AN: This pays off one of the "B plots" from "The Heart of the Storm."

To StarDaPanda225: That is a good point, and it's certainly a concern, though more if the Mansion itself gets compromise: the fact that a hero is staying somewhere doesn't make everyone else they're staying with a hero. In general, the ones staying at the Mansion are there because they don't have anywhere else to go in the city, or because (in Jalil's case) they are a little too dangerous to just be out in society at the moment (though I haven't decided if that's going to change so he moves back in with Alim and Alix). They do take a lot of precautions to avoid the heroes getting too closely connected with the Mansion (not actually leaving transformed, for one). Although I suppose the fact that a bunch of them are all living in the same house could have consequences at some point…

To atchleykera031: Thanks!

To yellow 14: That's the kind of thing that regular civilians wouldn't pick up on, but for a Hero who knows who Adrien and Marinette are, it's suddenly obvious who Mira is!

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To Butterfly: Glad I can help! At some point it's got to become obvious to Nadine what's happening, but will she find out too late?

"Enjoy the concert!" Kagami let out a slow breath as another group of teenagers drifted away from the merchandise table and back toward the stage they had set up at the far end of the private beach for Kitty Section's concert. She allowed herself a small smile as she consulted the inventory figures on her tablet. Between the sales in-person today and online downloads – to say nothing of ticket sales – the band had more than recouped the rental costs for the equipment and the beach. While Luka had never even considered the possibility, she at least had been concerned that this concert might cost Kitty Section money rather than earn them money.

Of course, their biggest moneymaker so far was definitely the merchandise.

Marinette had designed a few new shirts for the band, which Agreste sold to them at a steep discount (it helped that the company's owner was also the band's keyboardist). Juleka and Rose had convinced Nathaniel to produce a few posters, which Tsurugi had printed in bulk. Then they had their CDs. A glance down the table showed that while most of the physical CDs they had brought with them were still there – digital sales had still skyrocketed in the hours since they began their setup that morning – the T-shirts and posters were selling extremely well. One of the posters, an individual shot showing Luka with his guitar, had nearly sold out. Kagami smiled, heat rising in her cheeks. That was one of her favorites, also; she had the original hanging in her bedroom.

"Do we have more of the original T-shirt design?" asked Mylène, glancing over from the other end of the table.

"Hang on," Kagami replied, ducking under the table. Longg slipped surreptitiously out of her pocket and phased through four of the boxes while Kagami checked the last one. Longg popped out at the end of the line and flicked his tail toward the third box. She dragged that box out and plopped it down on the table before tearing it open to inspect the contents. "There aren't too many left in here," she reported. "But if we run out, we can still take orders online."

"It's amazing how well this one is selling!" Mylène squealed enthusiastically as the two girls dumped the t-shirts on the table and stacked them by size. A family passing by stopped to purchase matching shirts.

Kagami grinned. "That's probably because it's the one you're wearing! That's the most effective marketing out there."

"Probably," Mylène conceded, blushing. "This one is my favorite." She gave Kagami a glance out of the corner of her eye. "So if that's so important, why aren't you wearing a Kitty Section T-shirt?"

Kagami's cheeks grew warm. "I did bring one," she admitted, "and I almost wore it, too – I had it on this morning. But this is a shirt Marinette designed for me, and Luka really likes it. He asked if I'd wear it today since it 'inspires' him, so I accommodated."

"It's very nice," Mylène told her, examining the serpentine pattern more closely. She turned her head to show off her kerchief – royal blue with highlights in grey and pink. "Marinette gave me this on the first day of school this year. An anniversary gift, since Ivan and I started dating on the first day of school."

Kagami furrowed her brow as she took in the pattern. Something about it felt familiar, but she couldn't quite place it… The strains of Kitty Section's first song drifted over to them, drawing her mind off of the pattern. Absently she started humming along with it.

Mylène bobbed her head to the music. "This is one of my favorites of Luka's recent songs," she commented.

Kagami blushed and nodded her agreement. "This is definitely my favorite Kitty Section song," she agreed.

Mylène gave her a closer look before breaking down in a fit of giggles. "It's so cute that he wrote this for you!" she gushed. Kagami raised her eyebrows in surprise. "The look," Mylène explained, though her smile shifted slowly into a look of confusion. "Didn't he play this back in the spring? Before you started dating?"

Kagami shrugged. He had played the first version of her song at the Agreste Gala back in the spring, but neither of them had realized it at the time – mostly because he'd written it for Ryoku, not Kagami. "We'd been friends for such a long time then," she replied. "I just didn't realize how much he liked me or my own feelings for him until we came up here together over the summer."

"That's so romantic!" Mylène sighed. "Ivan and I started dating because of the first song he ever wrote for me," she confided. "Though not until after he got Akumatized over it." She smiled wistfully. "For as upset as I was then, for as humiliating as it was to find out he'd been Akumatized because of me, I'm kind of glad. Who knows when we would have gotten together otherwise? It's wonderful when he writes songs for me now."

Kagami smiled. "Ivan really is a talented musician," she observed.

Mylène nodded in agreement. "His singing can still use some work," she admitted. She giggled and gave Kagami a playful look. "But that's the case for almost anyone next to Luka!"

Kagami laughed but turned away from Mylène and back toward her tablet to hide her burning cheeks as the line of customers picked up again. She hadn't been sure what to expect from this trip, especially since Marinette hadn't been able to come due to a big project at Agreste. She and Mylène had spent time together a few times in the past, but not terribly often, and rarely as just the two of them. But all the same, Kagami was glad she had come along on the trip – and not just because she was Kitty Section's publicist, or because it was an entire weekend she could spend with Luka without her mother nearby. There was something nice about working with Mylène at the merchandise table.

The rest of the concert passed in a blur as Kagami and Mylène were swamped with customers looking to buy merchandise. By the time the band played their encore, they had sold out most of their shirts and only had a couple of the posters left. When the band members started signing autographs by the stage, the rest of the merchandise sold out, leaving the two girls with nothing to do but start packing up the tables.

While carrying the tables to the truck to return them to the rental store, Kagami gave Mylène a smile and said, "This was fun! We really need to hang out more often."

"Definitely!" Mylène agreed.