Kim sat at the table, eagerly devouring his third slice of meat heavy pizza, Alix had only ate half of hers, Lynette had ate the other half. The rest of the group had a single slice each, all of them finding that even though they considered themselves to be fans of meat lovers pizza these toppings were more along the lines of death by meat pizza.

The cheesy pie was topped with peperoni, bacon, sausage, steak strips, ham, chicken and even ¼ of it contained anchovies as well as green peppers and pineapple. While Kim refused to touch the anchovies, he had suggested adding the grilled chicken to the pizza as well.

"All of that protein? She's got to be having a boy," Alix commented.

Adrien shrugged, "I don't know. Marinette's had a few protein cravings too but usually for fish."

"Hmmm, Salmon would've been good on this too," Lynette mused.

That caused Max to finally quirk an eyebrow at his best friend's expecting girlfriend. He could tell by how Kim was eating this was going to be his final slice of pizza. Lynette was also placing a fried egg on each pizza slice a long with some tofu that Max had cooked up just for her.

Jagged had turned his nose up at the pizza when it came and once Lynette had said that she was having a craving for meat, he'd smiled, kissed his daughter's forehead and made himself vegetable stirfry.

Kim finished his third slice of pizza and watched Lynette finally place a hand on her stomach and give a contented sigh. He couldn't help but chuckle a bit as he remarked, "Last time I saw you keep up with me at a table we were nine years old."

Lynette rolled her eyes, "Haha, you're hilarious. It's called a growth spurt, M. Le, and I think the tyke's going through one."

"Sure, blame the kid," Kim joked.

Adrien smiled and shook his head at the two, they were impossibly sweet with each other.

"Well, I should probably head back," Alix stated as she stretched.

Max nodded his agreement, "Yeah, my parents are probably wondering where I am."

"I'll see you guys home before I head over to Marinette's," Adrien offered as he headed out of the door.

"Uhh, thanks but why Marinette's and not home?"

"Uhh, it's Friday and I'd rather spend the night at my girlfriends," Adrien admitted with a small shrug of his shoulders.

Alix couldn't hide her amazement as she inquired, "Your father permits that?"

"Well shit, Mari's already knocked up what other harm could I possibly cause there? I guess that's the way he looks at it," Adrien replied with a shrug.

Kim nodded in agreement, "Yeah I'm staying tonight too. I'm not chancing something else appearing next to my girl tonight."

Lynette gave a small, almost sheepish smile at the last part of his comment. Adrien chuckled and nodded, "that's the other reason I'm staying with Mari. Whether it's that asshole Sebastien, or some crazed fan that left that little package last night, I'm not chancing the samething happening to Marinette. If she woke up to that she wouldn't sleep the next 20 years until the fuckwit was caught."

Lynette blinked she'd never heard Adrien curse so much before and asked him, "well, Marinette aside, are you alright?"

Adrien nodded a little before admitting, "You know how I am about my friends, Lyn. I'm protective—sometimes over protective—but I can't help it. Truth is I—I'm glad you called me the night that—" he trailed off.

Everyone knew which night they were talking about and he now had four pairs of eyes focused on him as he continued, "—even though everything I've ever felt for you has always been platonic—when you told me – that—I – I wished I'd been there to stop it. I wished I would've gone to check up on you. I felt like I let you down—and now this stuff's happening an—"

"And you're being an amazing friend, like always," Lynette interrupted.

"None of us knew that this was coming. I had a suspicion that I'd be attacked eventually, I had no idea when, or where, or how—part of my mom's crazy ideas to 'fix me'. You can't fix what isn't broken. Each time though, I knew Kim's always been a heavy sleeper, and I knew that you'd be a light sleeper knowing what was going on with me with my parents. That's just who you are, Adrien. You protect everyone around you even if you can't stop bad things from happening, and let's face it nobody can be in six places at the same time, it's humanly impossible, you're still there. You always help pick up the pieces and put them back together. I never once questioned our friendship so don't you dare start, especially from your end," Lyn concluded, her eyes had clouded over a bit with tears at the mentioning of her parents, but her gaze quickly steeled back when she spoke about Adrien. That was enough for him to know it was the truth. Her parents caused her pain, but he didn't at least he didn't have to worry about that.

Adrien gave his signature smile and nodded, "Alright then."

"Wait, if Kim's a heavy sleeper, maybe I should stay too," Alix offered.

Kim shook his head 'no' as he confided, "I've been a light sleeper for the past four months now. Just the sound of wind blowing outside of the window is enough to wake me. I guess it changed me a bit too. I'm never letting anything hurt her again."

Alix gave a smile in acknowledgement and headed out of the door, Adrien and Max followed behind them. While Adrien had been with Lynette that day at Mari's insistence, Alya and Nino had been with Marinette. Adrien knew she was safe. Alya wasn't trained in martial arts but that girl could punch and he knew she wouldn't go down without throwing a few good ones and using whatever improvised weapon she could locate in the heat of a fight.

Kim stood and placed the remaining pizza on a plate, wrapping it with cling wrap before putting it in the fridge. Lynette finished her glass of milk and moaned a little at the sensation of Kim's hands on her shoulders, gently massaging her muscles before moving down her back, paying close attention to areas of her back that emitted higher amounts of heat.

Lynette gave a sigh as she turned her head towards Kim, "what? Trying your hand at foreplay?"

Kim laughed as a small blush tinted his cheeks. He kissed her cheek before replying, "This isn't foreplay. This is relaxing a tense girlfriend."

"Oh?"

"Oh," Kim mimicked before a question crossed his mind and he voiced it, "Why? You want to know what I do for foreplay? Wasn't expecting that from you."

"I did say when you confessed to me that we'd only have sex maybe once or twice a year if we weren't trying to have a child," Lynette pointed out as she turned herself to face him.

"Touché," Kim remarked as he gave her a quick peck on her lips. Lynette wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him fiercely.

Kim moaned into the kiss as he wrapped his arms around her after a moment he pulled back and asked, "Your room?"

Lynette nodded as she stood from her seat and the two of them headed down the hallway.