Ch4

Adrien shifted under his father's gaze. Great he had to actually read the newspaper. Well technically he would've found out anyway from the school who sent out a call to all the parents about the armed intrusion but still this was the last thing he would want his father to hear about.

"F-Father please it was just a random coincidence," He said softly. "Please don't force me to leave."

His father frowned his steely gaze piercing him. "Some hoodlums nearly got to you."

"But they didn't," he said quickly. "Cat Noir saved me just in time." More like Venom bit his head off. His alien partner's desire for brains was something he was slowly getting used to.

His father sat back in his seat. "Fine but your bodyguard will be on standby in case anything happens."

A wave of relief hit him. "Thank you father."

His father looked him over and frowned. "Your clothes look tight on you are, did we add weight lifting to his regiment Nathalie?"

Nathalie frowned and shook her head. "No sir. I noticed his clothes were getting small on him not too long ago."

He laughed awkwardly. "Um yeah I've been doing some workouts in my room and even did some weights at school."

"I see. Well you may go to your room. Nathalie and I will assure you are more protected in the future," his father said.

"Thank you father," he said. As soon as he left the room he breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank god he isn't taking me out of school."

Venom's head formed and looked at him. "Your father is cold but do you think he could provide us with brains?"

He raised an eyebrow. "I don't think I could ask for that without an awkward talk." Though a part of him wondered how it would go if he asked he dad can I get some fresh brains for a school experiment?

"Your right. Besides I prefer them fresh," Venom said as they entered his room.

As soon as he closed his door he raise a hand and shot a symbiotic tendril at his ipod on the piano. Classical music began to play as he summoned tendrils to organize his room and clean up a bit.

"Adrien is your father always so cold?" Venom asked.

He frowned. "He isn't personal but he cares about me in his own way."

The symbiote looked at him with an unreadable expression. "Something is off about him."

"Oh don't worry he's always cold and domineering," he said as he plopped himself down on the couch. Yeah it's not normal the more I know but it's the way he is. He had long accepted his father would never change into someone warm and caring. Some would say it was sad but he was used to it.

He had some time to kill before he met up with his friends at the pool so he decided to play some video games. "Plagg want to join me and Venom?"

His kwami flew out of his ring. "I don't play video games."

"Come on we could use a third player," he said as symbiotic arm formed from his side and grabbed the other controller.

"Yes come on kwami I want to kick some ass," Venom said.

Plagg frowned. "Fine."

He extended his arm and grabbed the smaller control with a few tendrils. "Alright lets play."

It was his usual favorite game to play and he had to admit Venom was doing good with his two symbiotic arms forming from this sides and was actually a pretty impressive person to play against. Plagg did his best but it was obvious the kwami wasn't much of a gamer.

"Haha I win!" Venom said as he took the final point.

"Good job Venom," he said.

The symbiote laughed. "Come on you should have more fun with your life."

He stood up and stretched. "Well I have you guys for that." While he already could experience freedom with Plagg, Venom was a big jolt of excitement in his life. Yeah his desire to eat brains was disturbing but he'd figure something out. "Come on I don't want to be late to the pool."

Nathalie had a schedule photo shoot for later in the evening and he wanted to get as much of his time with his friends that he could. As he sifted through his swim trunks he debated which one to wear.

"You know if you could just wear the symbiote?" Venom suggested.

He raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure? To be hones the never considered wearing the symbiote for civilian purposes but he had to admit it felt good.

Venom shrugged. "It would save you time."

"True." He thought of it for a bit and shrugged. "Why not."

After packing his things he went to his limo where his bodyguard was waiting for him. Hopefully I don't run into anymore complications. He didn't know why those men wanted him but if they did try to attack him he would defend himself. I'll try to investigate it later.

As soon as he arrived at the local pool he told his bodyguard to wait in the car. "I'll let you know if I need anything. Don't worry I'll be safe." His bodyguard nodded and began to flip through his phone like he usually did.

At the locker room he found a quiet place and focused on the symbiote. He had been using for superhero suits but now he wanted something a bit more casual. Alright here I go. He thought of how he wanted his swimwear to look and he soon felt it on his skin. After making sure no one was around he slowly lowered his pants and indeed saw a nice pair of black swimwear attached to his body. Great.

He quickly stripped and looked himself in the mirror and had to admit he looked good. Well I do look like a model. Oh wait I am one. He had been growing muscle since he started being Cat Noir but whatever manipulations Venom was doing had done wonders. His pecs and biceps were larger and his abs firmer than before, soon he'd have to have his wardrobe redfitted.

Not that I'm complaining of course. Hopefully father doesn't get upset. He shrugged and swung his towel over his shoulder before exiting the locker room. Frankly he felt great, really great. It might have been Venom's influence but he wanted to hang loose.

Upon exiting the locker room he saw some of his friends from school. "Yo Adrien dude you look great," Nino said as he looked him over repeatedly.

The two high fived. "Yeah new work out routine." Turning around he saw Nathaniel and Marc. "Hey guys!"

Nathaniel looked at him and did a double take while Marc's face turned redder than Nathaniel's hair. "H-Hey Adrien." He winked at them playfully and both of their faces turned redder than Nathaniel's hair.

He then went over and saw some of his other friends. "Hey Adrien glad you could make it." Looking up he saw Luka, the older teen was a bit taller than him but always seemed to have a calm smile on his face.

"Hey glad to be here," he said. "Want to practice diving with me?"

Luka smiled. "Sure why not."

With that the two went to the diving platforms and climbed up. As he walked on the diving board he took a deep breath before jumping off. Extending his arms the air brushed against him before he hit the water. It was a refreshing experience as soon as he got out of the pool he went back to the diving board.

His heart raced as he enjoyed the evening with his friends, despite knowing them for such a short amount of time he was grateful for the friendship he gave them. He was chatting with Luka and Nino when Venom tugged on his mind.

"Hey kid that girl has been staring at us the entire time," The symbiote said in his head.

He discreetly looked out of his corner and that was when he saw her Marinette was watching him with wide as and an unnerving smile. As soon as she noticed he saw her she ducked away behind the wall.

Oh Marinette? Yeah she usually does that thinking I don't notice her. Yeah it was kind of weird but he figured she was just shy.

"Kid I think that girl is trouble; be careful around her," Venom warned.

He shrugged and looked at the clock on the wall. Fine. I have to go to the photo shoot anyway. Alya called Nino over leaving him alone with Luka. "Hey man I got to go for some personal things."

Luka nodded. "No worries Adrien glad you could be here. We should hang out sometime."

He nodded as he took in Luka's carefree smile. "I'd like that"

The two high fived before he left to the showers. After washing himself off he quickly got changed and left the building where he found his bodyguard waiting for him. "Alright lets go."

His bodyguard nodded and let him into the limo. As he checked his phone he noticed a message from Nathalie. "Looks like it will be a new photographer, hopefully, father isn't too hard on her." His father had a habit of being overly critical and at times his criticism had cost people their jobs.

As soon as they arrived at the park he noticed the usual film crew along with a blonde haired girl in her mid twenties. "H-Hi Adrien I'll be your photographer today," She said with a tense smile.

He smiled at her. "Nice to meet you, is this your first time?"

The girl nodded awkwardly

Oh boy, poor girl. Some companies had a habit of sending new people to his photoshoots and if they heard bad things from his father they would have an excuse to fire her."Don't worry we'll be fine just do your best," he said.

The girl nodded. "Th-Thanks. Come on lets get you ready."

Placing his phone in his bag he set it on a nearby bench before getting ready for the first round of photos. The clothing was summer casual so mostly just a few t-shirts and shorts. It was the usual stuff except it all fit a little too snuggly, he made a mental note to tell Nathalie later.

As soon as he was done he returned home. "Well that was easier than I thought." He looked at the ring on his finger. "Come on guys time for patrol. Plagg claws out!"

As soon as he transformed into Cat Noir Venom's symbiote immersed him, wrapping its powerful essence around him. "Alright lets go." Extending his baton he leaped from building to building in the city.

He landed on a rooftop and scanned the area. So far so good. Looking around he noticed Marinette and Alya talking to each other in the distance.

Curiosity got the better of him so he carefully moved towards them with the intent of saying hi to a few old friends in his superhero persona.

"I know it's just he left all of a sudden I thought something happened," Marinette said. "I can't stand it when Adrien just disappears like that."

He froze. What?

Alya patted her back. "You think too much. Adrien probably just had a photoshoot or something?"

Why are they talking about me? He leaned his head further, thanks to the symbiote his hearing was enhanced and he could hear the girls perfectly.

"I know its just I fear he'll get close to another girl," Marinette said. "I already have our future planned out I don't want someone to ruin it."

"Calm down remember when you tried to ruin Kagami's shoe over her being close to him?" Alya said.

Excuse me? He froze his body rigid as he listened to the girls.

"I know but I planned everything for us to be together. I didn't memorize his schedule for nothing," Marinette declared proudly.

His jaw dropped. What? For a second he thought he misheard the girls but deep inside a sense of dread washed over him.

Alya laughed. "Yeah that and the shrine and all those photos of him in your room."

Shrine? Photos?

"Yeah I took some more of him while his back was turned yesterday in class. Come on lets do our homework," Marinette said as the two girls entered the bakery.

He froze his mind processing what he had just heard. Shrine? Photos? His mind was still processing all the information he just heard.

Granted he was a model so that didn't bother him as much, but still Marinette's odd behavior was becoming more and more clear. His stomach turned as he thought of all the weird times she always seemed to be around when no one else should know. Or how he would occasionally see her out of the corner of his eyes watching him with this dopey grin on her face.

He slowly covered his mouth as the realization hit him. "Oh my god she's stalking me."

"Kid this could be trouble. Don't mess with stalkers they are crazy!" Venom said.

A sense of violation filled his body. I can't believe she would do this. He covered his mouth and quickly found a trash can and vomited as a wave of disgust washed over him.