I recommend reading last chapter again to understand this one!

Sorry I took so long, and I know I didn´t keep my promise but I got a job which took some of my time. I also the place where I got some vacation ended up not having Wi-Fi like promised. Anyway, put all of that with trying to enjoy summer and you get this chapter so late. Now I am back to school but however, my plan still stands, and I do plan for a short while to publish frequently. As soon as I end this part of the story (only 4 more chapters to go) I will do a small break from this story and most likely be a little late with my other stories. Anyway, enough being said so lets just get this chapter over with. Btw I also won´t be able to reply to all comments like promised so only if I see there is a lot of things in common or I like a comment I will I talk about it .do fear leaving comments since I like reading your opinion .it helps me create a better story Also, about last chapter I will edited it after I finish the other chapters since now I am on a role and don´t want to break it by working on an already published chapter. besides it is one of the most important chapters of this story and deserves lots of time and work to make it perfect. Weirdly enough it isn´t the most important or my favorite.

As soon as Marinete heard someone was there for her. She ran thinking Adrien came back for her. Tears left her face filled with hope and happiness. Her heart racing just as fast as her mind with her poor legs trying to catch up. she was so overjoyed; she even tripped as soon as she opened the front door. Falling right over Luka. He laughed and pointed out:

"You have the strange habit of falling for me "

Marinete then, recognizing it wasn´t Adrien but instead It was Luka with that kind friendly voice and that familiar warm hug, she instantly got up. Marinete cleaned the tears immediately and gave him an embarrassed smile. She quickly stood back giving some needed space between them.

"Luka?"

Her shy voice said while trying to hide her sadness with a smile. However, Luka who´s only focus seemed to be her was able to see behind that mask and confronted her:

"Marinete were you crying?"

Her eyes blinked surprised by the honesty and wariness in his eyes.

"Who me? No, of course, not"

He insisted while avoiding looking at her like some how he shared her sadness.

"You were. I can always tell the song your heart is playing. I also didn´t need to because it´s obvious by the sad glow in your eyes. I am sorry. I feel this is my fault "

Her eyes blinked again confused:

"What? No, it's not"

He stared at her, grabbing her hand before sighing and declaring with an open heart to her:

"It´s mine fault and you don´t even have to tell me, it's because I left you when the building collapsed, and chat saved you, right? You are mad at me because I left. That's why you rushed me away just a few moments ago. But I came back and from now on I swear I will always come back. I will always be there for you because I love you and I won't wait another second to tell you that. I want you to be with me forever. I want to make you happy and comfort you when you cry because you are the most amazing girl I know, and you deserve everything. I love it when you blush and mess up your words. I love when your eyes shine and how perfect you are. I love how smart and quick thinking you are. I know this seems so fast, but the truth is that for me it seems like I have known you forever. Why wait if I already know I love you! You are my muse. You are the music in me!"

Marinete eyes began to glow with the declaration of love. Then suddenly before she could even reply or process what was going on. Luka pulls her close and just as the rain begins pouring their lips meet.

She feels his lips touch hers and immediately closes her eyes. At the begging she feels butterflies just like when she was kissing Adrien, but this butterflies soon became dark almost like little akumas inside her, feeling her with guilt. She wondered if that is what being akumatized felt like. She didn´t feel like the butterflies were flying in her stomach like with Adrien but like they were attacking her from inside. Everything about that kiss seemed very wrong. She liked Luka a lot but then why was it so wrong? Her heart knew why.

Despite how sweet and easy Luka was. He wasn´t Adrien. Sure, he could make her mumble but he couldn´t do like Adrien that make her heart skip a beat and race at the same time; make her feel the bravest girl in the world while being the shyest girl in front of him. Make her want to scream and at the same time leave her speechless. Luka wasn't Adrien. sure, he could be there but it wouldn´t be the same time as Adrien also chat was there for her. She after a few minutes not being able to let this guilt and sadness consume her anymore pushed him away. Tears leaving her eyes again.

"Luka you are amazing, but I am just not ready. I am done with romance and with boys. I can´t do this to you or me, I hope you understand. it's not you. It's just my heart isn´t ready. "

Marinete could tell the sadness in his eyes despite he trying to fake a smile.

"I understand. just know I will wait for day you will see we belong together "

His very swiftly places his hand over her shoulder and gives her a hopeful smile.

"Please don´t. I want you to be happy and I don´t think I can make anyone happy, I hope we can still be friends. "

He smiled, placed his hand her shoulder before assuring her:

"Sure, just know when you´re ready I am here for you. "

He said before kissing her hand and bowing. He then walks away finally letting the tears fall. As he walks way his feet trampled all over a single red rose on the floor. It took a lot of braveness to go there and confess all to her and having been rejected hurt very much to him but the hope that one day she would feel the same made him able to cope with the sadness.

Meanwhile after a slow walk upstairs. Marinete threw herself to her bed. her eyes facing the pictures of Adrien. she began to sob:

"Adrien doesn't love me, but I love him meanwhile Luka does love me, but I can´t love him because I love Adrien. Why is my life such a mess, Tikki?"

Tikki sitting next to Marinete and branding her wet hair from the rain and told her in a motherly way:

"But Adrien does love you. Did you forget how he feels for Ladybug? "

"Exactly for ladybug. He can kiss her but not me. he loves the costume more then the person who wears it. I knew it before, it´s just now I have proof. To him no matter what I do or whatever it happens I will always be just a friend Marinete. "

Marinete sighed while Tikki stopped with the branding of Marinete's hair and flew right into her face, looking her in the eyes:

"That's not true. He…"

Marinete turning her back to her kwami and now facing the wall, concluded:

"Save it Tikki there´s no point. I am just glad he doesn´t know my secret. if he did it would be the worse. "

Meanwhile Plagg watched Adrien´s complete messy room, books, cd´s and everything just destroyed lying on the floor. Everything had been thrown or tossed to the ground. Plagg trying to move between the mess playfully said:

"Here I thought my cataclysm was destructive, but you see capable of doing it on your own"

Adrien only mumble something at his kwami. It was hard to understand not only due to the crying in the voice but also the pillow over Adrien's face that mumbled his words around. Suddenly he lifts the pillow making his words somewhat understandable.

"I see why she didn´t wanted to tell me who she was. she is in love with Luka. He is the one she loves and not me. she played me! I was such a fool. How could I believe I was lucky enough for my lady being both Marinete and for her to truly love me. All those kisses and I love you was a lie!"

Plagg sitting on Adrien´s shoulder comforted him

"Adrien I am so sorry but If it helps she did say she liked you and was jealous of kagami besides when she said she loved you, I think she meant it. "

Adrien angerly got up almost making Plagg fall with his sudden outburst.

"Exactly she said she liked me as in the past. She doesn´t like me anymore and that's why she is with Luka, she moved on from me. That is if she even loved me at all. Maybe when she said for me not to go after her was so that she could play me like a pet. "

Plagg sad laid on Adrien´s shoulder.

"I am sorry kid. But hey you can also move on or wait for them to break up. I mean sure he is taller, older, he noticed her first, he is cooler then you at least as Adrien, his eyes are deep blue, but I mean who likes all those things. I mean at least thanks to me you smell like camembert and that's a plus. I mean everyone loves it "

Adrien growled and threw a pillow against Plagg. before turning his back to his kwami and talked to himself but with Plagg still listening.

"Why did it had to be her. I trusted her and she …I taught me, and Ladybug had something special, but I guessed I was wrong since she can kiss me one day and other day kiss another guy, I bet she also told him she loves him, I was such a fool. "

Plagg cursed himself for what about he was going to do but he couldn´t take it after watching Adrien trash his room and cry for so long. The poor kwami had no choice. He wouldn´t leave his master suffer because of some girl. If he could make him feel better that´s what he would do. His whiskers moved as he spoke:

"I lied"

Adrien grabbed Plagg by his back like if he was and cat and growled

"Hum what "

Plagg keeping his composure.

"Marinete isn't Ladybug. There, does that make you feel better? So, you still have a chance with Ladybug or let´s say with any other girl. "

Adrien didn´t seem to believe his kwami. How could he do that to him?

"What? how could you lie to me?"

Plagg turned his back to Adrien not being able to watch Adrien´s face as he lied to him.

"I was tired of watching you being stuck on the bug, so I wanted you to find someone and Marinete seemed like a good choice"

Plagg had to bite his tongue as he said it. sure, saying white lies or lying to protect his master was one thing and Plagg didn´t mind but lying like that was something else. Something he never wanted or liked to do. Adrien seemed to switch his anger to the kwami because he angerly said.

"I can't believe you did this to me´"

"Trust me lying to you is the worst thing I could do but I swear it was for a good reason. Are you happy now, knowing she isn´t your lady?

"I can't believe you would do this to me, you know how I feel for Ladybug "

"I know but see she is still free. Now I am going to get some cheese and then we can talk more about this."

Plagg didn´t want to eat cheese. In fact, he was sure he couldn´t keep nothing down after lying to Adrien but he and Marinete had to have a serious talk. Unfortunately, before he could go; Adrien closed the window.

"No, you don´t. you aren't leaving. "

Plagg angerly obeyed and went to bed furiously turning his back to his master and controlling the tears.

Adrien sighed. why didn´t the fact that Marinete wasn´t Ladybug didn´t made him feel happy but even worse? Sure, that meant it wasn´t his lady kissing Luka but it was still Marinete kissing someone after Adrien and her almost kiss. Why did their almost kiss followed by her kissing Luka meant so much? Did he love Marinete and that she wasn´t just a friend?

If it was true, that also meant Adrien heart was split between two girls that both seemed to push him away. He wouldn´t lie to himself or Plagg anymore. seeing that even if it wasn´t ladybug but only Marinete hurt him. It hurt that Luka was able to see how wonderful Marinete was and act on his feelings so fast it didn´t even gave the chance for Adrien to do the same. Adrien always knew there was something special about Marinete ever since he gave her his mom´s umbrella and they became friends after the whole gum incident. Why hadn´t he seen it sooner? Was he really that blind with his lady? All this run across his mind as he prepared to sleep.

Marinete and Adrien despite all the things that split them apart, shared one thing in common, both were unable to sleep that night both with their hearts broken and confused ended up twisting and turning in the bed with their thoughts and their kwamis.

Marinete checked her phone for the millionth time. she had school and if she didn´t got up right now she would be late; it wasn´t as if staying in bed was doing anything to make her feel better. Maybe it was best to just go to class, avoid Adrien the rest of time and then sprint home. Yes, that was her brilliant plan until he came coming crashing down by a text by Alya.

"Girl don´t forget about the reunion of the bugginettes "

Great her plan to avoid Adrien was screwed. well she left home to what she knew it would be the longest day of her life. Adrien receiving a similar text sighed. Seeing the amazing girl that he just realized he loved and now was dating someone else. To make things worse he was scared because she knew his secret and that meant he would have to protect her and look out for her as a civilian even if for now his plan was to avoid both her and Luka.

School passed to fast for Marinete and Adrien; None particularly sharing Alya's enthusiasm about the bugginettes reunion. Their plan to avoid each other wasn´t working, at lunch their biggest brake, both came up with an excuse not to sit with the rest. Unfortunately, both choose the same place to eat and ended up siting across each other exchanging discreet look both too scared to talk to each other. This was just one of the ways the avoiding strategy was falling. the more they tried the more they run into each other. With the clock thinking and the reunion coming they knew they would have to act normal like nothing happened.

Finally, the last second hit and their time had run out, School day was over and now they had to go to the reunion. Adrien and Marinete were grabbed by Nino and Alya. After a cloudy day. The sun began to shine inviting to a walk on the park instead of having the reunion on a boring class room.

So, all went for ice cream and decided to sit on a bench. Alya and Nino close together while Marinete and Adrien siting close together due to how small the bench was.

Marinete wondered what today´s topic of the bugginetes would be, somehow that would be the best part of her day; Listening to Alya's ideas and plans to find out her identity instead of worrying about Adrien. Fear for her identity was a great distraction but Alya had other plans. Marinete then whispered to Adrien

"Don´t worry your secret is safe with me "

He smiled and was about to say something when Alya with a mischievous smile announced today´s theme.

"Ladybug and Chat noir the duo meant for each other "

"But they are not a couple, Alya "

Both Marinete and Adrien said at the same time, lifting from the bench.

"Not yet but trust me after cupid´s help, a.k.a moi, they will be the third best couple of Paris. After me and Nino, the best couple and well the second is… "

Alya looked intensively at Adrien and Marinete both, clearing her intention before continuing

"…other yet to be couple that´s also meant to be "

Marinete asked, hoping to distract Alya and hopefully stop the looks Adrien was making her

"So, what is the plan?"

Alya's plans were simple and basic and after that talk Marinete wasn´t as worried as she previously was. So, after one successful day surviving Adrien and the bugginetes Marinete fell asleep almost immediately.

Adrien after that exhaustive day; Also fell asleep like a baby. Marinete and Adrien relaxed. Luckily Hawkmoth was giving them a long break and they very well deserved after the emotions they have been dealing with. What they didn´t know was that sometimes it is in the calmest times that the storm comes. And that everything about them would change and it would begin with a very simple conversation between Alya and Nino about them acting weird on the park.

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