Chapter 4: Critics

"Adrien?" Plagg called watching the boy walk back and forth in his room.

"Yoohoo, Adrien?" Plagg called again but the boy didn't hear. The little kwami picked up a book and with his strength throw it towards the boy.

"YO ADRIEN!"

Adrien turned his attention to his little kwami as the book hit his arm. He looked at the black kwami. "It's creeping me seeing you walk back and forth and murmuring words." Plagg cried as he zoomed closer to the boy's face. "Don't tell me you're worried about what that girl thinks about your letter, please get over it!" the kwami groaned looking at Adrien with disgust.

"Plagg, I'm worried about the letter, what if the letter isn't good enough." Adrien said freaking out looking at his kwami straight in the eye.

"Well one, if you don't put puns you might have an advantage and two, you can't just ask Ladybug at once, it's already late and you don't even know where she is!" Plagg said in an irritated tone. "Now get to bed lover boy!

"You sound like Nathalie y'know," Adrien said as he chuckles then he jumped at his bed.

"Yeah, yeah, I just want a moment of silence with my camembert." Plagg said floating slowly towards his bowl of cheese he left at Adrien's cupboard. "So shut up." he added with a glare.

"Fine, just let me draw some drafts and sketches, I'm feeling inspired." Adrien said standing up from his bed and took some paper and pencil and went back to his bed.

"Fine, just keep quiet!" the kwami said as he slowly drifted to sleep in his bed of camembert.


Adrien arrived at his classroom after getting away from Chloe's attempts of kissing and cuddling him surprisingly. Sometimes, he wants a tough dog by his side so he can bark loudly at the mayor's daughter to get her away from him but all he got is secret tiny cat hiding in his bag.

As he entered the room, his eyes are focused on the red haired Nathanael who's sitting at the end of the row. Adrien walked towards him with a smile on his face. The red head was drawing some sketches about Marinette, the blonde took a glimpse of it and he's amazed at how Nathanael drew his friend perfectly.

"Hey Nathanael," he greeted as he waved.

"Hey," Nathanael said looking up at the blonde, closing his sketchpad and putting down his pencil. "What's up?"

Adrien stared at the red head nervously, clutching the strap of his bag tightly. He opened and rummaged his bag and took a few of papers. "I know I'm not good as you at drawing but can you criticize?" he asked offering the papers to the red head.

"Sure," Nathanael took it and checked all of it. He smiled and nodded in satisfaction. "You got talent, I tell ya." He then chuckles as he read the comic. "I didn't know you see Ladybug and Chat Noir as a couple."

"Oh…yeah I see them like that. They're my OTP as Alya always said." Adrien said nervously with a smile curled at his lips.

"It may not be a realistic drawing but you drew them just fine as a cartoon or something like that and you have a nice plot here, perfect for a comic." Nathanael said happily reading some lines. "You make them so natural like you live it." He said in amazement as he gives the papers back.

"Well I exactly live it." Adrien said to himself in his head. He reached the papers and smiles. "Thanks for the critic Nathanael." He said as he walked to his desk.

Adrien hid the papers in his bag and sat next to Nino as usual. He didn't manage to tease him that Saturday at the café like he planned with Marinette but seeing Nino all normal and cool, maybe now's the time for some payback for teasing.

Wearing his Chat Noir smile, he looked at his friend in a weird way that made Nino slowly looking at him with a confused look.

"Say Nino, you didn't told me the story of your date with Alya that Saturday in the observatory. Mind telling?" he asked with a smile. If he's Chat Noir now, his tail might be swinging with excitement by now.

"Oh we're cool, we watched the colorful lights and the constellations, Learned a bit or two about Astronomy." Nino said smiling as he starts having flashbacks making him blush and smile dreamily.

"So you gone close to Alya?" he asked with an annoying smirk.

"Y-yeah, you could say that." Nino said as he switched glances at the board and to his friend. He is getting a little bit crept out by that smirk. "Dude, stop it, you're starting to creep me out."

Adrien looked at Nino surprisingly, who would've thought Plagg's snickering and being annoying affects him so much. He then flinched and shook his head. "But seriously though, does that mean you don't need me as your wingman anymore?" he asked curiously and seriously.

"Maybe, I can't really tell." Nino said with a shrug.

"Hey, have me as your best man at the wedding day, 'kay?" Adrien said innocently with a gentleman smile paste at his face.

Nino blushed and looked at Adrien. "Dude! What are you saying?" but seeing Adrien's smirk, he definitely knows what he's doing. "Sure dude and we'll make Marinette the maid of honor so that you'll be partners at the marching in the aisle part."

Adrien turned flustered and averted his eyes to Nino as he gets his things ready for class. Not a single word came from each other during the whole day except lunch break.

As for Marinette, sitting behind the two boys can't help but to listen to the boys' conversation along with Alya. She can't help but to smile at how Adrien teases Nino and she even looked at Alya who is blushing as well. She nudges her friend and winked but Alya rolled her eyes and ignore.

A blush appeared on her cheeks as Nino said she'll be maid of honor while Adrien is the best man. Marinette noticed that Alya is looking at her sassily, raising one brow.

"You know, I can make that happen at my wedding day." Alya whispered to her friend's ear. "I'm serious…like very serious." She added.

"Shut up…" Marinette muttered.