Marinette ran inside the hotel after finally getting the glasses that Jagged Stone had asked for (she had to make them herself, by the way, since the glasses Jagged wanted didn't exist), and was surprised to find no one in the reception.

"Adrien?!" she called loudly, hoping that someone would hear her "Arianne?!" no one answered "They probably went to do something fun. And now I'm all alone here"

"No offence taken" she heard a familiar sarcastic voice behind her, and turned around to find Thiago standing by himself by the stairs.

"I'm sorry, Thiag" she apologised as she approached the guy "I didn't see you there. What are you doing?"

"Nothing" replied the boy "Literally. This is the most boring thing I've ever done in my life. All I have to do is stand here" Marinette chuckled upon hearing that "At least I've got you here to keep me company now. What are you up to?"

"Jagged Stone wanted some really weird glasses" explained the girl, as she took them out from her bag "I didn't find them anywhere, so I had to make them" Thiago opened his eyes wide upon seeing the glasses. The lenses were in the shape of two Eiffel Towers, and it had the national colours: blue, red and white. They were pretty impressive.

"You did this?" asked Thiago, clearly impressed by the girl's talent, who nodded "Woah. Marinette, these are amazing" Marinette giggled nervously upon hearing his words.

"You think so?"

"Definitely!" he nodded "Aria told me that you were a designer, but I never actually got a chance to see your work! You are very talented, Mari"

"Thanks" Marinette said with a giggle "I really have to get them to him now"

"You are going to abandon me?" asked Thiago with a pout as he handed her the glasses.

"I'm sorry" she replied "But I'll have some free time later, so I'll come and hang out with you!" Thiago smiled.

"Sure. Good luck" that being said, Marinette went off.

"I'm sorry" Arianne finally spoke up after two minutes of uncomfortable silence, making Adrien look at her curiously.

"What are apologising for?" he asked, he didn't think that the girl had done anything wrong.

"For acting the way I did" she replied softly "I should've straight up told you what was going on instead of avoiding you" she was apologising beforehand, because she still hadn't told him how she felt about the kiss.

"I'm sorry, too" said Adrien "I shouldn't have kissed you like that. I should've thought you didn't feel the same way I do" Arianne's heart started to race upon hearing his words. It was pretty obvious by the fact that he kissed her that he was in love with her, too, but hearing him admitting out loud made it real.

Adrien Agreste was actually in love with her, and felt the same way she did about him.

"N-no, I do!" she hurriedly corrected his statement, making Adrien frown confused upon hearing that "Adrien, I've been in love with you since we were thirteen" he arched his eyebrows in surprise upon hearing that.

"Then why did you run away when I kissed you?" he questioned, trying to make sense of what was happening. Arianne took a deep breath. She had to explain to him what was going. she couldn't avoid it forever.

"Because you took me by surprise" replied the girl. That was true, though it wasn't the actual reason of it "And...I might hurt someone I care about if we start dating" Adrien then understood what was going on and why she had reacted the way she did.

Because she was selfless.

"How are you so sure you will?" he questioned quietly, and Arianne paused to gather her thoughts before starting speaking.

"I've got a friend" she finally spoke up, looking at him, to find him staring right back at her "And...she has a crush on you" Adrien raised an eyebrow upon hearing the announcement.

"Can I ask who she is?" questioned Adrien, but he already suspected he was going to receive a negative answer. And he did. And he didn't mind. Loyalty comes first; if he was in the same situation, he would do the same thing as Aria was doing. Keeping a secret.

"Sorry" Arianne shook her head to confirm his suspicion "I can't tell you"

"It's okay. I thought so" he replied in assurance "But...have you ever thought about talking to this friend of yours and explain to her what's going on? Maybe she'll understand"

"I have" Arianne nodded in confirmation "But...I'm worried what her reaction will be. What if she hates me?"

"Don't say that" replied Adrien, shaking his head "You're the most amazing and selfless person I know. Nobody can hate you" Arianne smiled upon hearing his words. They gave her a bit more of confidence "And if she does hate you...maybe she wasn't really your friend in the first place"

"Thanks, Adrien" said the girl, hugging him, and Adrien squeezed her tightly "You always know what to say"

"I try" replied the boy with a chuckle and a tad of modesty as they broke apart. His expression then turned solemn "But...can you promise me something?"

"Yeah" Arianne immediately nodded "Anything"

"Don't avoid me again" he replied "I really can't take it" Arianne chuckled upon hearing that.

"I was having a hard time doing it if you want me to be honest" she replied, making Adrien smile "I promise I won't do it again"

"And...take all the time you need to figure all this out" he added "I'll wait as long as I have to. My feelings for you won't change" Arianne was very touched by his words, and smiled with a nod.

Then, Adrien's eyes opened wide as he stared at something behind her.

"What? What is it?" she looked behind, to see a crocodile approaching her, and it looked familiar "Hey, that looks like Fang"

A few minutes had passed, and Thiago was still standing in the main hall waiting for something to happen.

And it finally did when a woman with an angry expression approached him.

"Excuse me, do you work here?" questioned the woman, folding her arms. Thiago could tell by her body language that something had happened, and she wasn't happy about it.

"Sort of" replied the boy "Why? Is something wrong?"

"My room hasn't been cleaned" replied the woman, making Thiago raise an eyebrow "I'm out for a day, and when I come back my room I in the same state than when I left" Thiago had to resist the urge of rolling his eyes upon hearing the woman's stupid complain.

Was this the kind of stuff that employees had to deal with?

Thiago couldn't say that he would consider working in a hotel in the future. But is policy that the customer is always right, or, at least, that's what he'd heard.

So, gathering some patience, he replied to the woman the more polite way he could.

"Okay, I will sort this out" he replied calmly "I will make sure it doesn't happen again. Where is your room?"

"In the upper floor, room D" replied the woman, and Thiago nodded as he went off.

That floor was the same floor where Jagged Stone was staying. He got into the elevator and pushed the button, but was surprised when Ladybug stepped into the elevator on one of the floors.

"Ladybug?" questioned Thiago with a frown "What's going on?"

"There's a dangerous guest after Jagged Stone" replied the girl "You need to get out of here now!"

When the elevator stopped in the upper floor, Ladybug got in, but Thiago didn't. Ladybug needed his help.

Once he made sure that the hall was clear, he turned into Tigre Blanco and got into the room, where Ladybug was fighting Pixelator, but her hand was sort of blurry. Apparently, it had been digitized.

"Need a hand?" Tigre couldn't help but ask with a smirk, making Ladybug roll her eyes.

"Very funny. Hilarious" Tigre snickered. He then proceeded to wrap his lasso around Pixelator, and throw him towards the trolley full of luggage, knocking him out temporarily "Any sign of Chat Noir or Loup d'Argent?" questioned Ladybug once they were safe. It was now that Thiago realised that he hadn't seen Adrien or Arianne in a while.

"Haven't seen them" replied Tigre, shaking his head "I think it's just you and me again, m'lady" 

"We need to get Jagged out of here" stated Ladybug "He's not safe"

"Where is he, anyway?" asked Tigre, walking around the room, 'till he found him hiding underneath the table "Never mind. Found him. Where shall we take him?"

"I have an idea" replied the girl. She wrapped an arm around Jagged, before approaching the open window and wrapping the string of her yoyo around something outside "Try to keep up" challenged Ladybug, looking at Tigre with a smirk, who arched his eyebrows upon hearing her challenge.

"I always love a good challenge" was he reply, and both heroes went off.

"I can't stay here, I'm performing tonight"

The first thing Jagged did when Ladybug and Tigre took him to the school was to complain.

"You won't be here forever" replied Tigre Blanco "Just until all of this has settled down, we need you to stay put where no one will think to look for you"

"Is this safe?" questioned Mr. Damocles, intertwining his fingers together "This is a school"

"Of course it is!" Ladybug was the one who replied "Pixelator would never imagine that his idol would actually want to hang out at school" Tigre raised an eyebrow upon hearing how offensive that sounded, and Mr. Damocles gave the girl a disapproving look.

"What Ladybug is trying to say..." Tigre started, placing his hands on her shoulders, while giving Mr. Damocles an innocent smile "...is that school is the last place Pixelator would look for his idol. Right, m'lady?" he said the last part gritting his teeth while still smiling.

"Yeah!" Ladybug replied "I mean, isn't school awesome?"

"Ridiculous!" Jagged complained, and Tigre was growing tired. He had already coped with a stupid complain that day, the last thing he needed was another one "I don't have time for this! First, I get practically hijacked by this crazy fan, and then I'm attack by some super weirdo..."

"Wait!" Ladybug put up her digitized hand upon hearing the man's words "What do you know about this crazed fan?" Tigre could see what Ladybug was getting to. It could be that Pixelator and Jagged's fan was the same person.

"He's come to every one of my shows this year. He's also sent me stacks of letters, gone through my trash...he even followed my mother to her weekly bingo night!"

"That's not creepy at all" commented Tigre sarcastically.

"Not really" replied Jagged, thinking that he was talking about the bingo "It's just a bunch of old ladies getting together, having fun" Ladybug then reached out for her phone-yoyo, and tried to tap in the fan's name, but her digitized hand didn't let her.

"Let me do that" Tigre, clearly seeing that it wasn't going to work, snatched the yoyo and typed in the name of the fan himself "I got his address" he showed it to Ladybug, who put it back in its place and both heroes started to walk off.

"You're not gonna leave me here, are you?" questioned Jagged, making the principal give him another ugly glance with a groan "I mean..." Jagged turned to face the man again to correct his comment "Isn't school awesome?"

After some minutes, Tigre and Ladybug arrived to the fan's apartment, and found an extremely disturbing sight.

The walls of his room were covered in Jagged Stone posters and photos.

"This is what you call a devoted fan" observed Tigre, looking around him.

"Not disturbing at all" added Ladybug, and then she spotted another set of portraits on the wall, only that the people there were moving.

"What is going on here?" questioned Tigre, approaching the wall. He then saw a portrait, which had Adrien and Arianne inside it.

"Tigre Blanco?!" questioned both of them and the same time, making Tigre frown in confusion.

"What are you two doing there?" questioned the tiger, as Ladybug approached him.

"We are not sure!" replied Arianne "This weird guy just took a photo of us and, somehow, we ended up here"

"Where is he now?" questioned Ladybug. Another couple answered that he was in Les Champs-Élysées "Okay, don't worry. We'll get you out of there

"Not so fast, Pixelator!" exclaimed Tigre Blanco, just as Pixelator was about to digitize some cops. The people who were still there cheered when they saw Tigre Blanco and Ladybug.

"I was expecting you!" announced Pixelator, and shot pixels at them from his lens, but the both jumped to the side to dodge it, and they kept trying to avoid them as they ran. They parted ways so Pixelator wouldn't follow both of them, and he ended up following Ladybug. Tigre took the chance to get all the people that were hiding from Pixelator out of the street so they wouldn't be in danger.

"Stay here, and don't move!" stated the boy after making sure they were safe behind a building. Once he returned to the street, he saw that Pixelator was cornering Ladybug against a car. He narrowed his eyes, and waved at Ladybug so she could see him, but she shook her head, signalling that she had a plan.

"I have a proposition to make" stated Ladybug, making Pixelator look at her with interest "If you free those innocent people, I'll organise a photoshoot with Jagged Stone" Pixelator put a hand to his chin, analysing the situation, but a voice from behind them interrupted his thoughts.

"Hey there, Pixelator!" all eyes then stood on Jagged Stone, was standing on a car "I heard you wanted my photo!" Tigre, still in his place, raised an eyebrow upon seeing him.

"What is he doing?" he questioned out loud. It was very dangerous.

"Jagged!" exclaimed the fan, and approached the rockstar, leaving Ladybug behind, who sighed in relief. As Pixelator and Jagged were talking, Tigre approached Ladybug.

"What's his plan?" questioned Tigre, helping Ladybug up.

"I don't know" replied the girl "But we need to stop him" she then invoked her lucky charm, which turned out to be a powder compact "What am I supposed to do with this?" Tigre looked around, searching for something she could use the compact with, when an idea suddenly stroked him.

"The lens!" he exclaimed, making Ladybug look at him with interest "If you throw it with the mirror facing Pixelator, the shot would bounce against him and trap him inside his own portraits"

"Nice thinking!" 

"Did you just compliment me?" questioned Tigre with a smirk and his arms folded. It was a surprise, since the two of them were usually involved in friendly banter.

"It won't happen often" replied Ladybug, to which Tigre chuckled silently "Okay, go over there" she gestured to a spot far away from her "I'll throw it to you and you can turn it in their direction"

"Sure thing" Tigre nodded and did as told. Ladybug threw the compact powder his way, and Tigre kicked it in Pixelator and Jagged's direction. Naturally, when Pixelator fired his pixels they bounced against the mirror, and he was the one digitized now.

Ladybug used her lucky charm to return everything to normal, before devilizing the akuma and approaching Tigre Blanco.

"Once again, m'lady, we made an amazing team" stated the tiger, sticking his fist out, and they both pounded with triumph.

Later that day, the whole class and Mrs. Bustier were standing in front of the mayor after the work experience was over.

"Thank you very much for this work experience today, Mr. Burgoise" the teacher thanked the mayor with the students behind her "I'm sure we'll all remember it for a long time to come"

"So will I" the mayor nodded in agreement with the teacher's words, and Jagged's assistant tapped him in the arm to remind him of something "Oh, wait! I almost forgot! Jagged Stone is giving a concert tonight" the assistant held up six tickets to illustrate the mayor's point "So I'm giving tickets to the students who demonstrated the greatest effort!" the assistant approached the students, and gave the tickets to Marinette, Alya, Arianne, Adrien, Nino and Thiago.

"Good evening, Paris!" yelled Jagged Stone that night, with the shades Marinette made him on. It was full of lights and screaming, and it was awesome.

"How are you liking your first rock concert so far?" questioned Arianne, looking at Adrien besides her. It wasn't his first proper concert, since he had been to some of Arianne's before, but it was the first time he was watching a live rock concert.

"It's amazing!" replied Adrien happily "And it will be even better because of what's about to happen" Arianne frowned at his words and shot him a quizzical glance, but Adrien just smiled at her.

"To start off this show, I would like to invite an incredible artist to perform on stage. Some of you may know her from my previous concert, Arianne Mercier!" Arianne opened her eyes wide upon hearing that.

"What are you waiting for, girl?" questioned Alya excited "Go!"

"B-but I didn't bring my violin" replied the girl, still trying to process what had just happened.

"I did" replied Adrien, and gestured to her violin case resting against a wall on stage. Arianne just shot him a confused glance "I asked him if he could do this, since you needed some help to regain your confidence"

Arianne's eyes filled with tears upon hearing what Adrien had done for her, and she immediately wrapped her arms around him in a tight embrace, one which he happily returned.

"Thank you" breathed out Arianne, burying her head in the crook of his neck "Thank you so much. You're amazing" when they broke apart, Adrien wiped a tear away from her eye and gestured for her to go. Arianne nodded, and Jagged received her with a big smile.