Two thirds wheels make a separate bicycle

Yo! How's it going? I hope you all are having a wonderful summer! Oh what's that why are you making a separate story instead of update illusions and illustrations? That's a very a good question! This story was already half finished so I decided to post it because I'm still figuring out where I want to take the other story I have an idea all I have to do its write it...for the meantime I wanted to write about something else related to Lila and Nathanael and this is it. So I hope you can all enjoy it! (Note: this is just a two-shot)

I do not Own the Series!

It was starting to get out of hand now. No matter where they went, they always found them. It was starting to get on their nerves. It started out as mere innocent coincidences; where Lila just so happened be having a spring photo shoot near the cherry trees of the park, where Marionette and Adrian had set up a picnic date. It didn't seem farfetched, then, as it still isn't farfetched now. After all, the cherry trees where in full bloom then, and it wouldn't be long until the delicate petals succumbed to their early deaths.

It made sense that a photoshoot would be set up there where photographers would be able to catch the pink petals in mid fall as they delicately swirled around the nymph like models as the flowers behind them danced, welcoming the spring time. It would be perfect for a cover magazine, so they didn't think much about it. When Nathanael interrupted them on their date in the Louvre, it didn't seem unnatural to bump into him there. After all, the aspiring artist would often spend his free time roaming the winding mazes of art in search for inspiration and relaxation, in many ways they should have known if Nathanael was to be anywhere it would be in the prestige art museum of Paris.

Those annoying intrusions were small and easy to dismiss as coincidences given the circumstances, but as those 'incidents' became more and more frequent both the handsome model and hot-new-sensation fashion designer couldn't help but feel that these innocent coincidences were far too frequent to be considered coincidences anymore, they almost seemed deliberate in their nature. The last straw happened one sunny afternoon.

The sun was out at full force, beaming with energy. Marinette and Adrien had gone to a renaissance festival that was close by that day. Marinette had created the clothes they were to wear. She was wearing an elaborate pink dress with a beautiful artistic pattern of swirls, whose hem gently kissed the ground, with an empire waist and pearl accents, and long sleeves that swept down to the floor. Her midnight hair was let loose and fell gracefully down to her shoulders where the tips of the tresses were curled. Adrien was adorned in a dark blue nobleman doublet with golden accents and shimmering golden metal buttons, golden blonde hair slicked back. They had just arrived at the festival for no more than five minutes when already they bumped into Lila.

Lila was wearing an elegant white dress with a flirtatious swooping u neckline and her long elegant sleeves rested low on her shoulders. She also had on an orange bustier with yellow trimming and a delicate pattern of red flowers and foliage could be found on the bottom and top half of the bustier separated only by a yellow mesh trimming that divided the pattern from the solid orange color. Around her waist was a loose golden colored ribbon that was tied around her waist. The tight bustier allowed Lila to show of her slim curvaceous form.

"Adrien! What a surprise to see you here." She said her eyes filled with fake surprise and innocence as she moved closer to Adrien, not even bothering to greet Marinette.

"Oh…haha yeah…real surprise." Adrien strained to say as the annoyance on his beautiful face was evident, as it was for Marinette's.

"What are you doing here?" Marinette asked bluntly. Finally Lila seemed to acknowledge the other girl's presences…but not before sending her a cold glare first.

"Oh, well I thought it would be fun to dress up and indulge in some fairy tale fantasy." She said innocently, but she didn't direct her answer towards Marinette, but rather to Adrien.

"Well it was nice seeing you." Adrien said polity as he took Marinette in his arms gently tugging her along.

"Huh…? W-wait…!" Lila said in a vain attempt to get Adrien to stay a little while longer. However, he had already disappeared into the large crowd of nobodies. Huffing in annoyance she decided she would look for them later and she would just go get a candy apple and get a caricature done in the meantime.

"How did she know we be here?" Marinette asked annoyed.

"I have no idea."

"Well at least we lost her. Let's just enjoy the rest of the festival." Marinette offered and Adrien nodded in agreement. In the distance they could hear the archaic notes of music floating in the wind. Adrien smirked.

"Would you give me the honor of sharing a dance with you, my lady?"

"The honor, is all mine." Marinette replied with a playful curtsey. Adrien smiled and gently took hold of her small hand and led her away into a world of twirling dresses and rhythmic music notes.

Gently he placed a hand on her lower back as he led her around in rhythm with the beat. Twirling her around he admired how the pink dress swished around with her and how the black wisps of hair fell down and twirled with her. She was breathtaking.

The music stopped, the musicians had gone out for lunch. But the ghostly notes still floated around the dancefloor. Adrien's eyes quickly glanced down at Marinette's pink lips and he gently leaned in to steal a kiss. Marinette noticed his closing proximity and her cheeks flushed a light pink. Standing on her tippy toes she placed a gentle hand behind Adrien's golden hair and closed her eyes, waiting patiently for the sweet kiss from her prince.

"Marinette!" A deep smooth voice called out. That voice belonged to none other than Nathanael. Adrien let out an audible groan of irritation.

"Oh…H-hi Nathanael." Marinette said as she turned to look at her old classmate. Adrien merely let out a quiet groan of frustration and narrowed his eyes as the other male approached them.

Nathanael was wearing a white jerkin with shimmering golden buttons over a white doublet. The jerkin had black v-lines on the upper chest and the white doublet also had this accent on the shoulders. On the doublet's collar were dark purple accents which created a slim half upside-down crescent right above his collarbone. He had on dark purple slacks and a red cape that complemented the red dress shoes he wore. The color schemes and patterns of the clothes Nathanael wore oddly reminded Marinette of the Evillustrator's attire.

"I wasn't expecting to run into you, Nathanael. What brings you here?" Marinette asked politely.

Unlike, Lila, Nathanael was a sweetheart and Marinette didn't want to be rude by shooing him away, after all he was good company. Nathanael gave a sheepish smile, which made Adrien's eye twitch in annoyance.

"W-well…I actually volunteered to work here. I'm helping draw the caricatures." Nathanael explained. Adrien raised a skeptical eyebrow.

"Then what's with the get up?"

"Oh! This…? Workers are required to wear costumes to make everything seem more authentic." Nathanael replied smoothly. "Why do you ask?" Nathanael shot back.

"Oh you know it just seemed suspicious that's all."

"Suspicious…? How so…? Wouldn't it be expected for a worker at a renaissance fair to wear a get up?" A clear tension began to form, Marinette decided to intervene.

"Well it was nice seeing you! But, we got to get going now!" Marinette said quickly and practically dragged Adrien behind her.

"O-Oh…okay…See you later Marinette!" Nathanael replied sweetly as he waved goodbye, Marinette returned his smile and waved goodbye to.

After she made sure they were no longer in Nathanael's peripheral vison she spun around and glared at Adrien.

"What was that?!"

"What was what?!" Adrien replied, trying to act innocent and failing.

"Why were you being a jerk to Nathanael?" Marinette inquired.

"I was not! I was just pointing out the obvious." Adrien replied with a huff.

"You got to control you jealousy, Nathanael's a good guy." Adrien's stiff shoulders loosened and his frown disappeared, eyes no longer filled with rage but with guilt. He let out a sigh.

"…I know…." He mumbled under his breath. He didn't have anything against Nathanael…but with all the constant 'innocent' coincidences and Nathanael's obvious crush on his Lady, his jealousy was bound to flare up. Marinette was aware of this fact to, so she couldn't blame Adrien too much; it was in his nature to be slightly over protective.

"Let's….just enjoy the festival….maybe if we met up with Nathanael again you can apologize."

"Okay…" Adrien replayed meekly.

However, fate just loved ruining their day and before they could decide on what activity they could both try out next a shrill shriek was heard in the distance and both Adrien and Marinette knew what that meant, an akuma attack. With a quick glance and a nod they went to look for a secluded area to transform in.

The apple was fresh and crisp and the caramel was sweet and sticky. Perhaps a candy apple was not the best of choices. Lila thought as she tried to clean the sticky caramel off her fingers and face. Throwing away the lone stick where the candy apple used to be she made her way to get a caricature done.

Most of the artist were preoccupied drawing someone else, she was about to leave when she heard a smooth voice call from behind.

"Oh, are you waiting to get a caricature done?"

Turning to face the source of the sound; the owner of the voice was a few feet away, probably just coming back from his break. As he moved closer Lila instantly recognized the bright mop of red hair. Nathanael….?

"Lila…? Oh wow, it's been a while hasn't it…"

"It sure has…Guess I can't call you little tomato boy anymore." Lila said jokingly as she had to slightly tilt her head up to look at Nathanael in the eye.

"I don't remember you ever calling me that."

"I called you that behind your back." Lila slightly winced when she heard the words that came out of her mouth. "Anyway…how are you…?" She said hoping to steer the conversation somewhere else.

"Hm…well I've been fine…" Nathanael replied bluntly….he always was rather straight forward….Lila thought as silence threated to consume them…

"Well aren't you going to ask me how I've been….?"

"You're a very famous and beautiful model. You're all over the billboards and magazines; I assumed you were doing quite well." Nathanael said and Lila gave a sheepish grin.

"And you're a famous up and coming artist who has had countless interviews and goes to a lot of art shows…I assumed you were well to, but I still asked." Nathanael rolled his eyes playfully as he blew a few strands of hair away from his face.

"Point taken. Well then come on sit down, we can keep talking as I draw you."

Lila obediently obliged. Nathanael took out his sketchbook and picked up his pencil, but…just as the point of his pencil touched the paper he realized something…How was he supposed to make Lila look ugly to obtain a comical effect? Caricature where supposed to exaggerate some trait or flaw to create a comical and somewhat grotesque portrait, but….she's too good looking! What am I supposed to do? Her flawless olive colored skin, big exotic olive eyes, slender neck, button nose, and plump lips….he could feel an uncomfortable heat rise towards his cheeks.

"Is there something wrong?" Lila asks idly though slightly curious seeing as Nathanael's shoulder stiffened slightly.

"N-no it's just…ah never mind…" Nathanael said sheepishly, as he flashed a small smile to quell her curiosity…

He decided to just try his best. The end result looked less like a caricature and more like a cutesy chibi like version of Lila, what with its big eyes and head and small body. He let out a sigh…he felt disappointed in his artsy skills.

"Well…How does it look?" Lila asked eagerly as she got up from her chair and made her way towards Nathanael. Leaning down he could feel her hot breath against his neck and instinctively flinched and pulled the sketchbook closer to his chest, clearly self-conscience of his work…

"W-wait…it's just that…"

Instead of finishing his sentence he scribbled something down near the corner of the drawing that Lila couldn't see because his back was covering her view…Nathanael had scribbled down his phone number along with an explanation that stated that he wanted to draw her again, but this time a full out professional drawing that could truly capture her beauty…..Nathanael could obviously never say this to her face without fainting from embarrassment so he wrote it instead..

"Ah, here you go." He said as he shoved the picture towards her with shaky hands. Lila took it but before she could even look down at the drawing she was distracted by the sound of chaos.

That's part one done. I might update this next week along with a new chapter of Illusions and Illustrations. Let me know of what you think of this two shot so far. Please notice me senapi!

see you in the next update! :)