Juleka was more of a night owl. And other than Adrien, her seniors were general night owls as well. Other than Nino. He was more of a "I put up with all hours of the day equally but hours where there were snacks are most favorable". So why Alya thought to text her at nearly six in the morning was beyond her.

"JUL-leka," greeted Mylene, waving her friend into the classroom. Her cheery greeting dropped as she noticed her friend's exhausted face.

Juleka walked up to her desk, dropping her backpack down before collapsing on their shared desk.

"You ok," asked Mylene, looking over to Ivan for help.

"Alya," she groaned as she reached down and pulled out her phone, sliding it to Mylene, "texted me at 5:57 this morning."

Mylene took the phone, already unlocked to see the picture of the seniors on the school bus. The seniors were taking a day trip to Normandy after the midterms, the rest of the school carrying on as usual.

"Aw, Marinette and Adrien look so cute. Why aren't they a couple yet," asked Mylene as she passed the phone behind her to Ivan.

"Because they are annoying seniors like that," grumbled Juleka.

"Is she ok," asked Marc as he and Nathanael passed the girls on their way to their seat behind Ivan.

"Early wake up call from Alya," explained Mylene as Ivan passed the phone to the boys to look at.

"Oh right, the seniors have their trip today," said Marc as he sat down, Nathanael passing the phone back to Mylene, who passed it to Juleka.

"So, today's going to be really quiet in the light music club today then," asked Nathanael, looking between Juleka and Ivan.

"I want to get some more practice in before the plays in May, so Nino said I could practice." Ivan looked down to Juleka, who lifted her head up.

"Right, I need to learn the lead guitar parts for when Alya's gone."

Juleka bit the inside of her lip, thinking things as she pulled out her notebooks from her bag.

"Do you think we could hang out in the clubroom too? We need to work on some layout stuff, so the extra space would be nice," asked Nathanael.

Juleka looked up to Nathanael, offering a small smile of gratitude. It would take some time to get used to the absence of the seniors, so the more people in the clubroom, the better.

"That would be great, still working on the super hero comic?"

"Almost done, we are just finishing up some things so we could have a copy ready for your seniors in time for graduation."

"Oh, should I do something for them too?"

Her friends shrugged.

"We just want to finish it so we can show it to them before they leave. We'll probably do a bit more tweaking and story conceptualizing to show publishers next year," explained Marc.

"For our seniors we are doing a special party," suggested Mylene.

"But we have a tea party everyday…" mumbled Juleka, resting her head on her hand. She then lit up with an idea. She was about to turn around to tell her friends when their teacher appeared drawing order to the classroom.

Oh well, her idea could wait.


"So did you think of your idea," asked Mylene as they gathered for lunch.

"Yeah, I think maybe a bigger tea party, with Ms. Bustier and Chloe. And I thought of the perfect going away gift. I would just need to get it after practice."

"Let me know if you need any help," Mylene offered as the boys joined their table.

"Any more messages," asked Marc?

Juleka looked to her bag, pulling out her phone. There was a new message from Alya with a picture of the group at one of Normandy's Beaches. Nino Alya had been caught mid picture trying to follow after Marinette and Adrien, who were chasing Nino as he ran to a trash can.

Juleka sighed, attempting to put her phone away when Mylene pulled it from her.

"We want to see!" Mylene looked at the picture all excited, then her face morphed into one of confusion.

"What happened?" She passed the phone to the artist and his writer, Ivan looking over their shoulder.

"Nino is prone to motion sickness. Looks like he forgot to take his pills."

The boys made disgusted faces before handing the phone back to Juleka.

"Have you sent back a response," asked Ivan?
"Not yet, I mean, other than my response to Alya's 6 am text this morning." She looked up to the big guy, "Anything you want me to pass along?"

Ivan shrugged, "Maybe we could take a picture. The seniors are sending us group pictures, so why not the junior members?"

"Oh, that's a nice idea Ivan, why don't we?"

Mylene looked over to Juleka, who nodded in agreement as she set up her phone to take a picture. Ivan pulled Nathanael and Marc into the picture as Juleka stretched out her arm to take the picture, but she was cutting off part of Marc's face.

"Want me to take the picture?"

Juleka looked over her phone to see the Japanese girl with a pre-packed lunch.

"Um, sure, that would be great."

Juleka handed her phone over to the girl as she set down her tray.

"3,2,1" She pressed the button a couple times before handing back the phone. Juleka and the group looked over the photos.

"Thank you…" She started to say but the girl was already gone, sitting with other students at a table nearby. The students hardly acknowledged her presence as she opened her lunch bag, the group talking around her.

"How do you know Kagami," asked Nathanael?

"Um, she and the Kendo club were against us for the tug of war for the club competition."

"Kagami Tsurugi? The club switcher," asked Mylene.

Nathanael nodded, "She was in my math class last year. No nonsense sort."

"Club switcher," asked Juleka?

"She's only a sophomore but so far she joined a new club every year. First year it was Kendo, and now fencing."

The group looked over, Kagami still eating her lunch. She seemed to notice as she looked back, the group turning back to their own lunch.

"She seemed nice, a little intimidating but nice," said Juleka as she started digging into her meal. The other shrugged.

"Oh did you send the picture," asked Mylene?

"Right!" Juleka quickly sent the picture and a short message.

It didn't take long to receive a response, the seniors sending a group picture back.

Juleka showed the phone to the others, everyone smiling, Nathanael and Marc laughing as Alya's second text came in demanding to know more about the superhero comic.

None of them noticed the solitary person briefly watching them before crumpling their paper sack into a ball and tossing it into a trashcan.


Juleka sat at the cluster of tables, writing on a spare piece of paper how she wanted to plan the Light Music Club tea party. Nathanael and Marc had taken up the remaining space of the floor, Ivan settled on the drums as he practiced.

"Do you think I need to invite Chloe too since she helped out with the club a lot?"

She looked back to Ivan, who shrugged.

"Depends if you want this to be a club only thing or people the club's interacted with."
"True, maybe just Ms. Bustier then, but I can get something for Chloe as being our reliable representative for the student government. Otherwise we would probably need to invite a lot of other clubs too."

Ivan nodded, "We should also apply where to do our opening performance on recruitment week."

"Right, if it's just the two of us, do we need the theater, or would the cafeteria be fine?"

"Cafeteria. I always like lighting for those shows, plus Adrienette would be bringing us a lot of attention like other shows."

Juleka nodded, pulling out her school planner to add notes.

"Is it that hard, being in a band and writing music," asked Marc, looking up from their work while Nathanael touched up a sketch.

Juleka shrugged, "Alya and Ivan both learned music in the club, and you can hear how good Ivan's gotten."

Juleka looked back to Ivan and smiled, Ivan tapping the cymbals as he smiled back.

"Writing music… depends on the person. Marinette has definitely been writing songs for years, but a lot of us were able to pick up on her techniques, and learn too. For some people it comes naturally, others, not so much."

Marc nodded, looking back down as the layout of the comic. Nathanael elbowed his side, looking at Marc then looking to Juleka.

"I've actually been trying to write a song. I thought it could help with the comic, but probably not so much…" he trailed off, turning pink as he looked down at the ground, his fingers playing with the zippers of his backpack.

"Can we see?"

Marc nodded, pulling out another notebook, then carefully made his way to Juleka, Ivan abandoning his post at the drums to look.

Juleka reached over to grab her guitar, Marc softly reaching over the words as Juleka tried to play along. Ivan slapped his hand on the desk to match their beat as Marc explained the rhythm.

Nathanael looked up and smirked before going back to work.


Today was going to be a good day, Juleka could feel it. Marc was going to partially join the club next year to help write original music. Juleka had already started working on party planning for her seniors, and bought them their gifts with help from her friends. Plus the seniors would be returning today. And no early messages from Alya. Just a late night text saying they arrived back in Paris safely just after 9.

"JULEKAT!" Alya jumped her junior in a hug.

"Morning to you too," said Juleka as she held Alya, the girl then letting go as Adrien and Marinette ran across the street, both with croissants hanging out of their mouths.

"Made it," Adrien cheered Marinette as he took a bite of his croissant.

"Come on, Nino's already found Ivan!"

Alya pulled Juleka along, Marinette and Adrien following.

"Did you guys have a good trip?"

"It was fun-ish. The places were cool."

"A little depressing but very inspiring," added Marinette.

"We didn't get to actually play at the beaches which was a little disappointing," finished Adrien, only for Marinette to elbow him in the side. Adrien just smiled and grabbed her hand.

"Hey guys!"

Nino waved the group over, already standing with Ivan and Mylene.

"Perfect, now present time," cheered Alya as she rummaged through her bag, Nino doing the same.

"Present time?" Juleka looked up to Ivan, who looked equally confused. She wasn't ready to give them their senior gifts yet.

"Just a little something for our juniors," explained Marinette as Nino and Alya pulled out keychains of sailor knots.

"Now we all have something," said Adrien as he and Marinette showed off their bags with sailor knots on the zipper. Alya and Nino passed off the gifts before showing off theirs.

"For the unbreakable knot of the Light Music Club," teased Adrien, Marinette groaning at his joke, but didn't look too mad.

Juleka and Ivan both clipped their presents onto their bags, before Alya hugged her again, whining how much she was missed before it became a Light Music group hug (Mylene included.

Juleka just smiled, enjoying this moment. She would be sure to make a special party for her seniors.