hi guys... sorry for the long wait... I hope ya'll like this long chapter. I had a bout of writer's block, no internet, and my family has needed some medical attention... pray for my uncle. he has cancer... I'm not entirely sure where it is (because nobody tells me anything!) but, he really needs prayers. my mom has kidney failure, but she's doing better. anyway, happy holidays! um I actually had most of this chapter done before my writer's block kicked in. hopefully I won't get writer's block for a while.

I forgot exactly what inspired this... but my mind just rolled with the idea and I had to get it down. anyway, tell me what ya'll think.

~inudigifan201

Ch, 6. Birthday boy

Adrien sat in his bed reading a comic book, like he did every night before bed.

"Hey hot stuff." A sultry voice drew him away from the super heroes on the pages.

Marinette stood at the foot of his bed with her hair down and a seductive smile. She wore a short pink silk nightgown with black straps and lace accenting her neckline.

She crawled onto the bed and next to him. She rested her head in one hand while the other grabbed the comic book as tossed it to the side. "You don't need this tonight." She whispered in her sultry voice as her legs moved a bit to show her intentions.

He blushed profusely as her free hand traveled up his torso and pulled up his white shirt. He pulled it off the rest of the way as her hand gently grazed his muscles.

She then rolled over until she was on top of him. He continued to blush as her lips made contact with his neck.

They both moaned at the same time. His breath shortened as he started to lift her nightgown.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Adrien fell out of his bed and rubbed his head. He looked around the room and sighed in disappointment. It was just a dream… again.

"Hey Kid, happy birthday!" Plagg floated over to him with a piece of cheese with a ribbon on it.

He flashed the Kwami a smile. "Thanks Plagg, you can keep my gift."

Plagg shrugged as he untied the ribbon and popped the cheese into his mouth. "Have the Marinette in your bed dream again?" He chewed.

Adrien sighed dreamily. "She called me hot stuff."

Plagg rolled his eyes. "Just ask her out already."

Adrien gulped. "What if she rejects me? What if she hates me? Then we'll never get married and have four beautiful daughters that are just as beautiful as their mother!"

Plagg sighed and shook his head. "You'll never know unless you ask. And you two will never get married and stuff unless you ask her out." He then raised an eyebrow. "You want four girls?"

Adrien shrugged as he stood up.

Plagg grumbled. "That's three girls too many if you ask me. Do you know how much girls cost to raise? And they're high maintenance…"

"But, it will all be worth it." Adrien stuck out his tongue. "What do you know about girls anyway?" He got dressed.

Plagg rolled his eyes and crossed his arms. "I've been around a while. You do realize you're not the first Cat Noir, right?"

Adrien shrugged. "I figured."

Plagg was served a plate of cheese while Adrien nibbled on his bran cereal. He wished the cereal were pancakes… or something with more flavor.

He looked up at his father whom was reading the morning paper and drinking a cup of coffee. His Kwami, Nooroo, was face first in a biscotti.

"So…" Adrien stirred the contents of his bowl.

His father raised an eyebrow and lowered his paper.

"About my birthday party?" Adrien gave him a nervous smile.

"No." Mr. Agreste fluffed his paper.

"At least a small get together with three friends?" Adrien continued to give him a nervous smile.

"Is Nino one of these friends?" Mr. Agreste spoke from behind his paper.

"Yes." Adrien sweat. "And Alya, and Marinette."

"Then no. I will not have that hooligan in my house. He's a bad influence." The newspaper bounced.

Adrien pouted. "That coming from Hawkmoth himself." He mumbled to himself.

Mr. Agreste let the paper flop down. "I heard that young man."

Adrien sighed. "Then how about just Marinette and she and I go to like the movies or something?"

Mr. Agreste raised an eyebrow. "What happened to Alya?"

Adrien rolled his eyes. "I can't invite Alya unless I invite Nino because it's rude and it would be more fun with both of them around. Besides if I invite over Alya and Marinette without Nino our group dynamic is ruined and it would be really awkward for two girls to be hanging out in my room. If I just invite out Marinette it's fine because Alya and Nino hang out all the time without us anyway. Understand?"

"Hum." Mr. Agreste went back to his paper. "You don't talk much about Marinette. Tell me a little bit about her. How did you meet?"

Adrien dropped his spoon in his bowl. "Ah…" He blushed. "At-at school. We're in the same class." He fished his soggy spoon out. "She's nice, caring, generous, a bit spunky and stubborn, but she means well. She's talented. Her parents own a bakery and they've taught her how to bake… stuff. She's always bringing in treats she made for the class. And she's also an aspiring fashion designer. I've seen some of her designs and they're really good."

"And you want to go to the movies with her?" Mr. Agreste raised an eyebrow. "Sounds to me you actually want to go on a date with her."

Adrien gulped. He really needed to learn how to keep his mouth shut.

"Get me Ladybug's miraculous and then we'll talk about it." Mr. Agreste folded his newspaper and began to walk away with Nooroo hovering at his side.

Adrien stood up. "But my birthday is today! All I want is to hang out with my friends! That's it! That's all I want. Don't you want me to be happy Father?"

Nooroo looked back at the teen and then back at the boy's father. "Master please. You only turn fifteen once. Let him hang out with his friends, please?"

Mr. Agreste gave a small snort. "I said we will talk about it." And with that, he was out of the room.

Adrien sat back down and pouted. "But my birthday is today."

He sighed as he walked up to the school.

"Bro!" Nino smiled wide and waved him down.

Adrien smiled and waved back, but his smile soon faded. "Hey Nino."

Nino became confused. "Hey man, it's your Birthday. Why aren't you happy?" His confusion faded. "Your pops said no to a party, didn't he?"

Adrien nodded. "Apparently his son's happiness is not very important. All I wanted was just to invite some friends over to my house to play video games. Is that too much to ask for?"

"Apparently." Nino shrugged.

"Good morning boys." Marinette walked up to them with what appeared to be a present. "Happy Birthday Adrien. It's not much, but I made it myself." She held up the gift.

Adrien's heart skipped a beat as he accepted the box.

"Dude open it! What did you get? Mari made me earmuffs that fit over my head phones for my birthday last year." Nino smiled.

Adrien carefully opened the box so he wouldn't rip the paper so bad and smiled as his eyes fell onto a silk-like light blue folded fabric item. He took it out to examine further and smiled bigger as he wrapped it around his neck. "Thanks Mari, I love it." He smoothed out the scarf around his neck.

She smiled sweetly. "You're welcome. Glad you like it." She then skipped off to class and waved the boys later.

Adrien looked back at Nino. "Does this mean she likes me?"

Nino shrugged. "She makes a present for everyone for their birthday; even Chloe. Just means she likes making people stuff and she's nice." He patted him on the back. "Don't worry bro, one day she'll fall for you."

Adrien gave him a small smile. "You're right." He sighed. "I wish I could spend today with her. Just some alone time, you know?"

Nino smiled and nodded. "I got you bro."

Adrien gave a small shrug and headed off to class himself with Nino in toe.

The day seemed to drag on. Adrien couldn't wait for the evening when his birthday wish would come true, just not as Adrien. He longed for the day he could spend time with the girl of his dreams without the mask. But, today didn't seem to be that day.

Instead he just looked forward to his free time so he could suit up and visit his princess. At least his father had a little bit of a heart and gave him the day off. However, Cat Noir was not given the same privilege. He hoped nobody got mad enough to be akumatized today. He really didn't feel like fighting with Ladybug and then ultimately helping her out.

He was too nice a guy, that and akuma attacks cut into his time with Marinette. Time that was the most precious to him. Her sweet smile, her soft laugh, how she rolled her eyes at his puns, he loved it all. But what he liked most about his princess was the fact that she didn't drool all over his civilian self and treated him like a normal person. But, he wanted to hold her hand as they walked to class, carry her books… kiss her.

His face turned beet red as he realized what all a romantic relationship with his princess entailed. Kissing! His lips on her's. Their breath mingling. Her arms around his neck, closing the gap between their bodies, his hands exploring her back… the more he thought about it, the more he wanted it and drooled.

He now knew what he really wanted for his birthday: a kiss from his princess.

The final bell of the day rang. Adrien watched as Marinette and Alya picked up their stuff and listened to them with a smile to see if they had plans that night. Luckily for him, they had none.

After he arrived home he quickly suited up and was about to leave out the window.

"Adrien! Where are you going?" His father walked into his room and saw him about to jump out the window.

He had to think fast. "To look for Ladybug. I'll bring back her Miraculous, and then I want to hang out with my friends."

His father crossed his arms. "We'll talk about it."

Adrien crossed his arms as he sat down on the window pane. "Translation: no." he huffed. "Why do you hate my friends so much? You've never even met them."

His father scowled. "I don't need to meet them to know they are low-lives and bad influences."

Adrien fumed. "Snice when is an aspiring journalist, a DJ, and an aspiring fashion designer low-lives and bad influences? Alya runs the very successful Ladyblog and has several job offers from news studios wanting to hire her after she finishes high school. Nino DJ's for parties and he also wants to be a director. His films are pretty good. I should know, I watch a lot of movies by myself because I'm not allowed to have any friends. And Marinette! One would think you would at least like her. You're her idol." He ranted. "My friends aren't low-lives or bad influences. They're fallowing their dreams and are very successful. And all three of them are the nicest people I have ever met." He stood back up. "Goodnight Father. I'll see you later." He jumped out the window and pole vaulted away.

Gabriel shook his head. "I wonder if I should implement a child leash again."

Nooroo floated up to look his master in the eye. "Master, he's a teenager. Rebellion is a given. But, he's still a very good kid. He's always thinking of others before himself and his grades are phenomenal. All he wanted for his birthday was to share it with people he cares about…" He froze.

Gabriel smiled. "You sense negative emotions don't you?"

Nooroo sighed as he shook his head. "Yes master."

Gabriel's smile faded. "It's not Adrien is it?"

Nooroo shook his tiny head. "No."

Gabriel smiled once again. "Good, I really don't want to have to akumatized my own son… but, if it gets me Ladybug's Miraculous sooner, then I'm for it. Come along Nooroo." He started walking out of the room. "We have an akuma to make."

Nooroo sighed as he looked out the window where Adrien had jumped out as Cat Noir. He gulped and then fallowed orders.

Adrien had the bakery in his sights as he landed on the school. His smile was wide as the sun shone down and warmed his face. He was very glad his schedule was clear. He wanted to spend every waking moment with his princess.

He was about to pole vault off the roof of the school until an explosion in the opposite direction of the bakery caught his attention.

"Really?" He whined. He shrugged. "Ah… Ladybug can handle it. I'll leave her alone today." He smiled and nodded.

Another explosion sounded.

He sighed. "I'm going to regret this." He pole vaulted towards the explosions.

The akuma was pretty easily defeated. This one only took about ten minutes. But, that was ten minutes of time he could have spent with Marinette.

He was about to leave, but something grabbed his shoulder. He looked back and saw Ladybug blushing.

"I know we're supposed to be enemies, but…" She shuffled her feet. "I was wondering if you'd see a movie with me."

'Crap!' He gave her a fake smile. "Ah…" He had to let her down easy. He scratched the back of his head. "Buggy, you're a nice girl, but… you see… we are enemies. Enemies can't fall in love. Or date for that matter. Besides…" He hoped he didn't bruise her too much. He never really had anything against her. To be honest, sometimes he was kinda jealous of her. He wished he could actually be a hero too. "I really like this one girl." He blushed. Was he really telling her about his princess? "And well, I'm working up the courage to ask her out."

She gave him an understanding nod. Although, he could tell she was holding back tears.

He raised a gloved hand to her cheek and wiped away a rouge tear that didn't get the memo. "Hey, you're the super hero here. If you cry, that means my dad wins. I'm letting you off the hook today because it's my birthday. You don't have to give me your miraculous. But, I will be wanting those earrings later."

She nodded. "Happy birthday." She sobbed.

He sighed as he put his hands on his hips. His ears drooped. "Tell you what." He pulled out a wallet from his pocket and pulled out some cash. "Buy yourself something nice. On me."

Her tears dried up as she gave him a covered raised eyebrow. "But isn't it your birthday?" She accepted the money.

He shrugged. "I don't need anything. All I want is to spend time with my princess. My Marinette." He smiled. "Now if you excuse me." He gave her a smile and a salute. He turned back around and pole vaulted away.

"Wait… Marinette?" Ladybug became confused. She gasped. "That's me!" she used her yo-yo to grab a lamp post. It was a good thing she knew a short cut home so she could beat him.

She landed down on her bed and de-transformed just in time. He was nowhere to be seen.

Tikki, her Kwami, smiled. "He used cataclysm. He probably had to recharge his Kwami."

Marinette nodded. "probably." She held up a cookie and the tiny red bug took it. "But you should hide. He could be here any minute." She flopped onto her bed and laid on her back. "I can't believe he just rejected me for me. I should have known he has no feelings for Ladybug." She shrugged. "At least now I know he does have feelings for me though."

Tikki nodded. "And he was really nice about it. I could telling he didn't want to hurt you."

Marinette smiled and sighed dreamily. "A perfect gentleman."

Cat Noir stuck his head through the skylight and smiled and waved as he blushed. "Hey Princess."