh, swimsuits are just hot," Lain giggled as he then turned around, seeing Adrien's bare butt and giggling, the other blonde having not noticed that Lain turned around yet. Lain wound up his arm and snapped it forward, giving Adrien a nice, hard, slap on the ass as he squeaked softly, Lain laughing harder than he already was. Adrien giggled as he rubbed his butt softly, Lain almost screaming in laughter as he watched a big hand print form on his pasty skin, Adrien narrowing his eyes and raising his eyebrows at him.

"Kinky."

"Stop!"

"You made me this way!" Adrien shouted as he finally pulled up his own swimsuit, having on a pair of Spring-branded swimwear, his shorts not reaching very far down his thigh and being subtly tight on him.

Lain stared down at the swimsuit for a while before his eyes followed up Adrien's body, landing on his emerald eyes and the trademark Chat Noir smirk and snicker. "You're doing this on purpose…" Lain mumbled as Adrien laughed softly, pulling down the pink, bunny patterned material in a very teasing manor. "I hate you."

"Liar!" Adrien shouted as he then giggled softly, Lain smiling as he was happy that such a little laugh could replace every sexual thought with a loving and kind thought of Adrien, causing Lain to ruffle his hair a little and kiss his forehead.

"Alright, alright, you sex demon, let's head to the pool," Lain smiled as he grabbed the boy's hand, Adrien smiling up at him as Lain started pulling him along. "I actually don't know where it is. In all my time dating you, I never went to the backyard," Lain explained as they both giggled a little, Adrien walking slower behind him as he started texting in their group chat to come over and swim with them.

"I'll guide you, bunny~" Adrien smiled, smirking at him a little as he loved to tease Lain by talking down to him. He sped up beside his lover, holding his hand tightly as he dragged him along, walking down the stairs and through several hallways until finally reaching the backyard, the two being welcomed by a maze of hedges.

"Wow, in this last year of dating, I can't believe I never saw your backyard," Lain commented as he started walking on the stone walkway through the maze, staring at the hedges with beautiful flowers blooming on them as he smiled, softly taking one off the precisely cut bush.

"Yeah, well, my dad wasn't too crazy about letting kids into the backyard," Adrien explained, being kind of saddened at his own mention of his father as he looked away a little. Lain stared at him and sighed softly, walking to him and lifting his face by the chin, smiling at his lover as they locked eyes. He softly put the flower he had just picked into Adrien's golden .sunshine locks of hair, loving how well the orange contrasted with his eyes and so nicely complimented his hair.

"Chin up, love. Hanging your head like that is going to give you back problems," Lain teased as Adrien rolled his eyes, smiling up at him as he let out a soft giggle.

"You ass hole."

"I mean, you are what you eat."

Adrien's mouth dropped open as his eyes grew wide at Lain's statement, covering his mouth as he laughed uncontrollably. Lain joined in with him, Lain's loud and obnoxious laugh mixing terribly with Adrien gorgeous and cute laugh, but it didn't need to sound well together, as they just had to enjoy the other's laugh, which they did, very much so.

The two giggled and let out little laughing fits all the way to the pool, Adrien guiding Lain around the hedges and to the large swimming pool. Lain's mouth dropped as he saw how big the body of water was, never having seen one so big. "Woah! How deep does it go?" Lain exclaimed, looking at Adrien with excitement as Adrien just giggled a little.

"It's only about three and a half meters, it's not that deep," Adrien explained as he walked over, dipping a foot into the perfectly tempered water as he let out a soft sigh.

Lain walked up next him, Adrien smiling as he felt an arm around him. "Hey, guess what," Lain smiled at him.

"What?" Adrien asked, regretting it immediately as he felt a rough shove on his back, gasping a little as he was pushed. In the split second between water and land, Adrien turned and grabbed Lain's arm, yanking the boy down in with him as they both hit the water, thankful it wasn't all that cold.

As they both rose to the surface and let out over-dramatic gasps for air, Adrien immediately splashed Lain, the larger boy laughing softly as he removed his soaked glasses from his face. "You dick!" Lain joked as Adrien smirked at him.

"You are what you eat."

Lain gave him an unentertained look, Adrien covering his mouth as giggles spilled out. Lain scoffed at him jokingly, swimming to the edge and putting his glasses on the concrete before pulling himself out of the water. Adrien blushed a deep red as he watched all the water rush off his body in such a quick manner, loving the way the water fought to pull Lain down as he resisted it, the effect of such contrast being an absolute masterpiece… and, unfortunately, boner fuel.

Adrien's face went bright red as he, thankfully, was able to resist the temptation of setting a tent in his pants, Lain running a hand through his hair as he stood up. He leaned down to pick his glasses up before noticing Adrien's stare, smirking a little. "Didn't I tell you it was different?"

Adrien nodded quickly as he grinned a little, Lain smiling at him as he turned and walked to one of the patio tables, setting his wet glasses down before running and diving back into the water, Adrien carefully watching once again. It was as if everything was going in slow motion as he noticed every movement of Lain's muscles, watching them all move together in such grace and unison to form such a beautiful pose, and how they were captivated by the water when Lain dove in. It was the pinnacle of beauty in its greatness, Adrien letting out a soft sigh as Lain swam up behind him, wrapping his arms around his lover and rising above the water to plant kisses all over the boy's cheek.

"Ugh, already starting with that shit?" Alya scoffed as she walked through, the two boys watching as a group of their friends walked in together. They all giggled softly, Adrien cuddling up to Lain and holding him tightly as he loved the way their skin touched beneath the water.

"You're one to talk," Adrien sassed back, noticing her Ladybug bikini and smirking a little, Alya crossing her arms.

"Well at least you two get to be all cute together with matching bathing suits. Marinette decided to… well…" Alya glared at her, the girl in a Volpina themed one piece as she blushed and looked away guiltily.

Nino looked at everyone in extreme confusion, having no knowledge of anyone's secret identities and being very lost in all the reference to it. "What the hell are you guys even talking about?" Nino finally asked as Alya and Adrien locked eyes for a moment before just giggling at how silly they must sound.

Alya and Nino took off their glasses as Marinette let her hair down, Adrien looking over at her and blushing from how cute she looked. He couldn't help but stare a little before Lain called for his attention, Adrien turning back to him and quickly remembering how adorable and wonderful his lover was. Without his glasses, his eyes seemed so much bigger and cuter, something he only got to see at night before they fell asleep, and his lips curved in such a gorgeous fashion, Adrien almost let the world around him fall away as he focused more and more on his lover.

Their moment was interrupted when Alya jumped in with an immediate cannon ball next to them, splashing the couple as Adrien clung to his lover and laughed softly, Lain smiling as he held him tight, but getting a little annoyed with how much Adrien was clinging, but he let it slide for now. As Alya came up, she was obviously adjusting her top, then her bottoms, as they had come askew, the two boys not being able to help but look at the adjusted parts. Lain was just curious, but it wouldn't matter, anyways, since he couldn't see jack without his glasses.

"Marinette come into the water! It's nice!" Alya pleaded as Marinette sat in one of the beach chairs, just giggling softly.

"I'm fine for right now. Let me relax in the sun for a little, then I'll come in," Marinette replied as Alya looked up at her and seemed a little saddened. Lain was quick to notice as he let go of Adrien, Nino jumping in beside him and pulling his swimsuit down as Adrien screamed and laughed.

"What's up?" Lain asked softly as he stood beside the copper haired girl who still had to float beside him.

She sighed softly as she glanced up at Marinette who had her eyes closed in the beach chair, then back down into the sun kissed water. "She's been doing this all summer. She keeps saying that she'll come in, but she gets in for five minutes before getting back out and sleeping in the sun. It's really frustrating, I can't ever have any kind of pool fun with her," Alya whispered to Lain, even though Nino and Adrien's splash war created so much noise that Marinette wouldn't hear them even is Alya was talking normally.

Lain nodded at her and sighed, knowing that feeling all too well as he used to deal with it from his parents whenever he would try to go swimming in the ocean without friends. "Ah, I'm sorry. Maybe you should tell her how you feel?" Lain suggested as she shrugged.

"I wouldn't want to hurt her feelings, or have her feel bad about something so small and stupid…" Alya mumbled as Lain nodded at her, feeling bad that she felt like this.

"I get you. I don't think it's stupid, and I think Marinette will understand how you feel if you just tell her," Lain explained as he smiled at her, Alya glancing up at the black haired beauty and groaning softly.

"I'm really just scared to, she's so sweet and she'll feel really bad about it and everything-"

"Alya, she would prefer you be honest with her than hide things from her," Laine explained as he smiled at her, Alya looking away and sighing softly.

"I know… I probably should…"

"Good! Now, there's a sneaky, little boy that needs to be dealt with…" Lain replied as he moved his head past Alya's, looking over at Adrien as him and Nino talked together, hanging onto the edge of the concrete.

Lain looked over at his boyfriend lovingly, sighing happily as he noticed the way his muscles looked with his arms up on the concrete. Gorgeous. Lain quietly snuck down under the water as Alya giggled at him, trying to stay quiet as she didn't want to seem suspicious. Lain slowly swam up to the two of them, opening his eyes in the chlorine, which stung like hell for a moment before he just sucked it up, wanting to pants Adrien. Adrien turned his back toward Lain, Lain smirking under the water as he approached, going unnoticed. He quickly yanked the boy's swim shorts down and took a moment to stare at it all before needing to go up for air, gasping as Adrien seemed mortified for a moment as he hurried to pull up his shorts.

"Lain! There are girls here!" Adrien shouted as he quickly rearranged himself inside his swimsuit, but having to admit the it was much more comfortable in the water with the shorts off.

"Eh, who cares, Marinette looks asleep right now, and Alya is gay as fuck," Lain explained as Alya swam over, her hair cascading through the water like a mermaids, it's vibrant colors giving that exact feel to it. Adrien and Nino knew she was a really beautiful girl, and… Not so much hated the fact that she was a lesbian, but at least wished she was bi. To Adrien, though, it wasn't anything he'd really think of anymore, as he was quickly distracted from Alya's beauty by Lain's, blushing softly as he thought about just how beautiful his lover was with his glasses off, water droplets shimmering on his face and his hair pushed back messily.

"...rien? Adrien?" Lain repeated as Adrien shook his head a little, snapping out of the familiar, trance-like state Lain always seemed to put him in. "Is something up, you've been staring at me for a while," Lain continued as Adrien looked down a little giggling to himself shyly.

"Why you gotta call him out on that, you know he was ogling at you!" Alya scolded Lain, smacking his head softly as Adrien and Nino laughed softly at them.

"Ahaha, ogling, huh? We should come to the pool more often then," Lain teased, smirking a little at his sunny blonde of a boyfriend as the two blushed once they looked at each other. "Ah, quit staring. You're getting me all flustered…"

12:56 am, the street camera footage showed some of the most horrifying things that Spring had yet to see. A figure with a small torso, hunched over as his long legs dragged it down the street, being careful not to run into its dangling arms. The footage was silent, but Spring could only imagine the noises it would make, a long groan, that would slowly get louder and breathier as it stared into your eyes. Speaking of eyes, although the figure was hunched over, you could make out big, round lights for eyes in the torso sized head, its mouth hanging open as it seemed to be gasping for air.

As the footage continued, the monster suddenly came to a halt where there was a police officer roaming the streets on patrol. The officer couldn't seem to even get out a scream, too horrified and panicked once he noticed something staring him down. In a split second, the beast had launched at the man, its body turning into a liquid-like substance that seemed to encompass the officer, and as the plasma beast turned flat like a puddle, bubbles popping up from it, the officer was slowly sucked down, like quicksand, the man reaching his arms up in any chance of escape, but to no avail.

The police officer beside the heroes stopped the footage, Chat Noir looking up at the shivering Lain that was about to have a complete panic attack. He was petrified, Spring's nightmare coming true as the beast had already just existed, that being enough to send Lain over the edge. Chat grabbed Spring's hand carefully, Spring letting out a quiet gasp as he was snapped away from the horrifying thoughts that followed the video.

"We were hoping that you four might have some idea of what's going on, because this is obviously something beyond our basic understanding," the man explained as Ladybug and Volpina seemed pretty terrified themselves, Ladybug's breathing having picked up a little as she tried to make as much sense of this monster as she could.

"I don't know what it is, but whatever it is, it's probably still out there…" She explained as she looked down for a moment, trying to think out what their next step would be. "I'll need to consult a friend about this," Ladybug said as she ran a hand through her hair with a loud huff, her nose crinkling up as a sign that she was thinking hard about their next move.

"For now, let's keep people off the streets at night, it seems dangerous to have anyone out there with something like this roaming around, but don't let this footage get leaked, that'll encourage panic and curiosity. The most you should have is an artist's rendering, so try to describe it to someone so people have some sort of reference on what to look out for," Volpina explained, the officer nodding at her.

Spring squeezed Chat's hand tightly as he covered his face with his gloved free hand, Chat feeling the trembling of Spring as he breathed in and knowing he was crying. "We have to leave for a little," Chat stated as the other heroes and the officer looked back at them, Spring turning away immediately and dragging Chat with him. "We'll be back," Chat continued as he guided Spring out of the room.

Once they closed the door behind them, Spring let himself go, sobbing softly as he buried his face into Chat's hair. "Adri-... Chat, I'm not ready to go through this, I just can't, it's going to consume me, I already know!" Spring shouted, losing all his sense as Chat wrapped his arms around him, kissing his cheek softly as Spring cried into his shoulder.

"Spring, it won't, I won't let it," Chat assured him as Spring just seemed to go into a more frantic panic.

"Then it's gonna consume you!" He shouted as he grabbed Chat's shoulders, pulling him close and shaking him like a madman.

"Look, you need to detransform, let's go back to my place and get you rested well…" Chat whispered as he kissed his lover softly, not wanting to flip out on him as well since he was just as scared. He would never let Lain fall victim to such darkness, he would sacrifice himself if it meant saving Lain. He squeezed Lain's hand tighter as he thought about it more and more, not realizing that he couldn't hold back the tears now that the thought was in his head. 'Lain might one day just… disappear…' Adrien held Lain tighter as he tried to hold it all in, burying his head closer into his shoulder. 'He could die at any time…' Adrien shook his head as Lain breathed harder, holding his lover closer as he started crying harder.

"Let's go home…" Lain whispered, knowing how much they needed to cuddle, how much both of them needed to just cuddle and cry and feel protected by one another. The two were quick to run off, holding hands the whole run home as they felt they could never let go, and that if they did, the other would suddenly stop existing forever.

She ran out of the mansion with a suitcase in her hand, looking back at the beautiful home with tears in her eyes. She thought about the last kiss she'd ever give to her sons, taking a deep breath before wiping the tears away. She climbed into the limo quickly, being careful not to catch her tied up blonde hair in the door. "To the airport?" Nathalie asked as Valentine stared out at the dark eclipsed home.

"Yes…" She whispered, the full moon begging her to stay, telling her that her boys would need her, and that the town would need Papillon Amour, but she had to run. She was being selfish, but how could she ever live there and just have to endure the verbal and physical pain from her husband, and have here kids watch.

She continued to think about how her kids might meet the same fate as the mansion disappeared from the limo's view, but then she reminded herself of how strong Felix was, how that boy wouldn't take the same kind of crap she would from Gabriel, and how Felix would protect Adrien with his life from any dangers in the world.

Valentine looked down into her hands, holding Gabriel's peacock miraculous, remembering how she met Gabriel through it, smiling to herself a little bit before remembering he was the reason she was leaving. She would have to go return it to Master Fu, even though she knew he'd decline it. Maybe she could somehow mail it to Felix or Adrien. They would need something like this, because she knew dark times were going to arise and the miraculous holders needed to be present.

She stared out the window as she watched the streetlights pass her by. She was going to head for China, hoping she could start a new life there without too much trouble, maybe find herself a new husband, or even wife, even though it wouldn't necessarily be legally validated there. She wanted, she wanted to forget all about the one she was living today. Little did she know that, no matter how far she ran, she could never escape her past.