The TV played through the room as Marin tried to find the small child he was supposed to be taking care of.

"We started off with 5000 contestants. But with the help of our audience at home, we whittled our talent down to just these two amazing young ladies! So, let's welcome our fantastic finalists! To my right, Aurore Beauréal, and to my left, Mireille Caquet! Who will be the lucky winner? Vote now! Text 1 for Aurore and 2 for Mireille. And remember, standard text messaging rates apply."

"Come on, Manon, no running in the house!" He called as the small child took the pink sunhat from his room.

" I wanna be a fashion designer too!" Manon said happily as she jumped on the sofa.

"Manon, please, it's not finished! You're gonna ruin it!" Marin practically begged but the child didn't listen as she threw the hat across the room.

Luckily, he caught is, looking it over to make sure that the stitching didn't come undone.

"I'm gonna vote for Mireille, she's the best!" He immediately turned to see Manon trying to mess with his phone, but pouting as his phone didn't work still broken from the first day.

"Yoink!" He grabbed his phone from her, as she looked up at him in annoyance.

"Hey!" Manon grumbled, instead grabbing the TV remote so she could watch the voting take place as Marin sat down at the kitchen table, resting his head for a moment.

"Ughhh... Why did I agree to do this again?" He grumbled, as then Marin's eyes were drawn towards his Kwami in the cookie jar. A wave of worry rushing over him as he gestured for her to stay out of sight. Though, he wondered if he should limit her cookie intake.

"I can do this. It's just one afternoon of babysitting, it's not like it's some Akuma attack." He muttered to himself, then almost fell off his chair as the doorbell rang. Quickly he turned towards Manon who was glued towards the TV before Marin opened the living room door and down the stairs to reveal his best friend standing before him with excited eyes.

"Alya-"

"I got a huge scoop for you!" Alya said, her excitement spilling over into her words. "Guess who's in the park doing photoshoot?"

Marin thought for a moment in thought; a photoshoot in the park, Alya excited, she was trying to drag him along.

A smile curled at his lips, "Ladybug?"

Alya groaned in exasperation, " I WISH. But no cutie, it's your favorite person?" she prompted.

"You're already here."

"Boi!"

Marin giggled as Alya wrapped her arm around his shoulder, pulling him down to her size. "It's Adrien!"

Marin's heart raced at the mere thought of their classmate, "Now? Adrien is in the park right now?"

Alya nodded, "As we speak! Come on. We're gonna stroll over there real cool and then you ask him out."

"A-Ask him out?" If it was possible, Marin's face ran red even more so, reaching his ears. His mind racing.

Then? I'll invite him out for a fruit smoothie at the end of the photoshoot! Then, we'll get married! Live happily ever after in a beautiful house and have two kids? No, three. And a dog! Maybe a cat? A hamster! I love hamsters! All three are so adorable.

Wait, no STOP. This is not possible!

"Let's just start with happen to be passing by and see if we can get to that smoothie," Alya said.

He blushed for a moment then sighing, "That's so cool, you're going to take pictures for me right? Well, after asking first."

Alya flashed him a confused look, "What are you talking about, we're going, right now."

"Now?!"

"YES. Do you have something better to do?!" Alya demanded to know as Marin glanced away.

"Marin!"

They both turned to see Manon standing on the stairs holding a ladybug doll that Marin had sewn together earlier that day.

"Who's this mini cutie?" Alya questioned taking interest in the small child, poking her cheeks playfully.

"This is Manon, one of my mom's friends' daughters. I'm watching her all afternoon." Marin said as he noticed Marin wanted him to pick her up.

Alya smiled at her best friend knowingly, "Let me guess. Another "you couldn't say no" favor?"

"No, I just couldn't... say... no…" Marin smiled sheepishly.

" Look, no problem! I'll look after your little cutie for you, cutie." She said booping his nose playfully.

"Thanks, but I'm responsible for her... Besides, I couldn't do that to you. She's... " Marin placed the small child down as she immediately ran into the bakery. "an absolute angel." He said sarcastically, as a crash was heard. Marin suddenly panicked as he ran into the bakery. He and

Alya saw Marin's father now covered with flour as Manon laughed in amusement.

"Sorry Papa! I'm taking Manon out right now!" He said, grabbing the child quickly.

But Tom simply shrugged his shoulders, "Okay but take some snacks." He said handing over a bad of day-old madeleines that was sitting nearby. Placed to the side as Marin usually asked for cookies to give to Tikki.

He then turned back to Alya who held Manon in her arms with a knowing smile, " Don't worry about this one Marin, I have to babysit my sisters all the time. which makes me an expert in dealing with "angels"."

"Who are you, anyway?" Manon questioned curiously.

"I'm a mythical unicorn from the world of Reespa, disguised as a totally fabulous human girl! I grant magical wishes, but only to little monkeys who behave!"

Manon laughed happily, "No, you're not! ...Are you?"

"Hmmm, who knows." Alya teased. "Okay, let's all go to the park!" She said as Manon cheered.

"Wait just one second! I have to grab something." Marin said, quickly running up the stairs.

He popped his head into the kitchen, lowering his voice, "Tikki! Where are you?" He opened the cookie jar, seeing that the fresh batch of 2 dozen chocolate chip was already gone.

"Tikki!" Marin called out a little louder, eyeing his messenger bag on the sofa. He opened, sighing as he saw his Kwami curled up in his spare fabrics, eyes opened up wide as she glanced up at her partner. "You're lucky you're so cute sugarcube." He said shouldering his bag over his head so it rested soundly as he ran down the stairs.

"Bravo! That's it! Give me the smile when your mom brings in spaghetti! Okay! And now, Oh no! Mama dropped the spaghetti! And now, you have to eat the spaghetti off the floor! Oh yes, you're angry! Show me angry, yes, yes, yes!"

Adrien simply posed naturally as his photographer ranted on. He always tried to follow what Vincent said, but mostly he just smiled and did what came naturally.

"MARIN I WANT A BALLOON!" His attention was diverted as spotted a few of his classmates also in the park. Marin alongside Alya and a small child, probably his younger sibling by the way she pulled his arm.

"Aye!" Adrien snapped back to attention as Vincent called to him. His photographer then had a pensive expression as he tried to frame another shot. Circling around a few times, but still didn't have a content look on his face.

"Is there something wrong?" Adrien asked.

"Hmmmmm, the shot isn't right, something off. Take a break." He said, and Adrien sighed as a smile overtook him, wanting to spend some time people other than instructors or people hired by his father.

"Come on, monkey, I'll get you that balloon!" Alya said trying to prompt the kid away from her friend.

The small child then grabbed onto Marin's leg, throwing a tantrum. "No! I wanna go with Marin!"

Marin simply gave Alya a reassuring smile, "It's alright, I'll take her."

"And then we'll go on the merry go round right?!" Manon asked expectantly,

"Yes yes, we can do that too." Marin reassured, taking her hand "Let's go."

"But-"

"Hey Alya." Adrien greeted as Alya turned towards him with a panicked expression.

"Adrien!" She looked for Marin but he was already buying the balloon, then sighed as Manon dragged him towards the merry go round.

"Marin, I want a balloon with Mireille on it! Can I? Can I?" Manon asked, giving Marin adorable puppy dog eyes.

"Don't you like Aurore?" Marin asked, but almost immediately Manon shook her head.

"No way, Mireille is nicer!"

Marin hummed for a moment as he took the balloon from the vendor, paying him the money just before he handed it to Manon. She laughed happily, running around him once before then grabbing his hand.

"Now the Merry Go round Marin!"

She dragged him along as he glanced back at Alya, seeing his best friend sitting next to Alya on a bench under a shady tree. He couldn't help but feel envious at his friend, how lucky was she?

"Marin!" Manon prodded again.

But he was lucky too, in a sense.

"Alright alright I'm coming!"

"Marin looks like he's having fun, is that his sister?" Adrien asked, but Alya shook her head.

"Nah, that's just a girl he's babysitting. He's still adjusting to childcare, I guess." Alya said with some uncertainty.

"Doesn't seem like that to me," Adrien said as he observed the little girl smiling happily as she received attention from her babysitter.

"So how's your modeling going? Your photographer seems interesting." Alya said as she noticed the man still walking around the park.

"It's going alright, Vincent's just trying to get some inspiration, but honestly I'm kinda worn out."

"Magnifico! Super! Come on now, I want to see hunger in your eyes! The boy has eaten too much spaghetti! Ugh, we need more energy! More romance!"

Both teens's attention was grabbed as the photographer suddenly popped up before them, filled with excitement.

"Romance?" Alya questioned.

"Sì! To pose with Mr. Adrien!" He said expressly.

"Hah! You don't want me, I... uhh...I don't photograph well!" Alya suddenly said, "But I know who does, I'll be right back!"

Alya intentionally crashed into Marin, holding his arm just as he placed Manon on the unicorn on the merry go round, holding the ballon so Manon could hold the horse. "Marin, they need an extra to pose with Adrien, and you're lined up!"

"What? How did that happen?" He questioned, but Alya brushed him off.

"Details. All you need to do is walk over there and smile, cutie!" She insisted.

"Is that boy your boyfriend?" Manon questioned as the two teens glanced towards her.

Marin immediately denied it, "What? No, I mean..yeah, no."

Alya then pushed him off the merry go round, "Times wasting, what are you waiting for?"

Marin gave her an uncertain expression, "But, what about Manon?"

"You just take care of our Charmer, Prince. I'll take care of Miss Unicorn here." Alya said climbing onto the unicorn. Unfortunately, Manon didn't appreciate her babysitter no longer spending time with her, throwing a tantrum almost immediately.

"No way, Marin's my babysitter!

"Trust me. Unicorns unite! Let's go to Rispa and find us some sad little village kids and grant those wishes! Yee-haw!"

"Yee-haw!" Manon shouted happily as Alya gave Marin a thumbs up.

Marin smiled, then walking over to Adrien with a red face. He was certain that Adrien would be disappointed but Adrien smiled at him. Just as he was about to say something, the photographer stared closely at his face.

"Have you done modeling before?" He asked suddenly.

"Uh, no?" Marin said, taking a step back, placing his hands up defensively. But the next thing he knew, in his hands, was a business card.

"If you ever decide you need a set of photos or want to model call me. It's on the house for 's friends." The photographer marketed, "Now sit sit sit!" He beckoned as he sat Marin right next to Adrien. "Agreste, please set up up the shot while I adjust the lighting." He asked as he turned towards Adrien's bodyguard.

"The shot?" Marin questioned as Adrien turned towards him.

"He's just asking you to relax, essentially." Adrien explained. "These shots are just stock photos, so just smile."

"Ah...smile?" Marin questioned, fiddling with his bangs, grasping his pants nervously. He swore he could hear thunder, but there was no thunder storm in this morning's weather report...but all outside thoughts quickly faded as Adrien placed his hand over his.

He smiled happily, effectively turning Marin's brain to mush. Reflexively he tried to cover his reddened face, but that only endered Adrien to smile reassuringly.

All of a sudden, there were shrill screams and a sudden gust of wind. Reflexively, Marin pushed Adrien out of the way as he was slammed against the gate.

" Ow…"

He lifted his head to see someone hovering over him, an evil looking girl holding an umbrella. She looked furious, immediately destroying the balloon.

"Hey!"

"Maybe you should get blown away just like the rest!" She threatened, "How dare you vote for that poser!"

Marin looked confused for a moment, "You mean Mireille?"

"Of course! Who else would I be talking about?!"

"How about you talk about me?"

Both turned to see Chat Noir sitting atop the gate with a sly grin. "What's with all the terrorizing? Why don't you pick on someone your own temperature ice queen."

"My name is not Ice Queen! It's Stormy Weather!" Stormy Weather yelled out.

"Listen. I'm feline more generous than usual today. So cool down and we'll call it quits, 'kay?" Chat Noir recommended, but Stormy Weather glanced at him for a moment before using her umbrella to send him flying.

Enough time for Marin to sneak away and transform behind a pillar.

"Waaaaaahhh!" Chat Noir was sent flying across town, but was saved from hitting the concrete as he felt himself getting wrapped up in a wire using a nearby lamp post as leverage to send him flying in the opposite direction. This time into his partner's arms as Chat Noir was able to catch his breath, relieved at the sight of his comrade.

"Why thanks, my Ladybug, but I had it covered." He said offhandedly as Ladybug placed him back on his feet, then almost immediately scanning the stormy skies for their enemy.

"Already down to business I see, Bugaboo." Chat Noir said, trying out a new pet name. But Ladybug didn't respond at all, causing Chat Noir's ears to droop slightly. But immediately drew his guard as Stormy Weather appeared before them.

"We should be expecting lightning storms like right NOW!" The villainess held her parasol up as lighting struck down from the sky. Ladybug acted quickly, saving his partner once more, the momentum then sending the two tumbling down the street.

Cat Noir lands on top of Ladybug, gasping for a moment as his face reddened, not used to being so close to his partner's face. It was nice, being at the same level as him, able to properly admire the blueness of his always serious eye just before Ladybug pushed him off. Quickly grabbing his hand so the two could properly battle.

"Ohhh what's the matter? Not feeling any sparks?" Stormy Weather mocked

Cat Noir cracked his neck from all the sudden movement. "You just won yourself a cat fight!" Running towards their enemy without any regard towards Ladybug.

"Chat Noir wait!"

Stormy Weather casted another spell "Black ice!" Using her parasol to coat the street with ice followed up by another wind blast. Both Chat Noir and Ladybug were knocked back through the air, along with several vehicles.

Midair, Ladybug used his yo-yo to grab Chat Noir, pulling him close as they tumbled backward together. On flat ground, he swung his yo-yo quickly seeing a bus about to fall on them, as he still held Chat Noir. His yo-yo a circular hole on the side of the bus, successfully saving them.

But accidentally hit Chat Noirs head as he slowed down his speed. Ladybug bowed his head apologetically as Chat Noir rubbed the bruise.

As Chat Noir helped him out of the bus, they both saw Stormy Weather on one of the big screen tv's behind a glass window.

"Hello, viewers! Here's the latest forecast for the first day of summer. Looks like Mother Nature had a change of plans. Summer vacation is officially over!"

"Already? But I was really looking forward to seeing you in a swimsuit." He tried teasing, glancing at Ladybug with a smile, wiggling his eyebrows. But was once again deterred by LAdybug's laser focus as he was scanning the tv. He nodded once, swinging his yo-yo once more and heading to the rooftops.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Chat Noir called out as he quickly followed him, using his bo staff to help elevate him.

Ladybug and Cat Noir entered the TV studio together, weapons in hand. Ladybug took note of the cardboard standee of Aurore his eyes widening at what was in her hand when the lights suddenly went off.

Ladybug was blind, his hands were out in front of him as he tried to find any light source, but was useless.

"Hey!" Chat Noir on the underhand, was undeterred by the lack of light, growing defensive as he saw Stormy Weather try and sneak up on his Ladybug from behind, using the cover of darkness. "Hands off my Bug!"

Stormy Weather merely laughed as she flew out of the room.

"Frosty the Snowgirl's getting away!"Cat Noir informed following her but turned back as he heard Ladybug had tripped over some fallen lights.

"Oh, do I hear a damsel in distress?" He asked playfully as he helped up his partner, helping to guide him through the darkness, hands clasped together.

Ladybug trusted Chat Noir to guide them both through the building, even evading various debris through at them. When they finally reached the top of the building, Stormy Weather was there waiting for them.

"You airheads! You fell right into my trap!" She mocked, as a whirlwind appeared at the end of her parasol, threatening to suck them up.

Ladybug narrowed his eyes, letting go of Chat Noir's hand, to throw up his yo-yo. "Lucky Charm!"

"A bath towel? Great. So, we're about to be obliterated, but... At least we'll be dry." He observed, taking out his baton as Ladybug looked around.

Ladybug nodded as he came up with a plan.

"Hail!"

Just as he was about to react, Cat Noir pulled him back and began spinning his staff to protect them from the hail.

"So what's the plan for getting the Akuma back? My arm's starting to get a cramp!"

Ladybug responded almost immediately, "See that sign over there? Take it out!"

Cat Noir smoked in amusement, "No problem. All right. Cataclysm! (to Stormy Weather) Hey, Coldilocks! Is that all you got?

Together they used their surroundings against Stormy Weather, and Ladybug broke the parasol in his hands.

"No more mischief from you little Akuma. Time to purify!" He said as he swung his yo-yo towards the possessed Akuma, capturing it in one motion.

Then opening it once more, watching the newly purified Akuma fly away. "Bye-bye, little butterfly. Miraculous Ladybug!" He threw the towel in the air, fixing everything that Stormy Weather had destroyed after getting Akumatized. The skies cleared and Aurore turned back to normal,

"Uh, what am I doing up here?" She questioned as Chat Noir and Ladybug pounded fists.

"Pound it!"

Back at the park Marin sneezed from the previous cold weather, now worried that he could catch a cold.

"Hey, there's the photographer and Adrien waiting for you!" Tikki said, already having finished off the cookies, again.

But Marin shook his head, "It's probably too late, he looks exhausted."

"So do you!" Tikki pointed out.

"Come on, Marin. You saved Manon, Alya, and the whole world for that matter. Have some fun!"

While walking into the park he didn't know he'd walked into a hug from Manon as she was freed from her previous ice prison.

"Marin you're okay!" Manon said happily, as Alya stood next to her. "Where were you?"

He knelt down in front of the small child, smiling at her adorableness. "I was blown away by the wind all the way to China." He exaggerated as his best friend rolled her eyes in amusement.

But Manon stared at him in amazement, "Really really?!"

"I hope not." Adrien suddenly said walking up towards them with a smile, "Would hate to never see you again after you saved me back there." he said winking playfully. "Vin is still set up if you wanna take those photos with me." He asked.

Which effectively caused Marin to shut down, simply standing there with a red face. "Uh, I-"

"Marin, can I have a lollipop? Can I? Can I? Can I?" She asked, as he simply sighed.

"Sorry Adrien, I-" Marin began, but immediately he was cut off as Vincent spotted little Manon.

"Perfecto! She's perfect for the set!" Vincent said excitedly, to which Manon as well grew enthusiastic. "Will you please model with little dear?" He asked kindly to which she nodded rapidly.

Adrien smiled at her, shaking her small hand professionally as she ran ahead with Alya. Marin sighed, happy that Manon was having fun, but was taken off guard as Arien approached him.

"I hope we can take a raincheck on those photos, Marin." He asked, to which Marin nodded once, wondering how anyone else could stand Adrien's pure radiance. The two walking together towards their friends.

Notes:

-Poor Marin he was so close.

- If some episodes seem like filler, I try to add some content in for future episodes.

- Chat is very much on the line of, trying to get senpai to notice him, while on the brink of fully fledged love

- pet names are very much a staple of my writing

- Chat noir doin' a protecc, but he also atacc

-Marin's phone will be broken for a while, for future reasons.

- Do not worry, Marin will get those photos. :3

- Also Ladybug will most mostly mute for a while, for character reasons