Kitten therapy – the cutest way to destress

After scoring the highest points in a stress level test at school Marinette and Adrien have to take 'recreational hours' in order to prevent being akumatized. It seems like a long awaited break for them, until Ayla hacks into CCTV and discovers …? Post reveal. Mostly fluff. Slight AlyaxNino

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Nervously Adrien knocked his pen on the desk. Tap, tap. He couldn't stop worrying about this damn test. Tap, tap. Why had he agreed to take it in the first place? Ah, yes, school decided that every student had to undergo with it … Adrien almost crashed his pen, leaving a small dent in the wood. Nino sent him a puzzled look but then concentrated on his convertible tablet in front of him.
Hiding the strength that he had built up as Chat was getting more difficult. Adrien needed every ounce of power to protect his lady, at the same time he couldn't explain how he gained so many muscles as a non-stop-dieting-model. Sighing heavily he borrowed a pen from his best friend and pushed those unsettling thoughts away.
The survey, he remembered and tried to focus on the almost never ending row of questions. He would love to cast a glance over his shoulder where his princess sat but didn't dare to. Lately their teachers punished any rule violation as if rebellious students could attract akumas or even something worse. Adrien wouldn't get his princess into trouble because he was behaving like an attention-seeking cat. Nevertheless his mind was glued to Marinette. Would she answer honestly? The last days were a rush of fights and photoshots and way to short meet-ups after dark. Adrien simply forgot to ask her. Did she stare a whole into his back now? Pondering which option would be the best to choose? Would Marinette pretend to be a care-free teenager like she always did?

Since three years Ladybug und Chat Noir were fighting akumas. Trying hard to oppose Hawkmouth with all they've got while balancing out their civilian lives. Marinette and Adrien would instantly agree that the latter was getting harder and harder to achieve, soon it would be an impossible task. School work was piling up, they had constantly to tell lies to Ayla and Nino, they'd never expected that secrets could weigh so heavily over the years.
But they managed somehow. Thanks to their companionship. Thanks to Tikki and Plagg.
Until today. Because some adults had the great idea to measure the stress level of all students. Was he stressed? Hell, yes! Should anyone know this? Definitely not. Questions would arise to whose his supermodel lifestyle could not serve as an excuse. For starters, it was kind of a miracle what his classmates thought about supermodels. He could tell them almost everything. As long as he smiled happily they've swallowed it.

"Bro…" Due to his cat senses Adrien caught Nino's almost inaudible whisper. He was reminding him to answer before their time run out. Otherwise Alya would kill him. For sure.
Again he turned to his survey, though a Cheshire grin spread across his lips as a dangerous idea popped up. Yes, he would take this risk. Most likely it was worth the reward.
Q17. Do you eat regularly? – Depends on my jobs. He ticked 'no'.
Q18. Do you eat healthy? – Depends on your definition of healthy, so probably a no, too. His eating habits were absolutely weird. He didn't need a test to prove that. Since he had found his princess he was leading a double food life, training even harder to run off all those chocolate buttery tasty sweet treats the Dupain-Cheng bakery did offer. So far no photographer complained that he had gained unnecessary weight.
Adrien chose his answers as fast as he could; trying to forget all those limitations he was bound to in his civilian life. Be yourself. Act naturally. Don't lie.

Q23. Is it hard for you to concentrate? – Sometimes.
He did not dare to write depends on Ladybug's smile, rainy days and other things cats despise.
Q24. Do you tend to have small accidents? Or are you getting hurt unintentionally? Yes. Akumas created accidents while breathing.
Q25. On a scale from 0 to 10 how easily do you get angry over those small accidents? This survey was very thorough. Adrien crossed 3, he was often reacting over-agitated but lately his princess leveled him very well.
Q42. Name your best friends. Marinette. – Adrien paused for a moment and scribbled – My cat Plagg. Nino. Tikki. Alya.

Adrien swiped the page with a fluid motion of his pen. Hopefully he wasn't provoking to much trouble for his lady. Still, after being Chat Noir for three years he trusted his intuition more than anything.
This survey would turn out interesting.