When Marinette and Luka arrived back at school, some kids were rushing down the stairs in terror.
"What's going on?" Marinette was on full alert. She starting to run towards the school, Luka rushing after her.
In the courtyard, kids were screaming and running away, looking for cover. Unlike them, she was looking for the source of the chaos, when something came flying towards her. Marinette felt something hit her from the side, knocking her to the ground. She turned and saw Luka, looking startled.
"Are you okay?" he breathed.
"I-I'm fine. Are you?"
"Yeah," he helped her up. "We should go find some shelter though." He took her hand and started pulling her away. But she needed to get away from him so she could transform. Without thinking, she jerked her hand out from his.
"I'm going to go check and see if there's anybody in the bathroom," she turned and ran away without a second look.
Luka reached out for Marinette hoping to stop her, but pulled his hand back. He looked at his empty hand a moment, a frown on his face, before he went to look for a place to hide.
Ladybug emerged from the bathroom, and tried to figure out what was going on. While scoping out the scene, she spotted some kids screaming at something.
"We're sorry, Sofia!"
"We didn't mean it!"
"I'm no longer Sofia!" Ladybug heard a shrill voice echo around the courtyard. "I will not be bullied by you anymore!" she blasted bolts at them, causing them to jump back with a shriek.
She noticed Adrien was among the few students who had just walked in. She spun her yo-yo to act as a shield and ran over to them, protecting them from the blasts the akuma was sending their way.
"You guys have to get out of here!" she ordered, every student but Adrien running away immediately. Ladybug realized he was still there when she turned her head back around. "That means you too, Adrien."
"Oh, right..."
She noticed he didn't seem to be himself, but there was no way she could do anything about it now. It would have to wait until after the akuma was taken care of.
"Go hide, and I'll come find you after I'm done here, alright?" she said to him.
Adrien blinked. "Okay," he obeyed, running off to find a place to transform.
Chat Noir showed up just in time to keep Ladybug from getting shot with one of the yellow lasers the akuma was shooting out.
"Thanks, Kitty!" she called to him.
"What do the lasers do?" Chat asked as he approached her, holding out his hand to help her off the ground.
"The akuma's retaliating after some of her classmates bullied her, so she wants to punish them. From what I can see, blue makes the victim feel depressed so they stop whatever they're doing and cry. Red makes them angry, that one's particularly bad because the victim of the laser will go find someone to yell at, which causes them to be affected too. I don't know about the yellow laser though, she keeps shooting that one specifically at me, so it can't be good," she explained.
Chat knelt down beside her, ducking behind one of the stairways. "Got it. Any idea where the akuma is?"
She observed the girl, who wore a brightly colored - but still on the plain side - outfit. What drew Ladybug's attention most was the massive bow in her hair.
"I think it's the bow, but I'm not completely sure."
Chat grunted as he got to his feet. "We'll need a distraction."
Ladybug nodded, and shouted "Lucky Charm!"
A red magazine with black spots fell into her hands.
"Why a magazine?" she wondered, looking around. "Ah," she said as she realized what she needed to do. "Chat Noir, take this," she said, handing the magazine. "Use it to shield yourself. You'll have to get the bow off of her and release the akuma. I'll distract her."
"Sure thing, m'lady," he gave her a nod and turned his attention back on the akuma victim whose name he still had yet to learn.
Ladybug used her yo-yo to help shield her from direct attacks, however these lasers were reflective, and would bounce off the nearest surroundings, leaving Ladybug exposed from the sides and behind. This turned out not to be a problem, Chat Noir was able to remove the bow with only a couple of lasers needing to be blocked by the magazine, and no harm done to Ladybug.
After purifying the akuma and letting the girl know what happened to her, Ladybug spotted Luka among some of the students that were emerging from their hiding places.
Ladybug, followed by Chat Noir, walked up to them. "Are you all alright?" she asked the kids. Her eyes were focused on Luka, and her smile widened slightly. Chat Noir caught the change in her tone of voice as well. Chat Noir crossed his arms and glanced away.
"Uhh, we're all fine, thank you Ladybug and Chat Noir." Luka looked back and forth between Ladybug and Chat Noir a couple of times before giving Ladybug his attention. He smiled, but something about these two seemed not only familiar, but off to him.
"That's good," she looked back at Chat Noir. "I don't have much time left, and I promised I'd speak to Adrien Agreste briefly before I left. See you soon, Kitty!" she waved and jogged off to find him.
Chat Noir darted into the bathroom to detransform, and rushed back out. He heard Ladybug call his name.
"Oh, hi Ladybug. Everything taken care of?"
"Everything's fine," she answered. "But it doesn't seem like everything's fine with you, are you okay? You were so lost in thought earlier."
"Yeah, everything's fine. It's just about this girl, it's nothing serious," he sounded defeated.
"A girl?" Ladybug's mouth popped open.
Adrien shrugged. "Like I said, it's nothing serious. But thanks for coming back to check on me," he gave her a crooked smile briefly before his frown reappeared. Her earrings began beeping. "You should go, you're going to transform back soon."
"Right. Well, I hope things work out for you," Ladybug gave him a little wave before leaving Adrien alone with his thoughts.
Luka went into the empty bathroom and leaned against the wall with his arms crossed.
"They couldn't be... could they?"
I just felt like breaking the mold a bit tonight where Adrien lets Ladybug in on his problem just a little and Chat Noir uses Ladybug's Lucky Charm for once, not to mention her being the distraction again.
As always, please leave a comment! I've been getting less of them and hope I'm not boring any of you. xD
To come, more Lukanette fluff, jealous!adrien that can't handle it anymore, another akuma, and more!