Ring Ring Ring. My alarm waking me up I get out of bed and get ready for the day, walking out the door with Pluto snoring away inside my jacket. I feel envious that he gets to sleep so much, then I remind myself that I too sleep a lot more than most people. On the way to school I realize I have time to take a more scenic route through the park, changing my path and heading into the park I soon spot Adrien sneaking along. "Hey Adrien what are you doing" I ask slightly confused, Adrien looks at me like he has been caught but once he sees who it is his face falls into a more neutral look. "I'm sneaking off to school" "What, why are you doing that" I ask skeptically. "My father wanted me to skip school today for a photoshoot and didn't even listen to my objections so I snuck off" "You willingly are going to school even though you could skip, you must be insane" "Well if I didn't come to school, who would teach you French." He has a point but I still think he is insane. "Well let's go don't want to be late Mr.I could miss school but still go to it." Adrien starts to glare at me but he fails so badly and soon we're both walking to school laughing, once we arrive at school Adrien points out a limo "If the people in that car see me then it would all be for nothing." Looking around trying to think of a way to get Adrien to school without getting spotted I say "Okay i'll distract them when that happens you run for it behind the limo" "Got it" walking up to the Limo I tap on the window. Waiting a few seconds it rolls down revealing a woman "Why hello I was wondering if you would like to take a survey" "Not interested" "It will be worth your while" the window starts to roll up "Wait please just take the survey" I stick my hand through the window trying to stop it from going all the way up. "Fine what is it" "If you could would you rather want to know who LadyBug or Cat Noir is" "What kind of question is that" she says with a look of disgust on her face "Who would pick Cat Noir everyone would choose LadyBug." At that moment I look up to see Adrien waving from the entrance of the school "That's all mam thanks for your input" quickly walking away I make it to class right behind Adrien.
"Okay class today and tomorrow you guys will work on a project over class etiquette and how to properly behave in case of a crisis" the teacher announces right when class starts. "I have already chosen the groups for you so please listen up. Marinette, Alya, and Nino. Caleb, Adrien, and Chloe." After my name was said I tune out what she says, working with Adrien should be cool but Chloe is definitely going to be a downer this entire project. "Okay class get in your groups" looking around I see Chloe launch herself at Adrien, and Adrien trying to get away. Walking over to them I sit right between Chloe and Adrien. "Ugg rude I was sitting here" Chloe says with disdain "Nope I called this seat you must've not heard me but I know Adrien did" "Yeah he called it no doubt about that" Adrien says looking relieved he doesn't have to sit next to Chloe. Adrien leans over and whispers to me "Thanks for this morning and saving me from Chloe" "No problem" I whisper back. "Stop whispering you two and start the project, then I can present it when your done" "And take all the credit for it, would you like me to do your homework too" I quip back. "Hey guys let's not fight and we can start on the project" Adrien intervenes trying to keep the peace. For the rest of class Chloe texted while me and Adrien did all the work and got half the presentation done. After class was done and everyone was gone Adrien started the French lesson by teaching me how to say commonly used French phrases, when I asked him why retreat wasn't one of them he just looked at me funny. "Oh time's up gotta go, just keep practicing you're really improving" "Yeah thanks for taking the time to teach me it is really helping." "Hey Caleb want to hang out at my house and work on the project" "Sure, just let me get my stuff together" He walks out of the classroom, I was about to leave when a thought came to mind. Waiting for the teacher to come back from some meeting Pluto floats out of my jacket. "What are we still doing here" "Just doing what's right" as soon as I say that the teacher walks right in the room. Pluto flies down under a chair before he is noticed. "Hey Caleb what are you still doing here didn't your French lesson end" "It did but I wanted to tell you something" "What is it" "Chloe hasn't done a single thing to help out the group and I wanted you know." The teacher thinks for a second "Thanks for telling me Caleb I will see she gets graded fairly"
Leaving the classroom with a smirk I make it outside and see a limo waiting outside with a window rolled down. Walking over there a door opens up and a hand beckons me inside, getting in the lady from earlier glanced at me and mumbled "Survey, I should've known one of his friends would help him" On the way to the house I have to fight a very strange urge, it took all my willpower not to stick my head out of the window and embrace the wind. Definitely a question for Pluto later. "So Adrien who is this you decided to bring home" the woman asks "Well Nathalie this is Caleb and we're working on a school project together" "Well if it's for school there should be no problem should there" she says coldly as she stares daggers at me. Smiling weakly I quickly nod, i'm so doomed. Once we get there Adrien leads me to his room, "So let's start on the project" he says breaking the silence "Okay where did we leave off" "Hmm, maybe at what to do when an akuma attacks" "Okay so what do we do, I never seen an akumatized person before" I lie feigning ignorance which kills me inside lying to the first friend I made. "Well usually we just run but you supposed to find a place to hide" "I can see the presentation now, in case of akuma RUN." I say dramatically striking a pose. Looking around his room I spot a gaming system "Hey do you have any games for that" "Hmm, I have one that's multiplayer wanna play it" "Let me think. Work or Video games it's a pretty clear cut choice if you ask me" walking over to the console he boots it up and puts a mech fighting game in. "Oh there's an update this is gonna take a bit so we can work while it does that" We finish most of the project up when it finishes walking back over to it Arien starts the game "They added a new character" "Really who" "Ruff Rider." Hearing that I was added to a game as a character nearly killed me right there and then this is so huge for me. "I call dibs on him" "I play Cat Noir anyways." When we start I see my character has a larger health pool with weaker attacks "Your going down" Adrien challenges "Yeah yeah just wait till we start." It does not go well for me with Adrien clearly having more skill than me he easily beats me several times "Man what is your secret" "If I tell you can't laugh" 'I won't" Adrien holds up a bracelet "I have a lucky charm in my corner" "I was doomed from the start you can't beat luck" after a while it started to get dark so Adrien's father which I just learned from firsthand experience is super callous and mean. Sent me to my house in a limo.
Arriving home by limo I enter my house with a smile plastered on my face I just hung out with a friend. Which means I have a friend aside from Alya but that's when i'm Ruff Rider so I will count that separately, walking upstairs to my room I get the sudden urge to howl. "Pluto I have some questions, i'm wanting to do things a dog would do. Why is that" Pluto flying out of my jacket answers "It's because we're still bonding the more you transform and the longer you're around me the more used to it you get and eventually they go away" "Guess i'm patrolling Paris tomorrow what do you say" "Well if we can get sausage links then yes." "I should put you on a leash that's what I should do" "You wouldn't" "Just like I wouldn't chase cars." By now were both laughing to our heart's content and I actually start howling and stomping my feet. Catching myself I stop feeling extremely embarrassed when Pluto pipes up "At least you didn't do that in front of Adrien." "That's it i'm buying you a leash whether you like it or not" Going to bed that night with a smile on my face.
This place might not be home yet but at least I have a friend in my civilian life too.
(If you wanted some more Ruff Rider x Alya in this chapter don't worry that's coming next chapter. I just wanted to cement Caleb's friendship with Adrien first which will help out later, can't tell you how but it will, if you have any suggestions or ideas please comment I am open to anything and if your thing doesn't make it, there is a chance it will inspire something else. Because not only am I doing this story for me but also for everyone reading and I want you to enjoy reading it as much as I do writing it)