Something new

chapter 69

I fucking hate the rich. What is this.

(Name) stared at the food buffet, their will for life leaving their body as they saw how tiny and disgusting looking the "delicacies" were.
Of course rich people eat snails.
What did they even expect?

They glanced around the whole table and saw some macaroons and other normal sweets.

"I guess I won't act rich after all."

They stuffed their mouth with the macaroons and some pastries when they suddenly heard someone scoffing at them.

They turned around and rolled their eyes.

"Sup Chloe."

Chloe looked back at them in disgust and pretended to gag.
"You eat like a pig."

(Name) just shrugged it off, not caring about what Chloe had to say anyway.

"You know this place? I'm kinda confused on where the show's supposed to start."

Her eye twitched in annoyance. Seriously. How was someone like THEM invited as VIP?!

She sighed and put a hand on her hip annoyed, "Of course I do. I've been here so often I lost count. The show starts over there, don't embarrass yourself, you will embarrass me too."

(Name) only hummed and stared at the direction Chloe was pointing at, making a mental note. "Alright."
They glanced at Chloe's outfit, noticing how her yellow dress, even if it was too glittery for their liking, fit her figure well.
Deciding to be actually nice to the girl that made fun of their parents' multiple jobs, they wanted to compliment her at least for one thing, though they felt a small voice in their head telling them to 'shut the fuck up'.
"You look good."

"I know that."

"Nevermind, fuck you."

I should've listened to the voices.

(Name) proceeded to turn around again and continue eating some pastries.

They almost choked on them when they actually heard her mumble a compliment back.

"...You actually look decent for once yourself."

When they turned back around to ask about it she already marched away.

Damn.

(Name) sighed and looked at the time, were they even going to see Adrien before his show?

They decided to walk around a bit and get to know the place they were in.

While they were walking through many rooms and looking through them, they felt a tap on their shoulder and turned around.

They didn't know who they expected but they definitely did not expect Gabriel Agreste smiling at them.

"Hello, I assume you're (Name)?"

They felt their breath getting stuck in their throat and they nodded at the man infront of them, smiling awkwardly. "Uh- Yeah! That's me... It's uh..- It's nice to meet you, Mr Agreste."

"My son mentions you a lot at home." Garbiel said, reaching iut his hand for them.
Gabriel has only once or twice heard of (Name), and that wasn't because he heard Adrien mention them, but Nathalie and Lila.
But what good father he is to at least memorize the (Name) of who he assumes is his son's friend to get the miraculous of Ladybug and Chat Noir.

(Name) grinned awkwardly at him and shook his hand.
It wasn't that Gabriel was specifically intimidating or scary, they just COULD NOT stand him and didn't know what to think of his overly nice gestures towards their family.