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Chapter 17: Better Days

Hot steamy water steamed out of the bathroom and it slowly died down. Curtains were pulled to the side, revealing the shower tub. Adrien sighed, wiping the towel around his neck.

He walked towards the steamed mirror and swiped across to clear it out. He found himself staring at his reflection; his bright green eyes gave a small glint from the bathroom's light.

Adrien studied himself but a frown etched his features and he tore himself away. The boy opened the door so that he could exit the bathroom only to find Plagg cuddling against his favorite cheese.

He smirked when he heard him saying lovable words to it.

"I love you, you love me, we're a big happy family, with a great big hug won't you say that I love you!" Plagg snuggled.

"You know, most sidekicks are serious about the evil roaming about Paris and are properly training their superhero." Adrien announced himself. "And here you are, providing your endless love to…cheese."

"Good things come to those who wait." Plagg responded.

"You're hopeless."

The Kwami gave a glare to the hero before he smirked, smiling gleefully. "Sometimes I wonder how I got stuck with a thick-headed hero."

Adrien glared at Plagg. "Jerk." he muttered.

The cat-like creature threw the cheese in the air and caught it with his mouth. He let out a satisfying burp which made Adrien threw a disgusted look.

"You're disgusting."

"No pain, no gain." Plagg said, rubbing his stomach delightfully. "Now," he spoke again but this time he floated in the air, flying towards his hero and sat on his shoulder.

"I see that you're better. Guess that Chicken soup really hit the spot, huh?"

The model shrugged. "I suppose."

Plagg grinned. "But I think it's because that girl fed you is the reason why you're feeling better otherwise you would still be sick and moping around."

Adrien threw a dirty look before he wrapped his towel around Plagg and shoved him on the bed.

"Adrien! LET ME OUTTA HERE! I'M YOUR MENTOR! ADRIENNNN!"

"Sometimes I wonder why I didn't teach him any discipline." he muttered, walking out the door.

Two clicks were heard which indicated that they were locked. Mari gave a satisfying smile when that had happened. She stared at her pink suitcase, thoughts swarming around her head.

She supposed that it was a bit saddening to leave the mansion but at the same time, it's not. Mari hoped that Adrien was at least starting to feel better.

"So, I guess that's that, huh?" Tikki flew out of her hiding spot.

Mari nodded. "Yeah, I guess."

"Do you feel upset that you're not going to be around Adrien 24/7?" Tikki grinned.

Marinette smirked. "You're horrible. I'll see him in school, wouldn't I?" she chuckled. "It's not like he's moving to a new one."

Tikki smirked. "What a terrible thought, would it not? I mean if Adrien had actually moved to a new school, it would leave you moping endlessly." she giggled.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." she grinned, lightly shoving Tikki.

A knock came just as Mari picked up an object that was sitting on the bed. She had been meaning to return it to Adrien as she had taken it from her room.

"Come on—oof." Mari bumped into something and she felt warm hands touching hers. She looked up only to see Adrien who was smiling down on her.

"Hey."

"A—Adrien…" she stammered. "Uhh…here!" she accidentally roughly shoved it into his stomach which made the boy give out a grunt.

"I—I'm sorry!" she reddened.

"I…it's alright. Heh."

"I meant to give it back to you but there were so many things going on that it just…slipped out of my mind." Mari replied, looking down as though the floor was fascinating.

"It's fine; it doesn't matter, really."

Awkward silence.

Adrien looked over Mari and saw the pink suitcase. A strange sense of loneliness settled in him.

"I see you've packed." he pointed it out.

Mari placed a hand over her elbow. "Yeah…Natalie came and told me the situation." she tore her gaze off the floor and stared Adrien. He did looked better; he wasn't pale like before.

"I see you're better."

Adrien shrugged. "I could've been worse." he stared into her eyes. "Thanks, Mari."

Marinette nodded. "Y—you're welcome."

Silence came in and Mari chose this chance to pull herself away to grab her pink suitcase. She hauled it, having the wheels dragging on the floor. Getting out of his frozen state, Adrien regained his composure and opened the door (since he had closed it when he came in). Marinette gave a small smile and resumed walking with Adrien until they reached the door. Another silence came in after Adrien opened the door.

"Um…I guess this is it." Adrien spoke.

The girl nodded. "I guess."

As if on cue, Natalie came into the view with a soft smile. "Marinette…I thank you for taking care of Adrien while I was unavailable. By all means, you're more than welcome to visit the Agreste mansion."

Adrien smirked. "Have fun convincing my dad about it."

"Actually, he told me so himself."

"Really, now? Well then…"

Mari gave a small smile. "I'm sure he's not that bad…perhaps try to spend some bonding time with him to mend back the broken bond. Even when he doesn't want to or if he says he's too busy…just try. You never know what the outcome is."

Adrien stared at her but she looked away and gave a sheepish laugh.

"S—sorry…"

Mari let out a small quiet sigh. "I guess I should be going." she then began to walk but a hand grabbed her wrist. She turned around and saw Adrien with a smile.

"Mari…thanks. Thanks for everything." he thanked her.

He then let go and Mari nodded and she was finally able to leave the entrance."

"Mari!" Adrien called out which stopped her and she turned around.

Adrien opened and closed his mouth several of times before he shrugged it off, placing his hand at the back of his neck.

"Nothing. See you in school." he said.

"Mari! Marinette!" a voice exclaimed.

Mari turned around and saw a jumping Alya with an excited smile on her face.

"You're here!" she exclaimed, throwing herself on her for a hug. Mari laughed.

"I'm here and I survived!" she grinned.

"You bet you did. Well? What did you think about it? Did you daydream over Adrien? Details, girl, details." Alya replied, gripping tightly on her arm.

Mari grinned. "I will tell you when we're in the class." she then turned to front only to scowl. "Great…"

And there was Chloe marching towards the two. Obviously, with an angered look on her face.

"Oh look who it is." Chloe replied, snobbishly.

"It's the Snob City." Alya drawled.

She sneered. "And it was probably your idea!" she pointed directly to Mari who sighed, knowing exactly what she was talking about. "You probably told Natalie to kick me out of the mansion!"

"What a tragedy…" Alya remarked, bluntly.

"You're still sore about that?" Mari replied.

"Well I was supposed to take care of Adrien not you!" she screeched. "But you came in and ruined everything!"

Alya made a thoughtful look. "Funny how Natalie directly pointed to Marinette to take care of Adrien. Not you."

"Besides, it's not like you had helped." Mari responded.

Chloe made an angry growl, fists clenching tightly. "What I don't get is why Adrien had you stay longer than usual?!"

Mari smirked, sneering. "It's simple, isn't it? I mean, the answer is practically right in your face."

"But you lack brains to find out." Alya responded which only made Chloe twitch with anger.

And Mari placed on a happy smile. "Adrien prefers me over you."

With that, Mari linked arms with Alya and shoved Chloe out of the way with a happy expression on her face. While she was gone, Chloe let out a good loud scream of frustration…

At last, the two were able to come into the classroom and they all sat in their proper seats.

"Ah, Marinette. Good to see you. I hope your…"assignment" turned out good?" the teacher asked.

Marinette nodded. "Of course."

"Excellent! However, I think, during your absent days allowed me to make you a suitable "makeup" as how you would say."

The girl made a confused look. "A what?"

"Just because you were absent, it doesn't mean that you're not off the hook for your school tasks. So, while you were gone, your piles of homework had been…stacking." the teacher replied, getting out a rather large pile of papers from behind her desk.

Alya widened her eyes as she stifled a laugh while Mari opened her mouth with an incredulous look on her face.

"Here's your homework that I expect to be done. Completely. No excuses." the teacher responded, putting the files on her desk. "I suggest you start to work on it now; you're quite behind."

Mari groaned while Alya laughed. Mari placed her head down on her desk, a depressed expression came on her face.

"Aww…homework…who invented it anyway?" she pouted.

Author's Note: Who invented it, indeed? XD Luckily for me, I don't have homework simply because I'm done with school, completely XD *pauses* I might've mentioned that but oh well XD but anyways, guys! This completes the final chapter of Sick Day and I thank you so much for your endless support! Once again, thank you so much for sticking till the very end and I shall see you next time.

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