Bruce took you of shopping for the gala the day after the dinner. You got your dream dress, got your nails and hair done, new shoes, jewels and he just spoiled.

You were gonna make your engagement public with this.

He already had called Clark. He didn’t that the press but he knew Clark wouldn’t put anything bad about you, so he wanted to be sure Clark would be there.

Alfred was coordinating the crew while the others got ready.

The Gala began, guests and press entering. The kids were all here. Except for Kate who was patrolling and Jason who simply said “I may be officially alive but the press doesn’t know it. I’d rather keep it that way.”

Valid, so you left him be.

Damian was busy sulking- he hated the attention.

Dick was here with Kori, fawning over the way to gorgeous alien- she looked incredible in her green dress.

Tim was flirting with some pretty girl.

Cass was hiding behind a column, surprisingly successful.

Steph was hanging around with Duke, Barbs and Luke.

Jim was talking to a minister.

Bruce was busy kissing you behind some wall, absolutely devouring you until he got a call- Clark. He wanted to make an interview with you two before the other reporters got to you.

Bruce grunted, brooding. “Let’s just tell everyone and go to our room”

He emphasised the our part, set on reminding you that soon everything will belong both of you.

You giggled and pressed a kiss on his cheek. “C’mon baby, people are here for us.”

He sulked a bit more before putting on a smoky face and leading you inside. He spotted Clark quickly and speed walked over to him with you on his arm.

“Bruce!” Clark smiled widely. Bruce gave him a nod. “Reporter Kent. Nice to see you around here.”

“Would you mind answering a couple questions?” Clark smiled and raised his eyebrow at you. You smiled “I would love to, Mr. Kent.” You nodded. “Please, just call me Clark, Miss…?” You gave him your name.

“Great! Now to our questions… how did you two met?” Bruce’s eyes lit up and he started to ramble, only letting you to fill in with your own thoughts. He loved talking about you. His excitement and enthusiasm making you smile.

Soon after Clark was done a bunch of reporters started to swarm over you.

Some asked appropriate questions:

“How long have you been together?”

“Who proposed first?”

“When is the wedding set?”

“What field does Miss work in?”

“Do you have any siblings Miss?”

Some were not. They made you want to hide in a hole and never come out again.

“How do you know she is not a gold digger?”

“Is it true you used to be a stripper, Miss?”

“Did you lower your standards, Mister Bruce?”

“Is the dress even appropriate?”

“Did the Miss ask for such an expensive necklace?”

Bruce answered only the appropriate questions:

“For 1 year now”

“I proposed”

“In around 4 months”

You answered some too in order to Kew yourself busy and distracted.

“I work as an…”

“I have [no/amount] siblings”

One question made Bruce loose his temper and punch the reporter who asked it.

“Is it true that the Miss has multiple lovers?”

You held his arm, trying to pull him away. “Bruce! Stop it!”

He throw in another punch, soon enough Duck and Kori were helping you out, together you were able to pull him towards the buffet.

“Bruce please!” You cupped his face, eyes teary. “I don’t want you to get harmed- I don’t know that reporter can’t hit you back but the PR backlash will be too much…”

He sighed and cupped your face, pulling you in for a deep kiss in the middle of the ball room.

Cameras went off, flashes shining as he devoured you in front of everyone.

No one dared to utter another bad word again after that scene.

Bruce made a picture of that moment his wallpaper.

And you started to prepare for the wedding- with the plan of having only Lois for press and Clark as Bruce’s best man.

Both heroes decided to just ignore their classmates and concentrate on the studies either if that meant getting on Miss Bustier’s ‘problem’ list. She saw that the two teenage heroes ignoring their ‘friends’ and decided they must be the issue, not their ‘friends’ insted. She was constantly trying to set them up to joining group activities but Adrien had a small chat with his father and manage to make sure that the school would put Marinette and Adrien together in group projects at all times since they had the best results when they worked together which was true so Miss Bustier didn’t really have a leg to stand on.

Which brings us today, it had just been a day after the Excalibur Akuma meaning Ladybug injury was a hot topic of conversation. Both Adrien and Marinette were busy with the math worksheet they had gotten when Miss Bustier had to go check on another class since that class’s teacher had to go have a meeting with a parent. The rest of the class were busy discussing what happened during the attack.

“Alya why do you still film the Akuma attacks, if you knew it was that dangerous?” question Nino still not overseeing his girlfriend nearly killed right before his eyes.

“I have never seen an Akuma hurt people like that, there’s never been any blood” exclaimed Alya who had black bags under her eyes,

“Poor ladybug” whimpered Rose who was being comforted by Juleka,

“Ladybug has come to me before to be patched up” announced Lila gaining the class attention,

“Really?” question Sabrina,

“Yeah, she worried most people won’t see her as a hero if they find out how much blood is spilt in an Akuma batt-” Lila cut herself off with a gasp, “sorry I shouldn’t be telling you this, I promised to keep it quiet”.

Both Adrien and Marinette look up glaring at the girl, knowing that she was making this the perfect opportunity for the class to lose trust in the heroes and with Alya’s blog maybe Paris as well since the press from yesterday was already pretty bad with their abilities to save Paris being called into question.

“Wait what do you mean bloodshed?” question Alya getting out her phone,

“Well according to ladybug some Akuma battles are to difficult to be able to restain an Akuma with breaking a few bones of the Akuma or making them bleed” answered Lila,

“They’ve made the Akumas bleed?” squeaked Mylène,

“Yeah, I always thought that they should try another method but Ladybug never listens” complained Lila,

“I thought heroes were supposed to help the Akuma victims not hurt them” questioned Sabrina curling in on herself thinking back to when she was akumatised, she didn’t remember getting any serious injures when being an Akuma but to be far she couldn’t remember much from the attack so the heroes of Paris could have hurt her without her knowledge.

“You guys do remember that Ladybug was stabbed in the chest by an Akuma, something that would kill a normal person” stated Marinette raising an eyebrow,

“But they don’t have to-” Lila was cut off by Adrien,

“Hawkmoth doesn’t play flair, Ladybug and Chat Noir have been thrown through buildings and said building crush them from what we’ve seen and they start to only fight with less restraint when that happens” he snapped,

“From yesterday’s injury, I bet they only start to break bones and shed blood when the Akuma’s have done it to them” continued Chloe picking at her nails.

“They’re heroes, they should know better” argued Alya who was still filming,

“I like to see you lot do any better” snapped Chloe,

“I’m sure Alya would do way better than you, Queen Bee” sneered Lila,

“Yeah, I bet you’ve hurt Akumas,” said Sabrina which caused a look of hurt to show on Chloe’s face but she quickly covered it up,

“I may have been an inexperienced hero but I would never cause bodily harm to someone unless it was self-defence” yelled Chloe.

Before the rest of the class could gang up on Chloe, they were silence by Marinette slamming both her hands on the desk. “First off Queen Bee has only appeared when it daylight so people would have seen her hurt an Akuma and since no one has said anything, it’s quite clear Chloe didn’t do anything like that” argued Adrien trying to keep his temper in check.

“And second off Lila you apparently were sposed to keep this secret but you suddenly spill this secret when the press are already doubting the heroes so quite frankly it looks like you just trying to add to the bad press” continued Marinette,

“I would never do something like that, she’s my friend” gasped Lila which sounded so fake it was laughable,

“Yeah, she only spilt that secret on accident” agreed Sabrina,

“Yeah, sure she did” sneered Marinette while Adrien just glared daggers at Lila.

Before the others could reply, the lunch bell went off and Miss Bustier came back in. “I hope you all have finished the worksheets or it will be homework,” said Miss Bustier, “Yes, Miss Bustier” replied the class in unison. “Adrien, let’s grab lunch at my place” stated Marinette, Adrien quietly agreed as both of them hurried out of class with Chloe not far behind them. The rest of the class was quietly discussing what Lila had said and Alya was already editing the video in order to put it on the ladyblog knowing the rest of Paris should know the information that Lila had told the class.

Author's Notes: Finally adding more Lila salt to this series. Hope you guys have enjoyed this series so far.

AO3