Adrien's POV

I get to school, dreading the thought of seeing Marinette.

But when classes are ready to begin and she hasn't come in.

Miss Bustier doesn't seem to notice, so maybe she called in.

I'm just happy I don't have to see her until Monday.

During lunch Alya mentions that Marinette had said she was sick, but I keep thinking about how to ask Nino if he would cover for me.

I've never had a real sleepover with him, and it seems weird to pretend.

The other times I've spent the night at y/n's, I left late and returned early, so nobody noticed, except Felix, but it would be better to leave early and return late this time.

What if I just came clean?

Would it be really bad?

After school, I mention to Nino that I'm staying over at y/n's, just asking for advice on how to keep it a secret.

"Dude, just tell your mom you'll be with me. You could even give her my digits, in case. If she texts, I'll cover you."

"You wouldn't mind?"

"Bro, it's not hard. Of course I don't!"

"Thanks, Nino. You're the best!"

"You already knew that, though."

"Yep." We can't talk any longer because my car pulls up.

The ride is of course silent.

I wish my bodyguard would talk, I don't know why he never does.

We get home, and I find Mom.

She's in the study, going over some of Father's last designs.

Is she planning to try and sell more?

Nobody is gonna buy from Hawkmoth.

"Hey, Mom!"

"Hi, Honey. How was school?"

"Not too bad. We had a test in math."

"Fun." She says absentmindedly.

"I guess. Um, would it be OK if I had a sleepover?"

"With who?"

"Uh, Nino."

"Will his parents be there?"

"Yes?"

"Yeah, sure, just be polite, and thank your hosts."

"Will do!"

She goes back to her papers, and I run out before she realizes she didn't really pay attention and starts asking more questions.

"Pack lots of cheese!" Plagg suggests as he watches me gather some things.

"Get what you want."

I laugh as he grabs everything he can carry and dumps it into my bag.

"That better not melt all over my clothes."

"But then you'll have the best cologne ever! Way better than your carefree and dreamy stuff."

I chuckle at him and continue packing around his cheese.

I text y/n to ask when I should come over, and she says her dad had already left, and s/n will soon.

So I decide to wait about an hour.

Luckily, since Mom is still busy when I do leave, she doesn't ask a lot of questions, just tells me to have fun, leave my phone on, and give her a number if she can't reach me, so I put down Nino's.

I take my bag and head out, then hide to transform.

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Your mother and s/n had barely gotten out when you hear a knock at the front door.

You hurry to open it, and grin happily at Cat.

"Hi Kitty!" You let him get inside before you hug him.

"Hi Angel!" He says, returning the hug.

"So mom will be back soon, but for now, let's make plans! What movie do we watch? What's for dinner? How much junk food do we have?"

"Hmm, I don't know, something yummy, and all of it!"

"Sounds good!" You giggle.

"Hey, why don't you have anything? Did you forget it?" You suddenly notice.

"Ahh, that's a good question. I don't know where it goes, buuttt," He detransforms and now has a duffel bag.

"Whoa! Where does it go?!" You ask.

"I don't know! Do you, Plagg?" Adrien asks, opening the bag where Plagg has phased into.

"Uhh, magic." Plagg says through a mouthful of cheese.

"Good enough." You laugh.

"OK, you can put that in my room for now, if you want?" You suggest.

"Sure."

So you run to your room and he drops the bag gently onto the bed.

"Hey, where do we plan on sleeping? Your mom may be more chill than your dad, but she still probably wouldn't like us sharing the bed." He asks.

"We can make a fort, if you want?"

"I absolutely want!"

"Yay!"

"But, that is something we should do with my mom here, so she can tell us if she doesn't want us to use something. She won't be back for at least 30 minutes, they just left. S/n kept forgetting stuff."

"Good thing I waited, huh?"

"Very good thing. S/n would've been a huge tattletale."

"Ah, shameful."

"Indeed." You laugh.

"So, how was it? At school?" You ask tentatively.

"It was fine, Marinette called in sick."

"Whew."

"Yeah. And then when I asked if I could sleepover, Mom was kinda busy so didn't pay much attention and just believed that I would be with Nino, so we shouldn't have to worry."

"Good, good. This might go off without a hitch!"

"Pawsibly!"

You laugh before falling into silence, just staring at each other.

"What are you so happy about?" You ask, starting to catch his contagious smile.

"This is gonna be so fun."

"Oh yeah, the best sleepover ever!"

You both laugh giddily at each other and go to the living room.

"OK so maybe we can put the fort here, attached to the couch?" You suggest.

"Yeah, and have lots of blankets and pillows and stuff!"

"Yes!! Ooh and we can raid the fridge!"

"Good idea!"

"We could make cookies or something too!"

"Yum! I think I'm getting a sugar high just talking about it!"

"That's how you know it'll be a good time."

"Although, we should probably have something decently good for us."

"Boooo!" Adrien complains.

"Hey, it's for you! Your fancy diet probably can't handle an overload."

"It's fine!" He insists.

"OK. But don't blame me if things turn sour."

"Nefur!"

You laugh at him, then turn to the door.

You'd heard the key in the lock, and now watch your mother enter the room.

"Y/n, did you get my text?" She asks without turning to you.

"Oh, no. I was talking to Adrien." You get your phone and see where she had texted and asked if you wanted her to pick up something for dinner.

"Ah. When will he get here?" She asks, turning around.

"Never mind. Hello Adrien."

"Hi Mrs. L/n!"

"Oh please, you don't need to be so formal."

"OK, Mom!" He beams at her.

"Well, when you drop formalities you certainly lose them."

"Yeah, I like nicknames."

She nods, and goes to put some things she'd taken with her away.

"Dude, you can't call her Mom! That would be like you're my brother! Gross!"

"No, because she'll be my Mother-in-Law, so like, a second Mom!"

"I guess." You shrug at him.

"OK, now that Mom's home, lets get to work on the fort!" You say, grabbing a blanket.

"Hooray!" Adrien cheers and takes one as well.

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OK so I wasn't planning on splitting this but then I fell asleep while writing and even though I was looking forward to making this I kept getting writers block?? Idk, the next one will be better though! Sorry for being late!