Chapter 14

The date went well so far in the eyes of both teens. However, it didn't exactly start off so smooth after the two left the hotel for Chloe. She was still nervous that he still had bad feelings towards her because of how horrible she was before she got Pollen. Thankfully she still had Pollen reassuring her throughout the trip to the date. And eventually they made it to a fancy restaurant that Chloe hadn't been to before. Prompting her to ask, "Is this a new place?"

"Not really," Nathanael answered honestly, "It's been around for a while."

The two made their way inside, and were quickly brought to their table. Meanwhile, Rena Rouge was currently using binoculars to view the date from the rooftops. Normally that would be difficult for an indoor dining establishment, but it's much easier since this building had a glass ceiling. Not to mention, the couple was sat at a perfect angle for them to view everything. At least that'd be the case if they all had binoculars instead of just Rena.

The roof holding Team Miraculous was a slanted roof with two windows protruding from it. And both had two of the four heroes standing on the tops of each one, Ladybug and Chat on the left, and Carapace and Rena on the right. Carapace looked to his girlfriend and said, "What do you see?"

"They just sat down, and they're ordering," Rena answered, still watching through the binoculars, "Nothing's happening yet."

"Somehow, I figured you'd be doing something like this for our first date," Ladybug said looking at her teammates on the other window.

"We certainly wouldn't be doing it from the rooftops," Carapace defensively replied, "And it also wouldn't be done in our hero forms."

"Well it's also good you didn't spy on us then," Chat pointed out, "Otherwise, you would have learned of our hero forms."

As the team continued conversing amongst each other, Chloe and Nathanael were browsing through the menu to find some good dishes. The waiter arrived allowing them to place their orders for what they wanted. After that was done, the waiter left the table, and the two began their wait. However, Nathanael noticed Chloe acting nervous, and asked, "You okay Chloe?"

"Yeah it's just bad memories," Chloe answered, "I never would've thought that you would take me to a place like this."

"I thought it would be good to take you to a nice place," Nathanael pointed out, "To give you a chance the proper way."

Chloe slowly nodded as her expression changed to more worried, "I thought you hated me."

Nathanael began explaining once more, "I don't hate you. I never did actually. I was unhappy, yes, but not hateful. Truth is, Sabrina came to me to apologize for what she did, in fact she apologized to everyone and said that she was done with you. That day that you apologized to her, I was actually nearby. And I saw you cry at her feet. It made me feel bad for you."

"I wouldn't blame her if she posted that online as a video," Chloe said.

"I'm not the kind of person to watch people suffer Chloe," Nathanael assured her, "That was only me as the Evillustrator."

That was when Chloe started to smile. Which threw off Nathanael since they were having a serious conversation. It only got stranger when he heard her begin to laugh so he asked why this was happening. She then gave her answer, "Just a discussion with the others on how stupid some of the villains were. Like there was Mr. Pigeon. How terrifying does that sound? 'Oh no. Watch out for Mr. Pigeon.'"

Nathanael caught on to what she was saying and began laughing with her at the absurdity, "What about when Nino was the Bubbler? What kind of a villain is that?"

The two began mocking more of the absurd villains and they laughed harder with each one. The laughter eventually settled down and their meals arrived. Partway through the meal, she felt Pollen nudging her from her purse. She then looked to Nathanael, and said, "Sorry. One second. I need to do something. I promise I'll be back."

"Sure," Nathanael said with a smile as Chloe got up, and walked to the restroom.

When Chloe was sure that she was alone, she allowed Pollen out of her purse, and said, "Please tell me there isn't an akuma attack right now."

"Not exactly," Pollen answered, "Sorry to interrupt your date my queen, but I sensed something else."

Meanwhile on the rooftop, Rena finished providing a detailed summary of what was happening ending with her saying, "I can't see Chloe anymore."

"Well it sounded like she was having a good time," Chat pointed out, "She wouldn't ditch Nathanael on a date. At least not now."

"Maybe the nervousness was getting to her again," Carapace guessed.

"Hey LB, would you be able to use a lucky charm in this situation?" Rena asked.

"Only if you guys can take me back home," Ladybug answered.

"Dibs!" Chat exclaimed as he raised his hand, causing the others to laugh.

"Fine. Lucky-" Ladybug started to say until she heard ringing from her yo-yo. This confused the entire group immediately. Sure, they were aware that their weapons doubled as communication devices for the most part. But they didn't know who that could be since everyone who was currently in hero mode was on the rooftop. Ladybug opened the yo-yo like a cell phone, and said, "Hello?"

The voice that came through was Chloe's, "Marinette, why the hell are you guys spying on my date?"

"Oh hey girl. We're just on patrol right now," Ladybug answered before Turning to the others as she said away from the yo-yo phone, "It's Chloe."

"Damn. Did she see us?" Rena quietly asked as the four crouched behind the rooftop.

"Really? On patrol?" Chloe asked with obvious disbelief, "Then why did Pollen sense your presence nearby since the date started?"

"We Just happened to stop by where your date was, and we saw you," Ladybug answered, trying to hide the fact that it was a lie.

"And the reason you didn't stick to the patrol agreement was?" Chloe asked again, reminding her of the deal they all made.

After the first couple days of Chloe, Nino, and Alya joining the team, they all made an agreement with each other. If only a few members of the team were patrolling while the rest were doing other things, the patrollers would let the rest know this is happening. Just in case they needed to cover for each other if the moment called for it. This was put into place after Marinette wasn't available to watch Manon a couple times.

Thus why Ladybug's next excuse was less believable to Chloe, "We forgot."

"Can't I have a pleasant moment to myself without you guys watching?" Chloe asked over the phone.

"It's not like we're going to intrude," Ladybug replied in defense.

"She can think of it like us going to watch a play," Rena said as she got ready to keep watch again.

"I heard that," Chloe's voice came through the yo-phone.

"We promise that we won't interfere," Chat assured her, "And if you want, we can give you advice on what to do for your date."

Unfortunately, instead of hearing Chloe reply, they heard the line disconnect. After briefly looking at each other, they went back to viewing the date from the window ceiling. At least Rena went back to that since she had the binoculars. However, she noticed Chloe look their direction to try and find them, though her continuous gaze in their direction indicated that she succeeded in spotting them. "Oops," Rena said as she kept watching, "I think she found us."

However, instead of angry getting on the phone, Chloe was actually smiling as she walked over to Nathanael. Because unbeknownst to them, Chloe decided to have a little fun with the team to see how much they can follow. Yes she was irritated at first but her annoyance eased back when she realized that they meant the spying because they cared in a friendly way. And in her mind, she wanted to see just how much they really cared. Once she made it to Nathanael, she said, "Our friends are spying on us from somewhere. Want to have some fun with them?"

Nathanael caught the clue that Chloe was trying to be subtle, and said, "Let's do it."

The two had already finished their meal, and left a little more hurriedly than one normally would. While they finished, Chat and Ladybug got down to ground level and detransformed back to Adrien And Marinette so that they could get a better view. Carapace and Rena remained on the rooftops to keep an eye from the sky. As soon as they saw Chloe and Nathanael leave, they began to start their little stealth mission. But they didn't realize that the couple had also started their own mission, especially after Chloe saw where Adrien And Marinette were.

As soon as the blond girl saw them, she called out, "Oh my goodness is that Adrien Agreste with his new girlfriend?"

And with that, a crowd of people flocked to take a picture of the model and the designer. After Adrien first took Marinette out, he changed his relationship status online to in a relationship. However, to keep Marinette from getting swamped with photographers and jealous fans, he kept the name of the person he was dating as anonymous. And since then, paparazzi have been almost hounding the boy to see if they can figure out who his girlfriend was. So it wasn't a huge surprise that people would try to trample on top of each other to see who this new girlfriend would be.

While the fashion couple, as Chloe would call them as civilians, was running to avoid the crowd, Chloe and Nathanael were running in the opposite direction. While Nathanael didn't know why after they were out of view from their classmates, he began to have fun since Chloe was laughing cheerfully the whole time. Enough to the point that he was laughing along with her. Though the reason she was running was because there was still Carapace/Nino and Rena Rouge/Alya to give the slip. Not to hard to do since they still had difficulty navigating the rooftops and were still a little slow, earning Nino many turtle puns from Adrien.

Eventually Nathanael led Chloe to a flower garden which conveniently had no rooftops nearby. And the two began walking through so they could catch their breath. As they walked through, they couldn't help but admire the flowers. While Chloe was admiring a patch with yellow flowers, she noticed a flash from Nathanael's phone indicating that he took a picture. She looked his way as he explained, "So I have a good reference for what to draw next."

Chloe couldn't help but blush as the two continued through the flower garden. As they continued onward, the two slowly closed the space between them and began helping each other's hand. Halfway through the garden, they changed to putting an arm around the other. Maybe it was the bee part of Chloe's mind feeling content around flowers, but it didn't matter since she was happy to remain with the artist. Though the moment was interrupted when she felt the phone in his jacket pocket buzz.

They disconnected from each other so Nathanael could check the notification and saw that it was his parents asking him to come home now. He looked to Chloe with sadness, and said, "Sorry. Guess the date has to end now."

"I understand," Chloe nodded, "My dad would probably want me home soon as well."

"Well maybe we can do this again if you want," Nathanael offered a bit shyly.

Chloe's warm smile helped build his confidence, "I'd love that."

Just as they were about to leave, they noticed a flower stand where one could purchase flowers. Nathanael quickly walked up to the stand before they left, and purchased one of the yellow flowers Chloe was admiring. When that was done, he walked up to the girl, and placed the flower in her hair, next to the comb, and said, "It suits you beautifully."

The two eventually made their way back to the hotel, and said their goodbyes, with Nathanael kissing Chloe's hand before leaving. And with that, the girl got up to her room and cheered happily. "That was the most magical night of my life," she voiced her thoughts.

Pollen quickly flew out of the purse she was hiding in, and said, "I'm glad you had a wonderful date my queen."

"Me too Pollen," she said as she laid down on her bed staring at the ceiling, "Me too."

She eventually heard her phone buzz and went to check on it. Turns out she received a text in the group chat.

[From Whiskers: Thank you for revealing my relationship to my fans.]

She quickly texted back.

[From Queenie: You were the ones spying on my date pussycat.]

The chat continued.

[From Spots: It was a good move. I'll say that.]

[From Whiskers: Yeah Fine.]

[From Queenie: What? You guys want to double date?]

[From Vixen Power: Wait a minute. I got first dibs on the double date with Marinette.]

[From Shellshock: No. No double dates. Period.]

[From Queenie: Well to be fair, it would still be pretty awkward with Nathanael and Adrien.]

[From Whiskers: Yeah But the couples always end up competing to show who the better couple is.]

[From Shellshock: Which is why Adrien And I swore never to double date ever.]

[From Queenie: Fine you wimps. No double dates.]

[From Spots: Glad to hear that you might be going on another with him.]

[From Queenie: I actually can't wait for it.]

[From Vixen Power: I don't know. Marinette said that her first date ended with a kiss on the lips. If yours ended with a kiss on the hand, it could mean something else.]

Chloe was about to text back something until she looked closer at Alya's message. Then something clicked in her mind.

[From Queenie: How the hell do you know that he kissed my hand?]

[From Vixen Power: Uh…magic?]

Chloe immediately walked to her window and opened it to see if she could spot her friend. Since she couldn't, she simply closed the window and texted a reply.

[From Queenie: Stop spying on my dates!]