Can't wait to see you man! It's been way 2 long!

Nino hit send on his cell phone.

The device chimed seconds later.

Ikr! Been 2 long! Let me know when u land buddy!

Nino smiled upon seeing the message.

Will do! Gotta go or else these flight attendants make take my phone away for the flight! Lol!

We wouldn't want that! C u in China! ;)

U sure will! Bye!

Bye!

Nino exited his messages and switched his phone to its airplane mode. He put on his headphones and pressed play on one of his favorite DJ mixes. He then settled back into his seat, staring out the window at the French landscape he was about to leave behind.

Adrien was usually a rather patient person. This was not the case at the moment however.

He was currently tapping his foot anxiously, looking at his watch nearly every ten seconds, and getting rather cross with the rude security guard who was clearly not impressed with the blonde boy's Chinese.

"Where are they? They should have landed seven minutes ago! That's what you get for having your best friend fly anything but the best Agreste!" Adrien muttered to himself, his foot picking up its tapping pace.

"Be patient Adrien. No amount of stressing over this will get him here faster," Nathalie reassured him, doing something on her ever-present tablet.

Adrien raised his sunglasses from his eyes for a moment, looking at his father's assistant with a rather confused expression.

He placed his sunglasses back where they belonged when he noticed a group of girls getting closer to them as they walked by.

"Galaxy Conquest again Nathalie," he stated, keeping his gaze fixed on the gate his best friend would be coming from.

The slight cough that emitted from the woman was all the confirmation that he needed.

"I- I don't know what your talking about," she said, her face turning the lightest shade of pink.

"Still cant get past mission number forty one?" Adrien asked, folding his arms across his chest, and a smile spreading slowly across his face.

"No," she muttered. "I don't see how you can possibly get past the deflector shields without being blasted by enemy Drone soldiers in the process!" she complained, a look of defeat crossing her face.

"You want some help?" he offered.

"Yes," Nathalie muttered after a long amount of silence.

"You need to time it just right. If you go through at the right time, you can make it through the first three shields before the reactivate again, and this allows you to make it through three at a time. Then you can catch the soldiers off guard when you make it through the ninth one," he explained, showing her the moves she had to make in order to succeed.

"You never cease to amaze me Adrien," she commented, a small smile playing at her lips.

"Thanks Nathalie. If only I could just please Father,"

"I understand Adrien. You already make him proud. He just doesn't know how he can tell you," Nathalie explained, putting a hand on his shoulder.

"Thanks Nathalie. That means a lot," Adrien replied, offering her a smile of his own.

Adrien's mind was taken off his worries while he helped Nathalie through the Galaxy Conquest levels. He was so preoccupied that he didn't even notice the announcement go through the airport that flight 4712 from Paris had arrived.

Nathalie noticed the dark-skinned boy as he came off the plane, scowering the unfamiliar area for Adrien.

She was able to get his attention somehow, without letting Adrien know. Nino nodded, approaching the two silently.

He quietly made his way to Adrien's side and Asked, "Which level did Nathalie need help with this time?"

"Forty one," Adrien answered nonchalantly.

Realization sunk in moments later, and Adrien whirled around, put his glasses up on his head, and gazed at his friend with wide, green eyes, all in one fluid motion.

"NINO!" he exclaimed, opening his arms wide and wrapping them around his best friend.

"ADRIEN!" Nino laughed and replied in kind, hugging the blonde back.

"You made it! I cant believe you're actually here!" Adrien said, practically jumping up and down.

"I am to man!" Nino replied, laughing at his friend's antics.

"I thought you were gonna text me when you landed?" Adrien said, seeming offended that he hadn't received anything.

"He did. You were just so busy helping me, that you failed to hear that obnoxious thing you call a 'text tone' go off," Nathalie informed the blonde, back to her formal self.

"Good to see you too Nathalie," Nino added.

"Yes Nino. I am pleased to see you as well. Now I wont have to hear Adrien prattle on and on about how overflowing he is with excitement. This way please," she said, leading the two boys through the airport.

"Well she's just a little ray of sunshine now isn't she?" Nino whispered to Adrien, who tried his best to hold in his laughter. It came out in the form a snort though.

"I heard that," she informed the two boys as they made their way to baggage claim.

Adrien grabbed Nino's green, black, and blue bag as soon as he saw it and slung the strap over his shoulder.

Nino took this opportunity to look across at his best friend and see how much nearly six months had had its effect on him, since the only change he knew Adrien had experienced was his voice deepening. In fact, when Adrien's voice had been squeaking during their one gaming time, Adrien had simply claimed that it was a sore throat. Needless to say, Nino figured better when he heard his friend's voice the next time and it was no longer squeaking, but considerably deeper nonetheless.

He was obviously taller, nearly a whole head taller than Nathalie Nino noticed. He found himself having a difficult time at moments in keeping up with him.

His face had taken on more attributes of a young man rather than those of a boy. His jaw wasn't so soft, but slightly sharper, and his nose had lost a bit of its curled appearance and was now a tad amount straighter.

His eyes were still their brilliant, intelligent and wonder-filled green that they had always been, and his hair style was still the young teen mop he had always had.

Nino couldn't believe how much he had changed! And in just six months!

They put Nino's bags in the trunk, and as soon as they entered the car that was waiting for them, both boys began peppering each other with questions.

Adrien removed his sunglasses, and turned slightly in his seat so that he could face Nino better.

Nathalie was honestly glad that the backseat was filled with the voices of two boys instead of just one.

"So, I have gotta ask before I die. Dude! What happened?!" Nino asked.

"What do you mean?"

Adrien was clearly confused.

"What do I mean? I mean… This!" he exclaimed, gesturing to the new physical appearance of his friend.

"Oh. That. Well, the doctor told me that it was just a growth spurt that I had needed, and my body decided it was time," Adrien explained.

"Have you been working out?" Nino asked, noticing for the first time the muscles in the blonde's arms.

Adrien was about to nod, when Nathalie beat him to it.

"Only two hours a day. And that so happens to be on a busy day," she informed the dark-haired DJ.

"What caused that to start?"

"I have always worked out Nino. I just didn't have such a crazily cramped schedule to deal with. I mean, its worse than home! My only escape from my Father and his designers was if I went to the gym! You wouldn't believe how fast a sweaty teenager repels them!"

"Oh I would wanna see that!" Nino laughed.

"We might just be able to arrange that! You up for a trip to the gym at four?" Adrien asked.

"Sure! Anything that gives me time to spend with my bro!"

"Excellent!"

"So, Adrien, how are your fangirls taking your new look? I bet you cant go anywhere anymore!"

"It only started just recently. Father has only allowed certain shots to be released, and only in the countries that they were taken in. I do have to wear sunglasses wherever I go here though. They know me too well! France won't be introduced to the new Adrien Agreste until I return to Paris,"

Adrien sighed, and Nino prompted for him to continue, knowing that there was something more on his best friend's mind.

"Well, in all honesty I really am just hoping that one person in particular will notice my new look,"

"Let me guess, this 'one person' that you've got in mind is Marinette isn't it?"

Adrien sighed again and nodded.

"Dude! There is no need to worry so much! I heard from a reasonable source that Marinette has missed you like crazy these past few months,"

"Is your 'reasonable source', Alya?" Adrien asked, noticing the red that was spreading across Nino's face.

"What's been going on with you two lately?"

"No-nothing! I just, um," Nino stuttered, rubbing the back of his neck nervously.

"You what?"

"I'm don't ever get nervous when I'm around her, but whenever someone asks me bout it, I don't have a clue what to do! All I know, is that whenever we're together, she just, completes me. Ya know?"

"Yeah I know. Unfortunately, all my fangirls seem to think that they are my soulmate!"

"Well as long as I'm here, you will have no rabid, possessed fangirls after you! And that's a promise Dude!" Nino said, wrapping an arm around his friend's strong shoulders.

"You're the best Nino!"

"Don't I know it! Now, what is there to do in this town?"

"Literally everything! Eat, shop, video games, music, you name it! And we can do it all incognito!"

"So, you're saying I get to spend an entire day with my best friend, sneak around one of the biggest cities in the world, eat, and get to be spies while doing it?"

"I guess," Adrien shrugged.

"Dude, sign me up!"

"So glad you're here man!" Adrien said, offering a fist bump.

"Me too man!" Nino replied, meeting Adrien's fist with his own.

"Now let's show China that Nino and Adrien are in the house!"

Hope you enjoy this one! A best bros chapter!

Enjoy,

Always WOBE