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.
"Oh really..? How nice. Hope only the good things, hoho.."
(Name) cringed internally.
Kill me right now.Gabriel stared at them with a sinister grin, obviously their poor attempt of a light mood talk didn't work.
He thought they seemed very pathetic.
"Oh trust me, it's only the best things I heard about.."This man is either a pedophile or I'm delusional.
(Name) continued to grin at Gabriel Agreste, forcing their smile lines to extend to the point where their face could get stuck.
"Uhm.. so, where's Adrien?"
Gabriel laughed at their silly question, his laughter sounding exactly what you'd imagine when you hear a rich man laughing.
If you can't imagine it, look it up.
His laugh triggered their Fight or Flight response and their forced smile fought to crumble, but they were stronger and didn't let their mental exhaustion from his presence alone be shown.Just as Gabriel wanted to answer after laughing out his richness, Lila came up to the both of them.
What the fuck is she doing here.
"Mr Agreste.. the show's starting, we should get going. We don't want to be late after all.."
Lila spoke softly with a cheeky grin, playing with a strand of her hair while looking up at the rich man.Damn. She didn't lie when she said she didnt have a father.
(Name) was standing beside Gabriel, their expression turning from an uncomfortable forced grin into horrified disgust at her behavior.
Gabriel just smiled it off, but something in his gaze seemed irritated or almost engry even. (Name) figured it would be because everyone hates it when Lila is talking.Lila glanced at them and her grin widened in an instant. She grabbed onto their hands, as if (Name) hasn't made it more than clear that the two of them were less than strangers could ever be, and greeted them.
"Oh, hey (Name)! I'm so glad you could make it today! I was the one who gave Adrien the idea to invite you, he seemed a bit reluctant and said 'whatever'.. but I'm glad he listened to me after all!" she giggled and tugged on their hand. Even though (Name) wanted to verbally respond and physically react, Lila was faster and interrupted their thoughts, dragging them with her to the show room where Adrien would be performing in less than a bit.
While Lila was dragging (Name) against their will with her, their eyes suddenly lit up at a very small and short timed sight.
There was Adrien, getting ready for his stage walk. He sat unbothered at his dressing table while a lady did his make up.
The door to his dressing room was slightly opened and (Name) got a small peak of him coincidentally.It was as if Lila didn't even exist in that moment, and even though they had passed the door long time ago already, his face was stuck in their brain. A smile crept on their face, knowing that they somehow still saw Adrien before the event started. Even if it was just a small peak for a small second.
Thank God.
Now they were reminded who they came for, and that was all they needed in this moment.
Before they could process it, they noticed they were sitting on a chair at the front row already.
"Huh?", turning to their side, Lila was sitting right next to them, holding their hand."Ew."
Feeling repulsed, they yanked their hand away from their classmate, who just glared at them, acting bewildered from their actions.
"You don't have to be so rude to your old best friend!""We were eight. Get a grip."
Lila pouted and huffed, crossing her arms and muttering things under her breath that (Name) tuned out of their senses.
Just as they wanted to stand up and search for Adrien again, Gabriel sat down on the other side of their seat.
Oh my God.
There sat (Name).
On their left, Gabriel Agreste.
And on their right, Lila Rossi.Fuck my life.
The lights dimmed out and the people's whispers go quiet. A sign that the show would start any second now.
But (Name) can't possibly enjoy Adrien's show in peace, right? They were already met with the curse of sitting between the neglective and controlfreakish father of the very reason why they even bothered coming, AND next to the girl who bullied them behind their back as children.
No, it has to get better.
It must get better somehow.
Lila glanced at (Name) and couldn't help her grin. She was just soo happy to sit next to them, even if she felt this intense tightening in her chest whenever she saw them.
She stiffled a giggle, glancing down at her phone silently, hiding it just from their view.
And the music of the show started.