Plagg zipped over and slapped Marinette in the face.

"Ow! What was that for?" Marinette rubbed her cheek.

"Adrien is the one hurt here and you're the one being all mopey?! And you should be ashamed, kissing Luka when Adrien is in here, suffering!" Plagg went off on Marinette and Tikki zipped over to hold him back.

Adrien's heart began to hurt worse at the mention of Luka and her kissing and their conversation filtered back into his mind.

Marinette sat up and peered at Plagg with wide eyes.

"He sacrificed himself for you and yet here he is, worrying about you… as usual. What about him?" Plagg placed his hands on his hips and Adrien cringed and rubbed his upper arm.

Marinette thought about how she had been the one to break down and she hadn't even thought about his feelings.

Adrien felt the room spin and he quickly rolled away from her and leaned over the bed to empty the contents of his stomach.

Marinette sighed and rubbed his back. "I'm sorry, Adrien. I can handle this myself. I shouldn't have brought you into my mess."

Adrien wanted to die at the moment from embarrassment. He never wanted Marinette, let alone, Ladybug to see him like this. The pain and anti-nausea meds were beginning to wear off and everything was starting to hurt, making his stomach feel worse. He clutched his head and groaned. He found himself unable to talk and Marinette became alarmed. Tears formed at the rims of his eyes and he tried to not show how much she had hurt him, earlier. How much everything was hurting.

"I'll get the nurse." Marinette hit the call button and a nurse whisked in.

"Need more pain meds?" She spoke softly and Adrien nodded without looking up.

"I'll be back." The nurse left and Adrien wiped his mouth and rolled back over and looked at the ceiling with his messy hair in his eyes.

He didn't want to talk about this. He didn't want to talk about anything. Right now, Luka was on his mind and all he could think about was how perfect Luka was for Marinette and how much of a burden he was for her.

"Luka is better for you." He finally spoke and cleared his throat, which was scratchy and sore.

Marinette passed him some water with saddened eyes.

"He'll give you the life you've always wanted. I- I can't do that for you. Clearly." Adrien took a sip of the water with lifeless green eyes.

"Here you go." The nurse brought in a cup of medicine and Adrien knocked it back.

The nurse left to clean out the tub again, before replacing it on the ground beside him again.

"Anything else I could do for you?" The nurse smiled at them.

"No we're okay." Marinette sighed and the nurse left them alone.

"Aren't you hungry or thirsty?" Adrien looked at Marinette with concern.

Marinette shook her head. "I'll just go out if I need to." She sighed and held her knees to her chest. "I just want to make sure that you're okay."

"Marinette. I'm fine… I'm barely hurt." Adrien tried to stress that it was nothing. "The suit protects most of my body."

He worried his lip and looked at Plagg and Tikki, before his eyes fell to Marinette. "Maybe you should go to Alya and talk to her. Get your head straight. I'll be okay here."

"I don't want to leave you alone. You're always alone." Marinette searched his eyes.

"And I've always been alone. I can handle it, M'Lady. You need to focus on you. Not me. I'll be fine." Adrien smiled weakly at her and held her hand.

She worried her bottom lip and slowly slipped her hand from his.

"I-" Tears formed at the rimms of her eyes.

"I'll be fine. Come back in the morning with Luka. Oh and bring Nino and Alya. Maybe Chloe? Take my phone." Adrien gestured to his phone.

"How will you call us?" Marinette looked at him with worry.

"They have a phone in here. I can just call you guys. I have some of your numbers memorized. Also, there's something in the notes app I want you to see. It should be called Dear, Mari." Adrien shrugged and cringed at how it hurt the burn on his neck when it pulled his skin tight.

Marinette sighed, blushed, and took it with her, as she turned to walk out the door.

"Hey." Adrien reached over and pulled his t-shirt from the clear plastic bag and he threw it at her. "Take it. So, you'll sleep better."

Marinette blushed and hugged it close. "Thanks." It smelt of citrus and cinnamon with a hint of leather. Her three favorite scents.

Marinette walked out of the hospital room and called Alya on her phone.

"Hey, girl!" Alya called out.

"Can I come over to spend the night? I need to talk to someone." Marinette worried her lip and clutched Adrien's shirt.

"Of course." Alya smiled and a part of her was worried.

Adrien laid in the bed and sighed. He ran his hands through his hair and Plagg sat on his chest.

"You okay, kid?" Plagg looked at his face and he rolled over onto his side and slipped his hands underneath his pillow and cheek.

Plagg sighed and zipped off of him in time.

Adrien got lost in his mind. What made him unnormal to her? The fact that he was a superhero? But she was too. The fact that he came from a wealthy family with an asshole father? The fact that he had been kept in his bedroom for years? Had been controlled for years? Adrien sighed and thought about how amazing Marinette was. How amazing Ladybug was. How could she think that he only cared for Ladybug? When they're the same woman. He sighed and let a tear fall down his cheek, before wiping it away.

"Plagg?" Adrien cleared his throat.

"Yeah?" Plagg zipped over chewing on a piece of camembert.

"W- What makes me unnormal?" Adrien looked at his kwami with saddened eyes. "What makes me unapproachable and unwanted? What makes me-" His voice cracked, as his heart stung.

"Kid, you're wanted by millions. You're a model." Plagg was unamused.

"Not by the one I want the most, Plagg." Adrien sighed and ran his hand through his hair.

"She'll come around. She's hurting right now, as are you. You guys will figure it out. Trust me. Many a Ladybug and Chat Noir have done this before you." Plagg sighed and threw the rest of his cheese into his mouth.

"The thing is… it doesn't matter what Ladybug and Chat did before us two. What matters is what Mari is doing. Forget Ladybug and Chat. I'm talking about Marinette and Adrien." Adrien sighed and gripped his hair.

"You need to relax and calm down, Adrien. She'll be fine. You'll see." Plagg sighed.

Marinette walked towards her apartment to pack a few things when her phone rang. She looked down to see Luka's name.

"Hi." Marinette answered the call and he sighed.

"Hi, M." Luka smiled and messed with the blanket on his bed. "I know it's so late, but- I kind of wanted to know more about Adrien's family. Also, a Kagami texted me?"

"Oh yeah, I told her to. She wanted to get to know you." Marinette smiled and opened the door to her apartment building.

"Anyway," Luka shook his head. "I was wondering about his past. You guys are so close and I wanted to get to know him a little more."

Marinette worried her bottom lip, as she walked into her bedroom to pack. "I- I don't know…"

"Please? I want to understand why you don't find it normal to be with him." Luka picked up his guitar and began to quietly strum the strings.

Marinette sighed and sat down onto her bed. "You want the long story or the short one?"

"Whatever you want to give me." Luka smiled into the phone.

"I'll just start and we'll see what happens." Marinette sighed and looked over at the old picture she had of him in a frame that used to sit next to her sewing machine. She picked it up and rubbed her thumb along his cheek.

"Sounds good, Mari." Luka sighed, set his guitar down, and laid back onto his pillow with his arm behind his head.

"Adrien's-" Marinette sighed and set his picture down next to her. "His father isn't the best man in the world. I've met him many times and each time has been… interesting?"

"He seems to like you though." Luka chimed in.

"Well… he likes my designs? I know he wants Adrien to be with me… but I'm not sure it's for ME… or just for my work. Get it? With his father, it's always about what makes his brand thrive. What makes it go up in sales. Even his own son. Get it now? His son is like a commodity to him. His father always calls him perfect, flawless, and the very definition of poise. So, when Adrien got burnt… and he was told he'd be out of commision for a few months… Gabriel was only thinking about his brand. Not Adrien. I know he cares about his son, but he LOVES his label." Marinette sighed and gripped her blanket in anger.

"Has he always been that way? What about Adrien's mother?" Luka's face fell and his heart ached for Adrien.

Marinette sighed and questioned whether it was her place to be telling him all of this. "She's-" Marinette picked up Adrien's shirt that he had given her and hugged it closer to her face. "She's been missing for years. Since, he was about thirteen."

Luka cringed and sat up. "Wait what?"

"No one knows where she is." Marinette sighed. "Still."

"You realize what that could mean…" Luka felt tears come to his teal eyes.

Marinette nodded. "Yes. I think deep down Adrien knows that she is probably gone too,but…"

"He doesn't talk about it." Luka sighed and let the tears spill over. "That's so sad."

"Yep." Marinette hated to think about it. She hated to think about how that affected him. How it would sometimes get in the way when they would fight or hang out.

"I think I understand now." Luka bit his bottom lip.

"As for why I feel more normal around you? I can't really tell you that." Tikki zipped around a worried Marinette and Marinette watched her.

"I get it." Luka sighed again and his breathing shook.

"Just know that… Adrien and I are close. Not just in the way that me and you are but… as friends." Marinette bit her bottom lip. "I'm going over to Alya's. You should talk to Kagami. She might know some stuff about Adrien or you might enjoy getting to know her anyway. She's a pretty cool woman." Marinette hung up and let him go.

Luka rolled onto his side and let himself cry. He had no idea that Adrien was going through that. That he had been going through that. He had no idea how high of a pedestal his father put him on.

Marinette set out a mass text from Adrien's phone.

Adrien: Hey, it's Marinette. Adrien wanted me to invite you all to come visit him in the morning at the hospital. He could use some cheering up. I hope to see you all there.

She sent it out to Chloe, Alya, Nino, Luka, and Kagami, before walking out the door to Alya's apartment with her bag full of necessities.

Song I wrote it to:

Ferrari- Bebe Rexha