-Julian's POV-

"In most fairy tales, the prince breaks the spell by kissing the princess. Can anyone tell us why?" Miss Bustier asks the class.

"Because it acts as a climatic benchmark for storytelling, in dull stories like fairy tales a kiss is the most they can do for a climactic ending." I think to myself, propping my chin on my hand in thought, it's probably not the proper answer, but that's the most likely case.

Rose, one of my classmates, quickly stands up and swoons. "Because only love can conquer hate!"

Well that's a cliché but probably the right answer.

"Correct, Rose!"

Called it.

Another one of my classmates, Max, stands up after her. "Technically speaking, this reasoning is only exhibited in about 87% of all fairy tales and-"

"Thank you Max, that's enough." Miss Bustier raises her hands in a placating gesture. I pout, he was just getting to the good part.

Suddenly the teacher's eyes narrow in on Adrien, who upon further look appears to be intensely focused on writing something on a piece of paper.

"Adrien, I hope what you're writing has to do with my lesson." She says, slowly walking up to him and I hear a gasp from Marinette's table behind the blond's.

"Can you tell me what I just said?" The teacher asks again, and I gulp. Gods I can't even imagine how I would react when under such scrutiny.

"That's why in most fairy tales, the prince breaks the spell by kissing the princess because only love conquers hate." Adrien responds, and I mentally give him a slow impressed clapping, he's… kind of perfect, huh…

A loud ring suddenly sounds and I jump in my seat, startling Nathaniel sitting next to me too.

"Are you alright?" He asks.

"I'm okay! Just suddenly thought of weird things again." I explain, cringing a little, ever since Rogercop's attack, I've been having weird unexplainable thoughts regarding the blond, and-

Okay I can't excuse this anymore. The signs are getting worse, I'm almost ninety percent sure on what I'm feeling.

However, that ten percent is still making really valid points! Number one being "Pfft, yeah right!".

"Now, everyone, don't forget to finish Sleeping Beauty by Charles Perrault tonight." Miss Bustier says again as the students start leaving the classroom. "And, Happy Valentine's day, students!"

I felt a chill run down my spine. It's Valentine's Day too? I can't ignore such a coincidence, make it ninety-three percent, gods I sound like Max.

"I'm going to head to the art room with Alix, want to join?" I jump again, hearing Nathaniel's voice and turning to see him holding a large sketch of his latest work, concern evident in his eyes.

"Sorry, not today, I have some… stuff to do." I weakly excuse myself. Thankfully the redhead didn't push, settling on nodding before walking out of the class while I took a second to compose myself, deep breaths Julian. Looking up again I notice that Adrien has stood up, grabbing the piece of paper he was working on and crumpling it before tossing it in the trash, looking kind of downtrodden.

Frowning, I decide to follow him, quickly packing up my things and hopefully catch him at the class door before he goes too far. Fortunately (or maybe not), Chloe had been blocking the doorway with Sabrina, holding an obviously rolled up poster and stopping Adrien from walking out.

"Hi Adrien, sign here please." Chloe requests (read: demands), holding a marker to his face.

To his credit the blond only sighs. "Oh come on, you know I hate signing autographs, Chloe."

Walking closer, I stand next to Adrien, giving the two girls in front of me a puzzled look. "W-Why are you asking for an autograph, aren't you two friends…?"

Chloe lets out an extremely high pitched and fake laugh. "Of course we are, Julian!" She says, smiling at me sweetly, knowing that I can feel the malice hidden in her looks as she promises to make my life hell if I don't stop talking right now, and I reel back. Right, no poking the plastic, I'm the outcast here.

As quick as it came, the venomous aura around her quickly morphs into something more sympathetic. "This is a petition against cruelty to hamsters. Have you seen some of the ugly sweaters they are forced to wear? It's appalling."

"I don't think that's what cruelty to hamsters mean." I decide to just think instead, shrugging when Adrien gives me a tired look before sighing and signing his name on the poster. Chloe lets out a squeal and finally jumps out of the way, allowing both the blond and I to leave for the lockers.

The walk was tense, the model choosing to look everywhere else but me.

I sigh. "We both know what I'm going to ask."

"...What am I going to have for dinner?" Adrien answers hopefully.

I chuckle. "Nice try, alright, let's do this step by step." I clear my throat for dramatic effect. "Adrien, are you alright?" I ask, giving him my best doe eyes.

The blond laughs, pushing me lightly to the side. "Stop making that face, it's illegal."

My heart skips a beat and I look away, calm down Julian, that didn't mean anything. "I'll stop if you tell me what's wrong." I mumble instead. Raise that to ninety-five percent.

Adrien hesitates, giving me a sad and honest look. "I… I can't, I'm sorry."

"Wanna talk about illegal faces!?" I think, feeling an eye twitch.

"It's… It's alright, but at least talk it out with someone okay? It's not healthy to keep it inside all the time." I manage to say without my voice cracking, I mentally pat myself on the back.

"I will, thanks Julian." The model says as we walk into the locker room. The two of us stand side by side as we unlock our lockers, Adrien manages to open his first, but a sudden pouring of letters alerts me to his predicament. At his feet were all sorts of love letters, forming a small pile on the floor.

"Woah…" I say with wide eyes. "You're like the popular boy in TV shows." I tease.

The boy in question huffs, reaching down to collect the letters in silence.

I fiddle with my jacket nervously, this seems like a touchy subject. "You… don't really seem to like the attention all that much." I say quietly. Adrien looks up at me in surprise, hands full of the letters written to him.

"I-I… Not really, no." He replies, looking sadly at all the hearts he had to break. "Does that make me a bad person? To dislike this?"

"What? Of course not." I answer indignantly. "You didn't force anyone to write these, if anything they are the result of you being-" I pause, stopping myself from blurting out anything too weird. "A good person." I settle for saying.

The blond finally gives me a real smile. "Thanks Julian, I think I'll bring these back home."

"It would be the proper thing to do." I say cheekily before finally opening my own locker, and all of a sudden.

A flurry of red envelopes falls, forming a pile on the floor (although it's not as large as Adrien's), its shapes varying from regular envelopes to actual hearts.

"Wh- What are-" I sputter, looking at the pile like it's an alien sent from a universe far far away.

Adrien laughs, eyes crinkling with mirth. "Woah, you're like the popular boy in TV shows." He parrots back, I slowly feel my face heating up.

"I- I don't understand… Maybe they thought this was your locker or something!" I squeak, grabbing a random letter and giving it a closer look, blushing harder when I see my name on it.

"What's not to understand? It makes sense." The model says, continuing as he notices my confused look. "You're quite good looking, and you always seem to be reading or watching something alone around school. You're like, the opposite of me, minus the famous parents."

I look away, if my face gets any redder I might just pass out. "T-That doesn't make any sense! I swear you're talking like we're going to open a Host Club or something."

"...I'd make a good Prince Charming Type."

I let go of my last breath as Adrien laughs in the background, that reference he gets!? Gods, why is this happening? And why am I internally agreeing with what he said!?

Suddenly Adrien's phone rings, interrupting our conversation as he picks it up and winces before reaching to get his books. "I have to go." He stuffs the required textbooks in his bag before smiling at me again. "Thank you Julian, for cheering me up." He says before looking at the pile of letters on the floor. "And you should probably take that home too, it would be the proper thing to do." He teases again before leaving me to suffer in the room. Adrien's such a kindhearted person, so why does he only ever tease me and Faon? Not that I don't enjoy it (he has a good laugh, don't dwell on that too much.) Maybe he's just more comfortable around me, I'm glad, it's the same way I feel around him.

Snapping myself out of it, I quickly grab the letters off the floor before making my way out of the school too.

"I can hear you laughing." I grumble as I watch my car approach.

Ossi finally responds, voice shaking with mirth. "Oh really? Hard to believe ya could still hear after how red ya ears got."

"I will pretend to fall on my face and squish you, don't tempt me." I threaten with no real heat behind it as the car finally arrives. Hopefully nothing else embarrassing will happen today.

Arriving at my home, I say goodbye to the chauffeur before walking through the doors. Noticing the pile of boxes at the center of the foyer, I let out a gasp.

"Right! It's Valentine's Day!" I yell, dropping all the letters and my bag on a random chair before moving the boxes to the living room, grabbing a nearby blade and slicing into the tape keeping it shut.

Ossi flies out of my jacket when he deems the coast clear, looking at what I'm doing curiously. "Whatcha got there kid?"

"Valentine's Day presents, mainly store bought cards, chocolates, flowers and chocolate flowers." I explain brightly, organizing the many gifts on the table.

"Are ya doing that thing where ya mail yourself Valentine presents? Cause I gotta say kid that's-" Ossi tries to say but was interrupted when I threw the empty box in his direction. "Ey!" He shouts, phasing through the box like it's nothing.

Giving him a short glare, I go back to my organizing. "They're not for me, I thought it would be fun to give one of each as presents to all my fawns as Faon Vert."

Ossi hums. "Sounds cute, but isn't Valentine's Day supposed to be about romance and stuff?"

I shrug. "That's the public definition I suppose, but it can be for friends too."

"I see." The Kwami lands on top of my head to survey the gifts. "So each of these are for your fawns right?"

I smile. "Yep! These ones are for Juliette, my first fawn, Alix and Nathaniel get one too, and then I thought, 'Why not get gifts for everyone who's been Akumatized', ya know?"

"Uhuh."

I freeze in place. I can practically feel my Kwami's mischievous smirk, as if he's one sentence away from causing chaos.

"Does that mean ya gonna give one to Adrien too?"

And that was the sentence.

Gasping and dropping the bundle of yellow roses in my hands, my brain kicks into overdrive. I'm going to be giving a Valentine's gift… To Adrien?

"I…I, huh? It's- AH" I stutter, staggering backwards and tripping over the furniture, landing on the carpeted floor below.

Ossi bursts into hysterical laughter.

"Ow…" I whine, rubbing my back to ease the pain, giving a heated glare to the Kwami. "Why'd you hafta say that Os!?"

"I'm, pfffft- I'm sorry!" He gasps between breaths of laughter.

I stand back up with a grunt. "Whatever." I mumble, grabbing the tulips again and going back to organizing. "It's too late now, I already made up my mind that my fawns are getting this, and that includes Adrien Agreste, even if…" I stare at the last tulip in my hand, yellow roses typically mean a caring friendship, but to Adrien…

"Kid, why don'tcha just-" Ossi yelps as he suddenly vibrates, literally, he becomes a blur in the air for a second.

I stare at him in shock. "What just happened?"

"I dunno! I think it's-" He vibrates again.

"Os you're freaking me out." I say slowly, creeping backwards as he vibrates again.

The Kwami looks scared for a moment before appearing to have remembered something. "Oh! Kid this is just-" Vibrates "a call, I think someone is trying to-" Vibrates "Call you!"

I get even more confused. "Call me? What do you- Oh!" I exclaim in realization, someone must be calling Faon Vert! Wildly reaching for my pen, I raise it to the Kwami. "Ossi! Horns Drawn!"

Ossi immediately dives into the tip of the pen, causing a deer head to appear in front of it. Swiping the pen across my eyes, the mask gets drawn and materializes onto my face, I drag the pen from my left hand back to my right as a brown suit slowly starts to appear from my arms towards the rest of my body. Twirling the pen around effortlessly as it slowly grows longer, I toss it upwards before reaching towards my back and pulling up a newly made hoodie, ears on its side and antlers on top as I catch the pen which has turned into blowgun as I lean against it with a lazy smile and a peace sign raised in the air.

As expected, my blowgun rings immediately as I finish the transformation.

"Hello?" I answer.

"Hey deer! Happy Valentine's Day!"

"Chat Noir?" I ask, confused. "Is something wrong?"

"No, nothing at all, but can you meet me on Place des Vosges as soon as you can?"

The park? "Sure thing, I'm on my way."

"Thank you, see you there!"

Saying goodbye and hanging up, I quickly leap out of my house, who knows what kind of emergency is happening over there right now.

An Akuma maybe?

Or perhaps some kind of machinery failure, currently spinning out of control and flinging children left and right!

Looking over the completely peaceful and boring park from a nearby rooftop, I realize that I maybe let my imagination run too wild again.

Oh well, at least the park is still beautiful. As Julian I could never enjoy the sights of this place, the grass is green, the birds are chirping in the air, and because it's Valentine's Day, an overabundance of couples are hanging all over the place.

"Psst! Faon! Over here!" My hearing picks up a familiar voice. Honing in on the location, I notice Chat Noir subtly waving his hand to me from behind the bushes, what on earth?

Sneakily jumping in behind him, I realize that he's sitting on the grass in a nice secluded area of the park that apparently no one has found, it's actually kind of romantic, or scary, depending on the context.

"Heya Kitten." I greet, sitting down in front of him, giving him a gentle look mixed with a little sympathy. "How are you feeling?"

The blond, whose face at first looked happy to see me, quickly turned more guarded. "Haha! What do you mean?"

I stare at him. "C'mon Chat. I was there last week with Copycat."

"We still haven't talked about what you did last week by the way."

"Chat…" I start, clearly not happy to be deflected at every step so far.

The cat hero raises his hands up in surrender. "Alright alright, my ego's a little bruised. But!" He brightens up significantly. "That's not going to get me down, if Ladybug doesn't know about my feelings then that means I have to just try harder!"

I blink, that was a real sudden shift from not wanting to talk about it to just laying it out there. "That's the spirit?" I say, confused. Honestly I don't know why he's not in an even deeper state of depression, I probably would've been wrecked if what happened last week happened to me.

"C'mon deer! Where's your inner romantic? You've been in love before, right?"

I flinch involuntarily. "What? No of course not!" I said quickly.

But alas, it was too quick.

Chat Noir's eyes lock onto me with an intensity that reminds me of a lion mid hunt.

"Oh…? And who is this fur-tunate soul that has captured your affection?" The blond interrogates, crawling closer to me.

I gulp, trying my best to smile. "N-no one! No one at all!"

The cat hero purses his lips, as if in thought. "Hmm, I guess if you said so then it has to be true." He smirks devilishly at me. "Just so you know, as your best friend, I have to know about your potential crushes so I can give them the shovel talk."

"I-I… W-why'd you even ask me to come here!?" I whine, cringing at the abrupt change of topic but honestly, anything to end the suffering. Chat breaks down into laughter.

I look away, face burning red. Why does this keep happening? Is it the hair? Am I just allergic to blonds?

The cat hero wheezes, wiping a tear from his eyes. "Aww, Faon you're way too cute to tease."

"You're damn right I'm cute, now what do you want?" I huff petulantly, crossing my arms.

Chat finally stops laughing, giving me a wistful look before saying. "I'm going to confess to Ladybug today."

I process his words, before finally giving him a smile. "That's great! And on Valentine's Day too!"

Finally the cat hero is the one that blushes. "Y-yeah, I hope it'll go well."

"I'm sure it would." I nudge his feet with mine reassuringly (how it works I have no idea but I did it). "Do you have a present prepared?"

"Well, you see…" The blond scratches the back of his head awkwardly. "I had a poem written, but I figured, I would just tell her, you know?"

Nodding, I hold my chin in thought. "Bold, straightforward, it's good, and Ladybug will definitely appreciate such an approach."

"Right? That settles it then, I'll tell her the moment I see her." Chat gives me the most determined face ever. "Ladybug, I love you."

I stare at him for a moment before sighing. "Damn, that was powerful, she's going to love that." I say honestly, Paris is going to have a new superhero power couple after this.

Feeling a hand on my shoulder, I look up to see Chat's grateful eyes meet mine. "Thank you Faon, for real."

I feel my face heat up a little at the sincerity of his words. "No problem Kitten, anything for you…"

I cough, this is getting a little awkward. Doesn't something usually happen that will abruptly change the topic right about now?

A sudden cacophony of screams ring from the direction of the park, alerting the two of us.

I wince, this is completely my fault, I jinxed us.

Sharing a look with Chat, the two of us burst out from our hidden park spot, only to find complete destruction. The park visitors are either staring dejectedly off into space, tears in their eyes, or violently thrashing about, yelling all sorts of profanities to anything and anyone they see.

Feeling someone bump into me all of a sudden, I look down to see a civilian with incredibly black lipstick, glaring angrily at me from the floor.

Wincing, I reach a hand out to them. "Sorry, are you okay?"

"Screw you Faon Vert! You're the most useless hero out of the three, Ladybug and Chat Noir will be better off without you!" The civilian bites out, standing up themself before running off in another direction.

Okay, first of all, ouch.

"What was that?" Chat asks, glaring at the civilian running away from us.

I shrug. "I think someone had a bad Valentine's Day… We probably shouldn't take what anyone says at face value." I warn before looking at the further chaos, even if what they're saying might be fake, hearing them definitely would not feel good.

"Go find Ladybug, I'll join in after I make sure everyone here is safe, we'll meet at the Eiffel Tower, is that alright?" I request, looking at Chat Noir in question.

"...You know what the person said isn't true right?"

I smile, a warm feeling fluttering inside of me. "I know, because you told me. Now, is my plan okay?"

The blond smiles and nods, knowing that now's not the time to argue. "On it! Find Ladybug, tell her I love her and meet you at the Tower!"

I freeze. "What? Wait-" I tried to say, but it was too late, the cat hero's gone.

I sigh, too late now I suppose, all I can do now is hope for the best, for all of us.

Walking up to the dejected civilians, I make sure that they're alright and inform them of the circumstances and whisking them away to someplace far away from their loved ones. Even under the influence of Akumas, hurtful words still hurt (-Faon Vert 20XX)

Eventually I made my way to the Eiffel Tower. According to the unaffected civilians, the Akuma is a dark red and black clothed male, with similarly colored wings on his back. He's equipped with a bow and arrow and whoever he hits with them will start saying mean things to whoever they love, meaning they'll say the exact opposite to what they mean.

"They should be here by now…" I mutter to myself, taking out my blowgun and activating the GPS app. Apparently Ladybug is at Le Grand Paris, and Chat Noir's on his way there too, didn't he leave quite a while ago? Why's he still not with Ladybug?

Leaping towards their locations, I notice that there are fewer victims of the Akuma the closer I get, could it be that the Cupid person found his original target?

Landing on a nearby rooftop, I increase the range of my hearing, Ladybug and Chloe's voices can be heard from the lobby of the hotel, and finally, the flapping of wings alerted me to the direction of the Akuma too.

He looks exactly as the civilians said, bow in hand as he dives past the hotel entrance, me leaping after him. However, as I landed on the sidewalk near the doors, a sudden sharp whistle from behind caused me to jump back. A metal pole embeds itself into the sidewalk from where I originally stood.

Spinning around, I see Chat Noir, glaring at me with hate filled eyes, lips colored black.

Oh, this can't be good.

Ladybug bursts out of the lobby, Chloe literally being dragged by yo-yo behind the superheroine as the bluenette spins her up and pushes her along.

"Run Chloé! Run!" She yells, pushing her past Chat and I. The two of our eyes meet and we share a small nod, so that's the situation.

It's Chloé's fault, again.

Chat Noir tries to intercept Ladybug's path, but I fire a shot inches away from his face and he stops, sending me another glare. "It's rude to ignore your friends Kitten." I taunt, the Akuma whizzes past the two of us, clearly intent on going after Chloé rather than dealing with me.

The cat hero gags. "I hate that you do that, always playing around, you never take anything seriously." He sneers, flourishing his weapon.

I smile, feeling downright devilish. "Well, I had a great teacher."

The blond roars, slamming his staff on the ground and extending it, lifting him into the sky before diving back down at me. Cursing, I dive out of the way, missing his strike by inches.

Retreating to the roof, I jump backwards, making sure the cat hero follows me instead of Ladybug whilst thinking of a good counter attack.

This won't do, Chat's weapon is graded the best in terms of offense among all of us, with it being retractable, I can't get a good hit in. Unless…

Landing on the final rooftop with a smirk, I spin my weapon around. "Sticks can be used as Chat Noir's staff, Mind's Eye." To my delight, my blowgun transforms into a carbon copy of the legendary Chat Noir's weapon.

Laughing at the look of outrage on the cat hero's face (I'll apologize to him later), he raises his staff at me. "How DARE you!" He growls.

"Indeed Kitten, I'm you, but better." I joke, raising my own staff and pressing a button, the end immediately extending and catching the blond off guard as it smacks him in the face. "Oops." I comment, acting sheepish, but he knows I meant it.

The blond growls and lunges at me again. This time I actually stand a bit of a chance, mimicking the cat hero's moves but in the opposite direction, but I know this won't be a stalemate forever.

Taking advantage of an opening in Chat's defenses, I trip him on the roof, pinning him down.

"Get off me! I have to destroy you so I can destroy Ladybug!" The blond yells.

I frown. "Why!? Don't you love her!?"

Chat freezes in place, looking at me with wide eyes, and for a second I thought I snapped him out of it, but the hate filled look returned to his face tenfold. "No! I hate Ladybug, and I despise you!"

Taking advantage of the distraction, he kicks me off of the roof. Letting out a yelp, I extend my staff so that it wedges itself between two building's ledges, leaving me hanging inches above the ground as I land with a grunt.

The cat hero roars again, diving down to possibly maim me, but before he could, a bright red yo-yo grabs him, yanking him to a nearby lamp post near the fountain and tying him up.

"Chloe's safe, but the Akuma ran off, what'd I miss?" Ladybug asks as she lands next to me.

I shrug. "I tried my best, but Kitten here is just too filled with hate for you." I hint, if Ladybug is as smart as she is, she would realize that whatever he says is the exact opposite of how he feels.

Unfortunately she just groans. "This is bad, how do we get rid of hate?"

As she said that, her eyes light up as she remembers something? Raising an eyebrow, I think back to what she said, getting rid of hate?

Only love can conquer hate!

I snap my fingers. "That's it!" I turn to Ladybug as she turns to me.

"You have to kiss him!" We both shout to each other.

Wait, what ?

After that, the two of us share a confused look whilst the blond tied up between us looks downright terrified.

"What do you mean I have to kiss him?" I ask incredulously, no fairy tales end with best friends kissing each other.

The superheroine slaps her face in frustration. "Because I don't want to, besides, aren't you always playing up your acting skills? Just pretend you love him!"

I cross my arms. "I do love him, but as friends, best friends." I gesture to the tied up superhero. "Besides, shouldn't the one he's been flirting with for the past couple months be the one to kiss him?"

"But Chat flirts with everyone!"

"No he doesn't!" I scream internally, does Ladybug literally see anything Chat Noir does as being flirty?

We both stare each other down before the bluenette sighs, as if kissing Chat Noir's some kind of chore (she should know that there's probably thousands of Chat Noir fans out there 100% willing to trade places with her, but whatever).

"No, no!" The blond yells, struggling further.

"Don't worry, I'm not looking forward to it either." Ladybug mumbles, grabbing his nose to keep him still as she slowly leans in. I unashamedly lean closer, curious to see whether it would work.

Suddenly, an arrow shoots directly in between Chat and Ladybug's faces, interrupting their kiss before more arrows fly towards Ladybug and I, the two of us dodging out of the way, taking cover behind a large tree. Unfortunately the yo-yo tying Chat up loosens and the cat hero breaks free before running up to the fountain to meet his temporary Akuma teammate, grabbing his weapon off the ground.

A sudden beeping alerts me to my weapon, I don't have much time left. The blond seems to notice this as he glares at me. "How're you going to fight us now, deer? Cataclysm!" He activates his ability, hand glowing black with destructive energy.

"I've often wondered what would happen if I used my Cataclysm on someone…" The blond wonders out loud, I feel a chill run down my spine, that is something I will never want to see.

"Lucky Charm!" Ladybug activates her own ability in turn, and a bright red candy apple forms in her hands.

"Your lucky charms are getting weirder and weirder." I muse. She ignores me, looking around for an idea before widening her eyes in realization.

"Cover me." She orders, giving me time to nod before the two of us run out in the open. The Akuma immediately launches a volley of arrows at us, the two of us wildly shift around, spinning our weapons to deflect any errant arrow shots.

Chat Noir charges at us, cataclysm at the ready as he swings at Ladybug, but the bluenette ducks under his grab and shoves him to me. I quickly move behind him, tripping him and pinning his arm to the floor with my feet, unfortunately the blond instinctively manages to avoid touching the floor with his hand.

"Faon, give me a boost!" Ladybug shouts, charging at me. I quickly stow my weapon, getting into position as Ladybug jumps on my hands and I throw her up in the air. What she does next is lost on me as Chat finds some footing, knocking me over as I yelp, this time he pins me to the floor.

"Y-You know, we should stop doing this, people will get the wrong idea." I groan, hoping to get him flustered enough to let his guard down again.

The blond chuckles evilly. "Words won't get you out of this one Faon, now, let's see who you really are shall we? Time to let the cat out of the bag." He declares, reaching for the weapon strapped behind my back.

I panic, Ladybug is busy fighting the Akuma, and the only way to stop Chat is to…

Is to…

Grabbing him by the back of the head, I bring it closer to mine, connecting our lips in a kiss.

Please work! I pray to whatever deities out there, eyes closed.

Feeling the blond freeze under my grasp, I pull him closer, my Miraculous isn't gone yet so this is a good sign right?

After what feels like forever, I let go, that's it, if this fails I wouldn't be Faon Vert anymore.

The cat hero looks at me blankly for a second, before gasping, sitting up and looking around in confusion. "Huh? What am I doing here?"

Letting out a sigh of relief, I look behind him to see Ladybug hiding behind the fountain, gesturing wildly at Chat Noir's hand and then to the Akuma who is busy washing his bow in the fountain.

Oh.

"Faon, what's goin-"

I grab him by the shoulders. "No time to explain, I'm going to throw you at the Akuma, okay? Aim for the sash."

The blond's eyes grow even wider. "W-what? Why are-"

"Guys now!" Ladybug shouts. Kicking us into high gear as I pick Chat Noir up and fling him to the Akuma. The cat hero screams and flails around, but manages to fall right on top of the Akuma, cataclysm dissolving the sash on his target's body.

"Grab it, grab the pin!" The superheroine shouts again.

"Sorry, need that." Chat says, swiping the pin off the Akuma before tossing it to Ladybug. "Happy Valentine's Day!"

Ladybug catches it with ease. "Awww, you shouldn't have… Whoops!" She drops the pin and steps on it, and begins purifying the Akuma that flies out.

My Miraculous beeps again, dangerously close to depleting. "Guys I hafta go, talk to you later bye!" I yell, dashing past them and leaping onto the nearest rooftop and away from sight.

-Time Skip to Night-

Leaping out of Alix's room, I check a nearby clock for the time before sighing. Since there was school tomorrow, I had planned to spend a maximum of ten minutes for each of my fawns if I wanted to stay awake at all tomorrow. Yet all of them were so insistent on spending more time with me, be it online shopping with Juliette, spray painting with Alix or being a model for Nathaniel, I couldn't say no.

"Three hours…" I groan to myself, already dreading the next day, but there is still one target left.

That target is unfortunately still awake, if the lights in his room are anything to go by.

Gripping my bundle of presents tighter, I take a deep breath. Alright Julian, or Faon, you can do this, it's just a present, which are chocolates, on Valentine's Day.

Platonic chocolates on Valentine's Day.

Creeping closer to Adrien's room, I peek into it and notice-

That the blond is nowhere to be seen.

Tilting my head in question, I open a small window in the room and sneak in, placing the gifts on a nearby desk before getting the hell outta there.

Whoever is out there that made Adrien not be in his room for whatever reason, thank you. Thank you!

Gods who am I kidding, it's one hundred percent! I'm one hundred percent crushing on Adrien freaking Agre-

"Well look who the cat dragged in."

I freeze in place, turning around to see Chat Noir sliding out of the shadows of a nearby rooftop, sauntering towards me.

I clear my throat, pretending that everything's fine and that my last wall of denial hadn't just crumbled before my very eyes. "Ah. Hey Chat, fancy seeing you here."

The blond raises an eyebrow. "According to the schedule, I'm the one on patrol tonight, fancy seeing you here."

"Yeah well your patrol just ended so…" I say awkwardly, scratching the back of my neck in embarrassment. Chat definitely knows that I kissed him this afternoon during the Akuma attack, it was all over the Ladyblog, thankfully the pictures were all too blurry to show it.

"Listen, Chat, about this afternoon…" I start, looking away in embarrassment.

"Hmmm? What about it?" I hear him ask playfully.

I huff. "You know what I mean."

"Noooo, I really don't."

Feeling a blush take over my face, I glare at him. "Fine, forget it, I was going to apologize and maybe suggest taking over patrols for a week to make it up to you, but you don't deserve that side of me."

Chat snickers, walking closer to me and wrapping an arm around my shoulders. "Faon relax, I know that you were just trying to break Dark Cupid's curse."

Finally, I feel the knot in my chest unwind as I relax, letting out a sigh. "Thank the gods you feel that way, I was so worried you were going to hate me or something! I tried getting Ladybug to do it but-" I blink in realization, before quickly untangling myself away from him. "Wait! How'd your confession go? Are you two dating now?" I ask excitedly.

The blond stops smiling, looking away in shame. "I didn't get to confess, there wasn't any time…" He mutters. I feel my mood drop alongside him.

"That's fine, there's always next time right?" I encourage, patting him on the back. The cat hero shrugs, but doesn't say anything as he sits on the roof we're standing on, I join him, sitting by his side. The stars are unnaturally beautiful tonight, I wonder how many couples are gazing into the stars like this, holding hands, a perfect movie moment.

"Do you think it's a sign?" Chat asks after a while.

I look at him in question, waiting for him to continue. He sighs. "No matter what I do, something always gets in the way, and then afterwards something else happens that makes me try again, which repeats the cycle. It's so, furs-trating." He tacks on the pun at the last minute, probably out of habit.

I pause in thought. "I don't think signs are supposed to be that straightforward." I reply, shrugging at his confused look. "I mean, it's all about what we think, right? I can find ten cents on the street and think it's a sign to order a soda, or that I should sleep at ten o'clock that night." I lie down, looking at the sky above us. "Point is, there are signs all around if you're looking for them, but they don't affect our lives, our perspectives do. Maybe the universe is just saying that it's not the right time for you to confess, that there's a perfect opportunity down the line that'll guarantee a happy future." I theorize with a smile, looking up at Chat, who seems to be deep in thought before his eyes widen in realization.

"Hey. How'd you know which one was the Copycat, you know, last week?" He asks quietly.

I raised an eyebrow at the abrupt change of topic but decided to humor him. "Hmm… I want to make a reference to an anime, about how the Copycat's tone of voice is ten percent more rude than yours, but…" I pause as Chat lets out a quiet laugh, does everyone in France watch that anime or something?

"But I'm not sure, something in me just… knows . You just have that aura that, that makes me feel safe…" I mumble, before clearing my throat again, getting a little too weird there Faon. "I've always been good at this insightful stuff I suppose, as long as it's not about me of course." I admit sheepishly. The blond says nothing, looking deep in thought.

I let out a yawn. "Gods, what time is it?" I turn on my blowgun to check the time, widening my eyes at the result.

"It's that late!? Damn it, school is going to stink tomorrow…" I groan before standing up.

"W-Wait! What're you doing here anyways?" I hear the cat hero ask as I reach for the bag I brought with me.

"Oh, um, right." Even if I'm getting sleepier by the second, a blush still takes over my face. "Since it's Valentine's Day, I thought I would surprise my fawns with some gifts. Adrien Agreste, the boy who lives in the house over there was my last one, but he wasn't in his room so I just left it on the desk."

"O-oh, that's umm-" The blond tries to say before I pull out another bundle of gifts and push it into the cat hero's hands before he could fully reply.

"And this is for you!" I smile sleepily. "I prepared it for you on the off chance I would run into you, even if you might not wanna see me from the whole umm… kissing thing." I mumble that last part before smiling again. "Everyone deserves a gift right? Even if it's weird to give you one after your unsuccessful confession, but the chocolates are really good."

The cat hero's speechless, staring between the gifts and me, having no idea what to say. Letting out another yawn, I realize that waiting around here is probably not advisable for my studies. Stepping towards him in a sleep-induced daze, I wrap my arms around him in a hug.

Feeling the blond freeze under my touch, I pull back. "Thanks Chat, for being so cool. Don't worry, we'll figure out a way to woo your MiLadybug, one day." I yawn again before groggily leaping away, already halfway asleep.

-Adrien Agreste/Chat Noir's POV-

Clutching the gifts closer to me, I stare at Faon Vert slowly disappearing behind the houses. My heart is beating rapidly in my chest.

There are signs all around us, huh…?

I look at the gifts in my hand, Faon Vert gave them to me. Faon Vert also gave them to Adrien .

He cares about me, with or without the mask.

This is a sign, right…?

But... What does it mean?