3 weeks later

Three weeks have passed since Kagami's leaving of Paris and it's safe to say things have definitely changed

The first week was the hardest as the Team's dynamic greatly shifted. Even though they only used the Dragon Miraculous if needed to. No one could replace Kagami even if they tried

Ryuko's absence was gradually getting picked up after week 2 both online and in person and it was starting to get exhausting making excuses on where the Dragon Hero had gone to

But the biggest drop off of all was Adrien

Ever since Kagami's leave he's been acting different

As Adrien he was cold and distant. He was gloomy and always had some sort of glare on his face making people not want to truly be around him. But it was worse when he was Chat Noir

He had recently stopped quipping, stopped his rocking, caring remark and suddenly went dark. His anger had only doubled in his fighting as he had gotten more aggressive with the Akumatized victims

Just yesterday Adrien had broken Mr Pigeons nose with a single swing after Team Miraculous had saved a group of people that were gonna be turned to pigeons and after Ladybug deakumatized Mr Pigeon he had just left without a word

Safe to say everyone didn't share the love and warm feeling about the new Adrien Agreste but everyone didn't want to pressure him too much because well quite frankly they didn't blame him. Everyone was coping with Kagami's leave in different ways

This was just Adrien's

But what they did know was they hoped it was just a small phase because The last thing they needed was an Angry Adrien Agreste

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"Look at him" Nino said with folded arms

Nodding his head in agreement Luka just bit his lip as the two heroes continued to watch Adrien

The blonde model for the 5th time of the day was currently standing as still as a statue looking at his locker and Luka and Nino couldn't understand why ?

Well they could but they just couldn't understand why he was still doing it

"It's been 3 weeks you would've thought he'd be somewhat better by now" Nino said

Looking at Adrien's pouting expression within the locker room the cat themed hero just continued to stare at the picture of Kagami that was tapped in his locker. Adrien always came back to this picture through the day through the 3 weeks she's left and at first the boys gave him the benefit of a doubt but now it's just not healthy

"Well he is taking Kagami's leave the hardest. If it was Marinette who left I wouldn't exactly get over it immediately either"

"Ok fair enough, But 3 weeks. There has to be some line right"

Glancing a look at one another the 2 heroes made a face in mental agreement

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The team weren't the only people questioning Adrin's new attitude

Sitting down at breakfast the day was one of those rare moments where Gabriel found time to eat with his son

On any regular moment Adrien would've or granted should've been happy under the circumstances. But not today

No today. The blonde teen just continued to angrily pick at his food with his fork as he continued to think

For the past 3 weeks he still tried to wrap his head around it. Tried to piece together the clues and context of it all. But still he had no answers on why….why would his own father do that. Why didn't he tell him about Kagami leaving ? it made no sense

"Adrien are you alright" Nathalie asked with reassurance but Adrien didn't respond. He just continued to pick at his food as now he caught Gabriel's attention

Sharing a glance of eye contact with his assistant Gabriel light out a quiet sigh before placing down his napkin

Deep down he knew what this was about. He just didn't want to admit it

"Adrien-"

"Why didn't you tell me ?" he said breaking his silence

Letting out a sigh Gabriel conceded his hands together

"Adrien…I had no say in Tomoe's decision-"

"YOU DIDN'T EVEN TRY !" Adrien shouted as he slammed down his fork on his plate and sprouted out of his seat making Nathalie jump. Gabriel however remained unphased

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME ! YOU KNEW HOW MUCH KAGAMI MEANT TO ME AND YOU KNEW SHE WAS LEAVING AND YOU SAID NOTHING !"

"I can not control another person's actions Adrien-"

"RIGHT AND YOU APPARENTLY CAN'T BE HONEST WITH YOUR SON WHEN THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE IS BEING SHIPPED OF TO SOMEWHERE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GO !"

"Adrien, I understand your angry but if you just put your emotions aside for a second and look at it from a greater perspective-"

Adrien's heart dropped at the beat of a drum as immediately his hands curled into tight balled up fist and his eyebrows furrowed together

Nathalie's eyes went wide in shock with how fast it happened as in the blink of an eye Adrien had grabbed at Gabriel grabbing him by his white collared shirt tightly as his face had a look of desperate anger upon it

"Greater perspective !...GREATER PERSPECTIVE ! KAGAMI'S GONE !. SHE'S GONE, AND SHE'S NEVER COMING BACK ! EVER ! AND YOU DIDN'T EVEN FIGHT FOR HER ! YOU JUST ROLLED OVER AND LET IT HAPPEN ! WHAT KIND OF A MAN ARE YOU !"

Right as Adrien had finished his sentence a sense of moral being had washed over him. It relieved his red anger as once again he could see clear again and was immediately greeted with his Father's cold stern face making him quietly gasp as slowly he let go of Gabriel

Once Adrien had the undying feeling of knowing he seriously messed up had heavily been placed upon him.

Dusting off the crinkled hand prints that had been placed on his hand as Gabriel calmly stood up

"Adrien, go to your room. Until further notice you are grounded for Winter break. You are not allowed to contact any of your friends and you will not step foot out of this house do you understand"

Adrien had huffed his breath before soon walking away to head up the stairs. Soon enough Gabriel and Nathalie heard a slam of his door leaving the two adults to under plunder in deep thought about Adrien's new attitude

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Slamming the door to his room before locking the door immediately Adrien fouled out his anger by punching a nearby wall denting and creating a whole within it

Flying from out his Jacket Plag immediately put up his nubs

"Woah, woah Adrien, calm down"

"STOP TELLING ME TO CALM DOWN ! EVERYONE'S TELLING ME TO CALM DOWN AND I'M SO SICK OF IT ! KAGAMI'S GONE AND THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD'VE DONE TO STOP HER"

Slamming his hands on the wall Adrien sighed as he leaned his head to touch the wall

"It's all my fault she's gone"

Being so sunken down in his pity and guilt that Adrien didn't even hear the creek of the window that had opened up in his room or even the small footsteps that were approaching him

Without seeing the bright flash of yellow a voice had called to him immediately bringing him back to reality

"Adrien ?"

Looking back Adrien had immediately seen Chloe and Pollen standing within his room

"Oh, Chloe ?!...what are you doing here ?"

"Umm, well It was my turn to patrol and I heard some commotion going on from the house" she began before looking at the dent in the wall

"And by the looks of things I can tell everything's going well ?"

Getting back to normal posture Adrien had just cracked his knuckles in fake reassurance

"Everything's fine" he said but obviously she knew that was a lie even Pollen did as they shared a look of doubt

"Adrakins, now that i'm here I have to say…i'm worried about you, The team is worried about you"

Avoiding eyes contact from her Chloe had continued

"Ever since Tsurugi left you've been acting differently-"

"I don't need you all to worry" he huffed

"Im fine"

Continually he clenched his fist before leaning against the side of his couch while Chloe still continued to push

"Really ? because you've been skipping training, whenever you're Chat Noir your aggressive, assertive, angry-"

"WELL YOU KNOW ! IF YOU HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM WITH IT WHY DON'T YOU JUST TAKE MY MIRACULOUS THEN ! YOU SEEM TO BE PRETTY GOOD AT IT !"

Taking a step back a little Pollen had both gasped in pure shock that Adrien would even say that to Chloe of all people

Plagg was even more surprised that Chloe had taken the emotional punch to the gut as she just closed her eyes and took a deep breath before speaking again

"Look, you Can be angry. None of us blame you for that. But if you wanna be a jerk about it. Just remember how I was before I was brave enough to reach out to my friends"

Chloe's words had stung Adrien, But not as much as when she transformed and let his room leaving only him and Plagg alone

And even then when Adrien gave Plagg a sadden look the Black Cat Kwami had just flown away leaving him sad and alone

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KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Opening the door Immediately Luka was taken back to see Adrien's doubtful expression

Just slightly the blonde had looked up and sighed

"I need someone to talk too" he said and Luka had just smiled

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"So what's wrong" Luka began stringing his guitar along as he laid on his bed

With his feet to his chest Adrien just sighed

"Ever since Kagami left I've felt off"

"Yeah, I can kinda tell. Your tune's been different. It's playing a whole different tone. Usually your melody speaks volumes. It's confident and proud of itself. But now it's unsure. Angry"

Keeping his head hung low Adrien just shook his head while he closed his eyes and sighed

"I know it's silly to say but…."

"Adrien, we wear animal and insect themed superhero clothing that come from magical plushies and fight a man who dresses as a giant Butterfly. Nothing it silly anymore what's wrong"

"...I….without Kagami I feel like a part of me is missing" he admitted

"Not because she's gone but because of the way she was taken. She had no say in whether she could leave or not. She was forced into a life that she didn't want to be in and I have this feeling….This feeling that I could've done more to keep her"

As he continued to string his guitar along Luka soon came to a halt before putting the instrument away on his bed

"Tell her that" he said causing the blonde to look at him in confusion

"What ?"

Luka just smiled and nodded his head

"When I first lost Marinette I thought I was doing the right thing by holding in my feelings. I thought that if we just stayed friends and I helped push her goals her happiness would be the only thing I needed"

Grabbing the custom made toothpick that hung around his neck Luka had smiled

"But then I learned that holding in my emotions and feelings made me a person that I didn't want to be" he admitted

"Adrien The more you suppress your feelings towards Kagami without your proper closure the more it's gonna eat you inside. You need to vent out everything to her"

Slowly Adrien began to unravel himself as he looked away from Luka in deep thought. He chewed on his lip as he began to think before a lightbulb went over his head making him smile

"You're right Luka. I do need to talk to her again. Say my final words before we truly depart" he said as he had gotten up like he was in a rush

Looking back at the rockstar Adrien just smiled

"Thanks Snake man"

Rolling his eyes Luka smiled back

"Any time Cat man" he said before Adrien took off

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POUND POUND POUND

With the night sky about and the giant moon shining Chloe had approached her sliding window in confusion as immediately when she opened it up she saw Chat Noir's hurried expression

"Look before you say anything I'm sorry, I'm sorry for the way I've acted. I'm sorry for the way I've been treating you all. I'm sorry for being such a bad friend. And Most importantly I'm sorry for being such a bad Adrikins"

Finishing his apology with a big sigh for emphasis Chloe couldn't hold back from smirking

"And ?" she said

"...and I'm a big dofus"

"And ?"

"and Chloe is amazing"

"And ?"

"...and we couldn't do this without the amazing Queen Bee"

With a proud smile on her face Chloe had immediately hugged him and Adrien just hugged her back admitting that it felt good to have friends by his side he could trust

"Ok now I need you to do me a favor" he said

Reeling back from there hug Chloe nodded her head

"What ?"

"I need you to buy me a plane ticket to Japan"