If his blond, stuck-up, childhood friend took another step in his direction he would crack. He didn't care that she was his first "friend" or that on the inside she was conflicted. Chloe Bougouis had made this Chat's Noir list (pun much intended).

     Defying the laws of probability (or perhaps fur-filling them) Chloé had caused another akuma. Of course the victim began trashing the city and Paris' middle-school heroes had to miss the later part of their lunch break in order to deal with the small phase of chaos. Adrien could normally take the latter, but today was special. Nino was preparing to treat Adrien to a triple-decker Dupain-Cheng chocolate, vanilla, bacon soufflé. Sure the bacon throws you for a loop but--according to his best friend-- "it's totally worth your time dude".

     Nino and him had made the short journey across the street to the bakery, but something was off. It wasn't the birds or the unnaturally clear sky. It was the giant stick of butter that sailed over their heads and lay waste to the building.

     Butter was everywhere, ranging from sticks to paste and spray. Adrien used his cat-like reflexes to dodge what he could but Nino wasn't so lucky.

     "Dude help! I'm stuck." His feet trapped under a near perfect stick, the heat began to rise as the butter melted.

     There was not a moment to lose. Nino could be covered in burns in the span of twenty seconds. He Adrien's eyes darted from left to right, no one except Nino in sight. He slid off his white button up which was layered over his black t-shirt as usual. Confusion was present on the other boy's face and he began to shout.

     "This isn't the time to show off your abs dude! Get me outta here!"

     "Nino!" Adrien--who seemed to have not have heard him--cried, "I'll go get help. Use this to wipe off your face before it burns!"

     The white piece of designer Agreste clothing flew through the air and completed its mission,Operation: Successfully cover best friend's face then save him was a go!

     Opening his palm, where he had quickly stashed Plagg before stripping off his apparel he was met with a harsh glare, "Next time you start stripping please make sure I am not apart of it."

     Adrien met Plagg's gaze dumbstruck, only infuriating the kwami further, with a heat rising to his cheeks the teenager began to defend himself, "Pffff. what? I-I don't, s-stripping?! Wh--"

     "Shut up Sin-namon Roll. We don't have time for this. Transform now!"

     With a glare at his flustered charge, Plagg flew into the ring with the call of "Plagg, c-claws out!"

     Nino's protests about being unable to us his arms in the first place stopped as the Chat Noir pulled the sticky, yellow-stained shirt off of the struggling boy's face, "Are you Nino? The guy that that guy screaming through the streets told me needed help?"

    The surprise on Nino's face etched into an amazement, "Chat Noir! Yes, that's me. Dude, Alya's gonna get a kick out of this!"

     Chat gave a cocky grin before bringing out his staff. He extended it as a boost to land on top of the nearby lamp post. His face contorted into an expression of concentration while he extended the baton longer, easily slicing right through the center of the butter stick, making it weak enough for Nino to escape on his own. He jumped down after a few seconds, "Ok, I've got it mostly cut apart, you can take it from here. After you're out find some cover. In the mean time, I need to find a certain Lady."

     Nino shouted his thanks as he pushed out on the left side of his prison. Chat gave a small salute, before moving across the roofs at lightning speed. A ring from his communicator was all it took for him to pick up, "Well, hello My Lady. Lovely afternoon we have here, you're looking amazing as usual."

     The girl on the other side of the screen rolled her eyes, "Chat, I've got eyes on the akuma. I'll send you his location."

     "The only person I have eyes for is you."

"Well, I think someone to your left deserves more attention."

"Wha-?"

The answer was clear when Chloe suddenly barreled into him, knocking him off balance.