Two months had passed. Or maybe three? Either way, time was flying by, being involved with the Host Club.

In the two or three months that have passed by, there had been several themed parties, new and familiar faces and a lot of plot dumping.

"Marinette!" A brunette went bounding up and nearly tackled Marinette to the ground at the downstairs lobby of the hotel.

"Alya!" She laughed as she caught her, before giving her a squeezing hug. "Oh my god, I've missed you so much."

The lobby was full of the two girls talking in excited french until they went upstairs.

"I've missed you so much, the last three months have been so lonely without you." Alya says, as the two of them are walking to Marinette's room, their arms linked together.

"It's hard to believe that it's been three months. I feel like I just got here yesterday." Marinette laughs.

The two make it to the hotel room, and Alya starts to look around for Adrien.

"So," she starts, taking Marinette to the small living area they had. "What's the scoop, living with Adrien Agreste, huh?" She questioned, wagging an eyebrow.

"Alya!" Marinette shushed her and leaned closer, even though she knew Adrien was taking a shower in his room. "It's... It's like a wild dream come true."

Alya coos and teases Marinette loudly, before Marinette shushes her again, a blush exploding on her cheeks.

"So, you now how Chloé always brags how her and Adrien are 'best childhood friends', and whatnot? She caught wind of him being the other student who won the scholarship, and she's like, so mad." She snorted.

Marinette rolls her eyes. "'Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous'. Seriously, what's with that girl."

Alya laughs. "She was like, 'Ugh! I can't believe that that Dupain-Cheng is at Japan with my Adrikins'." Alya mocked.

Marinette laughs. "I mean, we're only sharing the same living space for a year." She rolled her eyes and hair flipped before the two of them burst into a fit of giggles.

Tom and Sabine also came by to visit. Marinette was so happy to see them, her dad was nearly in tears.

"Oh, my daughter! My sweet, sweet daughter!" The large man picked her up and spun her around. "Oh, how the bakery has lost its life once you left, my little bluebell!" Tom cried.

Marinette laughed as her father spun her, almost at tears herself. "Oh, papa. I've missed you too."

"Don't listen to Tom, Marinette, you know how he loves to exaggerate. The shop has been as busy as always, but he's not wrong."

Tom sets Marinette down and Marinette looks to her mother as she wipes away at her watery eyes.

"It's not the same without you."

Marinette gave a soft smile and she hugged her mom, a group hug being initiated when Tom wrapped his arms around the two of them.

While catching up with her parents, Adrien came out of his room, prompting a Parental Freak Out by Tom.

"A boy!" He exclaimed. "Marinette, you were hiding a boy in your room!"

"Papa!"

"N-No, sir! It, It's not what you think!" Adrien stammered.

"This is Adrien Agreste, my roommate and the other scholarship student." Marinette quickly explained.

"Adrien Agreste?" Sabine piped up. "Is he the young man that you have posted all over your roo—"

"Anyone thirsty!" Marinette interrupted, followed by a nervous laugh. "I'll go get us some drinks." She said, before rushing to the kitchen.

"Sit down, son." Tom motioned for Adrien to sit down, and he eyed the blond up and down while Marinette came back with glasses of lemonade for everyone.

Marinette sat besides Adrien, with some room between them, sipping on a glass of lemonade to cool the blush on her skin.

"So, what are your intentions with my daughter?" Tom questioned.

Marinette sputtered into her cup as she nearly inhaled her lemonade. "Papa!" She exclaimed between coughs.

"My intentions with your daughter?" Adrien questioned. "I intend to treat her with the respect and admiration that she deserves."

"Anything else besides that?" Tom asks, crossing his arms against his chest."

"None, sir." Adrien replies.

Tom looks him up and down again, before giving a hum and a nod. "Very well. You treat my daughter well, you hear?"

Adrien nods. "Of course, sir."

"Oh, come now, Tom, it's not like they're dating or getting married." Sabine said, patting his arm lightly.

"Well, I know, but it's still a boy." Tom whines lightly.

While the two continued to talk, Marinette leaned over towards Adrien. "I'm... so sorry." She whispers.

Adrien glanced over at her and picked up his glass, smiling into his cup. "No worries, it's quite entertaining." He whispered back before taking a sip of his lemonade.

The next visitor was quite unexpected but a nice surprise.

"Nathalie!"

The woman smiled softly and opened her arms out for an embrace. "The estate has been quite lonely without you." She says as she gives him a gentle squeeze.

"Is it bad that I don't miss it?" Adrien asks.

Nathalie hums thoughtfully before smiling and shaking her head. "Not at all."

Adrien introduces Nathalie to Marinette, explaining that she's kind of like his caretaker, since his father isn't around much.

"Speaking of your father," she reached into her back and pulled out a tablet. "He would like to speak with you."

Marinette was buzzing at the fact that Adrien was going to speak to his father, the One, the Only, Gabriel Agreste, but it didn't seem like Adrien was so psyched to talk to his own father.

The tablet jingled as they waited for Gabriel to answer. Adrien tapped on his knees nervously as he waited. The facetime call made the familiar trill as it connected, and Adrien could see his father, who clearly wasn't looking at the screen.

"Nathalie, what is it?" He asks.

"Hello, Father."

Adrien's voice brought Gabriel's attention to the screen. "Oh, Adrien. How is school going?"

Marinette was present in the room while the call took place, but obviously, out of the frame. It was strange how... cold? Distant? Gabriel seemed to be with his own son.

"Have you made any new acquaintances?" Gabriel questions.

"I made friends with the sons of the CEO of Hitachiin Fashions." Adrien replies.

"Yes, Yuzuha Hitachiin. It's best to keep those boys in your favor, it might lead to a partnership in a later project." Gabriel looks away, gathering some things around his desk. "Speaking of projects, it's time you get back into modeling."

Adrien looked up at Nathalie and Marinette could see the sadness in Adrien's eyes.

If Adrien managed to sit through Marinette's parents' shenanigans, then she could certainly sit through Adrien's father's.

"Excuse me, Mr. Agreste?" Marinette came to sit beside Adrien, in frame of the call. "Nice to meet you, I'm Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Adrien's roommate."

The new female voice brought Gabriel's attention back to the screen and he was nearly scowling. "And to what do I owe to be speaking with you, Miss Dupain-Cheng?"

"I couldn't help but overhear that you mentioned to Adrien that you want him to start modeling again. Now, I'm all for Adrien going back to modeling, he's a great model, but, the Ouran Academy Handbook states that it's against the school rules to have a job while attending the Academy. So, unless you want Adrien to get expelled and lose a change with Yuzuha Hitachiin, I would suggest that Adrien remains focused on school and the club."

"Club? What club?" Gabriel questioned.

The two of them stiffened.

Oops. Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned that. Marinette sweatdropped internally.

"Well," she started as she gathered her thoughts. "It's a social club. Adrien and I are a part of it and we make connections with different parts of the school body. Recently, Adrien is making good connections with the Hitachiin twins and also a couple of the other families' children. If anything, the club seems to be a great way to make new connections and possibly, future partnerships.

Gabriel remained silent for a moment, before he nodded. "That's a good idea. Make as many connections as you can, Adriein. We can push all projects until you come back home. Nathalie?"

She turned the tablet to face her. "Yes, sir?"

As she talked to Gabriel, both Marinette and Adrien sighed softly and deflated against the couch.

"Thanks for saving me, Marinette." Adrien said.

"I could tell how much you didn't want to go back to that. Besides," she nudged him gently. "You have a challenge to win."  She winked.

Adrien chuckled. "A social club, huh?" He shook his head.

"Am I wrong?" Marinette smiled.

He shook his head. "No, no, you're just.. You saved my skin. Thank you." He nudged her back.

Marinette giggles softly and a small blush dusts her cheeks. "If you can sit through my parents, the least I can do is sit through yours."

Nathalie finished the call with Gabriel and put the tablet back into her bag. "Well, it seems like Marinette is your saviour in disguise." She smiled at her. "Take care of thim, while the two of you are together, yes?"

Marinette nods. "Yes, ma'am."

She smiles and looks at Adrien. "And behave. Understood?"

Adrien blushes a bit, but nods. "Yes, Nathalie."

A couple days later

"So it was like a whole family reunion." Tamaki asks.

"Must have been interesting." Haruhi added. "I hope my dad doesn't decide to stop by at any given moment." They mumble.

"A family reunion..." A voice echoes out around the room. "A touching reunion between the children doing a foreign exchange program and the french parents... So touching."

"Where is that voice coming from?" Marinette asks, looking around.

The floor starts to shake, and there's some mechanical whirring as a platform starts to rise from the middle of Music Room Three. Laughter fills the room as a girl is standing on the top of this platform as it extended up to its full height.

"How the hell did she do that?" Marinette asks, holding onto Haruhi's arm.

"Honestly, I've just learned not to ask any questions and just roll with the punches." Haruhi explains.

"Hey, uh, sorry, but who are you?" Adrien asks.

"I'm Renge Houshakugi, the Host Club manager."