Dear Chat,

It's been a few weeks since you've been gone. I've been giving Master fu my letters so I hope that you're getting them. It's been much harder to fight the akuma's without you. But don't, worry about me too much. I can handle it until you get back. I also finished your present, so you better hurry up and finish you mission so I can give it to you

With Luck,

Ladybug

Adrien read the note as he walked to class. Master Fu had, somehow, been putting the letters in his locker at school. It was the only place away from his father's view that either of them trusted. Adrien walked into the classroom distracted. It had been more than just a few weeks. It had been over a month since he had promised ladybug on that rooftop. A month and two weeks to be exact. And in all the time he was still unable to ascertain whether or not his father was Hawkmoth or not. He tried to keep up a well behaved exterior while sneaking around when his father wasn't looking. He even "accidentally" caused a power outage so he could sneak into his father's office without the camera's catching him. But he was still left with no more than overhearing his father say what could of been a tired mistake.

"Adrien, bro, what's that you got there?" Nino's voice derailed the train of thought that had adrien tied to its tracks. Adrien looked up to see not only Nino but also marinette and Alya looking at him. He looked back down at the note, folding it and placing it into his bag.

"Oh, it's nothing really. Just a note from my father about a scheduling issue." Adrien lied. He had been lying more than he had as Chat Noir. But he needed to know the truth as soon as possible so he could be with ladybug again.

"Oh that's cool, I hope everything is alright." Nino said as Adrien walked over to sit down by his best friend.

"So what are you talking about," He asked after he had put his bag down. He turned towards the girls and Nino.

"Oh, well," Nino said awkwardly.

"We were just talking about the latest scoop in Ladybug news,"Alya chimed in gleefully. That explained Nino's awkwardness. Adrien had confided in Nino about his crush on Ladybug a while ago. "More specifically, ' She continued, "How Chat noir has been missing for a month and a half." Adrien froze. He had hopped no one would notice that Chat Noir was gone. They barely noticed him when he was there, but of course he leaves and and it's front page news. Adrien's eyes shot to Marinette, she was the only person other than ladybug who knew the truth. Would she tell them the truth. Despite Chat Noir's frequent visits and savings of her, Marinette had never been vocal about her relationship with the feline super hero to her friends. Marinette looked concerned, but she didn't say anything.

"He has?" Adrien feigned a surprised tone.

"Uh yeah, He has. And to make things more interesting, the news hasn't said anything." Alya explained excitedly. Adrien looked anxiously from Nino to Marinette then back to Alya.

"Maybe there's a reason behind that." It was Marinette who said it.

"What do you mean?" Alya looked over at her best friend, curious.

"Well, since Chat Noir has been… gone, it seems that Ladybug has been struggling to fight the Akuma's on her own." Marinette spoke quietly. She wasn't looking at any of them. She just looked down at her hands and spoke the words that all the news channels new. "If Hawkmoth knew Chat Noir wasn't helping Ladybug, he would just overwhelm her with akumatized villains and…" She looked up, her eyes filled with with dread. "And he would win."

They all looked at Marinette and knew she was right. Adrien knew she was right too. The news channels were too afraid to comment on the vanishing of Chat noir. But it wouldn't be long until one did. Because in the end the news channels always preferred ratings over what was best for the city and nothing gets ratings like scandal.

"It's okay," Adrien said finally breaking the silence, "Chat Noir will definitely come back." He couldn't stop himself from trying to reassure his scared friends.

"How do you know?" Marinette snapped. She knew why Chat Noir was gone. Maybe she was worried. Adrien suddenly realized how hard it might be for her to be the only other person to know. They looked at each other, and he noticed there were bags under her eyes, and that tears were just barely trying to find their escape from them. But before he could respond to what she said, the teacher walked into the classroom.

"Ok kids, time to settling in for the day, because today is pretty packed." The teacher said, placing her things on the desk. Adrien and nino reflexively turned to face the front of the class. But Adrien glanced back at marinette quickly to see her looking at the ground, wiping a tear away.

After what was indeed a long and extraneous day of school, Adrien quickly started packing his things up.

"Hey Adrien my man, we're going to the movies this afternoon, you want to come?" Nino asked. Adrien looked up to see Nino standing there with the girls. Adrien fastened his bag shut and casually tossed it over his shoulder.

"Sorry guys, I have piano practice today and a photoshoot after that." Adrien lied again. He didn't have piano practice today but he needed the time to try and investigate his dad some more. The group walked together out of the class and towards the school's front gates.

"Oh!" Nino said, a little disappointed. "You dad sure is raking you across the coals lately, huh?"

"Yeah, he gets like this sometime, just give him a few more weeks, and he'll ease up again.' Adrien tried to reassure him. The whole time, the girls were quiet. Adrien waved his friends goodbye and walked towards his car with determination in his step. He had a lot of work to do.

….

Ladybug

Ladybug had not realized how much she would miss Chat. As she leapt from roof to roof that night she thought about how hard the last month and a half had been on her. She kept finding herself turning around to different sounds and smells. When she was watching Adrien practice karate at the school, some one dropped one of the batons they were going to use for the day and she turned around so fast that she got whiplash. She swear she heard his voice in crowds, or his laughter from a distance in the dead of night during patrol. She missed how much she made him laugh and they dorky smile he made when he made those dumb puns.

But she hadn't admitted to herself how worried she was for him until she snapped at Adrien that day. And Adrien seemed so sure Chat was coming back. How did he know? Ladybug stopped on top of a rooftop that looked out over The Louvre.

"Look he was probably just trying to cover up his own fears. The idea of Hawkmoth winning is not very joy inducing," she reasoned out loud to herself. She had found herself talking to herself aloud more since Chat left. She missed talking to someone. The nights took longer when there wasn't anyone to talk to.

Ladybug had tried to call him a few times on he yo-phone but he hadn't answered. She tried to tell herself that it wasn't anything to worry about. But now she knew how truly worried she was. Not only for Chat's Safety but for her own.

Ladybug looked around and waited for something to happen. The nights lately had been quiet. The air around the Louvre was cool and calming. She sat quietly on the edge of the rooftop. She wondered if Chat was getting her letters from Master Fu as she looked up into the sky and saw Saturn shining brightly against the steely dark blue. The planet that looked like a star made her smile. It reassured her of Chat's promise to come back. He would come back. He promised and Chat had never lied to her. She suddenly felt warm like he right beside her as she gazed at the star. It was just like he was there with her.