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III

Adrien had to make sure Chloé was as fine as possible after the service ended. He didn't have much time for that, though. His father had already gotten into the limo and the Gorilla was signaling he should too by holding open the door. He had to be quick. Lucky for him, Chloé had just finished talking to her grandparents for now, and stood in the entry of the church on her own now. As he approached her, she looked at him with a blank expression on her face. It hurt him somehow, even though he had never quite liked her always cling to him whenever she had the chance.

"Adrien.", she finally spoke to him.

"Hey.", he greeted her, "Just wanted to remind you that you can always talk to me if you feel like it. Oh, and I'm liking that comb in your hair, gold really suits you."

"Thank you.", she simply replied and the turned to reunite with her grandparents.

It dawned upon Adrien that whatever had changed within the girl would be permanent, and he was not yet sure how he was supposed to incorporate it into his friendship with Chloé.

As soon as the door of the suite had closed, Imme flew out of the pocket she hiding with a look of annoyance on her face.

"That boy was talking about the Miraculous as if it was a simple accessory. Were humans always that ignorant? Dios mio!", she ranted.

"That boy you are calling ignorant is my friend, so watch it.", Chloé warned the Kwami.

As she reached into her hair to remove the comb, Imme protested by shouting: "Wait!"

Chloé was starting to get annoyed again and explained: "I said it before, I just needed this because I had nothing else. Now it is going back to that box and I can have some peace and quiet."

The look on the Kwami's face changed and she pleaded: "Don't just lock away in that thing again. It's dark and lonely and boring. I haven't been out for decades. Just let me stay a bit and discover the joys of whatever this era has to offer. Por favor?"

Imme had gotten so close to her face she was almost touching the tip of Chloé's nose, a faint glisten in those big bug eyes. Seeing the Kwami this close, the blonde could not help but realize that Imme was rather cute. It must be the same effect baby animals had on people. It was just impossible to say no to that face.

"Fine.", she groaned, "You can stay as long as you never try to get me into that superhero business."

The Kwami almost glowed with happiness and fluttered around excitedly. "Gracias!", Imme squealed and added: "I will keep silent about you being a hero...at least for now."

Chloé just rolled her eyes and headed towards her bathroom.

"Whatever.", she said, "I need a hot bath now, you stay here." She picked up the remote and turned on the TV. "Find something to watch to occupy yourself"

Chloé tried to ignore the tiny squeals and cheers coming from the other room while she soaked in the hot water and smelled the aroma of her favorite bath salt. After a while, the world outside partially faded away and she felt relaxation for the first time since that fateful day of the attack. She savored this feeling for quite a while until finally opening her eyes, only to realize she had been in the bathtub for almost an hour. As she returned to the main room, Imme darted towards her in utter excitement.

"Did you know that Rolando is cheating on Carmen?", the Kwami asked, "And with that awful Rosita!"

"What the hell are you talking about?", Chloé asked in confusion.

"El arena al amor!", Imme replied and pointed at the TV screen.

It took the blonde a moment until she realized that Imme was referring to the telenovela she had obviously been watching. As the ending theme echoed through the room, Chloé couldn't help but wonder: "You actually enjoy that junk?"

The kwami nodded and said: "Si! It is so...intenso!"

The teen let out a sigh of frustration. That cute face had been a trap! And now she was stuck with a magical bee creature obsessed with telenovelas.

A/N: here, have another of my headcanons about bee Kwami. glad none of the NYCC spilers are effecting this. Also, no chapter next week, since I'll be on holiday. See ya when I'm back