"Can't believe I had to remind you about the date for this all-important interview, Mari." Honestly, Bloom really can't. Not for this, anyway.

Marinette rolls her eyes, and says "Yeah, yeah, Bloom. Like you've never gotten the dates mixed up…"

"Not for something I had to talk someone else into!" Bloom shakes her head - she was the most against this idea of Cat Noir's, since they're supposed to be heroes. Cat Noir talked Ladybug into giving an interview with Nadja Chamack, saying how they could reassure Paris that they'd always be there to protect them, and then proceeded to turn the big eyes on her…along with a backrub. Him learning she's weak to things like hugs was exactly what the blonde needed to make her putty in his hands when he really wants something.

But then, Bloom had to remind Marinette that she couldn't babysit Manon - Nadja Chamack's daughter - because she had to be at the interview! Bloom claimed a group project they had to work on - which wasn't exactly a lie, the three of them are most certainly a group - and luckily Marinette's parents and Nadja bought it. But still, the detail that Marinette forgot that she'd be on the set tonight - hence why Nadja wanted her to babysit tonight - is equal parts hilarious and unbelievable.

The two transform on the roof, after Bloom 'leaves' and Marinette 'heads to bed for the night' and head over to the TV station.

Cat Noir lands on the sofa, Plagg being the trickster he is wanted to scare the newswoman just a bit, and watches as Nadja nearly drops her tablet as she all but jumps out of her skin. "Huh? Wha- which way did you come in?!"

Cat Noir grins, and says "Secret celebrity entrance."

Nadja nods, telling herself this was the risk she took when she approached Cat Noir with the offer after that Akuma battle, and asks "I thought Ladybug and Dragon Fyre were coming with you?"

Cat Noir shakes his head, saying "My sister went to pick up Ladybug. Said they'd meet us here." And then Cat Noir's cat-phone buzzes, and he reads out "'Just landed on the roof, Brother. We'll be down in a minute. Save us some space on that sofa.' Looks like they're here, then."

And then his phone buzzes again, a text from Ladybug this time, and he reads 'Make up a plate for DF, please. Nadja undoubtedly has some snacks already made.' As a matter of fact, there's Choquettes and sodas out - that'll work.

Not a minute later, Dragon Fyre and Ladybug walk in and sit down on the sofa. Cat Noir immediately puts - borderline shoves - a bottle of soda into Ladybug and Dragon Fyre's hands and places the bowl of Choquettes on Dragon Fyre's lap, even as Nadja subtly relaxes.

It isn't charity if they take some, after all, so they each take two and leave the rest to the red-head. She just rolls her eyes at them, pops a few into her mouth, and makes a bit of fire over her hand that spells out 'happy now?'

They go live, the food disappearing about a minute before, and Nadja starts the introduction of the show. "Hello, I'm Nadja Chamack and this is Face-to-Face. For our first edition, we have Paris' beloved saviors Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Dragon Fyre."

Cat Noir grins, and says "And hello to all my fans!"

He winks and blows a kiss to the camera, and Dragon Fyre rolls her eyes and says "Show off."

Cat Noir grins unabashedly, and says "You love it, Sis."

Nadja says "I'm sure thousands have tuned in to watch you tonight."

Ladybug good-naturedly says "Don't encourage him, Nadja, else the cat won't stop purring all night."

Cat Noir grins, and says "Don't listen to her, Bugaboo's just a spot jealous."

Dragon Fyre shakes her head, saying "Correction, he won't stop punning all night."

Ladybug smiles, and says "Hey, I thought we agreed no more 'Bugaboo' calling, Pussycat."

She reaches over and flicks the bell at his neck for emphasis, even as Cat Noir says "Aw, but it's so cute!"

Dragon Fyre shakes her head, even as a fond smile makes its way onto her face, and says "Sometimes, you two act like an old married couple. Other times, though, you act like a pair of hormonal teens who can't quite figure things out. Please for the love of Kwamis, find a happy place."

Nadja laughs, then says "It's obvious you three are very close."

Dragon Fyre shrugs, and says "Of course we are, Nadja. Not to bring down the mood, but we put our lives in each other's hands every day. After enough time, they start to seem like family." She flicks Cat Noir's bell with magic for emphasis, miming the motion a foot away from his bell as it rings.

Nadja clears her throat, and says "The people of Paris know you, but they don't really know you. We see you saving the city every day, but we don't know anything else about you."

Dragon Fyre deadpans "Unfortunately, I'm not that interesting outside the suit. I don't exactly go around juggling fireballs in front of the Eiffel Tower or anything."

Cat Noir grins, and says "We won't hold anything back, Nadja."

Ladybug quickly says "Well, there are a few things we can't talk about. To protect our identities, you understand."

Nadja nods, then asks "How about a few questions from our viewers?"

Chloe's the first one to call, but starts going on about herself and how everyone must notice her. Dragon Fyre says "Bourgeois, get to the point. Do you have a question or not, and if so…what is it already?"

Chloe blinks, then says "Oh, I don't have a question, I just wanted to say hi! 'Cause, you know, Ladybug and I are such good friends!"

Dragon Fyre deadpans "Hi, and goodbye." At Nadja's look, even after the woman ended Chloe's call, she deadpans "Chloe Bourgeois might claim to be a good friend of Ladybug's, but at least she's got enough survival instinct to not do the same about me. I don't like her, even after learning a few things about her that make it more understandable why she is the way she is, and have never been vague about the detail that we're not friends."

Ladybug mutters "You save her life once and she's convinced you two are attached at the hip…"

Dragon Fyre smirks, and says "That's the price of needing to be perfect, Spots. Everyone else is a die-hard fan."

Ladybug deadpans "You want some of mine? How 'bout you, Kitty? I've got more than enough to share."

Cat Noir quickly shakes his head, hoping none of his horror is showing on his face, and says "Much as I like to crack jokes, LB, I'm good on the fans." He's had more than enough experience running from rabid fans as Adrien Agreste, there is no way he wants to do the same as Cat Noir.

Dragon Fyre quickly covers for him, saying "What the people see is what they get with me, Spots. I decided I wasn't going to pretend to be nicer, more even-tempered, or anything other than who and what I am on day one. The critics on the Ladyblog can say what they want, it doesn't really make a difference to me."

Nadja raises an eyebrow, asking "You follow the Ladyblog?" You can practically hear Alya Cesaire's squeal ringing out across the entire city as that question ends.

And then Nadja's getting another call, which she brings up on her tablet - unsurprisingly, it's Alya Cesaire herself.

An absolutely manic Alya Cesaire, at that - she's practically vibrating in place, eyes sparkling in excitement even as she starts rapid-fire talking. "Ohmigosh,Ladybug,DragonFyre,andCatNoirfollowmyblog! Thisisthebestnightofmylifesofar!"

Ladybug says "Take a breath, Alya. What's your question?" She…asks if Ladybug can give an interview for her blog. Since she has way more viewers than Nadja.

Nadja quickly takes the call down, and Dragon Fyre says "Can't believe she just said that on live television. Think before you speak, Cesaire!"

Ladybug nudges her in the side, and says "She's probably still watching, Scales."

"I hope she is, Spots! The girl wants to be a reporter or journalist, from what we've seen. Alienating an already established - and famous - reporter who got herself a competitive prime-time spot is not a very smart thing to do."

Cat Noir says "She's got a point, LB."

Nadja clears her throat, then says "Ladybug, Cat Noir, everyone knows you're a couple of superheroes, but some think of you as, quote unquote, a couple." Cat Noir grins at once, while Ladybug completely spazzes about the revelation - not much of one, if you read the comments from the Valentines' Day post, though.

Dragon Fyre, though, completely derails the impending outraged denial…by laughing. Laughing so hard she ends up doubled over, tears running down her face as she holds her sides.

Ladybug plants her hands on her hips, and says "It's not funny, Dragon Fyre."

The red-head manages to gasp out "Oh Kwamis…"

Cat Noir tilts his head, then asks "Uh, Sis? Care to share the joke?" Dragon Fyre just snaps her fingers, and a sheet of paper appears over her hand that gets handed to the blonde.

Cat Noir raises one eyebrow, glances at his still-laughing sister, then reads "'I've been working on getting you two together for months now.' Wait, what?!" He's never noticed that outside of uniform! And sometimes even when he is in uniform! Though, lately, he's been avoiding LB in uniform as much as possible until just recently - she's sent him over to Marinette's, but he doesn't think that particularly counts as 'getting him and Ladybug together.' Yeah, sure, Marinette's amazing, but…when has she been trying to set him up with Ladybug?!

Ladybug, though, looks like she's just shut down altogether. When Dragon Fyre glances up at her ghost, though...she doesn't know Cat Noir's identity, she's just trying to figure out when her best friend would be trying to set her up with Cat Noir when she's been trying to get her more comfortable around Adrien.

Dragon Fyre facepalms, then mutters "You two drive me up the Eiffel Tower, forget a wall. Nadja, let me clear this up. These two aren't a couple, they don't even know who the other is. What 'evidence' do you have, exactly, that they're an item?"

Nadja brings up several pictures that look very much like her two partners are together - the kiss on Valentines Day being the big one, closely followed by a moment during Stormy Weather's rampage and the dance they shared at Chloe's party - and Dragon Fyre raises an eyebrow at them all. This would be a lot more fun if she wanted to rip Nadja to shreds - as it is...it's a hilarious misunderstanding due to lack of context.

"Well, as for that one, that was to free Cat Noir from Dark Cupid's influence. Call me curious, but I wanted to know if his power could be broken some way other than using a Lucky Charm. As for that one over there, LB tackled my brother out of the way of one of Stormy Weather's lightning bolts before he was fried to a crisp and that's how they landed. The one about them hugging was my brother taking Dark Cupid's arrow for Ladybug since she's the only one that can fix everything, that one is because my brother can't fly and I was already fighting the Akuma so LB had to pick him up, it was a party and I heard that Akuma was a hilarious bust…"

Dragon Fyre raises an eyebrow at the last picture, one of Ladybug scratching Cat Noir under the chin, and asks "Something you two would like to share?"

Ladybug groans, and Cat Noir stammers out "S-side effect from my Miraculous…" He's also started purring if she scratches him behind the ears, something Ladybug has previously taken immense amusement from on the nights when he finds her while she's on Patrol. His fake ears and tail also move like they're real, and the tail actually helps with balance a great deal.

Dragon Fyre just asks "Oh, like my hoard then, huh? Makes sense." If she had any decent amount of stuff, she'd have it all in the top of the warehouse arranged in a corner - as it is, she doesn't have enough stuff for that. Unfortunately. It's why her protective, possessive instincts as Dragon Fyre that have been rubbing off on her as Bloom have apparently decided her partners are her hoard, according to Longg.

Nadja raises an eyebrow, then asks "Side effects?"

Cat Noir nods, trying to will the blush out of his face, and says "Long-term exposure to a Miraculous apparently changes someone in minor ways, we've found. Enhanced speed, strength, and agility out of the costume, for one. And senses, to."

Dragon Fyre adds "I picked up a car two days ago, outside of uniform. Just lucky nobody was around when I did it." She'd dropped four water bottles in the parking lot of the store she frequents, and they decided to roll underneath a car where she couldn't see them - and just moving the car up with her magic would've been a bit noticeable, unfortunately. So…she lifted the car a bit with one hand and grabbed the water bottles with the other - she was trying to just keep her balance so she didn't end up face-first under the front of the car, not trying to pick up the car. It only occurred to her much later that it should've been physically impossible since she wasn't in the suit. But, by then, she was back in her warehouse.

And then Cat Noir asks "What about you, M'Lady? Any changes with you?"

Ladybug promptly blushes about as red as her suit, and says "Like Cat Noir said, speed, strength, agility…"

Dragon Fyre's gaze moves to just above her head, and the red-head says "Oh my kwamis…" And then she starts giggling like mad, even with trying to hide it behind her hands. Because, aphids?! That certainly explains the sudden increase in plants on Marinette's rooftop garden.

Nadja gets a highly confused glance, even as she peeks at her bracelet and sees the lights are almost green now, and asks "What's going on?"

Ladybug groans, shooting a glare at her still-giggling best friend, and says "Magic, Nadja. Kitty, don't you dare." Cat Noir promptly shuts his mouth, having fully intended to ask Dragon Fyre what she heard - he got the explanation on how she can read minds, auras according to Bunnyx, and it still blows his mind. That doesn't mean he doesn't believe it - the evidence is pretty overwhelming, including just now - but it's still pretty incredible. And, considering the detail that he has a tiny, cheese-loving god as a companion that gets sucked into his ring at a three-word phrase, that's saying a lot.

Therein ensues a change of topic, which ends on the illusions Dragon Fyre's known to make. And what she thought of the only other illusion-maker, Volpina.

Dragon Fyre scoffs derisively, and says "I've been making illusions for years now. My magic's based on fire, and heat comes with the territory. Ergo, mirages are well within my capabilities as well as something I practiced extensively. Volpina was an amateur who never thought her illusions through at first, and then what illusions she did make after attempting to drop the kid she claimed to like off the Eiffel Tower were simply pathetic."

Nadja asks "She didn't think them through?"

Dragon Fyre shakes her head, and matter-of-factly says "No. The meteor, for instance. She didn't think anyone would be able to get there in time. I ended up punching right through that illusion, and nearly taking out a part of a building since I'd been attempting to break a giant meteor. And then the Hawk Moth illusion she tried on us. I've been reliably informed that he could not turn into a pack of butterflies to move somewhere, and the transformation between man and butterfly was rough to the point of being bits of broken glass. And after that? I was doing better on my first few mirages, and those didn't come with someone probably whispering exactly how to make it look realistic in my head. And that was on my own, when I was eleven. No instructions, no idea what I was doing beyond my own imagination and a few Harry Potter books for inspiration." If she sounds proud of that, of learning control over her magic on her own...well, she is. She really, really is.

About five minutes later, all three get an alert about another Akuma - Volpina, again. All three heroes trade unreadable looks, and then Dragon Fyre says "I'll be back in a few minutes. Wind Dragon."

About ten minutes later, she's back with the Akuma trapped in an orange bubble and a few words in her partners' ears. Ladybug's expression turns all-serious as the Akuma gets Purified, and she says "Sorry to cut things short, Nadja, but something's come up."

Luckily, the show was almost ever anyway.

AN: Hey, everyone! Yeah, I figured Dragon Fyre would find the fact that everyone seems to think her partners are together hilarious - enough to derail Mari's outrage and Nadja's pushy questions, anyway. Though, I personally blame Arlette for Nadja getting Akumatized - had she not been so pushy, Nadja could've dropped the topic and moved on to...idk, maybe Hawk Moth? Something, anything other than the topic that had Ladybug so very outraged.

At any rate...guess what? It's a double. Enjoy!