Note: Thank you so much for all of the reviews! I love them all! You guys are amazing! ^-^ Also, due to the confusion as to where Marinette and Luka ended up at... I changed a little part at the bottom. Hopefully, that helps some. ^-^
Luka tapped on the frame of her bedroom door. "Hey, I made dinner. You wanna, uh…" He rubbed his upper arm. "eat with me?"
Marinette looked up from her cell phone with red rimmed eyes. Luka sighed and sat next to her on the bed. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders and smiled at her. "You know… if he can't wait for you? Maybe he's not worth it."
Marinette looked at him horrified. "You're not helping." She wiped her eyes and sniffed.
"I'm just being honest. I know it's hard, but… I'd wait forever for the chance to date you, M." Luka rubbed her upper arm.
Marinette sniffed again and shook her head. "You don't get it. And you won't… because I can't tell you." She sobbed and brought her knees to her chest again. "He's been waiting… since we were 13."
Luka was taken aback. "That long?! And you've never dated? What the hell?!"
"I- It was never the right time." She mumbled, trying not to give too much away.
"You've had that man…" Luka pointed over his shoulder with his thumb. "Waiting on a string… for that long? Marinette." He was horrified. "You can't keep someone waiting that long. That's way… too long. Your in your twenties."
"I-" Marinette began to cry harder. "He's probably with some other girl at the bar."
"And if he is? Forget him. You deserve so much better, M." Luka raised her chin up and wiped her tears away. "You deserve to be treated like your the sun."
She sighed and bit her bottom lip and got lost in his teal eyes. "Can I ask you something?"
"What?" Luka looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"I wanna know about your feelings for Adrien." Marinette didn't meet his eyes. "I mean, love who you love, I'm open minded, but… I didn't think this was ever about him."
Luka sighed and ruffled his hair with his hand. "I- How do I put this?"
Marinette looked up at him with a smile.
"Maybe, I could play you a song? To explain?" Luka bit his bottom lip and peered at her through his hair.
"If it helps, okay." Marinette nodded and Luka took his cell phone from his pocket.
"I don't have my guitar, so I hope this band app I use to record impromptu song ideas on will suffice." Luka cleared his throat and opened it up.
He then began to use the different instruments within the app to make a full music piece of All the Pretty Girls by Kaleo.
"All the pretty girls like Samuel...Oh, he really doesn't share. Though it's more than he can handle… Life is anything but fair, life is anything but fair." He swayed and slowly opened his eyes to look at Marinette.
She bit her lip and wiped a tear from her eye.
"Just, as soon as, they turn older...He'll come up and sweep them off their feet. It's only making me feel smaller…. All the hidden love beneath." Luka sang out and closed his eyes, getting into it.
Marinette swayed to the music and closed her eyes.
So won't you lay me, won't you lay me down
Won't you lay me, won't you lay me down
Won't you lay me, won't you lay me down
Won't you lay me, won't you lay me down
Luka looked at Marinette and bit his bottom lip. "All alone, alone again. No one lends a helping hand. I have waited, I have waited. Takes a toll, one's foolish long before I see the light? I have waited, I have waited for you to lay me down." Luka let a tear fall down his cheek, as he watched Marinette sway.
"You know it's hard. Heaven knows I've tried… But it just keeps getting harder…" Luka's voice cracked slightly and Marinette opened her eyes to look at him.
Luka belted out the words, "I'll wait." Repetitively with saddened eyes.
"For you to lay me down. Won't you lay me down." He sighed and finished the song.
She leaped into his arms and wrapped her arms around his neck. "You're jealous."
"I want you, Marinette,but this whole thing is getting to my head. While, yes, I find Adrien attractive… All I really want is you, Marinette." Luka admitted and looked away from her gaze. "I'm confused. I like Adrien, but I love you. It's all so… complicated."
She stroked the nape of his neck and searched his eyes. "I get it." She closed the gap between them and brushed her lips against his.
Kagami brought a glass of water over to Adrien, who was busy clutching his head in his hands.
"I really… shouldn't have drank so much." Adrien groaned and relaxed back onto her couch.
"Well, you did seem to be having a bad day." Kagami smiled and sat next to him.
"So… you don't care if I don't… ya know?" Adrien shrugged at her and she touched his thigh with her hand and he flinched.
"No, I figured it wasn't going down." She took a sip of her water with a smile. "You still love Marinette, don't you?"
Adrien sighed. "Is it that obvious?"
"Well, it was a hunch. I haven't heard her name in years and the whole way here... that's all you've talked about." Kagami shrugged and licked her lips. "How are you two not together yet? Although, you did tell me, she was a very good friend." Kagami rolled her eyes.
"Luka showed up." Adrien grit his teeth and his hands tightened around the glass.
"I see." Kagami nodded and set her glass down on the coffee table. "Well, I think you should make her see that she is running out of time."
"I told her that before I walked out, Kagami." Adrien sighed and swirled his water.
"Well, show her. Prove it to her. That you are wanted by millions and that she's gonna miss her chance." Kagami picked her glass up again.
"Where am I going to find someone?" Adrien took a sip of his water.
Kagami raised her hand and pointed at her head.
"You'd be willing for me to use you for that?" Adrien raised an eyebrow.
"More than willing. I'll be your 'girl'." She put girl in between quoting fingers. "But you have to still do that fencing match with me. Actually…" She thought for a moment. "Invite her to it, tomorrow night. I'll put on a show." Kagami smiled and Adrien worried his bottom lip.
"After, I stormed out? I don't know if she'll bite." Adrien confessed with a sigh. "Besides, she's just a-"
"I swear to all things holy, if you so as say the word, friend… I'll fight you right here and now, until you shut up and call her what she is!" Kagami slammed her glass down on the table.
Adrien sat back in shock at her outburst. "Okay, okay. I get it."
"We're not 14 anymore, Adrien!" Kagami growled at him. "Grow up and start acting like you're the twenty something year old you are! Play the game or give her up. Because if you don't make a move… she'll be gone." And I'll snatch you up. The words played through her mind.
Adrien's expression became determined. He took out his smartphone and found Marinette's number. He dialed and waited for her to answer.
Marinette was busy with her lips on Luka's and his tongue was gliding along hers. She felt her phone vibrate in her pocket, but she ignored it. She was too lost in Luka's kisses and her fingers were tangled in his soft hair. He rolled her beneath him and slid his hand beneath her shirt and up her stomach to her breast, where he caressed it and she mewled out.
Adrien gave up and left a message on her phone. "Hey. I'm sorry I ran out. I have a fencing tournament tomorrow evening at…"
"Six." Kagami mouthed and he nodded.
"Six. It's going to be at our old high school." He rubbed the back of his neck and looked at Kagami. "And I was wondering if you wanted to come watch me. It should be good. Alright, well, let me know. Bye."
He hung up and groaned, holding his head in his hands.
"Good. Now, let's hope she takes it and decides to come." Kagami smiled at him. "Want some ibuprofen?"
"Yes, please." Adrien rubbed his temples and Kagami got up to get a pain killer.
Luka pulled away from Marinette and she begged for him to come back.
"C'mon. You need to eat." Luka helped her up and pulled her to the kitchen.
Marinette looked down to see some type of soup sitting in a bowl on the table.
"I figured you'd want something comforting and warm." Luka smiled and sat down across from her.
"Thank you so much, Luka." Marinette smiled and picked up her spoon to eat.
Marinette took out her cell phone and saw she had missed a call from Adrien. Her face fell and she caressed the face of her phone.
"What's wrong?" Luka looked up from his food and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
Marinette shook her head. "Adrien called me."
Luka sighed. "Did he leave a message?"
Marinette nodded and pressed her lips together with a sigh.
"You should hear what he has to say." Luka hated to admit it, but he knew it might make her feel better.
Marinette unlocked her voicemail and listened to it. She hung up and looked at Luka.
"And?" Luka took another bite.
"He wants me to go to his tournament tomorrow at our old high school." Marinette sighed and played with her soup.
"Go. I won't stop you." Luka shrugged. Maybe, if he showed how much he cared… she'd pick him.
Marinette nodded. "I think I will."
"Good." Luka smiled. "Now, eat. Please."
Marinette picked up a spoonful of soup and brought it to her lips. "It's delicious, Luka. Thank you." She smiled warmly at him.
"You're welcome. And I was being honest. You deserve the world, M." Luka smiled at her with his eyes closed.
Marinette giggled and began to eat more. It was then that she realised how hungry, she truly was. "I still don't know who to choose."
"I know that, Marinette. But I'm willing to wait, if the prize is this good." Luka smiled at her and she blushed.
"She didn't answer?" Kagami brought a sandwich over to Adrien with a smile.
Adrien shook his head and took the plate from her. "No, not yet."
"Give her some time. In the meantime… you wanna watch some competitive fencing on tv?" Kagami smiled over at him.
"Why not." Adrien smirked and took a bite of the food.
Kagami smiled and turned the television on.
They sat watching the tournament for a while. "C'mon! Anyone can see that he touched her first!" Adrien called out a bad call with his hand aimed at the screen.
Kagami watched him with a smile and she giggled behind her hand. "You're really passionate about the sport, huh?"
"My family is really into fencing. But when I looked into yours… I'd say yours is too." Adrien blushed and rubbed the back of his neck.
Kagami's eyes grew big. "You looked my family up?"
Adrien pointed at the ring on her finger. "I saw that and got interested. It looked familiar to me. It was then that I realised who you were."
Kagami played with her ring. "I guess my name is pretty well known."
"PRETTY?!" Adrien leaned forward onto his thighs. "You're known globally! Your family has topped the charts for years!"
Kagami blushed and rubbed her arm. "What can I say… we love our competition."
"I can admire that." Adrien shrugged and searched her eyes. He suddenly cleared his throat. "Anyway, I guess, I'll get going. See you tomorrow night?"
"Be there an hour early." Kagami nodded with a smile.
"Okay. Thanks for dinner and the talk. I needed it." Adrien smiled and got up from her couch.
"Need a ride?" Kagami pointed with her thumb.
"Nah. I'll have someone pick my car up. I could use the walk anyway." Adrien smirked and made his way out of her apartment.
"Wait. Let me give you my number." Kagami handed him a piece of paper that she had scribbled her number on.
"Thank you, Kagami." Adrien smiled and took the paper from her.
"You're more than welcome, Adrien." Kagami smiled and closed the door behind him.
Adrien sighed, put his hands in his pockets, and walked out of the building and down the sidewalk.
A text suddenly appeared on his phone.
Mari: I'll be there.
Adrien smiled at the text and pocketed his phone. "Plagg?" He rounded the corner into a secluded alleyway.
"What?" Plagg zipped out of his shirt. "I was busy having a lovely moment with some camembert."
Adrien rolled his eyes. "Cheese later. I need to get home. Claws out!"
He was soon covered in a neon green light and he bounded through Paris towards his apartment.
Marinette stood at her kitchen sink, washing the pots and pans from Luka making dinner for them. Luka watched her from the kitchen table. He smiled and rested his chin on his palm.
"Thank you again, for everything." Marinette smiled over her shoulder, drying a dish.
"Anytime, Marinette." Luka stretched and stood up from the table. "Well, I should get going. I have to practice for an up and coming gig. Talk to you tomorrow?"
"Sure." Marinette smiled at him, set the dish towel down, and walked him to her apartment door to say goodnight.
As soon as, she shut the door and listened for his footsteps to dissipate... she called out to her Kwami. "Tikki?!"
Tikki zipped into the room from her bedroom and looked at her concerned. "Yes, Marinette?"
"I need to get out of here. I need to think about all of this." Marinette rubbed her temples.
"Just say the words." Tikki smiled and hugged her holder's cheek.
Marinette warmly smiled. "Tikki, Spots On!"
Chat used his staff to fly through the air when he was hit by another body, mid air. He cried out and heard a female scream, as she reached out and caught onto a steel beam on a nearby building.
Chat shut his eyes and felt himself getting tangled up with someone familiar. He opened his eyes, as they dangled upside down, against each other. His eyes grew wide when he saw a beautiful set of blue ones. "Lady-bug?"
"Hi." She giggled nervously.
"I-" Chat looked away.
"Where were you?" They spoke in unison then blushed and shied away from each other.
"You first." They spoke again.
Ladybug sighed. "Luka made me dinner."
"Ah." Chat nodded with an understanding expression.
"And you?" Ladybug looked at him with hopeful eyes.
"I uh… ran into Kagami at the bar." Chat rubbed the back of his neck and Ladybug suddenly wanted to be a million miles from him.
"Wait! Wait!" Chat tried to stop her, but she unhooked her yo-yo causing them to fall to the ground.
"Ow." He rubbed his head and stood up.
"Did you do anything?" Ladybug's eyes filled with tears.
"Wait a minute." Chat waved his hands in front of his face. "You have no say! You were probably all over Luka. Am I right?" He pointed at her with accusing eyes.
"I-" Ladybug couldn't deny that.
"Thought so." Chat sighed and rubbed his temples. "Just- come watch me fight, okay? I'm sorry. I'll be going." He extended his staff and ran off.
"Chat?!" Ladybug called after him with her hand outstretched to the sky, but she watched him leave into the distance with a sigh and a new ache in her heart that hurt worse than before.
Chat landed on the rooftop of his apartment building and fell into a crouch against a brick wall. He placed his hands over his eyes and let the tears fall. "Claws in." He softly cried.
"You gotta keep it together, kid." Plagg zipped into his holder's face and touched his cheek. "C'mon. She'll come around and so will you."
"I'm beginning to doubt it, Plagg. I don't know how much more of this I can take." Adrien gripped the front of his hair.
"Look." Plagg looked into his green eyes with his own. "You're Chat Noir… She's Ladybug… It's in the stars…"
Adrien sighed. "Yeah, well. It should have happened by now." He clenched his hands into fists.
"You can't rush love, even the magical kind." Plagg shrugged and then became grossed out with himself. "What are you turning me into?!" He was horrified and Adrien chuckled.
"Thanks, Plagg." Adrien stood up and brushed himself off. "Let's go inside. I need to practice for tomorrow."
Plagg nodded and zipped into his shirt again and Adrien opened the door and descended down the stairway, into the building.
Song: All the Pretty Girls by Kaleo