It took a couple weeks for everything to seem normal again. Nathanaël and Adrien competing for the oblivious girl's attention almost seemed like a running joke nowadays.

Of course, that may have been because of Adrien and Felix's birthday coming back around.

Kat and Marinette planned to throw them a party, since his father forbade it, and Kat was too obstinate to ever take no for an answer.

Kat and Marinette decided it would be a costume party that would occur on Saturday, during the brothers' freetime. "And they would just HAPPEN to get all the presents in the raffel."

Kat dictated who got invitations. And it turned out to be everyone except Chloe and Sabrina. Kat didn't mind Sabrina too much, but she was uncomfortably loyal to Chloe.

Chloe actually confronted Kat about it the day before the party. "How is it that my invitation was LOST?!"

"Well, seeing as they were verbal invitations, they cannot actually be lost." Kat drawled. "You simply didn't get one. And for a good reason too….I sincerely did not want you there. Still don't." She then walked away from Chloe.

Chloe huffed and it was easy to tell she wanted revenge, but it was so difficult to get revenge on Kat. She was so good at hiding any and all evidence she had ever done wrong.

Kat did end up asking Chat Noir and Chat Blanc to come. It would be a special treat for the two of them. Felix told her Adrien was totally a Chat Noir fanboy, and being able to hang out with all her friends at once sounded like heaven to her ears.

Chat Noir was shocked at the invitation. "Mew really want us to come?"

The Cheshire Chat nodded excitedly. "Mmhmm. I'm doing the party with my friend Marinette. And I would just love it if you guys were able to come."

Ladybug smirked. "We'll even save you a dance." She enticed, seeing how much Kat wanted this now that she thought of it. "Well, if I make it, that is." She would be there, but she probably wouldn't appear as Ladybug.

Chat Noir's eyebrows shot up, "Really? You would?" He asked, trying (and failing) not to sound too excited.

The Cheshire Chat smiled widely. "That actually sounds super fun. I might be busy as the hostess. But I could definitely squeeze in a dance before the night is claw-st. I wouldn't lie about this. That would be a-paw-lling."

Everyone had their own adorable costumes. Kat talked Felix into wearing a tuxedo mask costume and getting Adrien a Joker outfit.

Kat didn't tell Felix, but she talked Marinette into dressing as Sailor Moon. She, of course, had a Harley Quinn outfit.

"Uhmmm…Kat? How did you get him to dress up in a costume that would match mine?"

"Oh, Marinette. Everyone has a weakness. Felix's is that he is weak to compliments." She replied. "And I MAY have just forgotten to tell him you're Sailor Moon." She snickered. "I wonder if Felix told Adrien I was dressing as Harley Quinn? It occurs to me that he never exactly told me."

"I think he probably did. And you avoided my question. HOW did you talk him into it."

Kat rolled her dark-chocolate eyes and replied, "Felix is easy. All it takes is a few well placed compliments and he's putty in your hands. Well…my hands." She corrected herself. "He sorta doesn't like most people enough for this tactic to work often. It DOES work for me. Because he loves me." They were fixing their costumes as they had this conversation.

–

Felix was rolling his eyes at his brother for the hundredth time that night. "No, Adrien. I'm not trading costumes with you. You WILL thank me later." He drawled.

Felix just HAPPENED to forget to tell Adrien that the girl of his dreams would be dressed up as Harley.

"But I WANT to impress her, Felix." Adrien was practically whining. "And stop checking your phone while I talk to you!"

"Don't be a child, Adrien. You're only 10 minutes younger than me." He was flipping through Kat's blog, having gotten a notification that she posted a bunch of pictures.

His eyes narrowed as he noticed there were photos of Marinette dressed up as Sailor Moon.

"So…Adrien." He looked very annoyed at this point. He realized that there was a pretty large chance Kat had attempted to manipulate him into a situation that he CERTAINLY would not voluntarily walk into. "You like Anime, right? Who's Tuxedo Mask?"

When Adrien explained it to Felix, his eyes narrowed and his fists clenched. Kat WAS plotting against him again? Ugh! He just couldn't stand that tiny, crafty kitten sometimes. "You know what, Adrien?" His smirk was almost predatory at this point. "Sure, let's switch costumes."

Adrien almost froze. That look on his brothers face never equaled good news. But, it wasn't exactly aimed at HIM. He wanted to impress Kat, so he took the Tuxedo Mask outfit and got dressed.

Kat started the party and was having fun as a hostess. Her eyes practically glittered as she walked around.

Nino was the DJ and Alya was helping out every once in a while. (Sometimes it was like the two of them just orbited to each other).

Chloe got in, but Kat just ignored that because she didn't want to deal with any drama today. She loved parties with her friends.

She was munching on snacks and going back out almost constantly. Of course, her entire mood almost was complete destroyed when she saw Adrien.

Her hand went to her chest as she almost felt her heart ache. It was beating so loud that she could almost feel it in her bones. He…he…that was the most subtle rejection she could imagine.

She was sure Felix told him, so the only explanation for Adrien not being dressed as Mr. J is that he didn't like her back and was trying to make her not feel horrible for it.

Felix was looking over to Kat, ready to smirk triumphantly when she realized he didn't fall for his ploy. When he noticed the way Kat's face fell and she looked away from Adrien, he clenched his fists. Somehow, he got so convinced that he wanted to ruin Kat's fun that he actually hurt his best friend.

He wasn't even listening to Adrien when he actually started yelling at Felix and getting mad at him because Felix left out the fact that he could've been in couples costume with his LOVE.

Kat purposely avoided Adrien, even though she always wanted to be near him. She was in love with Adrien, but she couldn't let him see how much he hurt her.

Felix went over and invited Kat to dance. Kat shrugged and ended up dancing with him. The two of them snarking at each other the whole time. Adrien tried to pretend he wasn't jealous, Marinette just avoided looking.

It was obvious they weren't ACTUALLY together. But the two of them were still WAY too close together anyways.

Adrien and Marinette danced together next. Felix just rolled his eyes, though he couldn't help but watch the two of them. Not because he cared. Or liked Marinette. Because he DEFINITELY couldn't stand Marinette. No matter how pretty…niiave and childish she was. Right? …Right?!

Kat clenched her teeth. Marinette wasn't a challange, she wasn't even into Adrien. But Adrien didn't even want to look at her. And he DANCED with Marinette.

She bit her lip and walked over to Nathanaël. When she saw he was dressed up as Chat Noir she just gasped. "Oh my gosh…you're adorable." She couldn't help but smile. He was so adorable and she just felt her mood lift when she saw him blush. "Oooh, come on, let's dance."

Nathanaël's cheeks flushed as he followed her to the dance floor and they began to dance. "Uh…thanks. Um…s-sure, Kat." He smiled a small smile as he danced with the slightly nerdy girl.

Marinette wasn't as broken up about the subtle rejection as Kat was. She didn't get her hopes up too much (mostly because Felix didn't even know they were going together). It was a disappointment, but it didn't break her fragile little heart the way it did Kat's.

Sometimes Tikki liked to joke that Marinette and Kat were like Yin-and-Yang. Kat was harsh and cold on the outside, but had this sweet and gooey, and vulnerable center. Marinette was sweet and gooey on the outside, but had a core of steel.

Adrien was slightly jealous as Kat danced with Felix, true. She was so close and intimate with his brother. However, that was nothing compared to how he felt .when watching her dance with Nathanaël.

She liked Nathanaël more than him, obviously. She mostly snarked or joked when he flirted with her, but when Nathanaël (AS AN AKUMA) asked her out, she was immediately on board for a date.

He smirked to himself after a minute and excused himself. If she would dance with someone dressed as Chat Noir, surely the real deal would just be an improvement. When he was in private, he transformed into the punny cat they all knew and loved.

Chat Noir just HAD to interrupt her dance, huh? Kat huffed as the catboy made a bad pun and Nathanaël turned bright red.

Poor thing. She just got him to relax too, and now his idol was right there staring at him wearing his clothes.

"We can have another dance later." She promised Nathanaël, giving him a soft smile as he walked away, all kinds of embarassed.

"What do you want now, Chat? I was having fun." She pouted at him. She did invite him, but she wouldn't admit how glad she was to see him.

"Are you implying that you aren't having fun anymore, Purr-incess? Meow-ch." He replied, not being able to stop himself from grinning at her.

"I'm not implying anything, dude. I'm just merely in shock that YOU'RE what the cat dragged in. I didn't see it coming."

Chat chuckled. "That cat must have very good taste then, no?"

"That is certainly a matter of opinion." She drawled, rolling her brown eyes.

He put his hand to his chest in a flamboyant gesture of pseudo-hurt. "You wound me, Princess. I'm pawsitively sure I am not that pawful!"

"Well, I'm pawsitively sure you're annoying me right meow. Are you doing it on purr-pose or is it just your Modus Operendi?"

"Annoying? And why would you say such a thing about meowself?" He faked heartbreak.

"Because you're a dork and being annoying." Another song started and she just rolled her eyes. "Since we are here, do you want to dance?"

Chat Noir grinned at her, completely over his fake hurt as the two of them began to dance.

Felix, deciding that he still sort of felt like an asshole, went over to Nino. "I'm only doing this cause I'm an awesome brother." He mumbled to himself, before asking Nino to play a slow song, immediately. "For the lovebirds."

When the slow song started Kat's first reaction was to look around for Adrien. When she didn't see him she sighed.

"We…we don't really have to continue if you don't feel like it." Chat Noir gave her an out in case she didn't want to slow-dance with him.

She chuckled and shook his head. "Hey, it's no problem." She answered once she realized she could NOT find Adrien. The two of them began to do their slow-dance.

Felix was so proud of himself for setting that up and he would definitely be pointing it out later to his brother. Before he confronted Kat, that is.