"Hello Adrien,"

Adrien couldn't move. He couldn't speak. He couldn't do anything. Not with the person standing in front of him.

The man chuckled at the blonde's flabbergasted reaction, his mouth agape and his eyes wide with shock.

"That's not really the welcome I had imagined for you to give me Adrien," the man said, examining his nails nonchalantly as he continued to lean against the Agreste vehicle.

"Felix? What are you doing here?" Adrien asked, his voice coming out softly.

"You're lucky I have excellent hearing Adrien. Otherwise your question would go unanswered and then where would we be?" Felix said, folding both his arms again, his blue eyes trained on Adrien.

"Before I answer your question however, we should probably get you in the car. Wouldn't want father having a heart attack when he finds out you didn't get home on time for bed. Is it still 8:30?" Felix said as he held the door open for both boys.

"No. It's now 10:00. I am seventeen after all Felix," Adrien explained, crossing his arms over his chest and mimicking Felix's position.

"Yes you are. And look at you! The perfect combination of both parents! How fortunate are you!"

"You don't have to be sarcastic Felix!"

"Oh I know. I'm just so good at it,"

Felix noticed that Nino was completely confused as to what was going on at the moment, and decided to remedy the situation.

"Adrien, I don't believe I've had the pleasure of being introduced to your friend. Would you mind doing the honors? I am not as socially adept as you are!"

Adrien rolled his eyes, but there was a hint of a smile pulling at the corner of his lips.

"Felix, this is my best friend Nino. Nino, this is Felix. My brother,"

"Brother? Wait, what?"

"Ah yes. The familiar sight of bewilderment that befalls upon all who learn about me for the first time! No need to be alarmed Nino. This happens with everyone that meets me," Felix explained as he got into the front passenger seat and buckled his seat belt.

"Dude! Since when have you had a brother?" Nino hissed at his best friend, keeping his voice down so that Felix couldn't hear him.

It apparently didn't work.

"Adrien likes to keep certain things to himself. Like the existence of his older brother among other things," Felix said, putting emphasis on the second sentence and turning around in his seat to give his brother a deathly glare.

Adrien rolled his eyes and looked out the window, his eyes watching the buildings as they passed.

The silence in the car mounted, until Nino couldn't take it anymore.

"Ugh! Come on! You gotta explain this to me Dude!" he begged Adrien.

"Oh yes Adrien. I wish to see just how you handle this explanation," Felix said dryly.

Adrien took a deep breath.

"Felix is my older brother by nine years. He left home for college when he was eighteen, against our father's wishes mind you, and is currently a fashion critic. Did I miss anything?" Adrien asked his older brother, crossing his arms in indignation.

"You did decent. You forgot about Chat Noir, my EMT training, and we seriously need to work on your delivery. Who have you been taking lessons from? Chloe?"

Felix shuddered at the thought. He always hated that blonde brat. He didn't care if she was his little brother's only friend. She was a diva, and Felix always had a special amount of animosity reserved just for her.

"What about Chat Noir?" Nino asked, his curiosity even more piqued.

"I was Chat Noir," Felix said nonchalantly, as if he had told someone his favorite color.

"You're Chat Noir! Dude! You never told me you had a brother, and on top of that he's Chat Noir!?" Nino said excitedly, his attention on the blonde sitting next to him.

"The key word is 'was'. I haven't worn that suit in almost three years,"

Nino's face fell, as did his spirits.

"Well, then who's Chat Noir if you aren't any more?" Nino asked, still confused by the whole situation.

Adrien knew what was coming and tried to prevent it, giving his brother extremely over animated hand gestures to stop.

"Adrien," Felix replied, pointing at his brother with his thumb.

Adrien facepalmed in exasperation, his brother revealing his most important secret to his best friend.

"FELIX!" Adrien hissed through clenched teeth.

Felix knew he had hit a nerve, but he also knew how important it was to tell people eventually.

"You mean to tell me, you have been protecting Paris for nearly three years, and you haven't even told your best friend? And father said that I was the socially inept one,"

"You know I wanted to keep that a secret!"

"Oh yes Adrien. Why don't we keep everything a secret? Like the fact that you actually have an older brother. How well did that work out for you? You haven't even told Marinette yet have you?"

Adrien bowed his head, his gaze fixed on his orange sneakers.

Felix shook his head.

"Why am I not surprised? You've known for almost a year,"

"Nine moths," Adrien interrupted, looking at his brother again.

"Whatever. And you still haven't simply approached her and, enunciating properly, saying, 'Hello Marinette. Or should I say Ladybug?'. It's. That. Simple,"

"Wait. Marinette's Ladybug? I'm so confused!" Nino complained rubbing his temple.

"See what you've done Adrien! All of this stress could have been avoided if you simply decided to let the cat out of the bag one time," Felix said, glaring at his brother.

"Well none of this would have happened if you had just taken me with you when you left!" Adrien yelled.

"Don't start that with me! You know I couldn't do that! Father would have gone a rampage of firing everyone within reach! I could risk my own safety but not yours. You were always destined for greatness. Unlike me,"

Adrien stared wide eyed at the back of his brother's blonde head.

"Fe," Adrien began, but was cut off by his brother whipping his head around to look at him.

"No. I am sick of seeing you always taking the side of caution when it comes to your secret identities. You need to take a chance Adrien. One that I refused to take,"

The silence began to settle into the car again as they pulled up to the Agreste mansion.

"Dude, I am so confused right now! My brain hurts!" Nino admitted.

"Come inside Nino. I'll explain everything," Adrien said as he unbuckled his seat belt and opened his door.

He was shocked to find Felix already outside his door.

Felix took Adrien's bag and put the strap over his shoulder.

Nino looked at the brothers curiously as they came around from the other side of the vehicle.

"Actually Nino, Adrien wont explain everything," Felix said, causing both boys to give him strange looks.

"I will. Come on inside. We have a lot to talk about,"

WOW! What will happen now? Will Nino keep this earth shattering secret? Or will the beans accidentally spill? Stay tuned for more chapters!

For those of you that guessed that I was leading up to Felix, great job! I know he's not really a part of the show, but I have a soft spot for Agreste brothers/twins aus! Hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Enjoy!

Always, WOBE