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"-and then we played Ultimate Mech Fighter 3 all night until we fell asleep on the couch together," Adrien said.

Plagg barely tuned back in to the end of his best friends long-winded play by play of how last night had gone. They were sitting together in Adrien's office during lunch break, both having just finished eating, but not quite ready to get back to work. Adrien had wasted no time going off on one of his my-girlfriend-is-the-greatest rants, and Plagg just didn't have the will power today to listen to the same fluff he'd been hearing for months now.

He was too busy focusing on his own life and the dangerous situation he realized he was getting himself into.

"That's great," Plagg said.

Adrien raised an eyebrow. "So, what happened with you last night?"

Plagg scowled and the problem he'd been thinking just came tumbling out of his mouth. "Tikki called me a 'good friend'."

Adrien just blinked as he processed the complaint. "Isn't that good? I thought you thought she didn't like you."

He ran his hands through his hair in frustration. "It means I'm one step away from being friendzoned!"

"So ask her out before it's official," Adrien said, like it was an easy task.

"But it took this long just to get her to call us friends. I'm pretty sure if I asked her out right now, she'd say no."

"You won't know until you try," Adrien pointed out. "I asked Marinette and look at how things turned out for us."

"She told you no about a million times before you got that yes."

"But I kept at it and eventually she came 'round."

"So, you stalked her into submission, is what you're saying, right?"

Adrien frowned. "Excuse me, Mr. Breaks-into-his-crush's-apartment-every-night, but I don't think you have the high ground here."

"It's not breaking in if you have a key," Plagg said defensively.

Adrien rolled his eyes. "You sat outside her apartment like a lost puppy every day until she took pity on you and gave you a key so you wouldn't wait in her hallway and weird out her neighbors."

"Hey, I'll take my wins any way I can. Besides, she's been making me dinner the last couple of nights, so I think that's gotta count for something, right?" he said, looking hopeful.

"Not necessarily, she's a Dupain-Cheng and that's kinda just what they do. Marinette makes cookies for her therapist almost every time she has an appointment with him."

"Well maybe she has a crush on her therapist," Plagg snarked back.

"Nope," Adrien said, completely secure in himself and his relationship. It made Plagg want to punch him.

Plagg threw his head back and groaned. "How can you tell if a girl likes you when she's literally nice to everyone!?"

Adrien shrugged. "Ask her out."

Plagg's head went from back to forward and he hit the desk with a thump. "Even then, I wouldn't be sure if she liked me or was just being nice."

"Then ask her what she thinks of you. If you want to know what's on her mind, just ask her."

Plagg lifted his head up just enough to glare at his friend. "Because I'm so well known for my abilities in open and honest communication skills."

"Look, if she's worth it, you'll figure it out. Either you'll learn to speak something other than sarcasm or through some miracle she'll see through your giant pile of barbwire and bull crap that you hide behind."

"Stop pretending to be all sage and wise when you keep action figures on your desk," Plagg said, feeling stung at Adrien's words.

Adrien didn't look put off in the slightest, in fact he looked down and the Ladybug and Chat Noir action figures with a fond little smile. "I think in our line of work a touch of nerdy is perfectly respectable."

Plagg snorted. "A touch? Have you seen your living room?"

"My office is not my living room. Anyway, what are you planning to do for this year's security test?"

"That was the worst misdirect in the world, and don't think that by randomly springing the question on me you can get me to give you any clues. Besides, according to paperwork, I already did my annual security test when I had Wayzz and his gang casing the place. You caught them trespassing. Good job. Blue team wins. You beat the hackers Red Team. End of story."

Adrien snorted. "You and I both know that wasn't true. I'm not going to let you slack off on this. You're the one who challenged the entire company to be team blue this year."

Plagg groan. "That was just because I didn't want to go to meetings and pretend I took them seriously."

"Well, we just got hacked a few months ago, so I think you should take the training exercise seriously."

"But we caught them and they never got to sell the information. All's well that ends well."

Adrien pinched the bridge of his nose and glared at Plagg across the desk. "I'm serious. You have to do something. Don't make me pull the boss card."

Plagg slumped in his chair. "Fiiiiine. I'll think of something."

"Great, and can you try to get it done before the up and coming Comic Con? I really don't want to have to worry about anything around then."

Plagg raised an eyebrow. "Because all the world arranges themselves around what convinces you. Cyberattacks don't wait for when it's best for you."

"I know that. I also know that this is just a drill, though, and I've got big plans for this upcoming convention, so I would really appreciate it if you did me a solid here."

Plagg sighed. "All right, but only because you've had enough people messing in your love life for the year."

Adrien blinked. "How did you know my plans involved Marinette?"

Plagg rolled his eyes. "Because everything in your life as of late involves Marinette."

Adrien grinned sheepishly, and Plagg became suspicious of the big dopey grin spreading across his best friend's face. "Yeah, I guess it does."

"What aren't you telling me?" Plagg asked.

"Nothing. Nothing at all. Nothing yet," Adrien said, waving his hands in the air in a panic.

Gosh, he was even starting to pick up some of Marinette's mannerisms. Those two really spent too much time together. "Nothing yet? Then it's something soon. What's going on?"

Adrien looked flustered. "Look, I promise I'll tell you, but I'm still figuring things out, and I'm afraid that if I say anything, it'll jinx it."

Plagg nodded and held up his hands in surrender. "All right. All right. I get it, but know that I'm not forgetting this and I expect an explanation sometime soon."

Adrien nodded. "I will. I swear."

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