A/N: In honor of my getting my internet back: Have a chapter, and don't kill me.
As well: this story was written before the Paon kwami's name was released, which is (apparently) Duusu. I kinda like the name Pyaar, so for this story, it'll stay as Pyaar.

Chapter Summary: Literally everyone taking responsibility for their own actions in the most angsty / fluffy ways. Don't piss Elder-Marinette OR Elder-Adrien off (part 1). Adrien doesn't know how to find food / feed himself (possible trigger warning).

The wind that passed between us, where did it bring the sorrow from? The sky after the rain looked more transparent than ever. Usually, the harsh words of my father felt somehow warm today. I've had enough of this hide and seek with time. You cry when you're happy, you laugh when you're sad because your heart overtook you. We are time-flyers, I knew who you are, from long before when I could remember even my own name. I want to stop those tears seeing those falling tears, I understood the reason I laugh while sad and cry when I'm happy is because my heart overtook me.

-RADWIMPS 歌詞- 君の名は。「movie version」

Part VII:

There was surprise written all over his old man's face when it turned out to be him that walked through the door of the interrogation room, not the same universal interrogator hired by the police force from the past few days.
Adrien wasn't sure what he was trying to achieve, but he was there all the same.
The door was shut by the time Gabriel found his voice box.
"…I wasn't expecting to see you." Gabriel said truthfully, not moving from his chair, there was little chance of him moving in the first place, seeing as the bar along the bolted down table was linked with his wrist shackles.
Adrien gave the man a blink, still trying to reconcile the man in front of him, and the man he had seen last: full of anger that was always directed towards him.
Gabriel had enough sense that Adrien was waiting for something, then blinked in realisation. "…You don't need my permission to sit." He told him.
Adrien blinked but did sit down. "You should know very well, that it was beaten into me to wait on elder's." He told him.

Gabriel flinched but was still curious. "…How are you here?" He asked.
Adrien made a head gesture towards the two-way glass. "My wife is making sure we can speak." Adrien told him.
Gabriel found himself flabbergasted. "Wife?" He asked.
Adrien nodded. "The Ladybug who came here with me: wife." He elaborated.
Ah. That made more sense. Gabriel looked at the man that his son had become, searchingly. "Why are you here?" He asked, curiously.
From their last conversation, he expected to see neither hair nor hide of either version of his son.
Adrien gave out a sigh. "I'm not sure. Maybe I'll tell you the consequences of your actions." Adrien pondered.
This made Gabriel internally flinch. He didn't need his son telling him what he had missed out on, he could tell what he had and will miss out on. But, he internally steeled himself, he may as well get used to the feeling, but he wouldn't stop his son talking, nor would he ignore him.
Life lessons were a bitch.

Adrien looked like he was thinking. "Some things might be different," he started, lost in his memories and thoughts, not seeing Gabriel anymore, but seeing a figure he needed to talk to. It was not something he had been able to do with the version he was familiar with. "But some things are the same. For me, this happened after I was eighteen," Gabriel flinched. "But until we caught you, I had no idea you were le Papillion. There was a huge amount of time I spent under your house when no one in it particularly cared whether or not I was actually there. Only if I turned up at the right time for some event, discussion, or beratement: you didn't care, nor notice that most nights after you trashed my room was I there or not." Adrien breathed as he stalled.
"Where were you?" Gabriel asked, beating down concern he had no right in voicing.
Adrien blinked at him. "With Ladybug's civilian." He said.
Gabriel didn't know who Adrien's wife was outside her being Ladybug, even the more recent time when she was forced out of her suit could he see definitive features. He was proud to know his son could protect his own. Gabriel nodded and kept quiet.
"I may not have known you were Papillon, but I knew you were hugely interested in my ring and had a hunch that you knew about Plagg's existence, even since that Simon Says akuma: you want the reason why I never stayed home? I was always worried that one day I'd wake to find my ring and Plagg gone, if that had ever happened I would know where to look, and at least, knew who to blame." Adrien continued. "So it was simple after that event that when you were home to not be home. You never noticed." Adrien told him.
And he was telling the truth, the Simon Says akuma had taken place a few weeks, maybe a month or so back, he had been home several times since then, since before the version of his son in front of him came through, and he hadn't even noticed that Adrien wasn't home when he should have been, (except the very few times recently Adrien called Nathalie to tell her he wouldn't be home).
Gabriel only felt pain.

"I spent a lot of years looking over my shoulder in my own house, ready at a moment's glance to run the hell away. In the few years, it led to taking you down, you were home more and I learned when I needed to be home. Looking back, I'm really glad I didn't develop panic attacks. I guess I can thank Ladybug for that, as both versions. It wasn't until after we caught you that I found out who she was." Gabriel couldn't be more thankful for the girl he had never met and had tried to more or less harm on a day to day basis. "After we took Nooroo from you, she realised who I was thanks to you referring to me as your son, it wasn't a difficult leap. There were no future versions of us to bring back Aubrianne, you didn't do this," Adrien gestured to Gabriel, referencing that Gabriel and calmly and listening. "You didn't do apologies, you don't do listening, you did shouting, you did anger, you called me out in front of live media cameras. My life up until my version of this inquiry, even a little afterwards became a safety concern, it was even a safety concern to become Chat Noir, in a time I needed to be him." Gabriel flinched, but Adrien chose to ignore it.

"I haven't spoken to you, in either of my versions since the last hearing that sentenced you to more or less life in prison, with all assets and permission handed over to Nathalie and myself. I get requests every now and then, more recently, but they promptly go in the waste bin." Adrien turned his hardened gaze to his father. "I meant what I said when your actions have consequences. I haven't spoken to you since I was nineteen, I have not answered your requests for conversations, I haven't been anywhere near your prison cell. I held my own wedding, in to which you were not invited to show face, nor allowed to see, though you probably read it in the news afterwards. You are not invited to share in my life, nor in the life of my daughter." Adrien brought home.

Gabriel flinched backward, so much his restraints clinked.
"Daughter?" He asked, looking to the two-way glass.
Adrien nodded. "You will not know her, and she will never know of you. She will grow up not knowing you. She will never see you, nor will she hear stories of you." Adrien said sternly.
Adrien watched as his words hit home: Gabriel looked as defeated as when he saw his son(s) get taken away in Pyaar's light.
Gabriel hadn't just missed out on his own son's life, but he was effectively dead to his granddaughter's life as well.

Adrien just sighed. "I think about what I would do if I were in your position: if I watched my wife get taken in a blast of light, leaving me to raise my daughter by myself…" He started pondering, Gabriel listened, and didn't interrupt, Adrien just looked contemplative. "I think maybe I may have started out as you did," Gabriel blinked at this. "But as soon as it harmed someone? Took their life? That would have been crossing the line between where our differences stop. Do you want to know why?" Adrien questioned, not really caring if Gabriel responded, which he did by nodding, he would have continued anyway. "It would have stopped being something my wife would have wanted. My wife wouldn't want her rescue to be at the cost of someone else's life. I can't imagine my daughter wanting the same, I didn't. Now, I can't speak for Aubrianne, I barely remember her. But if she was Pyaar's holder, then she more than likely would be like Ladybug: someone who would detest the idea of someone being hurt in order to save them. So, here's my question: why didn't you stop." Adrien asked, genuinely curious to Gabriel's answer.
Gabriel didn't have an answer for his son and shook his head. "I can't give you an answer. I know Aubrianne would not have condoned my behaviour, but I was determined to get her back, it shouldn't have come at a cost she wouldn't have wanted to pay." Gabriel responded honestly.
Adrien just sighed, he was expecting something like that. "You know that you will never be forgiven by me?" He asked.

"I understand." Gabriel told him in a small voice.
Adrien gave out a suffered sigh and stood up. "Good." He stated.
"Adrien—Chat," Gabriel called, as Adrien motioned for the door, stalling him. "If I may…?" He started, he had only a few questions.
Adrien stalled, and turned to face him, and gestured he continue. "Why not tell me all this from where you came from?" He asked.
Adrien blinked but smiled sadly. "I tried, once: to do what I've done now." He recalled. Gabriel blinked but waited to hear what he would say. "You would not listen to me, overriding me when I tried to talk, you were mad at me, you have always been mad at me. So, if you wouldn't listen when I tried to reach out: I would not listen when you tried to reach out to me. I've been trying to reach out to you since my mother left. You've got a few years, yet." Adrien told him.
Gabriel nodded, he had caused this and he would continue to pay for it for the rest of his life.
"And your daughter," Gabriel paused to watch proudly as his son lit up brightly as any would-be parent does when their soon-to-be-born child is mentioned. "Does she have a name?" Gabriel asked, asking permission to know if only that little piece of someone he would never get to know.
Adrien only smiled sadly as he reached for the door, but turned his head to his defeated father. "She will be called Ellayne." Adrien told him, then shut the door behind him.
Gabriel could only hope his granddaughter would mean everything her name meant for her parents, and never know of his folly. Gabriel could only hope that Adrien would one day know, for what it was worth, that he was proud of who his son was and what he would become.

There was silence in the hospital room, Adrien sat in the same silence.
The doctors came and went as they pleased over the few days it had been since he came to be in this room, they opened and closed the door as they went.
There had been that visit with Roger who came in to do pre-questioning about his father. Adrien spoke truthfully, making sure that Roger knew that he knew nothing about his father being Papillon, because that was the truth, plain and simple.
And no, he didn't know about his mother.
If he had to answer that question one more time…

Roger also made sure to tell him about the date for the first line of inquiry for his father, apologising that the date would need to be made public awareness so both Ladybug and Chat Noir could be made aware they had an obligation to show up (Adrien, thankfully could be excused from this part of the inquiry). Adrien rebuffed and questioned stoically what would happen to him now.
Roger couldn't answer.
Adrien looked to the closed door and wished Marinette was allowed to be with him.
Nathalie had returned a few hours after Marinette was forced to leave, but she hadn't stayed long enough for him to ask about Marinette coming back, each time he fought for the words about Marinette they were beaten down by Nathalie's monologue about current events and her need to continue to run the Agreste company.
Adrien cursed himself for not having his mobile with him.

Plagg, seeing that the door was shut, showed himself.
"…Kid…?" He started, cautiously.
Adrien turned to him and smiled. "Hey, Plagg. I'm sorry but I don't have any more cheese." Adrien told him.
Plagg shook his head, he wasn't concerned with cheese at the moment, he had always thought should that thought ever occur, the world would end: but it looked like it weighed heavily on his chosen's shoulders. Plagg blinked as he looked around. "Where's Marinette?" He asked, he always made a point of remembering whoever Tikki's chosen one was, most of the time it was something he needed to remember.
Adrien blinked. "She's not allowed to be here, Plagg." Adrien told him.
Plagg blinked. "…So…?" Plagg questioned.
Adrien stalled. "So! I can't just leave my mother!" Adrien hissed defensively.
Plagg blinked, as confused as the poor black ball of bad luck could be. "But your mother isn't awake, is this a human thing, can she even appreciate you being here when she's like this? Pyaar is always gonna be here, so wouldn't Pyaar tell her you were here in the first place? Wouldn't that be enough?" Plagg was so confused over human conventions. Cheese was much easier.
"I don't know, Plagg. I don't know what to do." Adrien muttered, leaning against the table, and hiding his head in his arms.
Plagg settled on Adrien's head and nuzzled into him. "I think you need to see Marinette." Plagg said simply.
"She'll be fine, Plagg. She doesn't need me." Adrien muffled out against his arms.
Plagg nearly scoffed in disdain, yeah, sure, as soon as Ladybug stopped needing Chat Noir, the world would freaking end.

Plagg yelped when the door opened, and Adrien sat up to see who came in properly.
But it was only the elder versions of himself and Marinette.
Well, it would be simple for them to pass, Elder-Adrien looked like a relative (Adrien took the time to mentally snicker at the irony), while it would be easier for Elder-Marinette because she was married to an Agreste. (As well, they were adults).
But it wasn't his Marinette.
Plagg gave out a sigh and showed himself once Marinette closed the door.
"How are you?" She asked, while her husband picked up Aubrianne's chart like he owned the place.
Adrien gave out a shrug.
"They still don't know what's wrong." Elder-Adrien hissed out in annoyance, putting the chart down in disdain.
Then looked around, becoming alarmed. "Wait, where's Marinette?" He asked.
Marinette looked around to.
Adrien shook his head. "She was asked to leave by a doctor, she's not allowed in here because she's not family." Adrien said painfully.
Marinette's eyes widened in a flicker between variations between pain, confusion, irate, shock and annoyance, but she showed herself out in a hurry.
"Where…?" Adrien asked.
Elder-Adrien shook his head. "This is bad, Adrien." He started his tone half worried half angry, Adrien sided his head in confusion. "Marinette is not someone who should be left alone at the moment." He continued.
This didn't help Adrien's confusion. "Why? She's fine?" Adrien voiced.
Elder-Adrien only shook his head. "She's just had her purpose as Ladybug as she's known it ripped away from her, and her reason to be with you on the same day. Fine? Not likely." Elder-Adrien explained in a hurry.
Adrien started to become worried. "What do you mean?" He asked.
Elder-Adrien sighed. "Marinette is the type of person who defines herself by helping others. She became Ladybug to help you, for others, never for herself, she never wanted to be Ladybug. Ladybug, currently, is someone who helps fight against akuma's to keep Paris safe. Now, there are no more akuma's: Papillon no longer exists. Therefore, Ladybug no longer needs to exist." Elder-Adrien took the time to explain, hurriedly, Adrien stood up in rising alarm. "Since we came here, she's been told that throughout her future life as both Ladybug and as Marinette, that Adrien, that Chat Noir will need her, in both versions. One version no longer needs to exist, and Marinette has been replaced." Elder-Adrien gestured to the comatose Aubrianne.
Adrien jumped. "She has not!" He stated.
Elder-Adrien only sighed. "I told you before how Marinette sees herself. How else would she interpret your mother returning? Aubrianne will take her place, why would you need to continue having midnight visits, why would you need to stay over at her place once Gabriel was no longer in the picture, but Aubrianne was?" Elder-Adrien rushed to say. "Marinette will never see herself as Ladybug, so stop seeing her as such." Elder-Adrien hissed, slightly angered on his wife's behalf.
Adrien could only stand and stare in alarm, he would lose Marinette.
He couldn't lose Marinette!

Plagg looked to his chosen.
"I told you your girl would need you." Plagg said defensively.
Adrien blinked at him in rising panic, and words exploding from him, in no particular order in a bubble of panic.
Elder-Adrien came in close and put his hands on Adrien's shoulders. "Calm down, it'll be alright. We'll stay here, you go to Marinette." Elder-Adrien ordered. "I need to have words with a certain doctor…" He continued darkly.
Adrien nearly fell over himself launching himself out the room. "PLAGG!" He shouted as he did, not taking notice that Elder-Marinette was outside the room, talking to a series of doctors angrily, but she took notice of him.
"Adrien!" She called.
He nearly face-planted stopping, catching Plagg and hiding him.
"Ma'am!" He started, then recalled her distaste for the moniker and put both his hands over his mouth hurriedly.
Elder-Marinette stalled, but quickly shook her head. "You can bring Marinette back with you. Remember, her parents aren't back yet." She stated, with a glare to the nearest doctor she was intent on chewing out the most.
Adrien nodded and ran for the stairs, going to the roof.
There were only a few that noticed Chat Noir flying over the city, once in one way, once in another.
But no one noticed Adrien Agreste landing on Marinette Dupain-Cheng's roof.
"Marinette!" He almost shouted, automatically catching Plagg as he zipped out of his ring as he wrenched the window open.

Marinette below him gave out a startled yelp and stood up on her bed, frantically wiping her eyes.
"Adrien!?" She yelped back in fright, having not expected to see him, well, ever.
Adrien sighed in relief as he dropped down, closing the window behind him. "Marinette." He murmured.
"Adrien!" She called, frantic at seeing him.
Adrien took notice of her tears, and without much thinking, gently took hold of her cheeks into his palms and wiped her tears away with his thumbs.
"Adrien!" She jumped. Her mind stalling on just his name alone, stuck on a loop: his name being the only thing she could say.
Adrien looked at her painfully. "I'm sorry," He told her, and gently wrapped his arms around her and buried his face into her shoulder to hide his own tears. "I'm so sorry."
He held her gently as she freaked, her arms flailing having no clue where to place them as her mind got over him being there, his name, but that didn't mean it was fully functioning, as he was well aware from the main vowels and verbs she spouted in her attempt at speech.

Adrien held her that little bit tighter.
"I will always need you, Marinette, no matter who else is or isn't in my life." Adrien muttered to her.
Marinette stalled. "Why would you need me?" She asked, finally able to put words together.
Adrien pulled back to glare at her incredulously, not that he wasn't about to let her escape, holding her shoulders to keep her close.
"Why shouldn't I!" He near on yelled. "You're the girl who took my umbrella when you were mad at me, let me explain it wasn't me who put gum on your chair! You didn't need to; you could have thrown the umbrella back at me! You didn't need to believe me! You didn't need to take a chance on me! But you did and that's who you are!" Adrien explained heatedly. "You may not have wanted to be Ladybug in the first place, but you saw that people needed help, so you did only what you could have done! Not many people could do that, Marinette!" Adrien tried to explain. "So maybe people won't need either of us to save them from akuma! So what! You have saved me every day since both versions of you stumbled into my life! Now, I don't care which version you are most, I see both versions in you, in whichever version, whether you see it or not!" Adrien continued, wanting to shake Marinette out of her stupor: on a roll now to defend her from herself, understanding what his counterpart said about Marinette.
He may need Marinette for the rest of his life.
But Marinette needed him more.
How the hell did he never quite see just how much she needed him? Or how much he would ever need her?

Marinette broke down and sobbed into his chest as Adrien wrapped his arms back around her, patting her back to help soothe her, she clutched onto his outer shirt, crimpling it beyond recognition.
"I will always need you, Marinette." Adrien murmured to her. "As both Marinette, and Ladybug." He told her gently. "But you know what?" He asked.
She pulled away slightly to look up at him. "What?" She asked tearfully.
Adrien smiled at her softly and thumbed away more tears. "I'll take Marinette over Ladybug any day." He told her warmly.
Marinette sobbed. "Both of you." She cried. "Any of you."

Adrien looked down to Marinette, she must have been exhausted, seeing as she fell asleep in his arms, he had little trouble moving her back under her covers of her bed, then he looked around for the kwami she kept, that being both Tikki and Nooroo.
They were in the room somewhere, along with Plagg, who made himself scarce as soon as he saw tears. Plagg never dealt well with tears.
"…Plagg? Tikki? Nooroo?" Adrien questioned to the room as he climbed down Marinette's bed ladder.
Plagg showed himself, followed by Tikki holding a tearful Nooroo.
"There you guys are!" He called quietly. "Shall we get something to eat while we wait for Marinette?" He asked.
The three kwami nodded silently and followed Adrien out the room.

Adrien had only really been in the kitchen once. But he was trying.
He knew Plagg liked cheese, camembert being his favourite, but literally, any cheese would do if the black fur ball of un-luck was hungry.
He knew from Marinette that Tikki liked cookies, which wouldn't be hard to find since the Dupain Cheng's owned a bakery.
And only recently had he found out that Nooroo liked juice and citrus fruits, which may be hard to find.
But he would try.
There was a cookie jar on the countertop. Adrien would try there first.
Opening the canister, there were chocolate chip cookies, smiling he offered one to Tikki who took it gratefully.
Before he found anything else he would need to find plates for them to eat off.
He turned to Tikki. "Know where I could find plates?" He asked.
Tikki nodded. "Yep!" She said, handing Adrien back the cookie she was nibbling on and flew over to one of the cupboards. "Here!" She stated, getting the door open from the inside.
"Thanks!" Adrien told her.
Plagg groaned. "C'mon, Tikki! Tell me where the cheese is! Other me knew where it was! But not me! That's not fair! I should know too!" Plagg bemoaned.
Adrien chuckled as he got out three plates, nodding to Tikki's need of permission to get cheese.
Both kwami flew off, leaving Nooroo behind.
Adrien looked to the nervous butterfly warmly.
Nooroo looked about ready to start crying again.
"Shall we see if we can find some oranges?" Adrien asked.
Nooroo nodded. "Any…Any fruit will be fine…" Nooroo tried, seeing no fruit around. He didn't want Adrien upset with him more than he rightfully should be. Nooroo was just happy that Adrien could stomach talking to him civilly and without anger.
Adrien smiled. "We'll see what we can find. Want to see what's in the top cupboards?" He asked, literally having no clue how any kitchen worked and wanted to leave no stone left unturned in finding something Nooroo could eat.
Nooroo nodded and flew off into the first overhead cupboard as Adrien opened bottom cupboards.
Nooroo flew in and out of the overheads seeing no food that he could eat.
"Um...A-Adrien?" Nooroo called nervously.
Adrien looked up to the butterfly. "Yes?" He asked.
"There was nothing I could eat in them. But…um…the fridge?" Nooroo trailed off nervously.
Adrien beamed. "Why didn't I think of that!" He exclaimed, bounding over to the fridge and pulling it open.
Nooroo who had followed him gasped at seeing more fruit than he had seen in his life.
Adrien turned to him. "So, what's your favourite?" He asked happily.

Once Tikki and Plagg had returned he had made sure to give each kwami a plate of food, but had nothing himself, as he wasn't sure what he could eat, or was allowed to, he was fairly sure Marinette would not mind the kwami eating.
Adrien had cut up the fruit Nooroo had requested, that being oranges and bananas, but left Plagg to his cheese, knowing that Plagg could, would and did eat the cheese wheel whole, while Tikki seemed fine nibbling on her cookies without his intervention.

Adrien froze when he heard a scuffle from upstairs, then the rushing of feet.
"Adrien!" Marinette called frantically.
Adrien turned to rush towards the stairs.
"Down here, Marinette!" He called, hopefully placating her.
Her rushing turned to her trap door, and she opened it to peer down at him.
Once she saw him, she looked relieved.
"Ça va?" He voiced in concern.
Marinette sighed then came down the stairs. "I'm alright." She mumbled.
Adrien nodded. "If you want, we can go back to the hospital, or not I don't mind." Adrien told her.
Marinette blinked at him. "Won't they just kick me out again?" She asked.
Adrien shook his head. "Nah, your elder self took care of that." Adrien said with a chuckle.
Marinette nodded. "Sure!" Then paused. "Wait, did you eat?" She asked.
Adrien paused too. "Um…No…?" He started.
Wait, was he meant to? What day was it?
"Right!" Marinette took over, coming over to open the fridge. "We'll eat first!" She ordered.
Adrien thought it was better to not say anything or try to stop her as she went about making a simple lunch for the two of them.

Adrien chewed thoughtfully on his meal, Marinette wouldn't know the inquiry was in a few days, so he would need to tell her.
"Marinette?" He started, she looked up from her own thoughts, with a blink. "Thought you would need to know that the inquiry is set on Sunday, Ladybug will need to show up to attend." Adrien told her.
Marinette sighed. "Well, I'm glad it's not a school day." Marinette muttered.
It only made Adrien smile. "I think you're forgetting the date is going to be made public." Now Marinette looked alarmed.
"So, what? For the whole day, Paris will just stop?" Marinette asked.
Adrien shrugged but got up. "May I?" He gestured to the TV, and Marinette nodded.
Adrien found the remote on the table and turned the TV, turning channels until he found an all-day news channel.
As he suspected news of his father's capture had made its way to Chloé's father, André, the mayor, with Nadja reporting the story, like usual.
The two watched as André made the day off, personally to assist that of whoever Ladybug and Chat Noir were so they could attend the inquiry without it causing a fuss for their civilian lives, such a call was backed up from Roger, with the stern order to leave the Agreste family (mainly Adrien) alone, with information that Adrien had given him recently that they had no insider information, nor knew about Gabriel's secret past time.
Marinette sighed as she hung back. "We'll need to make a show in getting the information… And saying we'll attend…" She said thoughtfully, then looked to Adrien. "How will you do with you both needing to be there? Though both of us need to be there, I guess." Marinette trailed off.
Adrien smiled at her as he turned the TV off, and gathered the finished plates to put them in the dishwasher for cleaning later, (he had seen this process being done by his elder self the night before). "No one but the officials, my father, and both Chat and Ladybug are requested at the time, I as Adrien will be asked if I want to stay, which I will decline, and leave with the rest of the volunteer committee, who will return once asked." Adrien told her, gesturing silently towards the door to leave, seeing such a gesture, the kwami set about getting ready to leave, Tikki and Nooroo going for Marinette's bag and Plagg for his pocket.
Marinette nodded. "Will I be able to stay throughout the inquiry session?" She asked.
"It's been made public knowledge, there are public seating in the magistrate, so I don't see why not, just leave with me when we're asked if we want to leave for Ladybug and Chat Noir to come in." Adrien told her, recalling what Roger told him about the inquiry, Nathalie as his present guardian will need to be present, anyone he invited could come, as long as he gave them official invitations that Roger had yet to give him, but said he would.
Adrien blinked, and looked at the girl as she looked up her home. "Will your parents be back by then?" He asked, curiously.
Marinette looked to him as she pocketed her key. "They return today, why?" She asked.
Adrien blinked nervously. "…Do…Do you think they'd come if I ask them?" Adrien voiced, automatically taking hold of Marinette's arm when she started to trip and looked to her in nervous concern.
"I think they would be disappointed if you didn't, Minou." She told him with a giggle, putting the gesture he did automatically to save her to the back of her mind to pour and obsess over later.
Adrien chuckled and made sure her stance was corrected before he let her go. "If you say so, my Lady." He told her happily.

Seeing as there was no one around Tikki poked her head out of Marinette's bag.
"Marinette?" The pixie called. Both Marinette and Adrien looked to her. "Have you checked your phone recently? It's not like Alya not to talk to you." Tikki pondered.
Both children's eyes went wide, even though Adrien had the thought to collect his phone before running to Marinette, it was just that: he grabbed it, the charger and ran out. They both had their phone's on silent from the previous day, and frantically checked their devices.
Both had multiple messages, missed calls, alarms, miss calendar dates, missed notifications and notices of voice mails.
"Aw man," Adrien moaned seeing that his number was way higher then Marinette's, and she had her parents leaving all of them.
"Whoops," Marinette breathed. "Who would be less fire, my parents of Alya?" She questioned.
Adrien chuckled. "Your parents. Definitely your parents. I've got my pseudo-parents and aunt and uncle up my phone." Adrien noted.
Marinette gave a bark of a laugh. "Good luck!" She said, putting her own phone to her ear to speak to her parents, while Adrien composed a message to his pseudo aunt and uncle (Alya and Nino), as his pseudo parents would soon to be in a call with their daughter.
They soon switched devices as it made it easier when Marinette's parents wanted to talk to Adrien, while Alya and Nino wanted to talk to Marinette.

Adrien didn't know how to take Tom and Sabine, he knew one day he was allowed to call them Père and Maman, but right now that did not help his nerves when they were asking about his well-being, telling him they would see him soon, would talk to the doctors for him about his own biological mother, as well as telling them they would sit with Marinette at the inquiry. That literally meant they would close up shop for another day, they already had been closed for the weekend for the convention they went to! Adrien literally didn't know what to say to them, nor how to thank them for the rest of his life. There were not enough languages in the world to express every thanks in those languages for the rest of his life for what Tom and Sabine promised they would do, and knowing them in the short amount of time he had known them in, they wouldn't be empty promises. They promised they would both be at the inquiry? Then they would both be at the inquiry.
Simple as that.
Adrien wasn't used to it, and it made him extremely uncomfortable.
He could handle Nino and Alya's being, their relationship with Adrien had just evolved into a day when Nino just randomly piped up saying he was now Adrien's uncle, and that Alya would be his aunt. At first Adrien literally thought his friend was joking around. Except he wasn't, he meant it.
Literally.
Nino covered Adrien even the times when Adrien hadn't been at his house, but Nathalie called him, all the same, to ask if Adrien was there, and wherever Adrien was, he would get a text from Nino telling him how long he had until Nathalie turned up for him to be at Nino's , no, telling both Nino and Alya they didn't need to be at the inquiry, fell on death ears, they would be there, right alongside Tom and Sabine.

A/N: IT'S A GIRL! Yay! Anyways. For everyone's knowledge "Ellayne" means "Shinning Light". And Aubrianne means "Rules with Elf-wisdom".