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For the rest of the week you taught Luppus everything you knew about cell phone stuff.

Adrien didn't come to class in a week, Felix went to his house every day to deliver class notes and everyone thought Adrien was just having the flu, which was not the case. But in relation to helping Ladybug with the akumatized victims he was doing, without that cheerful energy and silly puns, you only saw it on TV and you had never seen Chat Noir so serious and focused on work.

"Playing Adrien's private delivery man sucks. I'm not having time to get close to Lila. If we're gonna follow that plan I need the afternoon off." Felix said honestly as he kept his eyes on a book sitting next to you at schoolyard.

"That's ok. I got someone else to do this since he's not from school she won't even suspect of anything." You said smirking.

He looked at you suspiciously. "Seriously? Who's it?"

"A very handsome friend. She'll fall like a duckling." You restrained the urge to laugh while making an indifferent expression.

"More handsome than me? I doubt it." He smiled seductively and winked at you.

"Yeah, he's cute." You just ignore his teasing as always.

Certainly Felix is pretty but you didn't want to make his ego higher, if that's possible.

"I hope it works out with your friend. I've convinced Adrien to go back to school next week, things are going to get weird between you if you don't fix that soon. Come to think of it... It will be fun to witness this strange atmosphere between the two of you." He chuckled amused. As much as you tried, you couldn't be more annoying than him.

And now you were tense, Felix had touched a sore point.

You were lost thinking about how to act, how to speak and what to do when Adrien returns.

While you were spacing out with so many questions in mind, your gaze met Alya and Marinette who were across the schoolyard.

They smiled weakly at you but you turned your face away like the same way you did the last few days. Lila didn't want you to talk to anyone but Felix.

It was hard to have to hear the rumors about you in silence. Chloe took advantage of this to piss you off at first but she left you alone after Felix put her in her place.

"Felix... When you're with Adrien he asked about me?" You asked suddenly.

"Of course not, but 'cause of his depressing way lately, he certainly can't get you out of his mind..." He wrinkled his nose.

You looked away at the blue sky and one of the clouds strangely reminded you of Chat Noir's face, you also kept thinking about him and just wanted things to go back to normal again.

Under the circumstances, you seriously thought if this would be possible.

✷✷✷

That day when you got home you were surprised to find your parents in the living room.

"What a surprise... What do my dear parents do at home?" You forced an innocent smile as you sat next to them on the couch.

"We took the day off to talk to our little princess about her boyfriends..." your mother's look was serious when she showed you on her phone, that picture of you kissing Felix.

You widened your eyes and giggled guiltily as you thought about how to explain it.

"Well... I broke up with Chat Noir and forgot to tell you." You said seriously.

While your mother blinked her eyes in disbelief, your father didn't hide the sparkle of joy in his eyes.

"Thank God!" Your father celebrated with joy. Your mom elbow him.

"Oh no! Why?! He was so nice and funny... Why did you do that?" Your mother asked worriedly.

"I- it just wasn't working. I wanted to spend more time with him but he was always busy." You replied while avoiding her gaze so she wouldn't notice the lie in your eyes.

"Well done, honey. The best thing about it is that we already know your new boyfriend. But either way it'd be good if the two of you didn't show affection in public. It's being hard to keep the media away." Your father squeezed your cheek.

You mumbled rubbing your aching cheek and thought about saying that Felix wasn't your boyfriend but gave up knowing you had to explain more to them.

"Well... I have homework, I'm going to my room." You got up and went up the stairs to your room, relieved to have a good excuse to get away from this conversation.

You closed the door behind you and looked for Luppus. He was nowhere to be seen.

You thought he was sleeping in the guest room so you shrugged and went to do your homework.

A few hours passed, you looked for Luppus around the house and you didn't find him. You were worried since he had never done that before.

When the sun was already setting and you were in your bed listening to (favorite songs) to distract your mind.

You took off your headphones when you saw Luppus floating in the window with a USB stick in his little hands.

You asked where he was and he answered between laughs.

"You had to see her face when I stole this." He threw the USB stick on your hands.

"Don't tell me that you..." You dropped your jaw while he nodded with his chin up.

"After I deleted everything on her computer I hid and waited for her to arrive, when she got distracted I took her cell phone and deleted it too. After a long time she realized that all copies are gone, she was desperate and opened a hidden drawer where this USB stick was, then I took it from her hand and flee away hehehe- " You took it by his little hands and swirled over your bed with hysterical shouting.

"Oh my God! I can't believe you did it! I love you Luppus! I-I am free! Yeah! I'm free! Thank God!" You threw the USB stick hard on the floor and it broke into pieces.

You forgot that your parents were at home and they heard your shout of celebration.

"Are you the one shouting, (Y / n)?" You heard your mother's footsteps on the hall. You got off the bed and ran to the couch and turned on the TV while Luppus hid.

"No mom... It's the TV, I'm gonna turn down." You smiled with remote on your hand when she looked around your room with a suspicious look.

"Come down to dinner in 10 min." She said before leaving, leaving the door open.

As soon as she left you took out your cell phone and unlocked Chat Noir from your contact list.

You stood looking at the screen thinking about how to explain what happened.

You wondered if you should tell everything by message, call him or tell him in person.

"What do I do now Luppus?" You asked indecisively, still staring at the phone screen.

"What do you mean what do I do now? Call him and explain everything! It all made me hungry. What we gonna eat today?" He floated out of the room.

Damn it! I'll call him...

With a racing heart you put the phone next your ear after calling him... You waited many seconds and thought he wouldn't get it until...

Call:

"H-hello Chat N-noir-"

"What's the matter with YOU?"

The harsh tone of his voice left your brain in a state of panic and you couldn't think of an answer or an explanation to say.

"I-I j-just need to talk to y-you-" You stuttered after a few seconds of awkward silence.

"No way. Is this a game for you? After all that, do you suddenly need to talk to me? Suddenly it's like you're a total stranger to me. I don't know you anymore."

"Adrien I had no choice! If you let me explain you'll understand!" You said determined but only silence and a loud breath can be heard.

"You know who I am... How do you..."

You widen your eyes and slap your forehead when you realize that you accidentally called him by his name.

While you were in conflict with yourself thinking about how to take this forward he suddenly speaks.

"Now I see. After you find out it was me, you were disappointed and wanted to break up. Y-you just needed to tell me, why did you have to hurt me so much?" This time his voice failed.

He hung up before you could answer.

You tried to call him again but this time he blocked you.

Your phone's screen was fogged up by the tears that filled your eyes, blocking your vision.

"Oh come on, don't cry. You'll still have the opportunity to talk to him again." Luppus floats up to you. You just nodded lost in your thoughts.

"Why don't you call your other friends and explain what happened?" He suggested. You weren't in the mood to talk to anyone right now but you ended up doing it to distract your mind.

You called Alya and told everything that had happened.

"I didn't know that bitch was so obsessed with you. Glad you can delete the videos. Were you able to explain this to Chat Noir?" She Asked.

"I think I made things worse." You said discouraged.

"But how? Didn't he believe you?"

"He didn't even wanna listen to me."

"How silly! He will listen to you even if I have to kidnap him." She said seriously.

You curved your lips in a small smile. "Thanks Alya, I'm really happy to be able to talk to you again."

"This Lila needs a lesson! Maybe she won't leave you alone until the end of high school."

"I think I already know how to make her leave me alone. Talk to you tomorrow?"

"Thank God tomorrow is Saturday. Let's meet tomorrow? So we can have an ice cream from Andre! I'm going to call Marinette too." She said with excitement.

"Sounds great. I'm in."

The two of you would have talked more if your mother hadn't confiscated your cell phone because of the family dinner.

✷✷✷

The next day you met the girls and they did not stop talking while looking for the ice cream man André.

"Okay, enough about Lila's bitch." You looked at Marinette and smirked. She raised her eyebrows.

"Do you still have a crush on Adrien?" You asked in a whisper ignoring your racing heart when you said his name just to pay attention to Marinette's expressions.

To your surprise she did not blush like a tomato and stuttered when she answered you.

"No, I don't. I really only see him as a friend now. Didn't I tell you that I'm dating Luka?" You opened your eyes wide thinking if you heard it right.

"Not really. She stopped talking to us, remember?" Alya chuckled at the huge smile that grew on your face.

"This is wonderful!" You hugged Marinette in a bear hug. And after you realized you were overreacting a little, you released her letting it breathe.

"Look over there, girls! It's Andre! And look who's buying ice cream." You and Marinette followed Alya's gaze.

Your entire body froze when you saw Adrien beside Kagami choosing the flavor of ice cream.  He looked so crestfallen as if he didn't want to be there.

"Has he finished his flu and is going for ice cream?" Marinette asked.

"HEY ADRIEN! WE ARE RIGHT HERE!" Alya shouted as she waved her hand.

You couldn't even hear your thoughts 'cause of the sound of your heart pounding when he and Kagami looked in the direction of the three of you.

Your eyes met for just a second, but it was as if time had stopped and things around were silent. All you heard was your heart pounding. While the look of the two of you was sustained you saw in the gleam of his eyes the pain and anguish that he tried to hide with the weak and sad smile that curved his lips.

You couldn't take that suffocating feeling of being looked at by him like that and it was as if your legs were moving by themselves when you ran out of there.

You felt the wind take the tear drops that fell on your cheek as you turned the corner and ran without looking carefully at the obstacles on the way.

Until in front of a mall you hit your face on the chest of a tall guy and the speed of your run caused you to ricochet back and before you hit the ground, the boy grabbed your hand and pulled you back, making you stand against his chest again.

You walked away awkwardly and were about to apologize but when you looked up and realized it was Felix, you just sighed in relief without saying anything as you got your breath back.

"What the hell are you doing running like an idiot without looking where you are going?" His rude tone disguised the concern in his voice.

You avoided his gaze while running your hand over your slightly damp cheeks and drying them.

"You came my way out of nowhere!" You answered looking back to see Alya and Marinette around the corner.

They came up to you and asked why you ran out suddenly. You gave a good excuse saying that you forgot that you would help Felix find a birthday present for his mother.

"Look at his angry face for making him wait for an hour." Luckily he joined your game and made an impatient expression crossing his arms.

"Wow (Y / n). You look just like Marinette forgetting things." Alya said surprised and you laughed nervously, you said goodbye and they came back where they came from.

"Okay, now you're going to explain to me what's going on." He demanded by frowned.

"Okay, but it's a long story so let's go to that mall and have a snack." He followed you into the mall and you explained everything that happened while the two of you were eating a hamburger.

...

"How come you didn't call me as soon as your 'friend' was able to delete the videos?" He asked indignantly.

"Don't overdo it, I was going to tell you at school." You said indifferently paying attention to the hamburger in your hands.

"This is not the point, We are... Ah never mind. About the idiot Adrien, I'd like to know why he was mistaken that way. For a famous model of magazine, he should be more confident. He's either too modest or too stupid." Felix's words made you think for a moment and you managed to connect things.

"I think I know why he reacted like that." You laughed sheepishly. Felix arched an eyebrow curiously and asked why.

"Last year I used to treat him with contempt 'cause he was clueless." You said ashamed of yourself, but to your surprise Felix looked at you with such a twinkle of admiration in his eyes and a genuine smile.

With that kind expression he looked absurdly like Adrien and it brought you memories of what happened minutes ago, that heartache returned again.

"Why do you look like a nice guy?Doesn't suit you." You rested your chin on your hand, looking away trying to get Adrien out of your mind.

"I wish I had moved here last year to see all of this happening." His smile was suddenly somber but when he saw your distant look from reality he sighed boredly.

"Well... Do you have anything in mind to fix things?  If you need my help, I'm right here. In fact, you owe me a lot of favors." He smiled pretentious.

You thought about what he said and the only way was to explain everything to Adrien in person.

Your heart raced at the thought of having to speak to Adrien in person, since you just had an anxiety attack just by looking at him.

"Felix... You need to help me! I don't know if I'll be able to do this, can you explain everything to him for me?" You pleaded with irregular breathing and received a disapproving look from him.

"(Y /n), I wanna help you but he's your boyfriend and you two have to work it out between you. Do I look like a cupid?" He frowned. This time he was right.

"I know... But I don't know what's going on with me, just thinking about talking to him makes my mind freeze and it's like I can't breathe." You were embarrassed when Felix hid his face with one hand so you wouldn't see his mocking face.

That's what happens by saying what you feel to an impassive boy. You should talk to Alya or Marinette, but unfortunately they can't know about that.

"Because of the things Lila forced you to do to break up with Chat Noir and the fact that it hurt him and discovered his identity a short time ago, you developed a type of anxiety disorder when you thought you had to face it.  And maybe you have a secret fear of being rejected even though he knows the truth." He tried to be serious but still had small smiles on his lips. Still, you were puzzled by his response.

Damn it... He's absolutely right this time.

"As the good friend that I am, I'll give you some advice. You don't have to be so tense, he's in love with you and if things don't work out, the worst that can happen is rejection, which I very much doubt will happen." He wrinkled his nose.

You weren't completely convinced but you felt a little more relaxed.

"Thanks... Do you feel good? It's just that you're being so nice." You looked at him for some hidden intention on his face.

"I'm perfectly good. I'm just looking forward to Monday..." He smiled somberly. You raised an eyebrow.

But then you understood what he meant. On Monday you would probably have to face your fear and talk to Adrien.

You shook your head and tried not to think about it so you wouldn't get tense again.