Luka sat down next to Marinette on the soft white couch, handing her a fresh cup of tea, with one for himself. Marinette took a second to tune into her parent's pleasant mumbling from the floor below her before turning on the TV to one of her closest friends' movies. To be honest, the movie's plot could be full of clichés and bad one-liners and yet Marinette would still watch it. She loved Adrien. Maybe not like she used to all those years ago. They were only children, but she finally realised that she didn't want to be with a child who only put her on a pedestal when she wore red spandex. The boy next to her pulled her from her idle thoughts."...Marinette?"

She blinked once, twice, "Oh, sorry! I got carried off in thought," she took a sip of her tea, enjoying the flavour but willing herself to listen to what he had to say instead of being led off into a daydream of tea, "What were you saying, Luka?"

He knew what she was thinking, these were the tendencies he had come to know very well after all, "I was saying, that Chloe actually co-directed this movie"

Marinette's attention was all his, "Chloe? Working with someone else? How'd she get convinced allow anyone's name to be shown above her own?"

"Who knows? Maybe she's finally, finally turned a new leaf?" Luka suggested.

Of course, Luka knew why Marinette's face changed when he mentioned Chloe. Aside from the highschool years she spent being undermined again and again (which she did easily get over), it was her actions after given a Miraculous that eventually changed her greatly. Luka knew that Chloe, like Adrien, put Ladybug on a very high pedestal and yet didn't care to follow her morals to be selfless, caring, and above all, just. "Chole taught me that sometimes bad people are just bad people, no amount of anything can change someone who is set in their ways. I don't blame her, though, you know I wouldn't do that. She had an arrogant mother and a spineless father, she had to do what was right for herself 'cause she was always taught that that was right."

Luka looked down to his wrist, one bracelet in particular holding his attention. He never doubted Ladybug's choices, she was wiser than her years. " I think she did a good job on the movie,even with her being thrown into such a high industry career," He looked back to the screen "and a good job at finally working with someone other than her "Adrikins " or even Ladybug back in the day" he nudged her lightly.

Marinette rolled her eyes at his gentle ribbing, "Ladybug knows what she is doing, alright" she pointed to his bracelet "if she thinks a certain someone isn't cut out for the job of protecting Paris and is on her team, then she can easily take away what she gave them."

Luka sighed, "I have never let Ladybug down.. Whether she wears that cute, little spotted suit or not, she'll always be able to charm the snake charmer himself".

Marinette gave in to this charmer of a man and let her cheeks darken with blush. They laughed together and settled into the plush of the couch, resting against each other.

It was true, Luka, the holder of the Snake Miraculous knew that Marinette was the holder of the Ladybug Miraculous. He remembers the day that Ladybug offered him the Miraculous. It didn't take him long to figure out that the girl he had been crushing on hard was also his team leader and his mentor. It took him less time to finally confront Marinette, those 4 years ago, and ask her if they could try being more than very good friends (who would flirt occasionally). It was not the first time he had confessed his love openly to her. All those years ago, when he was akumatized she was both the one person he didn't want to hurt and yet the same to pull him from the butterfly's darkness. He knew she was pure, but not in a way he thought she was without fault or flaw, not in the way that so many others saw her. Luka loved her, and she could see all of this.

Their relationship remained mutual, respecting, caring and they learnt from the other everyday. When it called for it, they would untie themselves from the other, transform into their superhero identities and do their best to not show the public that there was any romance bubbling between them.

It was funny in a way, Marinette thought. Luka, this kind, strong and grounded man, ended up with the Snake Miraculous. An animal many would associate with uncontrollable and unpredictable violence, a tendency to lash out when ever backed to a corner, an animal notorious for being poisonous. Then again, she thought, snakes are very misunderstood, they had to be strong as it seemed like they were disadvantaged with no legs and yet the ability to move in a flash of glittering scales was their advantage. They were powerful and grounded. True to their nature. No other words could describe Luka better. Though two years older than her and one of her best friend's older brother, she could always see him as being a little emo boy with a guitar in his hand and blue in his hair. Something she was glad he hadn't lost to that day.


oo next chapter and we've found out what happened to the love square turned bigger love square! (or is it now a love triangle idk) I hope you're all enjoying the story so far and I'd love to hear any kind of feed back so far. do ya'll like my style of writting, where do you think the story should or could go?

Thanks for reading, everyone :)