They kept at it for a while; it wasn't long before Adrien figured out how to make better snowballs that he could throw more accurately; soon, most of his projectiles came to connect with his target. He and Val became evenly matched. At one point, Val happened to move his head at the worst possible moment; the snowball that had been coming his way landed right on his nose.

Val wiped off the snow and looked at Adrien, who had been laughing and cackling and snorting. "Adrien! What do you have against my nose?".

Adrien laughed even louder. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!", he wheezed between fits. "I didn't do it on purpose! I swear!".

"Do I believe you?", Val chuckled. "This is not the first time this has happened!".

"It was unintentional -- well, this time, at least --".

"Adrien! You're awful!", Val laughed - and Adrien exploded once again in a fit of giggles; and it was a while before he could stop.