Oh, that was so cute! Made me smile like an idiot.

So sweet

Lovely... They could use them in their wedding vows.

Aww, so cute

OK, on a reread while Kagami does seem to have picked up an entitlement complex from somewhere she's not as bad as I'd thought she was on first reading and what I was picking up as lack of inclination on her part was probably her being bad at talking, especially in the presence of near-strangers like Alya, Nino and Lila, so I apologise for that.

I think the akuma at the end is probably either Alya or Nino. If Chloé was that upset then she would've gone to pieces before getting away from everyone, and while Kagami would say everything was fine her crumbling posture and teary eyes would make it rather unconvincing. And while Lila would be furious I doubt she'd be despondent though I suppose she could grab a butterfly heading for someone else, plus I can't imagine Gabriel wants to give her superpowers given that he's one of the people she'd come for and after nearly being sent off a building by the hypnotist and later having Robostus turn his own building on him I don't think he'd take the risk. But Alya and Nino have unbridled horror at the way they treated Marinette and tried to push Adrien onto a harpy (I know that's technically wrong — on the monster scale Chloé's the harpy and Lila's a gorgan but you get the point) and have no clue what to do about it — prime akumatization material.

Unless of course it's for someone else entirely. Alec for instance seems to like driving people to it though in his case it's probably for ratings (I can't remember if the cameras were still rolling when he was belittling Aurore for losing but they were when he gave hypnosis-boy an impossible challenge and humiliated him and they certainly were when he was making fun of Marinette's Adrien obsession), but that seems a bit disinteresting coming after this particular story.

Anyway, I liked how you didn't make Chloé a strawman — the two of them do have a long history and I liked that she was allowed to argue her case competently and articulately. Sadly however it feels like Kagami went the other way. You somehow turned the sweet and lonely girl who was happy to go at Adrien's pace and eager to make friends even if she struggled not to appear intimidating (even Marinette was rooting for her in the early parts of this very fic) into someone who treats their feelings as an exercise in accountancy, and that had the knock-on effect that when Gabriel was questioning if Marinette was trying to use Adrien to feather her own nest I was left wondering why he hadn't done that with the girl who'd framed her pitch as if it was a business transaction (unless he only cared that she was honest about it). Though I suppose he may have gone easier on Kagami because he probably wanted her to win — he knows she's a superhero after all (and unlike Chloé didn't do it for attention) while he also knows that Lila's not so much two-faced and too-many-to-count-faced, and he knows almost nothing about Marinette beyond 'likes designing'.

And of course Lila's speech was brilliant — just as full of it as you'd expect from her. I'm surprised Adrien didn't ask his father why in the world he invited her.

It seems completely in-character for Gabriel to have Adrien hold auditions for his partner, though I'm a little surprised he didn't invite Nino. He'd refuse of course (he's happy with Alya and as far as I know doesn't like boys anyway) but given Gabriel's supplementary goal of getting someone akumatized it's exactly the sort of thing he would try.

Anyway, I'd like to reassure you that I loved this story, as if I got the review I've written I'd think otherwise. It had Marinette finding her courage, Gabriel showing signs of the shrewdness that enabled him to become a fashion mogul in the first place, Alya and Nino realising that been taken for fools, Chloé not acting like a three year old throwing a tantrum... there is a lot to like about this story.

Excellent fic, specially the part with each girl explaining why they liked Adrien. The only part out of place would be Lila exposing herself, it would have made sense if she did when she was alone with Marinette but she confessed her lies in front of all her rivals.

It is very likely that the Akuma was Lila.

Super cute! I feel Kagami was slightly out of character in some moments but that you nailed her for the most part! I honestly like Kagami, but obviously not dating Adrien, ha! This was a great fic! Good job

Overall: glorious. But that last pun made me giggle stupidly.

haha loved the ending !

This was... freaking adorable!

I loved this dearly, thanks so much, you are so sweet

So fun, and sweet! Great one-shot :)

lol this was such a fun little story I liked it alot, could even imagine them playing tag all the way to the akuma

That was awesome!