Hey everyone prepare your inboxes! I am about to post a bunch of unposted stuff! One of my friends encouraged me to do so.
Now this one is from Lukanette June 2021...I originally disliked it but then I read it again and...I changed my mind, someone else might like it. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Miraculous Ladybug belongs to Thomas Astruc and ZAGToon. This is just a fanfic written by a fan.
Marinette, Luka, and all their friends were planning on having a big picnic today. Marinette and Luka, along with Juleka and Rose, were getting their picnic baskets ready, but then there was the sound of thunder in the distance.
The four of them were startled and looked out the window to see the sky filling with dark grey clouds.
Pretty soon, the Liberty was being pelted with rain, and the storm was so harsh everyone felt the boat rock under them.
"Oh no!" Rose cried as she, Juleka, and Marinette tried to keep their balance on the rocking boat.
"Whoa!" Marinette cried as she fell forward into Luka's arms.
"Careful," Luka cried as he held Marinette close. "Being on a boat during a storm takes some getting used to."
"Where did this storm come from?" Juleka said as she held on to a column with her Rose holding her from behind.
"Oh god!" Luka cried as he sat Marinette down on a chair. "I need to save the furniture."
Marinette sprung up. "Luka, no!" Then she lost her balance again and fell backward on the chair.
Luka placed his hand on her cheek to calm her. "I need to save the top deck furniture. I'll be fine, I promise."
"Luka, I can help you!" Juleka cried.
Luka gestured to the girls to stay inside, and when he opened the door, the unexpected storm howled, and he ran straight out.
Marinette was concerned and Juleka sighed.
"Don't worry, Marinette, he was trained to do this type of stuff," Juleka said, a bit frustrated.
Marinette stood up and tried to keep her balance. "I'll go get him a towel."
Marinette slipped a few more times before she finally reached the bathroom in what felt like a scene from a sci-fi movie on a spaceship and grabbed a towel. But as she heard another howl and crash outside, she grabbed a second towel.
She walked back to Luka and Juleka's sleeping area, heard Luka open the door, and quickly closed it behind him to block the storm. He walked down the stairs soaked to the bone, and he removed his jacket, which was dripping from the rain.
"Luka!" Marinette cried as she ran to him and placed the towel over her head, causing him to chuckle a bit after feeling dreary from the rain. "Thanks, Mari!" He said.
"You should dry off in the bathroom," she said as she took him by the hand and led him to the other side of the boat, something Luka didn't argue on.
Luka grabbed some extra clothes from the giant dresser and walked into the bathroom to change. Marinette sat on a nearby chair to check her phone.
Adrien made a point to say that, unfortunately, the picnic they planned would be canceled and check to see if everyone was safe from the storm.
Marinette mentioned that she and the others were alright. Luka was very heroic in going out in the storm to save the deck furniture. And that this was her first time being on the Liberty during a storm. The boat kept on rocking, and it was like being in a disaster movie.
Adrien quickly sent a message to Luka, telling him to take it easy. He was over at Kagami's mansion right now, and both of them showed their gratitude that they were doing just fine even though they were on the Liberty.
Then Nino, Kim, and Adrien had their moment of dismay where they shared a bunch of upset emojis since their parade was literally being rained on.
Luka walked out of the bathroom wearing grey jeans and a sky blue shirt while still having a towel over his shoulders. He smiled at his beautiful girlfriend, and Marinette smiled in relief, but also because he looked adorable with wet hair.
"So the picnic today is more or less canceled, and everyone online feels bummed," Marinette said, feeling a bit dishearted herself.
Luka sat beside her and wrapped his arm around her. "We will wait out the storm together."
Marinette smiled, and the two of them took a moment to press foreheads.
The both of them walked back to the sleeping area and heard giggling. After a pause, Luka and Marinette looked behind the room divider to see Juleka and Rose under a fort of pillows and blankets.
Juleka pulled up the sheet that closed off their fort, and she and her girlfriend giggled again.
"Hey, you two," Rose said. "Do you like our pillow fort?"
Marinette smiled. "It is charming." She took a moment to look and see it was still pouring outside. "Actually, sitting inside a pillow fort sounds nice right now."
Luka smirked and placed his hands on Marinette's shoulders. "We can make one."
"Really?" Marinette asked.
"Yeah!" Luka said. "When me and my sister were little, we practically slept in a pillow fort every night."
Luka took a moment to turn to his sister and Rose. "I mean if we are allowed to make our pillow fort next to yours."
Juleka and Rose smiled together.
"Only if we get to eat the sweets Marinette made," Juleka said.
"And only if we get to choose the first movie!" Rose said.
Everyone promptly agreed on this arrangement, especially since they didn't have to suffer due to the rain. They could eat their picnic food inside the boat. But the first order of business was Marinette and Luka's pillow fort.
Luka grabbed some items Marinette gave him a while back. One was a rainbow quilt that Marinette worked day and night to sew together. Luka and Marinette placed the quilt over two chairs for the fort. Another blanket Marinette made was a sky blue blanket with white cloud patterns that was soft enough for Luka and Marinette to sit on under the quilt.
Marinette carefully placed the pillows around for comfort and aesthetics.
"It looks great, Marinette," Luka said.
Marinette didn't look so sure. "I need our pillow fort to be extra cute."
Luka also still felt a bit of a chill from facing the storm head-on, so he grabbed a pink blanket with yellow star patterns. Another blanket Marinette sewed that she didn't like. But Luka happily took it off her hands and shamelessly slept with it each night, making Marinette feel slightly better.
Luka wrapped himself in the pink blanket, and Marinette smiled at him.
"Part of me wants to forget that blanket. It's not my best work," Marinette said.
Luka said nothing and wrapped his arm around her, so they were both cuddled in the blanket. Marinette smiled, laying her head against her boyfriend's chest, and was about to just sleep.
"Now it's time for lunch, you two!" Rose said.
Marinette and Luka snapped out of it and realized they haven't had lunch yet.
But first, they huddled around the fridge, which was home to flavored drinks. Juleka had her favorite grape soda, and Marinette and Rose took strawberry milk. And then there was Luka, who would probably be responsible for hoarding all bottles of blueberry rootbeer in France.
Marinette insisted he should drink tea so he wouldn't get sick, but Luka quickly grabbed a bottle of root beer.
"Marinette, you always take care of me at times like this, but please let me drink my rootbeer this time. It's a special day!" Luka said.
Marinette felt she couldn't convince him this time. But if he got sick, she would just give him tea with extra ginger.
"He used to collect empty bottles and play bowling with them," Juleka teased.
Luka turned and smirked at his sister. "And I would do that again Jule, we are trapped in a storm!"
After the playful banter, they sat at their pillow forts and cheered with their varying drinks.
Rose and Juleka choose a science fiction movie to play on the laptop, and the four of them waited in anticipation as the opening credits played.
"Oh, wait a sec!" Marinette cried as she took out her phone, preparing her camera. Luka picked up on what she was doing and sat by her side, smiling for a camera. Marinette aimed her camera at the two of them and winked before snapping the photo.
She posted the image with a caption that said, "Pillow fort life!"
Juleka and Rose decided to take a cute selfie as well in front of their own pillow fort.
As Marinette and Luka were ready to start the movie, they received multiple notifications on their phones.
Alya and Nino thought that was a totally cool idea during the storm. Ivan wanted to play pillow fort battleships. And Adrien and Kagami weren't sure what pillow forts were. So Luka and Marinette took a moment to explain to them that pillow forts are the height of romance and comfort.
When their movie finally started, they finally took their baguette sandwiches from the picnic basket.
Luka was ready to break a sandwich with Marinette, but then they saw Juleka and Rose biting into opposite sides of the sandwich.
Marinette smiled and took the sandwich from Luka, and offered the opposite side to him. Luka happily bit the other end, and he and Marinette enjoyed the sandwich together.
When they finished the sci-fi movie, the four of them took a moment to check their phones and saw that all the other friends made pillow forts as well.
Ivan got really into it and wrote a caption under his pillow fort photo that said, "Pillow fort nation!"
Alya and Nino looked so peaceful in their lovely pillow fort, and Adrien and Kagami tried their hardest to make their own. However, they still had fun sitting in their pillow fort and sharing pocky cookies.
"Now, let's eat dessert!" Rose cried.
Marinette stood up. "Just a moment."
Marinette walked to the fridge to take out the fruit and custard tart and all the chocolate chip cookies she made.
She came back, and her boyfriend and the others gleamed in anticipation for the sweet treats.
Marinette set the sweets down and cut the tart as Luka turned on an animated fantasy movie.
Luka very much enjoyed the chocolate chip cookies and the tart. But it seemed as if he and Marinette were powering down. At the same time, Rose and Juleka became a bit more hyperactive, wanting to marathon movies all day.
When they finished eating, Marinette laid her head on Luka's shoulder, and he smiled and took her hand as they sat in blissful silence.
In the middle of the third movie, Juleka and Rose got up to see that the clouds had cleared up and the light was coming out of the sky.
"Finally! I was afraid we would be here all night!" Rose cried.
"I wonder if we can still have a picnic," Juleka said.
Rose actually seemed alright with that idea.
"We could probably have another. I just wanna go outside and smell the air after rain," Rose said.
The little couple walked back into the sleeping area.
"Marinette," Rose cried.
"Big brother," Juleka said.
The two of them peaked through the room divider and heard soft snoring.
Luka and Marinette fell asleep under their pillow fort. Marinette gently rested her head on Luka's chest, and Luka had his hands gently wrapped around Marinette.
Juleka and Rose quietly noted how cute they were.
"Figures, let's let them sleep," Rose whispered.
Juleka took a moment to throw a blanket on top of Luka and Marinette. She and Rose smiled at them before leaving them alone.
A week later, Marinette texted Luka that she had a surprise at her house.
Luka was more than eager to visit his girlfriend, but he wondered what the surprise was.
Marinette helped Luka up the ladder after telling him to close his eyes and not to peek.
Luka smiled when he finally felt himself in Marinette's room.
"Alright, you can open your eyes now!"
Luka opened his eyes and saw a big pillow fort with twinkle lights.
"Ta-da!" Marinette cried. "I wanted to make another pillow fort." Marinette pushed her index fingers together. "Do you like it?"
Luka smiled before hugging Marinette from behind and causing her to giggle. "I love it!" He said.
The two of them were so blissful under the pillow fort marathoning a TV show while drinking tea from Marinette's porcelain tea set.
At one point, Tom and Sabine peaked through the door and giggled at the adorable couple.
"Papa! Mama! You're stalking us!" Marinette cried.
Tom and Sabine quickly shut the door.
"Sorry, Honey!" Tom cried from behind the door.
"Are you sure, Marinette? The more pillow forts, the merrier," Luka suggested.
Marinette took a bite of a cookie. "I'm going to have to sew more blankets and pillows."
Marinette thought a bit more. "Yeah, I would like to sew blankets to make better pillow forts."
Luka smiled over that idea and wrapped his arms around her again, and lightly kissed her neck. "Makes me want to cuddle," he said softly.
Marinette smirked and pushed him on a pillow so she could lay on top of his chest. Yes, there was indeed plenty of time to cuddle under their pillow fort.