Hi everyone,

So this chapter is kind of weird but is essential to the plot wink.

Enjoy!

Felix didn't know what to do anymore. No matter what he said or did Adrien would only stare at the horizon, refusing to do rehabilitation, eating or anything for that matter. The doctors were worried it was a sign of trauma and called psychiatrist. But even he had no luck: the teenager hadn't even talked. He could still recall the frustration they had all felt when after a four-hour meeting not a word had come out of the boy's mouth. Hypnosis, physical therapy, nothing worked. The most expensive specialist had been called to no avail. Whatever happened, the youngest was completely out of his body.

It was out of control. And it was all because of Father. True, he was a having a hard time imagining him hurting Adrien on purpose but he had already shown he had no mercy nor decency. This time he knew for sure he was going to destroy him.

That wasn't the priority anyway. The point was to coax Adrien into talking or even just reacting. No matter what they tried he seemed completely disconnected from his body. No one seemed able to figure out why either. Some of the doctors thought it was the mention of surgery that had affected him but his brother knew best; Adrien was too brave to act like this over something so simple. There was something much worse happening in his life. He had to do something. He had even called her for advice but she was at lost for it. It had been a mistake to tell since she now wanted to come see him.

He couldn't help blaming himself, thinking that if he hadn't been such a bastard, the younger blond would've talked to him about the matter. He just longed for doing something other than stare dumbly at him. Maybe her coming was for the best. She could always fix this kind of things. But it was too risky. Not that it mattered.

Still. He had to fix this. Fast. Fuck the mission. Fuck his good intentions. It was time to get his hands dirty. And to do that he would have to betray everything he believed in. It was still worth it.

He just had to find the miraculous keeper.

Tikky was enjoying her cookie on the anniversary of three akuma free weeks. She Marinette had made a deal: while the peace lasted they would do something special each day and today that meant going to the Grand Paris hotel to eat with Alya and other classmates. And since the kwami couldn't be seen in public she had a whole load of cookies to make up for it. Being in a purse wasn't her favorite thing but hearing her wielder laugh and chat without the constant worry of having to leave made it worth it.

"I'm worried about Adrien" admitted Nino. The whole table went silent and suddenly the treat didn't taste so great. Even if she had never met him she knew what he meant to Marinette. The last few weeks had been agonizing: Marinette would often cry herself to sleep repeating over and over again that she should've known and done something about it. If only she could realize that you couldn't always take care of everything. To top it all up Chat hadn't shown uo to patrol in over a month. Considering the last they heard of him he was gravely injured, it was completely natural for the girl to worry. She had tried calling him a thousand times only to get to a conclusion. In the best of cases, her partner hadn't transformed because the lack of akuma attacks; in the worst case, he was dead. The red bug could tell that Marinette was about to cry only by the sound of her breathing. Worst of all she could do nothing to comfort her. She had found out who Chat Noir was when Plagg had called her after his serious injuries, and thus knew that the two objects of her worry were the same person.

"I think we all are." Said the blogger.

"Oh! I know! Let's go visit him. if we all go together I bet we can manage to get in" said Rose full of cheerfulness and hope as usual. The little goddess definitely liked her. She always found a way to make people smile. The plan wasn't bad either. Social pressure always worked. It wasn't long until everyone agreed to go. Well almost everyone. Marinette stayed behind and her kwami finally came out to her.

"What's wrong? I thought you wanted to see Adrien?" asked Tikky. Something was wrong with her charge, she could feel it in her guts.

"I… it's just that I don't want to see Adrien right now. I wanna see Chat. I thought I was equally worried for both of them but I'm not. I might like Adrien but his not my partner. I need to know he is okay." She admitted looking downwards. The kwami had seen it coming. Her counterpart meant the world to her in every but a romantic way. Nothing could compare to their relationship. That didn't mean she had to neglect the rest of the world.

"Mari… I'm sorry about everything that is going on but you can't just quit on your life because of someone else. You do want to see Adrien, you just think your priority should be something else. You can't do anything for Chat but you can make the boy your crushing on feel better. If he feels loved he will get better sooner." Advised the red creature with a smile. Ladybug's smile settled in Marinette's face. That was her girl.

Upon arriving at the hospital, they were received by a boring- looking receptionist who wouldn't even check who they came to visit before dismissing them. Urgh. It didn't matter how much they pried nothing changed but Tikky wasn't discouraged: if she knew something about her chosen it was that she always found a solution.

That was her biggest problem until she heard it: the deject purring that belonged to her brother. What happened to her opposite now? She directly flew out of the pink bag and got closer to the sound. It was definitely Plagg. After looking for him for about half a n hour, she found him in the selling of Adrien's room. No. He was holding his own ring. Chat had given up.

"Plagg…" she started as she closed he distance between them but he just shrugged away with tears in his eyes. "Why? Why does Fu keep giving the cat miraculous? the only use I have is to destroy life's. I don't wanna keep doing this. I won't give my ring back. I'll just disappear. It's better for everyone. I just wanted to say goodbye. I knew you would come. Please take care of mi kitten." Once the long tirade was over the black god ran off passing through walls to escape.

"No!" screamed after him as she followed. The pursuit took forever until she lost it. Plagg had made a building collapse between the two of them and had used the distraction to flee. She had to tell master Fu. And Marinette. Fuck. Marinette. How would she explain living without notice? She must've gone ballistic. She came back as fast as she could.

"Tikky!" exclaimed the remaining part of Paris's superheroes when she entered her very pink room. "Where were you? I thought I lost you again! I couldn't bare that thought." The weird hug that ensued made the guilt grow. How could she break her even more? It wasn't fair. Maybe not telling her yet would be for the best.

"How was Adrien?" she asked instead, swallowing her pain and focusing on her smile.