Adrien

He winced as the doctor probed his ankle, wishing he didn't after seeing Marinette's reaction. She insisted on coming with him to the hospital, not buying his claims that he would be okay. Not that he didn't mind that she was worried about him, he just hated seeing her worried. "Well Mr. Agreste, it appears to be a fracture. I'll have to give you a brace that you can't take off for the next two weeks. No fencing or modeling, too much physical activity might damage it more and only make the problem worse."

Adrien tried not to stare at Marinette as she bit her lip, staring at him with wide eyed concern. She looked at the doctor and asked him, "Is there some kind of doctor's order you can give him so he isn't forced into anything?"

The doctor gave her an inquisitive look, then remembering his patient's identity he reassured her, "I will give him a doctor's order to rest. Anyone who forces him to break this order, even his father, will be fined and potentially arrested depending on the circumstances." Adrien swallowed as Marinette sighed in relief, knowing his father would not be pleased with this. Fencing was the one thing he liked to do that his father allowed him to do, not being harmful to his company's key assets. Now that Adrien got hurt during it, his father would ban it from his schedule for good, winning his mother's agreement by preying on her concern for her son.

Adrien realized that the doctor was still talking, so he turned his attention back to him. "You seem to be severely malnourished. Are you being served a specific diet?"

Adrien swallowed, feeling Marinette's concern washing over him as he answered, "Yes, my father hired a dietitian to figure out my needs to stay thin for modeling."

He winced as Marinette's frown deepened, the doctor consulting his sheet. "Well I am going to have to overrule this dietitian because you are not getting properly fed. You need to have three full meals a day no matter what your father says. This is a very serious matter and I will be scheduling you for regular check ups." He grinned at the two teenagers, adding, "That shouldn't be a problem with your recently cleared schedule. Just make sure you eat full meals."

Marinette stared at Adrien intently, sending a chill down his spine. "Don't worry, Doctor. He will be taken care of." Adrien swallowed nervously, fearing the oncoming storm.

Emelie

She stormed into Gabriel's office, doctor's notice in hand. "How long have you been starving our son?"

Father of the year looked up from his tablet, not happy to be disturbed from his work. Gabriel was already trying to find a model to replace Adrien for the shoots he was now unable to do. On top of the fractured ankle, the doctor had sent the notice of Adrien being under fed and the demand for increased medical check ups. Gabriel was now at risk by potential discovery that his bribing of the family doctor and dietitian could be uncovered and possibly send him to prison. "He was being sufficiently fed to keep his required form."

Emelie snorted, holding out her own copy of the doctors report for him to see. "It's a miracle he is even standing. Why should he have to pay the price for your ambitions?" she asked, shaking her head. "Adrien is at the point where if you let him eat properly and keep up his current physical exercise, he would develop a much healthier body while still being attractive to his fangirls."

Gabriel frowned, his eyebrows scrunching together as he replied, "Adrien must be kept thin in order to keep up with my brand. He changes and we risk the brand going under."

"A risk you have been toying with since his first photoshoot." Emelie threw her hands in the air, completely done with her husband. "He used to love photoshoots, but with all the restrictions you have forced upon him Adrien has grown to despise it. He can't go in public without wearing a disguise and then you make him do a shoot with a rabid fangirl."

"Said rabid fangirl's mother has sent us a lawsuit due to Adrien turning his fanbase against her," Gabriel growled.

"After she sexually assaulted him and you tried to force him into another shoot with her after he said no. You even had the nerve to use his crush on that sweet girl against him." Emelie glared at him, pointing her finger at him as she hissed out, "If you dare try to force him to continue the shoots and dieting, I will personally drop off all this information on Nadja Chamack's desk."

Gabriel glared back at her, growling out, "You wouldn't dare. If this company falls, what would you do? My brand pays for your vacations and your expensive shopping trips."

Emelie smirked at him. "And clearly you fail to remember who's family fortune funded your ambitions," she retorted as she turned to leave his office. She looked back at him one more time. "Treat our son properly Gabriel, as a father should. Or have you forgotten how to be a father when you were busy playing bureaucrat?" Without waiting for his response, Emelie left his office, leaving Gabriel alone to replan his business strategy.

Luka

This was extremely frustrating. He had come to the school in hopes of finding Marinette. Instead, he was pushed into acting out the role he wanted to actually be doing: making the cute art girl fall for him. The biggest problem he found was that Chloe was no Marinette, not even close. Juleka had mentioned she had been improving lately, but he couldn't care less. The brat was still a brat and if it wasn't Juleka asking for help he would have left long ago. For now, he simply had to suck it up and deal with it.

As he was reading his script for the next scene, Luka noticed Alya look at her phone and wave Nino over. Listening closely, he could only make out the words: Fencing, Adrien, hurt, Marinette. His blood froze, did this Adrien hurt Marinette? What was he still doing here? He should have been out looking for her.

"Hey dudes," Nino called out. "Just heard from Marinette that Adrien got hurt in a fencing accident. They're at the hospital and while he is going to be okay, he is being severely underfed according to the doctor. So from now on, we are going to sneak him as much food as we possibly can." Nino scowled as he continued, "His old man isn't going to change his diet, so we will for him." As everyone else seemed to chatter concerned for Adrien's health, Luka was more concerned that Marinette was with him, possibly worrying over him.

Despite his request to be allowed to leave, Alya kept denying him, stating that they were over halfway done with the film and it was too late to recast his character. Doing his best to look like he was enthusiastic about the acting.

But when the final scene to shoot came in, Luka put his foot down. "No absolutely not!"

Chloe rolled her eyes. "Jeez, curb your enthusiasm," she muttered sarcastically.

"Come on guys, just one quick peck and you're finished. This is the last scene we have to do," Nino insisted.

"There is only one girl I will kiss and it is not her." Luka didn't feel like playing nice anymore, he had priorities and this was not one.

Alya stepped in to offer a solution, "What if you just kiss her on the cheek? No lip on lip contact, is that better for you?"

Luka sighed, "Fine." It was the worst thing that he ever had to do, Chloe had at least five layers of makeup caked on her face. He did his best not to run to the bathroom to wash his mouth out.

When he came back, the members of Kitty Section were waiting for him when he came back. "Hey Luka! Now that we are done with the movie, we can go rehearse. Are you in?"

He groaned inside, there was no way he could refuse to rehearse. If the band had the time, they should make the most of it. As he followed them out, he heard Alya talking to Nino, "Marinette's birthday is in a month and we need to nail this party. She never had a party, just family visiting." Nino nodded, saying something Luka couldn't quite make out, but that didn't matter to him. Marinette's birthday presented an opportunity to spread out his heart before her. Then perhaps she would give him a chance to go on a date. Once that rehearsal was over, he had a love song to write.

DJWifi

Once Kitty Section had left, Alya gave Nino a worried look. "Luka came here searching for Marinette, could he possibly have a crush on her?"

Nino frowned. "Dunno, but if he does that means Adrien has competition."

"He already does, Nathaniel still has a crush on her."

"Who?"

Alya shook her head at him. "The former lead in your movie. Seriously how do you manage without me?"

Nino nodded, absently looking around them. "Um, where is he?" Alya frowned and looked around, just realizing for herself that she hadn't seen Nathaniel since Luka showed up.

Adrien

They were on their way to drop Marinette off when he decided to break the awkward silence. Marinette left the office for a moment to call her parents, leaving him with the doctor checking over his ankle once more. She had been silent since the moment he crutched out of the office, keeping an eye on him as she typed away at her phone. No doubt texting Alya and Nino. Now she sat next to him, not saying a word as she eyed his encased foot. "I gue-ess that you wo-won't be joining the fencing team?"

Marinette gave him a sad smile. "I'm not experienced enough anyways, your team would have a better chance with that other girl, Kagami, joining. She was incredible." She saw his expression drop, quickly adding, "Although that move with the library cart was pretty dirty." She frowned at his foot for a moment before getting serious again. "How long have you been under fed?"

"I wo-wouldn't sa-say I'm under fe-fed."

She glared at him, her gaze a mix of determination and concern. "Cut the crap. How long?"

Adrien looked out the window, unable to look her in the eye. "Almost two years now," he mumbled, barely loud enough to be heard.

Marinette silently processed this information, looking intently at her phone in her hands. "How bad has it been?" Adrien didn't respond, looking at something very interesting in the palm of his left hand. "Adrien, what happened?" Marinette then noticed what was so interesting in his hand: A long scar that could easily be hidden by makeup. After the doctor told her that he was under fed, Marinette had searched online symptoms, trying to connect them to his behaviour since she first met him. One symptom was that injuries would take longer to heal.

Adrien realized she noticed it and quickly tried to turn over his palm, hoping to avoid talking about it. But Marinette was faster, grabbing his wrist. "How long did you have this scar?"

"A fe-few weeks." He shrugged as he attempted to assure her, "It was just a minor scratch."

Marinette frowned, "Adrien, this is not okay. What else do I not know about? And if you don't tell me, I will interrogate Alya and Nino." Adrien opened and closed his mouth, unsure how to react. Thankfully, his bodyguard chose this moment to open the door for Marinette. He just realized then that they were parked in front of the Dupain-Cheng bakery. She glared at him, warning him in a sharp tone, "This is not over."

Adrien waved goodbye, sagging in relief as the door closed. To his surprise, his bodyguard followed her into the bakery, exiting a few moments later with a heavy looking bag and a smaller one ment for treats. Getting in the car, Gorilla turned and deposited the larger bag on the seat in front of Adrien. "Extra food, the nice girl says to tell you to eat a proper amount of food." Adrien shuddered in fear, realizing he was about to see a side of Marinette he hadn't seen yet. He wondered if he would survive the experience.

Gorilla simply drove with a smile on his face, spirits lifted by the presence of someone who truly cares for Adrien. And the delicious treats she offered from the bakery as a bribe for his help.