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The flight back from New York seemed to last forever. Adrien couldn’t wait to land in Paris. Sure, he didn’t miss so much his father or being closed at home. He didn’t miss fighting classes with Kagami either. He just wanted to see the city and assess the damage during his absence.
Somewhere at the bottom of his heart he felt the need of rehabilitation. He wanted to prove Ladybug that she could rely on him.
No, wait… He didn’t have to prove her anything. She’d forgiven him. So… Why did he feel like someone took his heart and threw it away somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean?
“Someone’s in love…” Plagg laughed between bites of his favourite camembert.
“Nothing new…”, Adrien shrugged.
Kwami looked in surprise at his holder, but soon after he laughed and rolled his eyes.
“Ah, that irony… I looove it!”
“What are you talking about?”, Adrien asked.
“Nothing…”, Plagg played innocent. “Do you have more cheese?”
“It’s my father’s plane. I’d bet you’ll find everything in that fridge…”
Plagg didn’t wait for the rest of the sentence and immediately flew for more camembert. He needed to focus on eating just in case he blurt something out. You never know when Adrien starts analysing his love problems. Judging from the boy’s sighs another crisis was coming… Soon…
“I’m not sure if all that cheese is enough for the whole Atlantic Ocean…”, kwami muttered under his breath, and just in case he decided to chew slowly.
Meanwhile Adrien put his chin on his hand and stared through the window at the sunrise. That view reminded him the journey to New York and the moment he was watching the sunrise with Marinette. Now, it seemed to happen ages ago. Like in another lifetime. So much had happened since then.
He sighed again.
“You’re not thinking about Ladybug!”, Plagg discovered suddenly.
“What?”, escaped from Adrien who blushed terrible.
“Hahaha!”
“Nothing of the kind!”, the boy denied.
“Riight… Because watching sunrise and dancing in the moonlight is saved for no one special…”
“Not ‘no one special’ but for your best friends!”
“So, when did you dance with Nino last time?”, Plagg muttered in an amused tone. “Or with Kagami…”
“Kagami… It’s something different…”
“I’d bet she wouldn’t mind… But I can feel with my seventh sense that if you had to choose someone for the moonlight dancing you would stay with your beloved pigtails…”
“Not ‘beloved’!”
“Not at all…”, Plagg agreed ironically. “I’m sure if you repeat it a million times, probably you would convince someone… But first… Let me ask you a question. Which exact moment of your New York trip do you remember the most?”
Adrien stared at his kwami. He knew the answer at once. The most emotional and memorable moment of that trip was when he had had to get in the car leaving the class. And leaving Marinette. Who didn’t do anything to keep him there. Even though he hoped she would say something that made him stay.
And suddenly he realised why he felt as if his heart was left somewhere behind. It stayed. With Marinette…