"Okay, lean a little to the left, yeah, perfect!" Nino clicked away on the camera shutter as Adrien leaned against the wall. The boys were doing an impromptu photo shoot as Adrien's regular photographer was sick.
"Are you sure this will wash out?" Adrien stared at his red hair in the boys bathroom mirror awhile later. "Dude, its kool-aid! Of course it will!" Adrien sighed, missing his blonde hair. "You'd just better have a hat in your locker before the Gorilla picks me up. Nino?" Nino froze. "No, dude. I forgot the hat when I was downloading the latest Taylor album!" Oh, this was bad. Very bad. If Father saw his hair, Adrien could be grounded for life. Okay, maybe not that long, but still….
"Don't panic. Maybe I have a ball cap in my bag," Nino hustled Adrien out of the bathroom and back into the locker room. "Or maybe Marinette has something?" Adrien pointed to Marinette at her open locker as she gathered her books to take home.
"Quick, get her attention before she walks away!" "Marinette, wait up!" Nino called, and Marinette turned, and Adrien's heart gave a extra thump. She's so beautiful, he thought. "What's up, Nino?" "My man Adrien here needs a ball cap or a hat to cover the Kool-Aid," Nino told her. "Huh?" "Nino dyed my hair with food coloring for a photo shoot and my driver going to pick me up soon."
"I don't have anything here," Marinette told the boys, and Adrien groaned internally. "But I have some at home. Could you text your bodyguard and tell him to pick me up at my place?" Adrien's phone was already out.
Adrien loved Marinette's cozy room as he had spent quite a bit of time here as Cat Noir, but it was nice to hang out without the mask for a change.
"Hey, are these tattoos?" Adrien asked, looking at her slightly cluttered desk. She walked over with a ball cap. "They will be," she sighed. "I haven't been able to test them out on anyone yet, and yes, its temporarily." Adrien smiled as he saw a black cat and ladybug side-by-side. As it should be, he thought.
"Hey, could you do the ladybug on me? Um, I mean to test it out?" he stammered. Marinette giggled. "Sure, but you might want to wear long sleeves at home."
Later that night, Adrien admired his tattoo, thinking of his Lady, and the fun time he had at Marinette's. She's my everyday Bugaboo, he thought as he drifted off to sleep.