-Julian's POV-

Arriving back at my home, I detransform out of my costume. Ossi flies out of the pen and slowly sinks onto the kitchen table.

"Can't… go on… tell my fawns, I love 'em..." He groans, rolling my eyes, I reach for the pastries I keep for celebrations.

"I wasn't aware that Kwamis could have children." I tease, sliding a plate of croissants in front of him, the smell predictably re-energizes him.

"What're ya talkin' about, you're one of my fawns aren't cha?" He asks before diving into the dish like a starving man in a buffet, not noticing me freezing at his words. A fond smile grows on my face as I look at my Kwami, ever since he crashed into my life it's been nothing but interesting, I hadn't even realized how sad my old way of life was before I met him, how depressing it was...

How lonely .

Frowning, I look out the window, the neighboring mansion can be seen in the distance. If I recall correctly, Adrien stays there, and it's his birthday today too.

"Whatcha thinkin' 'bout kid?" I jump as Ossi lands on my head, done with his meal.

"Just, about Adrien… I feel a little bad for asking him to have fun when his friends were clearly being threatened, I was talking to him as Julian, not Faon Vert…" I sigh, I should've tried to protect him instead of telling him to walk headfirst into danger.

"Well… why don't cha do something 'bout it then?" I look up to see Ossi upside down, glaring at me.

"What do you mean?" I ask, Ossi simply rolls his eyes before flying down to look at me seriously.

"Ya feel bad about it right? Go apologize then, life's too short to waste feeling bad about things, and I'm talking 'bout my lifecycle."

I can't help but think about it. "I guess if I was Faon Vert…"

"Nothin' Faon can't handle."

"I've visited people to check on them before, this wouldn't be any different… Right…?"

"Ya can check up and cheer up!"

"Y-you're right, and I can even get him something as well, for his birthday and all, but what should I get…" I think out loud before Ossi and I both share a cheeky smile.

-At Night, at the Agreste Mansion-

Dragging myself up onto the third balcony of the night (why must mansions have so many of them), hoping that it leads to Adrien's room and giving myself a mini fist pump when it is. Adrien seems to be having a mini fashion show, posing with his usual attire, with the addition of a beautiful scarf wrapped around his neck, an all-around adorable scene. I knock on the window, snickering at his little jump before noticing that I'm here, he quickly rushes over to open the door.

"Faon Vert?" He asks incredulously.

I give him a playful smirk, "The one and only, mind if I come in?" Adrien seems to snap out of his daze as he moves aside. Walking in, I let out a whistle as I took in the sights.

"Wow, sweet room you have here, not as great as mine though." I grin cheekily, Adrien seems to be a little insulted, that pouty look of his reminds me of a certain cat superhero.

I look at the scarf around his neck, nodding approvingly. "Nice scarf too, really brings out your eyes." I wink, laughing at his blush which only served to worsen it.

"I-it's a birthday present from my father, it's the first time he's given me something that's not a pen in three years." He looks so sad yet happy at the same time, it breaks my heart a little.

"Nothing wrong getting pens, trust me, might change your life one day. Buuuut-" I take out the gift I have hidden behind me, "Your birthday isn't over yet, I got you something as well!" I hand him a small box wrapped in green wrapping paper.

Adrien grabs it with wide eyes. "You're giving me a birthday present?"

"Yep! If you're okay with that of course. I kind of want to apologize for pushing you to celebrate your birthday today, you deserve a party where everyone wants to be there, not forced by an Akuma." I explain, scratching the back of my neck in embarrassment.

Adrien nods along, too focused on perfectly unwrapping my present. Once the wrapping paper is gone, he slowly opens the rectangular box inside of it, revealing a necklace with a deer head in the center, the chains attached to its horns.

"This is…" Adrien muttered, starstruck.

Smiling, I lightly pat him on the head (feeling a tad upset at the realization that he's taller than me, only by a little though!). "Like it? You're officially one of my fawns now, strictly under my protection, got it?" Adrien blushes again and swats my hand away, which only makes me laugh.

"Thank you, Faon Vert…" Adrien grumbles, still pretending to be angry at his messed up hair.

"Don't mention it, I'm serious you know? If you need anything, don't hesitate to call. Well, that might be a bit tough, but I'm sure you'll figure it out." I shoot him some finger guns, walking backwards before sitting on the banister, giving him one last look. "Happy birthday again Adrien, till we meet again." I finally say, before diving headfirst down from the balcony, hiding in the shadows so that if Adrien tries to look for me it will seem like I disappeared into the night, like what cool superheroes do.

-The Next Day-

"Hey! Julian!"

Holding in a scream as a voice suddenly calls my name, I turn around to see Alya and Marinette walking towards me.

"H-Heh!" I cringe at my voice cracking again, one day I will have a regular conversation with someone from start to finish, hopefully. "Hello! How do you do today!" I wince at my volume being too loud now. Alya and Marinette didn't seem to mind though.

"Fine, I didn't see you at Adrien's Akuma party yesterday, you manage to hide in time?" Alya asks, if I recall correctly she is the one responsible for managing the Ladyblog, I should be careful about what I say around her.

"Y-yeah! I just stayed at my house the entire day and umm… hid…?" Solid, great job Julian, Ossi must be headbutting my chest with approval.

Before Alya can say anything else, a high pitched voice interrupts our conversation.

"What do you mean not for a week!?"

The three of us look up to the entrance of the school to see our classmate Chloe yelling at another classmate, I think her name is Sabrina.

"There were no adults yesterday to deliver it." Sabrina protests, which does not seem to hinder Chloe's rage.

"So what? Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!" Chloe screams again before stomping into the school.

Alya lets out a laugh. "Serves Chloe right."

I frown at the entire interaction, maybe Chloe is in a particularly bad mood or something, I hope she will apologize to her friend sooner or later.

"Hey girls, and Julian." Adrien's voice interrupts me from my thoughts as I see Adrien exit his limo, wearing the bright blue scarf from yesterday and-

"Hey that's my scarf! He's wearing my scarf!" I can faintly hear Marinette's voice but in my distracted state, I was too busy staring at the deer necklace he is wearing, it looks good- scratch that, it looks great on him.

"Yo, nice scarf Adrien. Off the chain." Alya's voice snaps me out of my daze, I nod frantically beside her, focus on his scarf damn it.

"Yeah, can you believe my dad got this for me? It's so awesome. He's been giving me the same lame pen for three years in a row." The blond says. Alya, Marinette and I look at each other confused, didn't Marinette just say it's from her? Actually, Adrien said it was from his dad yesterday as well.

When Adrien pulls Nino away to talk about something private, Alya whispers to Marinette. "You gotta tell him you were the one who knitted the scarf."

Marinette shakes her head, smiling. "But he seems so happy about his dad. I don't want to spoil it for him." And if that wasn't the most romantic thing I've heard.

"Y-You're such a good person Marinette…" I mumble, needing to say it or risk tearing up.

Alya seems to agree with me. "You got that right." She said, hugging her best friend. "You're amazing, girl. You know that, right? And someday Adrien will figure it out too. Promise." With that, the two of them start walking into the school, I wait a few seconds to recharge my energy before entering the school as well, hoping to whatever deity out there that today goes better than yesterday.