Note: Hello! I apologize for such the long delay, but I found part of this in my drafts, so I finished it and decided to post it! The original prompt was stuffed animals, I believe.
I will hopefully have a new chapter up every week, but since it's no longer fluff month, I thought I'd ask you readers for one-word prompts! Thanks for reading, and enjoy!
Today, I made an interesting discovery.
I was walking around the house in my newly designed cloak, Pumpernickel trailing after me, when I stumbled upon a large box in the foyer.
"Nathalie!" I called out. "What is the meaning of this?" But then I remembered I had sent her to the nearest department store to pick me up a Kylo Ren lightsaber. She was not in the house. My query was useless.
I decided to take matters into my own hands and investigate the rather large box myself. After scouring the house for twenty minutes trying to find scissors, I finally opened the box.
Much to my confusion, it contained a buttload of stuffed animals. From what I could tell, all of them seemed romantic, such as large hearts or bears holding large hearts or walruses holding bears holding large hearts.
Strange. I couldn't remember late-night binge buying a bunch of stuffed animals.
I was about to call Nathalie on the phone when Adrien walked into the foyer.
"Hello son," I said.
"Meow," said Pumpernickel.
"Hi Father!" Adrien waved at me. "And hello little Pumpernickel!" Pumpernickel waddled over and rubbed itself against Adrien's legs.
"Traitor," I muttered.
"Hey Father?" Adrien looked up at me from where he was petting Pumpernickel. "Are you wearing that cloak again?"
"Yes. Yours will be ready shortly."
"Mine?"
"Yes."
"Father, it's really okay, I don't need a cloak."
"You must have it to complete the set. Don't worry, Nathalie and the Gorilla will be getting ones as well."
"Ooookay." Adrien stood up, and Pumpernickel meowed in protest. His gaze fell on the opened box. "Oh, I didn't think it would be here already..."
I pointed at it. "This box is yours?"
"Y-yeah."
I squinted at him. "Why did you order a buttload of stuffed animals holding hearts?" I stepped closer to the box and began to rifle through it. There were an awfully lot of stuffed animals in the form of cats, I noticed. Not particularly surprising, considering Adrien's love of cats.
"Well Father," Adrien twisted his hands together. "I guess now is as good of time as any. There's something you should probably know."
I made a hmm noise as I continued searching through the box. "What is it son?"
"Uh, I guess, well, Father, I'm seeing someone."
"Well, yes, you're seeing me now. Unless you're telling me you need glasses?"
"No! No, not like that. I'm uh dating someone."
i stood up, facing my son. "You are what?"
Adrien rubbed a hand behind his neck, his face getting redder and redder. "I am in a relationship. Have been for a while now actually…"
I stared at my son.
Adrien fidgeted.
I continued to stare, trying to process this new, completely surprising information.
"Father? Are you okay?" Adrien finally asked after eight minutes had passed.
"I am just quite flummoxed Adrien. How did this even happen?"
"Wait," Adrien looked at me, his eyes narrowing. "You honestly had no clue I was seeing someone?"
"No idea!" I threw my hands up in the air, the sleeves of my cloak billowing. "Adrien, I was expecting at least another three years before you gained the social skills to begin dating, what with your isolated childhood, strange penchant to wear the same clothes everyday, and inability to find cologne that doesn't smell like cheese."
"Thanks for the vote of confidence Father."
"You are welcome. I did think I was being generous giving you three years."
Adrien gave a hysterical laugh. "I don't know why I'm even surprised anymore."
I was unsure of exactly what Adrien was referring to, but decided to let it be. After all, I had more pressing concerns, such as how this new romantic interest of Adrien's was going to fit into my Harry Potter universe. I was planning a group picture two days from now, but if his partner turned out not to be a death eater, I would have to order a whole different set of robes which would set everything behind.
It was very concerning.
I decided to put an end to my wondering.
"Adrien, will you please tell me who your significant other is so that I may sort them into my Harry Potter universe."
"I thought you would never ask, I'm—wait, your what?"
"Do not worry about it Dra-my son. Just tell me who it is."
Adrien took in a deep breath. Just then, I happened to glance down at the box of stuffed animals, with its abundance of black cats, and everything finally clicked.
"Son, I see why you were so hesitant to tell me who you were dating." I said as soon as Adrien opened his mouth to begin talking. "You were worried I would not allow you to date that person anymore. Fear not Adrien! As long as you are never put into harms way or used as leverage, I am perfectly okay with you dating a superhero."
Adrien's jaw dropped. "Wait, you know?"
I laughed, moving over to give Adrien a fatherly pat on the back. "Of course I know you're dating Chat Noir now. It all makes sense. The black cat stuffed animals are a gift for him, right?"
Adrien paled.
"It is okay son, there is no need to say anything. I fully support your decision to date a superhero, you need not worry about keeping secrets from me anymore!"
I began to walk away, as I determined that Adrien probably wanted to deliver the stuffed animals. No doubt they were an inside joke between the two.
"Father, wait, no—" I heard Adrien say.
"Don't worry about me Adrien, go and have fun. I must return to my office, as I now have a new cloak order to put in immediately." Chat Noir was definitely more of a Cedric than a death eater. Hopefully it would not be a problem to find someone to make the Hufflepuff robes.
I must tell Nathalie about the new developments. No doubt she will congratulate me about being so observant.
