A/n: one (maybe two depending on how long it gets) more part after this one dw ;)

The past few days had been a rush. There was never a dull moment, even when the class had to fill out boring worksheets. Being paired up with Luka made everything fun. They'd had a blast posing like the statues in the museum, they'd walked through the coliseum and had play fights with foam swords, they'd gotten a total mess of flour making pasta from scratch. And today they'd been to a glass factory. Not some boring industrial one, glass art. The famous Italian glass beaded jewellery, stained glass windows in churches, intricate wine bottles, all made in that factory. Getting to make their own glass beaded bracelets, Adrien and Luka had decided to make matching ones when they saw sun and moon charms in the big box of supplies. So they, very anxiously and carefully, mixed the dye in with the hot glass and dropped it into the cooling moulds to make the beads, and thread them along with the charms onto sturdy string.

Nerve racking, since it was literally so hot it was glowing red, but satisfying to hear the sizzle when the glass hit the cold water.

Now though, the class was back at the hotel, winding down for the night. Showering, pyjamas, brushing teeth and getting into bed. Adrien sat in front of the mirror with his hair pulled out of his face, wiping off the sunscreen and lip balm from the day.

"You and your model routine" Nino teased, already in pyjamas and playing with his switch, hanging upside down off his bed.

"I'd like to see the state of your skin up close" Adrien retorted.

"Shut up, I'm clean"

"Only because Alya got you to start using cleanser"

Nino just scoffed and snickered, he couldn't deny that he'd absolutely been hit with the girlfriend effect. He HAD improved with skin and hair since getting a girlfriend.

"I'll be back, I'm taking a bath" Adrien said, getting up and grabbing his towel, bag of soap and skincare, and pyjamas.

"Have fun" Nino replied, too stuck into his game to really care.

Adrien headed to the baths, it being rather late, it was mostly empty. The main communal Roman bath, which you had to be in swimwear for, was empty. Most had gone to bed by now. A few of the private ones however, had their doors locked, so some were still up and about. He headed to the nearest with an open door, and locked it behind him. The room was dimly lit, mood lighting, but enough to see clearly so no one would slip.

The bath was filled with warm water, flowing in from an aqueduct and out through another, so it was always full of fresh water. Around the edges were decorated with Roman mosaics, and on the walls were art of varying myths. In this particular room, the muses were painted up on the walls with their instruments. Adrien set his things aside on the provided shelf, and shed his clothes to soak in the warm bath.

It felt like sitting in a hot tub, with the gentle flow and bubble of the water and the warm temperature. The room smelt nice, incense burning up on the windowsill. The windows stained and frosted to allow light but no creeps to peep in. And above it some vents for air flow so the room didn't get too humid and steamy.

Adrien leaned back in the bath, looking up at the mosaic ceiling patterns with the sun and moon around the main light. Immediately his mind went to the bracelets he and Luka made that day, also sun and moon themed. He bought his hand up, the bracelets still on his wrist, looking at the golden glass beads and sun charm.

"Gods I'm so down bad..." he muttered.

"Yeah no shit"

Adrien jumped, completely forgetting that the ring on his finger came with a kwami for a moment there.

"FUCKing Christ- Plagg!" He exclaimed, sitting up.

Plagg snickered, sitting on the edge of the bath with his feet dangling into the water. The two had been together as holder and kwami so long, and kwami not exactly having the same emotions and urges as humans did, meant Adrien couldn't care less Plagg had followed him into the bath. He'd follow him into the shower at home, JUST to yap about something stupid all the time. That tiny cat had no care for privacy sometimes...

"You've been practically drooling over him this whole trip" Plagg said.

"How can I not, have you seen him?" Adrien replied.

"I have eyes bro, yes I've seen him. And hey I agree he's a good match for YOU. I however, only find love in cheese"

Adrien rolled his eyes, here we go again with the cheese....

"Forget asexual, you're the only kawami that's not. You're cheesesexual" Adrien said.

"Damn right, and I'm proud of it" Plagg joked.

Adrien grabbed his body wash and loofah, if Plagg was going to yap about cheese again, he may as well get things done to drown him out as background nosies.

"But in all seriousness, now is absolutely the time to bag him. You've only got another week here and then you're back at your shitty dads place where you'll be watched 24/7. But while you're here? Aaalllll the way across the border and nowhere near him? Perfect time to smooch the pretty emo" Plagg explained.

"I know I just... how do I even tell him? I can't just walk up to him and go 'Hi Luka, I'm in love with you and I want to make sweet, passionate love with you in a Roman bath before we go home so I won't get grilled by my ass of a dad" Adrien replied.

"Why not?"

"That's awkward! Ugh you're no help"

"No I'm not really"

Adrien wanted so badly to make this happen before the end of the trip. Each day he spent with Luka only made him ache for the boy more and more. For not just his loving smile and angelic laugh, but the image of Luka soaked and sitting across from him in this bath wouldn't leave his mind.

"Maybe start with the communal bath? Like ask him to relax like it's hot tub. Then things can move to this bath" Plagg suggested.

That... wasn't too bad actually. Although Adrien wasn't sure what he'd say to get Luka from one bath to the other. Maybe he could use the communal bath as kind of a test- to feel out the situation and if Luka would be open to something more. And if he was, he could invite him out AGAIN, then transfer to the private baths that time?

"Hmm... maybe..." Adrien muttered.

"Adrien you're hormonal teens that just turned legal, you really think he'd deny the chance to feel up a MODEL, you're a MODEL Adrien" Plagg said.

"It's not like that, I want him to want me for me. Not just because I'm a famous model. I want him to... to dick me down lovingly. Not in a hook up way"

Plagg shrugged, he was out of ideas. Again, love wasn't his thing unless it was cheese. And kwami didn't even HAVE sexual reproduction organs so he couldn't exactly tell Adrien how to go about that side of it, he never felt that himself. He'd have to wear tiny clothes if he did have them, which he didn't like the idea of. Adrien had tried to dress him up for fun, make him little doll sized outfits. Plagg refused, of course. Proceeded to be chased around the room and forced into a sailor moon uniform for a few minutes. Plagg didn't like clothes...

"You'll figure it out kid... adult, you're technically an adult now. Nah that sounds weird, imma keep calling you kid. I'm like a Millenia older than you anyway" Plagg said.

"And yet, you still act like a toddler in the terrible twos stage" Adrien sassed.

Whatever he was going to do, he had only this weekend and the next week to figure it out. As soon as he left Rome, he might miss his chance.