After Adrien arrived at Alya's and Nino's place, they all carried Mayura inside. They placed her on the couch and stood around her. Adrien grabbed the miraculous that was dangling off her neck and yanked it off, watching as Mayura detransformed. It didn't surprise them when they saw Lila,"Of course it was her. She's always had it out for Marinette!" Alya stomped around the couch.
Nino looked over at Adrien, "What are we gonna do with her? We can't kill her."
"I never suggested that we should kill her, I said that we should keep her here until we can get information from her." Adrien felt his phone vibrate in his pocket, it was from his manager.
Nino groaned, "They're gonna know that she is missing!"
"Marinette was missing too and no one really seemed to give a damn" Alya shouted, "So what if we keep her for right now! We need information on Hawk Moth and Adrien leaves tomorrow."
"Excuse me for a second, my manager is calling." He walked away from his friends and onto their balcony. He answered the phone and brought it up to his ear, "Hello?"
"Hey, Adrien, I just wanted to let you know that I scheduled your flight for tomorrow at 5 pm." His manager spoke, "So, Make sure you're ready beforehand, and you also have a photoshoot on Thursday at 11 in the morning."
Adrien ran his hand through his hair, "Okay, Thank you, Alex."
"No problem, did you guys ever end up finding your friend? Aurora wanted me to ask you." He could hear his girlfriend's voice on the other end.
"Yeah, We did. She's in the hospital right now. I was hoping to ask you if I could stay here for a little while. She just found today and I haven't even gone to talk to her." He sat on the lawn chairs they had.
It was quiet on the other end until he heard Alex sigh, "I can only picture the puppy dog eyes right now." Aurora spoke in the background. "Same, I guess I can cancel your flight, book three more nights, and reschedule your photoshoot."
Adrien smiled, "I owe you, Alex."
"You owe me a lot, Agreste. Just make sure you update her status for us." Alex laughed, "I'll talk to you soon, bye."
"Bye." Adrien hung the phone up, but as he put it into his pocket he heard the sound of something breaking.
"Why would you just kidnap me?!" Lila screamed and Adrien ran into the house.
Alya looked like she wanted to go on a murderous rampage as she saw her lamp on the floor broken. Lila had her back to Adrien as she tried to look scared, "How did you get me in here? Please, let me go. My mother would be so scared if she realizes that I am missing too! What would everyone think if they find out that I am missing too!"
Nino was standing next to her, holding her in place so she couldn't try to leave. "Lila, We know you are Mayura. Stop playing scared," Nino groaned.
"I don't know what you're talking about!" She started to fake cry. Adrien walked over to Alya and Lila's eyes widened as she looked at Adrien. "Adrien Agreste?"
Alya raised her eyebrow as she saw Lila break character, "That was fast."
"Yeah," Adrien leaned over the couch to get as close as he could possibly get, "You're really fucking lucky that we found Marinette before I got to you. Because you'd be six feet under right now."
Alya's eyes widened as she heard what Adrien just said to Lila, "Adrien." She was shocked.
Nino was shocked as well, "Dude, what is up with you."
Lila glared at him, "Not the sweet pretty boy you were in high school anymore?" She had a sinister smirk cross her face, "Daddy's gonna love the man you've become."
Before Adrien could grab Lila by the throat, Alya stopped him. "Adrien, don't. This is all part of her plan."
"Yeah, why don't you go on a walk." Nino looked up at him and Alya let go of him.
Adrien didn't say anything as he turned around and walked out the door, unintentionally slamming it behind him. He walked down the stairs and down the road. He walked past his car not even acknowledging it. Plagg popped out of his shirt, "Where are you going?"
"Plagg, Claws out." He spoke, ignoring him. He transformed in the middle of the street, not realizing if anyone was around. Thankfully, there wasn't. He used his staff to jump across Paris.
He found himself on the top of the eiffel tower. He clenched his jaw as he sat down, his legs dangling off. He bit his lip and tried to hold back tears he didn't realize he had. "Fuck." He choked out.
He rested his hand against his arms as he let out frustrated tears. He didn't know why he was crying, or why he got so upset as he did. He knew something had changed in him, he could tell.
He was confused about the entire situation in front of him. He laid back and closed his eyes, the tears continuing to fall. His heart ached for something he could no longer have. Even if he wished to be Chat Noir again, it was impossible with his work schedule and he currently hated to be in Paris again.
Nothing would be the same as it was before they defeated Hawk Moth. Their relationship would have never been ruined, his miraculous would have never broken, Marinette wouldn't have been kidnapped.
He rolled onto his side and stared at the moon, he wondered if she was staring at the moon as he was. There was a voice in the back of his head that just kept telling him to get up and go see Marinette. He didn't know if he should listen to the tiny voice or not, but he decided he should.
What he didn't know was that it was Alya spying on him and placing the tiny voice in his head. It wasn't a bad thing, and it wouldn't hurt Chat if he found out. She just wanted what was best for both of her friends.
So, Chat stood up and jumped away from the Eiffel Tower and towards the hospital that Marinette was in. He knew that she would give him a fight when she saw him, but he didn't care. He just knew that he missed her.
He hid in an alley right next to the hospital, "Plagg, Claws In." He said and untransformed. Plagg groggily floated up to look at him. He smiled at Plagg, "Sorry, Hide." He opened his coat and Plagg floated in. Once Adrien was sure that no one would question him, he walked out and up to the stairs of the building.
There were a few people standing by the door smoking a cigarette and kinda gave Adrien a glare. He chose to ignore them and walk into the building. He looked around to see if he knew where to go until a nurse touched his back, "Can I help you?"
Adrien jumped and turned to look at her, "Uh.. Y-Yeah… Can you tell me where Marinette Dupain-Cheng's room is?"
She smiled and walked over to the dronk desk and started to type something in on the computer, "Marinette… Dupain-Cheng." She brought her pencil to her lip and started to chew on the cap, "Oh, Here she is. Third Floor, Room 312." She wrote it down and gave it to him.
"Thank you." He smiled and turned around to go to the elevators. He clicked the button and waited a few minutes for the elevator to arrive. He pulled his phone out and checked to make sure Alya or Nino didn't message him, they didn't. The elevator bell dinged and the doors opened, allowing Adrien to walk inside. He sat by the control panel and clicked the third floor.
He opened his recent messages, it was basically just Aurora and Dez just spamming him on when he was coming home. He knew it'd be better to message Dez because Aurora would try to call him the second he answered her back.
The Doors opened and he walked out. The sign on the wall let Adrien know where Marinette's room was. He turned left and walked past the nursing station. There were old people in some of the rooms, sick kids, and badly injured adults. He walked up to two rooms that were side by side, 311 & 312.
He knocked on the door and heard a quiet, "Come in." He took a deep breath before he slowly pushed the door open to see Marinette in a hospital robe with a bunch of food next to her. She was alone in the room. "Why are you alone?" Adrien asked, his voice alone causing Marinette to look at him in shock.
Her eyes were wide and he could hear the heartbeat on the monitor speed up, her mouth was slightly open and her face was incredibly red. "A-Adrien?" She managed to stutter out.
He laughed, "Hey." He scratched the back of his head, "Um, I was in town for a bit and I heard that something happened to you. So, I thought about coming to visit you. Can I sit down?" He pointed to the chair that was right beside her.
She nodded and watched him walk across the room, "What did you ask when you came in?" She seemed confused.
"I asked why you were alone." He smiled, "I thought that maybe Luka would've been here."
She looked away from him, as if she was hurt. "Oh, no… he had to go to work."
He nodded, and twiddled with his thumbs. He knew that he needed to tell her about him being Chat Noir sooner or later, but he didn't know that it would be this nerve racking. "Hey, Marinette." He looked up at her to see tears in her eyes, not at all what he was expecting.
She covered her face with her hands and started to cry, "I-I'm sorry." She choked on her words, "I'm just really overwhelmed right now."
Adrien placed his hand on her thigh and rubbed his finger in small circles, "Ssh, Marinette… What's wrong?" He looked at her back and noticed how long her hair was now.
She brought her knees up to her chest and cried, "Just a lot."
Adrien felt like he had lost total control of his body as he pulled her into a hug, "Calm down." He whispered and rubbed circles in her back.
"It's just been really hard since before being kidnapped, Luka and I weren't on good terms and it just seems we still aren't." She bit her lip, "Everyone thought I was dead and the look on everyone's face when they saw me being wheeled in was like they saw a ghost. Chat Noir is back," She accidentally let that one slip. "Everyone thinks that Ladybug has abandoned Paris. Can you imagine that." She looked up at Adrien, "I don't understand how Chat Noir could leave Paris and no one says anything, but when Ladybug does… it's this huge problem that is being broadcasted on every station known to man." She swallowed the lump in her throat and leaned her head against his chest, "and just seeing you here."
He didn't imagine to be hit with that gut punch, Marinette had never been able to spit out much around Adrien. So, it surprised him to even hear Marinette talk and cry in front of him. "Do you want me to leave?"
"God, no." She wiped the tears from her eyes and looked over at him, "If you leave, I'm afraid I might not ever see you again."
He smiled and looked down at the ground, "I'm actually gonna be here for a few more days. I told my manager that a friend of mine was in the hospital and I didn't want to leave when you were still in here."
She looked shocked, "Adrien, you could lose your career."
"Marinette, That's the last thing I am worried about right now. I was literally gone for what three years? When I return I find out that Chat Noir went missing and so did you!" He groaned, "I'm afraid if I leave, you might not be here anymore."
Marinette smiled at Adrien, feeling more happiness in the last five minutes then she had in the last three years. Adrien could tell, that's why he decided to wait a little longer to tell her the truth.