Note: I changed the last chapter a lot. So, if you haven't read it since I changed it, late last night. I would go back and re-read it. ^-^ Thank you for all of the reviews! I wasn't happy with how I made that last chapter either, so I hope it's better. ^-^

Tikki zipped out of Marinette's bag and flew through the locker room door. She searched for Plagg and zipped into Adrien's bag.

"Tikki?" Plagg whispered and looked at her with curious green eyes.

"We need to talk." Tikki sighed and sat down beside him.

"What is it? Because my kid is a broken wreck right now." Plagg sighed and rolled his eyes, while nibbling on a piece of camembert.

Tikki sighed and peeked out to see Adrien looked at his phone with his knees drawn up and his fingers in the front of his hair. She could tell he was flipping through photos on his phone.

She sat back down next to Plagg.

"If they keep this up… who knows what will happen when an Akuma shows up. They can't be like this. They either need to be friends or more, Plagg."Tikki looked at him with concerned eyes. "They need to balance each other. Otherwise, they'll be off and when they fight…"

"I know, Tikki." Plagg sighed and threw the whole cheese piece into his mouth. "It's not like it hasn't happened before."

"We need to fix this." Tikki talked frantically with her hands.

"Why can't we just let them figure this out?" Plagg spoke with his eyes closed, relaxed.

Tikki looked at him with an unamused expression. "You think they'll fix it themselves?"

"Tikki?" Marinette peeked into the locker room and called out for her Kwami.

Adrien peered up from his phone to see Marinette. "You lost Tikki?"

"Uh… um…" Marinette rubbed her upper arm. "I can't find her. She was in my bag and now she's gone."

Marinette looked at his blood stained knuckles and her lips turned down at the edges. "Wait."

She reached into her purse and took out bandages. Adrien looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "I didn't think you would still be here." She fell to her knees in front of him and began to wrap his knuckles.

"I-" Adrien began to speak, but she interrupted him.

"I don't have to know." Marinette smiled warmly down at the wrapping she was doing.

She finished and worried her bottom lip. "Tikki, come out, please. I know you're here."

Tikki sighed and flew out of Adrien's bag with Plagg following behind her.

"Sorry, Marinette. I couldn't just sit by and watch this anymore." Tikki gave her a sad expression. "If you guys keep fighting… who knows what will happen if an akuma shows up. You'll be unbalanced and I don't know if you will survive Hawkmoth."

"She's right." Plagg crossed his arms.

Marinette looked at Adrien. He was unamused and his lips were turned down at the corners. "I have to get up early." Adrien stood up and threw his bag over his shoulder. "C'mon Plagg."

Marinette watched him leave with saddened eyes.

"Sorry, Mari." Plagg apologized for his holder and zipped into Adrien's shirt.

"It's okay, Marinette." Tikki tried to comfort her. "See Luka for a while, see how he is. We can worry about the balance later."

Marinette nodded and walked out of the school.

Luka sat on his bed with his guitar in his hand. He strummed a few chords, before picking up his phone. He looked through his contacts and fell to Marinette's. He wondered how the tournament went.

He dialed her number and waited for her to pick up.

Marinette looked at her phone and answered it.

"Hey." Marinette spoke into the phone.

"Hey. How was the tournament?" Luka picked at the strings on his guitar.

"Awful." Marinette let her shoulders slump, as she walked. "It was basically watching two people, not only fighting, but being all up on each other."

Luka saw this as his moment to shine and steal a win. "That's awful. Sounds like he moved on."

"I'm not so sure…" Marinette thought about the end and about his bloody knuckles.

"M, if he was acting that way with another girl? I'd say he's done." Luka tried to point out Adrien's weak point.

"But-" Marinette tried to protest, but she soon realized that he may be right.

"You realized I'm right, didn't you?" Luka smiled into the phone.

"Yes." Marinette sighed and kept walking.

"Why don't you come over? We could play video games and forget about the tournament." Luka flipped the guitar pick between his thumb and index finger.

"Sounds good, Luka." Marinette decided to take Tikki's advice and focus on Luka for a bit.

She turned a corner and made her way to his apartment.

Marinette walked up to his apartment and knocked on the door.

Luka answered and let her in. "Hey, Marinette." He smiled at her.

"Hey, Luka." Marinette walked in and sat on his couch.

Luka sat next to her. "So, who won?"

"Adrien." Marinette sighed and leaned her head back on the back of the couch.

"Makes sense. Did he win last time, years ago?" Luka messed up his hair with his fingers.

Marinette shook her head. "I screwed up and said Adrien won, but…" She gripped her upper arm. "In my defense, fencing is a complicated sport and it's so fast… and…"

"I get it, Marinette." Luka smiled warmly at her.

"I picked Adrien. Which was probably selfish on my part… I didn't want Kagami to get in. I wanted to get into their fencing program to get closer to Adrien." Marinette peered up into Luka's eyes.

"Mm." Luka agreed and searched from her eyes to her lips. He wanted to distract her from talking about him. He wanted her to talk about anything, but him. "Sounds like you may have decided who you want, doll." He placed his thumb on her chin and tipped her face up to his with a smile.

Marinette's lips parted and he ran his thumb over her bottom lip. "I- I still don't know."

"Would it help if I told you my side?" Luka brushed his lips against hers in a soft, sweet, kiss.

Marinette slowly breathed out. "Yes…"

Luka smirked and pulled away slightly. "When you first showed up in my bedroom… I thought you were beautiful. The way you stuttered and jumped was the cutest thing." He placed kisses along her neck to her shoulder. "The way you listened to my music and swayed. The way you smiled. The fact that you have an interest in music… and crafts…"

Marinette hummed and let him kiss back up her neck to her ear. "It was so cute. You are so cute, doll."

Marinette breathed out and closed her eyes, as he kissed back to her soft lips.

"Luka…" Marinette softly moaned his name.

"Hm?" Luka softly spoke against her skin.

"Would you like to go with me to lunch tomorrow? I'll have a lunch break in the middle of the showcase, somewhere. You could meet me there and we could walk to a cafe together." Marinette tangled her fingers in his hair and he looked up at her with a smile on his lips.

"Of course, Marinette." Luka pushed her back onto the couch and climbed on top of her.

Adrien fell onto his bed and loudly groaned. He flipped through his phone and found Kagami's number.

He tapped his bedspread with his index finger and thought about texting her. Before he could even begin to text her, his phone made a meow sound.

Adrien looked to see who it was and Kagami's name appeared above the text.

Kagami: I had fun. Thx again, Adrien. Can't wait to see u tomorrow. It'd be even more fun… if u invited Marinette to our little date.

Adrien looked the text over with shocked eyes.

Adrien: Marinette?

Kagami: I enjoyed putting a little show on for her. It could only work in ur favor. ;)

Adrien looked at the text in confusion. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Adrien: I'll see wat I can do. She may have plans. And she's kind of still mad at me.

Kagami: And we'll make her more mad.

Adrien's expression became determined and he began to text her back.

Adrien: Alright, I'm in.

Kagami: Good. You won't regret it.

Adrien flinched at the comment, but let it go. He flipped through his messages to Marinette's number. He opened up a new message and began to text her.

When he didn't get a response, he shrugged, turned the alarm on in his phone and put his phone next to his bed. He shut the light off, slid his shirt over his head, and let it fall to the floor, before rolling onto his side to sleep.