Mmm, did you all watch Sandboy? UGH! Thomas Astruc, I will murder you if Nooroo isn't made happy soon!

Gabriel had literally, shut his Kwami up! On his Birthday! Who does that?!

I felt like possibly pitying Gabriel before, thinking that maybe he might have a percentage of a good reason behind all of this, but then he did that to Nooroo, and said he would make all the other Kwamis his slaves as well!

Forget it, I hate him. I hate him to no end. Sorry Adrien, but you're the son, of a son of a b*tch. No offense to you or your grandmother...

Nooroo couldn't believe what he was seeing, or what he was hearing. He most definitely couldn't believe the feelings he was feeling, come off of his newest Chosen.

He was currently inside of Marinettes bag, as she was doing her job as Adriens personal assistant. She was sitting next to him as thy were being driven in the limo by the Gorilla guard. Marinette was reading Adrien his schedule, with what had to be the most emotionless voice Nooroo has heard in the past 700 years! It was difficult to understand for the small Kwami, seeing how just earlier that morning, she had smiled to Nooroo, and talked with him cheerfully.

He highly doubted that this was just how she acted to other humans. She hadn't even been this monotone earlier, speaking to his old chosen, and . What was wrong?

When they arrived to a new building, Nooroo looked over to Adrien, and saw him looking away. Nooroo slipped out of the purse, and into Marinettes breast pocket. He was now level view with the window, and he quietly gasped at the sight.

It was still dark earlier that morning, so he didn't get a good look around, and he had never been outside before that either, so he had never seen Paris truly. And it was beautiful!

Marinette reached up and pet the top of his head gently, in a way that if Adrien were to look, there would be nothing to question. Nooroo nuzzled into her hand as he looked quickly out the window, before ducking down into his chosens pocket, as the large guard walked up to Marinettes door, and opened the door. Marinette got out, silently thanking the gorilla, and walked into the building, Adrien following beside her.

Nooroo peeked out and looked around. It was filled with people, all dressed up in tight suits, and formal dress wear. The lights were dimmed as they walked backstage of the large set up walkway.

Backstage, all the other models were getting dressed up into summer outfits, that would be soon released at the end of the school semester. Adrien had to admit, they looked different, younger, and very good. When he walked beside Marinette, past a group of models already dressed, he overheard them saying things like,"Look! There's that new designer that Gabriels teaching!" "She's probably not that good-" "You're wearing her design, idiot."

Nooroo peaked his head out at this and looked around at all of the models, more so the clothes they were wearing. He gasped happily at the sight. If for some reason he wasn't sure, he was positive now, that Marinette used to be Tikki's chosen. All the previous Ladybugs used to be creative, and loved to use that gift as a talent of their passion. Marinette was quite obviously a gifted, and talented, designer.

They arrived to a room, and Adrien was sent in after being given a suit bag, which most likely held his change of wear. Once he entered the room, Marinette was left alone to sit on the chair beside the door.

Nooroo flew out of her pocket, seeing as nobody was nearby, and sat on Marinettes lap as they waited. "I'm really impressed, Marinette. You're obviously very talented, and your designs are beyond amazing!"

Marinette smiled and pet her Kwami's head gently,"Aww, thank you sweetie. Makes sense, I mean- Gabriel Agreste himself, had personally asked me to be his apprentice. And I mean he left his home, travelled to America, walked straight into my corporate office, and offered me an apprenticeship. You may not know it, but almost nobody has seen Gabriel leave his home, except for his son, bodyguard, and assistant. It's probably the biggest honor a designer could ever receive."

Nooroo nodded as he grabbed a couple of his Elderberries and started to eat them carefully, making sure to not spill any of the juice. Marinette took out her sketchbook, and started to draw the body of a female model. Once done, she glanced around for any sort of inspiration, but came up with nothing. She sighed in annoyance, causing Nooroo to look up.

"What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," she answered,"I'm just having a hard time coming up with good inspiration at the moment. Everything here is made already by me, Gabriel, and his team of designers. There's nothing I can use as inspiration…"

Nooroo hummed lightly and thought for a moment, before he gasped happily, and flew up to her face. "I know!"

Nooroo flew up to a poster beside Marinettes head, which was a picture of Adrien posing for a swimwear line last year. He looked at the poster carefully, before pulling the same pose playfully. "How do I look? Model material, perhaps?"

Marinette found herself letting out the first real laugh she had felt in years. She put her right hand to her mouth to muffle the noise, and held her left hand out to Nooroo, who happily gave her a high five. "N-nice!" she laughed out. She calmed herself down after a minute, and flipped to the other side of the page, and started to sketch something,"You did give me an idea though…"

Nooroo looked to the poster and then back to Marinette warily,"Please tell me it's not swim wear for Kwami's. I'm sorry Marinette, you are a great designer, but I will not model anything of the sorts…"

Marinette laughed lightly,"No no, don't worry. I would never put you through something like that. However, I was planning on making a small, private of course, line of clothes for Kwami's. Back in highschool, I had made about 3 or 4 outfits for her. I was wondering if you would like for me to do the same?"

Nooroo gasped happily,"I would love that! Thank you so much Marinette!"

She nodded happily,"Of course! I'll take your measurements when we get back home."

Nooroo nodded before zipping into Marinettes purse, when Adrien exited the room in one of Marinettes most recent designs. It was a white button up, under an undone blue blazer with a herringbone pattern that was just slightly darker than the original color, making it hard to see the pattern itself. The dress pants matched the blazer, as they were paired with black dress shoes, and a fedora to match the suit.

Adrien's hair was slicked back on the right side, but was straightened out to the side expertly on the left. On the fedora, there was a thick white band with a light gray feather, with stripes of black and white. The feather was sterilized so that it wouldn't make Adrien sneeze unless he put it to his nose.

Marinette walked up to him, and straightened the hat upon his head, not yet realizing that her smile was still in place. Adrien looked surprised at the look. "You seem happy."

Marinette looked surprised by his statement, but then shook her head, replacing her look to be stoic once more. "I got an important work call is all. I received confirmation for a project, and they were just getting back to me."

Adrien frowned and rolled his eyes,"Of course…"

When the photographer called Adrien over, Marinette stood by the camera, to make sure that Adrien did all that he was supposed to. She mentally scolded herself for smiling in front of him, instead of staying in the neutral.

After a minute or so, she felt Nooroo nudging her side, and she looked down to be met by his worried face,"Marinette, is something wrong? You seem so… aloof?"

Marinette smiled to him,"Thank you for caring, but there's no need to worry sweetie. I just need to keep my feelings at bay while at work. Especially around Adrien…"

Nooroo still looked concerned but he nodded and turned to watch the photoshoot. It wasn't all that interesting for the Kwami, but then, he wasn't exactly watching the shoot. He was looking at the emotions portrayed on both Adrien and Marinette.

Now, while Adrien was able to fool the camera and all the people around him, he wasn't fooling Nooroo. Something told the Kwami that he wasn't fooling Marinette either. Adrien wore a fake type of model smile, which seemed stiff, and truly held little to no emotion, except for boredom and slight annoyance. When Nooroo looked up to Marinette, his frown deepened.

Something was very wrong here. Marinette was showing no emotion, and if she wasn't his chosen, he would have actually bought it. But with them being connected, Nooroo could sense Marinettes true feelings behind her apathetic mask. He felt feelings of sympathy, and pity through Marinettes eyes, as she watched Adrien be irritated throughout the shoot. Then there was bitterness, and loathing. She obviously was holding something to Adrien, but she felt no need to reveal it. But the last thing is what confused him most.

Affection. While she showed pity and resentment towards him, which was a weird enough combination as it was, she also seemed to hold him deer to him. The starting area for the emotion seemed to match up for that of her hatred, but it went down another course. It seemed… like that feeling of affection was almost being presented itself?

Then there was what was wrong about this all. Marinettes capability to hold all of these emotions in so perfectly. Nooroo had seen his chosens hide their feeling as much as possible, but they all gave up on it, or stopped caring, seeing as Nooroo would secretly use his powers to exploit their emotions. Marinette seemed to have mastered the ability to come off as listless, and uncaring. Nooroo knew those feelings weren't true however, with how she had treated him earlier.

Nooroo couldn't understand it… How was she able to perfectly hide these feelings, but then show them only to him?

Once back in the car, Adrien seemed somewhat more annoyed than before. Of course, while both Marinette and Nooroo had both picked up on this, only one seemed to care, and that was the one that could not present himself.

Nooroo watched in hiding as Adrien glared at Marinette out of the corner of his eye. Nooroo noticed that Marinette had caught the glare, and yet, she still remained as emotionless as before.

The small Kwami huffed in aggravation, deciding to give up at the time being. He would just ask Marinette later.

"Whats up with you and Adrien?"

Marinette was currently working inside of a large work room, which was absolutely filthy.

Her and Gabriel were very neat, and professional people, but in this rom, they couldn't stop their designing from becoming a mess. There were large bolts of cloth being splayed all around the room, and threads, and clipped parts lying about the floor. Marinette was sitting at a desk, with a top model serger machine infront of her, with a light iris colored cloth in it.

She had been in the middle of sewing different patterns into the cloth, when Nooroo had finished half of his bowl of strawberries and blueberries, and had asked her the question. She stopped sewing and looked down to her new Kwami in surprise.

"Me and… Adrien?" she frowned in confusion,"Why do you ask?"

Nooroo shrugged,"As your kwami, I can easily pick off the change in your movements, reactions, and feelings. As the Kwami of emotions, I get an unbelievable boost in that area of powers, not only with you, but all living things. I could pick up a vast array of emotions from both of you." He flew over to lay down upon Marinettes head as she thought over his statement. She watched him for a moment, before she looked back to her work, and continued sewing.

"I don't know how to really explain it… Me and him just- don't get along the way we used to…" She turned the cloth and continued, "Back in highschool, I actually had a crush on him. I couldn't get out a proper sentence around the guy without sounding like an idiot. Eventually, I got better, and the two of us actually became close friends. Almost closer than we were with Alya and Nino. But then… I ended up leaving to America…"

Nooroo frowned and hugged Marinettes head, and started to gently pet her forehead, just as she had done for him. She smiled up to him, finding that it had indeed comforted her. She sighed and sat back in her chair, taking a small break from her work,"I guess though… that I ended up pulling a grudge against him when I was in America, and he had chosen to do the same. I come back, and all he seems to do is hate my return… But then he loves the return of Ladybug…"

Nooroo's eyes widened in surprise,"What? When did he even learn that you had returned as a miraculous? We haven't done anything yet, and only the heroes so far have heard of you. I didn't think they would reveal you yet to the public…"

She sighed and shook her head,"They didn't, sweetie… that's one of the reasons that I have a grudge against him now… He's- he's…"

She stayed quiet for a moment, before she whispered the words. But Nooroo still heard her.

"Adrien is Chat Noir…"

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"WHAT?"

Nooroo's jaw should have been unhinged with how low it was going. "Adrien Agreste? C-chat Noir? What?!"

Marinette sighed,"Le Paon already knows as well. She's very thorough in her research. She had found out his identity within moments of me being in America. We also already know the identities of the other heros as well…"

Nooroo flew up to her face in shock,"Yeah but- What?! If you know who they are, then- why not just-?"

Marinette nodded,"I know, Nooroo. I don't plan on using this information against them, however. It feels wrong, using it as blackmail, and going to them as civilians to take their miraculouses. I also would never hold onto their loved ones, as some trade off. Paon just doesn't care to do the work herself, and is traditional, with having the butterfly miraculous be used to steal them. She believes in the peacock leading in the sidelines."

Nooroo sighed and rubbed his head as he flew back into his bowl of berries,"Why does it have to be so complicated?..."

Marinette smiled and reached over, to rub her Kwamis' swirl on top of his head,"There there sweetie. Thank you so much for caring for me… I promise, in the end, everything will work out just fine. I promise…"

Nooroo smiled up to her, and let his eyes drift closed, before falling asleep. Marinette grabbed a small cloth piece on the desk, and draped it over the kwami, to keep him staying warm.

She would make sure, that in the end, he would be happy. Now, and forever…

Yay! Done! And yes, Marinette was making the Kwami clothed in that last part.

Okay, a little something for upcoming chapters though, remember how Hawkmoth had ripped out her earrings? Well, normally, with time they would heal, but Marinettes ears had been ripped into a small line on the lobe, and they can't heal it. I know, sad, but it's needed.

Also, remember that one night in the previous chapters, when Marinette and Adrien were at dinner? How Adrien had to watch Marinette for her to actually eat? Yeah… There will be a few trigger warnings in the future for depression, and eating disorders.

Sorry to do this to her, but it's needed. Don't worry, no one will die(probably. IDK. I don't plan on killing anyone).