Miraculous Ladybug!

To say the movies with Marinette, Luka, and Adrien was awkward and tense was a severe understatement. Well for her it was normal. A normal, fun thing to do with two friends. Just like when she had first met Luka on his mother's houseboat. But for Adrien and Luka it was utterly different. When Luka and Marinette walked in, their arms were linked, Adrien was walking on Marinette's side. Of course he was already feeling like a third wheel, even before they entered the theater.

"What movie are you thinking?" Luka asked as Marinette squinted to look at the list up. It was above the counter where a semi-long line of movie-goers were waiting their turn. Luka, Marinette, and Adrien stood to the side looking over the sign.

Marinette, pouted as she thought to herself. Adrien smiled at the face she was making. It was the most adorable thing he'd ever seen. And he'd seen Plagg's tail stuck in a wheel of Camembert before. "How about.." She paused and unhooked her arm from Luka's so she could run her fingers through her hair. She barely noticed what she did but Luka and Adrien certainly did. "What do you think we should watch, Adrien?"

She turned to him, blinking her big, blue eyes and all of a sudden his mind was blank. All he could think was puppy eyes and beautiful and Plagg. Don't judge him about the last one, the stuck-tail bit was still running in his mind. "Uh..." Luka smirked and filled in for him.

"We should watch a horror movie. I'm thinking IT or Scream 4: Return of Wail." Marinette pursed her lips and Adrien cursed himself. Why hadn't he thought of that? Watch the horror movie so Marinette was scared and would cuddle. Or suggest horror movie and end up looking badass for wanting to. That was one point for Luka.

Adrien was behind and he needed a comeback. "We could watch Sherlock Gnomes, that looks pretty funny. But I don't really care what we watch, as long as I'm watching a movie with you it's the best movie." Damn. Two points for Adrien right there. Luka narrowed his eyes at the blonde, trying to hide how impressed he was.

Marinette's eyes widened and she turned red, almost looking the same shade as Nathaneal's hair. No, she wasn't blushing. It was just the heat of the popcorn from the theater that was making her red. Probably an allergic reaction to all that butter. Yeah. That had to be it. "U-Uh, um, yeah sure. W-we can watch Gnerlock Shomes. S-Shercock! Shernock Gnomes! We can- we can watch that." She walked ahead of the two, hurrying so she had time to fan at her face without any of them noticing that she was red.

In the meantime the two boys were at each other's throats. Luka made eye contact with Adrien and in a threatening way he sliced a finger over his throat and mouthed a few curse words. Adrien narrowed his eyes and mouthed Bring it. This went on for awhile until Marinette turned around and both boys immediately gave their most innocent looks.

Her red blush was gone, but she was still a little flustered. "Wow. So I'm gonna get my food and s-"

Before Luka got to say anything Adrien raised his hand and yelped. "Me!" He said, making Marinette practically jump. "Me, I'll pay. For all of us." Another point for Adrien. Chivalry was very impressive. Score was now 3 to 1.

Luka pursed his lips, wondering how he could turn it around. While he thought Marinette was pulling out her own wallet, insisting she pay for her own. "No, please. Mari I insist. Put your wallet away. You can count on me. You guys can wait while I get our tickets."

Marinette Agreste

Sounded way better than Marinette Couffaine.

She thanked him, started to put it back in her purse, and walked off towards the line for snacks with Luka. Then he realized what he had just done. He had given Marinette and Luka some time alone for Luka to move in with his charm. He watched as the 2 walked away and he cursed himself for being so stupid. That would've been him laughing with her about the overpriced goodies. He wasn't paying attention at all to the lack of people in front of him.

"Excuse me, sir?" The cashier in charge of tickets said. "Sir?" She asked again. "Sir!" This time she stole the blonde's attention.

Adrien gave a nervous smile. "Oh, sorry, I was a little dis-"

"Oh my gosh!" Adrien's eyes widened at the outburst. He stared at her as if she was crazy. "You're the Adrien Agreste!" Adrien's face turned red as suddenly everyone's eyes were on him. He nodded at her to be polite but kept his head down to stop from another stampede of crowds. "Sorry, I'm sorry. You're trying to go ingonito, huh?"

"Yeah, it is nice to meet you though..." He narrowed his eyes to read her name tag,"..Bubbles? That's a weird name."

With a shrug she replied. "I was born a weird way. Anyway, not-Adrien-Agreste. What would you like?"

"3 adult tickets for Sherlock Gnomes, please." She rose her eyebrows at the selection but entered it in nonetheless.

"That'll be 33.75."

Adrien practically paled where he stood. There was no way he forgot his wallet. Not for this. Not for Mari, and in front of Luka no less. There was no way he could forget his phone and his wallet. That was just too much bad luck, even for him.

Now that he had realized that he hadn't had his wallet his mind wandered to what would've happened if Luka and Marinette had stayed.

Luka pulled out his own wallet and moved to the cashier with a proud smirk. "I've got it, Netty. You can count on me. I'm amazing at honestly everything." It was unspoken but the blonde knew he would to say Unlike Adrien. Oooo! I can play guitar! Look at me! Nyah, nyah, nyah. After that he would pay for all three of them (because he was just that chivalrous).

"Okay so I don't have money?" Adrien said, his voice getting high pitched at the end. The Bubbles girl rose an eyebrow, looking at him weirdly. "B-but I really need 3 tickets so maybe I can-"

"I'm sorry but I can't give you 3 tickets if you don't have money."

"Wait, w-wait." Adrien was desperate at this point, practically begging now. "How about- h- how about an autograph, huh?" She wasn't convinced. "Clothes that aren't even in stores yet? A job as a model? Intern at Agreste?"

"I want to go on a date with you." Adrien's eyes widened as he was taken aback by the girl's bluntness. "Sorry was that too- It's not everyday you meet a famous model with a perfume named after him who forgets his wallet."

"Okay yes sure."

2 minutes later Adrien met up with Marinette and Luka, who had been chatting happily without him. He was glad to interrupt. She had already bought $15 worth of food for Adrien after Luka had bought food for him and Marinette. Subtract 1 point for Luka not paying for Adrien's and letting Marinette. Score is now 3-0.

Adrien insisted on paying her back completely. When she said it was fine he insisted on paying her back in sewing equipment. Which, of course, Marinette immediately rejected.

But hey, he didn't always have to listen to the love of his life.

During the features of the upcoming movies Marinette sat in the middle between Adrien and Luka. After they had sent each other glares and such Marinette started to get up.

"Where you heading, princess?" Luka asked as he slipped some popcorn into his mouth. Was it just Adrien or did Marinette flinch when Luka said princess? Her eyes widened as she turned to him in surprise. He rose an eyebrow. "Everything okay?"

"Um, uh, yesh. I mean yeah! Everything's fine. Perfect even. I'll be right black- back. I'm not black, I'm french-asian!" Cue awkward and nervous laugh. "I'll be right back." She smacked her forehead as she walked away from the two. She was so hopeless. How two guys liked her, the world would never know.

Almost immediately Adrien whipped around to face Luka. The two glaring at each other intensely. "What do you think you're doing?" Luka asked, placing down his popcorn. If anything happened (Adrien hitting it out of his hands) he'd want to eat it, and his money would go to waste.

"I'm coming here, to the movies, with a really good friend." Hopefully not a friend for long. Adrien thought hopefully. God that would be so amazing. Him dating Marinette.

"A really good friend, huh?" Luka glared, "You know very well I told you to stay away from her." Luka felt intimidated by the blonde, as much as he hated to admit it. The blonde had everything. He was going to inherit a business, he was rich, he modeled, everyone loved him, and he had a father. It wasn't fair. Luka just wanted Marinette. And maybe a new amp but just Marinette would be great too. It wasn't fair that Adrien won everything, and soon Marinette in addition.

"And you also know very well that if she finds out you hurt me she'll never talk to you." The smirk on Adrien was condescending and snobby. Exactly what Luka expected from someone like Adrien. The guy looked like a male version of Chloé and now acted like one too.

Luka's eyes narrowed at Adrien in anger. Adrien smirked back. Damn, this felt good. Winning. That meant that Adrien had 4 points now and Luka had none.

Adrien felt good about himself. "You know, if Marinette finds out you even threatened me..." The model felt good. He was winning. Luka looked like he was backing off. Part of him felt bad for talking like this. He felt dirty, but at the same time if he didn't do this he would lose Marinette to Luka, and that couldn't happen. At least if he could help it. And if that meant acting like Chloé, so be it.

Luka couldn't hide the worried look. He was already losing. "How about you, pretty boy?" His words, usually intimidating, were incapable of making Adrien uncomfortable. "You went months able to be with her, able to go out with her without any competition, but you never did anything. You flaked on her how many times?" Adrien's nose flared as he opened his mouth to defend himself. "Don't give me that bull about your dad. You would make it possible if you really liked her. What I really don't understand is how you went so long with these feelings without ever asking her out or showing it. Why not if you like her so much?"

That was the million dollar question. Why was it now that the only thing on his mind was Marinette. And what she wanted and what would make her happy. Why now? Was it just because he was possessive and didn't like Luka taking her attention away from him? Or was it more that he had just gotten over Ladybug and Marinette was the next best thing.

Now that he thought about it they had many similarities. They both rocked twin pigtails and the most beautiful blue eyes he'd ever seen. But being with Marinette and talking to her and falling for her was much more than a rebound from Ladybug. She was so much more. It made him wonder why he didn't go for her sooner.

That's why Luka couldn't take her from him.

"Because seeing someone go after her made me realize how much I like her. Seeing you with her made me super jealous and now I know that to me she's more than just a friend." Luka's blue eyes looked down, as if in shame, then back up to meet Adrien's green ones. Adrien sighed, to emphasize his turmoil. "She's a really good- no she's a great friend."

Luka gave the blonde the dumbest look ever. "A great friend? You promoted her? "

"Yeah, a really great friend." Adrien nodded with a smile.

"That's why you're not good for her." Adrien narrowed his eyes at the blue-haired boy, "You spent so much time denying your feelings for her, not ready to give her what she wanted. And now I am. And I'm going to. So once again: back off. She doesn't need you to be wishy washy about your feelings for her. I know I like her and am here for her. So I'll be more than happy to-"

"Marinette, hey." Adrien interrupted as he sent a look to Luka, telling the guitarist to shut up. In the nicest way possible, of course. "How was the bathroom? Did they have good toilet paper? Did you meet any new friends?"

"Um, it was okay. I didn't meet any new friends." She mumbled answers to Adrien's weird questions and made her way back to her seat. Unbeknownst to her the two guys were back to sending the other angry looks.

About half an hour into the movie there was a sudden crash as someone kicked open the two great doors and some movie-goers groaned in annoyance at the noise but not after what they heard next. "Akuma! Headed straight for the-" He screamed as he was shot with a neon pink blast from behind. His entire body seemed to shrivel up into what looked to be a giant bubblegum wrapper as he wailed.

People inside the theater started to gasp and scream, some getting up and running around in a panic. Adrien, however, stood up abruptly and glanced at the exit. "I-I've got to pee." He started to run off but Marinette grabbed him by his collar. "wha-?"

"Are you crazy?" She asked, Luka nodded in agreement. "You'll pee later, there's an akuma!" The bossy way she spoke made him know that she meant business and it would be a horrible mistake if he were to not listen to her. And if he was honest it kind of reminded him of a spotted heroine.

All around them people were screaming and panicking as crashes were heard slowly leading to the room they were in. Panic was evident. The 3 couldn't wrap their minds around what was happening. Using the thunderclap method it was safe to bet the akuma was close. And getting closer every second.

Adrien knew he had to get out of there before Ladybug came and yelled at him for being late. Or rather yelled at Chat. Either way a blonde was going to be yelled at- whether he be in a skin tight leather cat suit or not.

The only other time he was late was with Gorizilla and there was no way he could've shown himself when he was falling from the building so doing it when there were about 30 people and 2 people he interacted with everyday didn't seem like a good idea.

All he could do was hope that Ladybug would show up and somehow create a distraction that would somehow allow him to escape.

Meanwhile Marinette was hoping the same thing, except for Chat. She, Luka, and Adrien all decided to hide underneath the theater seats, so if the akuma did come out it most likely wouldn't see them.

Five minutes passed and people began to wonder if the guy who had warned them had been pranking them. Then the doors kicked open and a pink and blue morphed villian came bursting through them. She had high neon pink pumps and held what looked to be a hot pink and sky blue bazooka.

"I know you're here." The voice teased, a maniacal laugh on her words. "I can smell your fear! Step right here cuz you're bout to disappear. I got gum, gum, gum to spare. I'm the Bubblegum Rapper, Ladybug come if you dare!"

Marinette made a face at that and shook her head. The akumas kept getting weirder with more ridiculous things. All of Paris singing and dancing with FrightningGale? As Chloè would say ridiculous, utterly ridiculous. It seemed that the akuma was bubblegum based and was a pun on rapper and wrapper because of the rapping the akuma did.

The Wrapper shot the bazooka at someone hiding and immediately they turned into a piece of bubblegum, which the akuma then picked up and put in her pocket. If that's what she did to her victims then her pocket would probably be full in no time.

"All of you hiding in here will soon completely disappear. Into my pocket in a wrapper, as my favorite gum Lip Trapper. So come one, come all: the best gum to prevail overall." Another laugh came from the akumatised villian and Marinette sighed. She felt Luka shift uncomfortably next to her and she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She needed a plan. She couldn't rely on Chat to break her out of this one. She would need to help herself.

What she needed was a distraction. She needed someone to sacrifice them self so she could escape and transform into Ladybug and save everyone. And at that moment Luka took Marinette's shoulders so she'd look at him. Adrien looked for the most part miffed but he focused on his inner crisis instead. "Netty." He looked intensely into her eyes and she looked into his. He looked the most serious he had ever been. "I'm going to distract the akuma thingy. I want you and Bl- Adrien to run okay?" He almost called Adrien Blondie but he caught himself. "Promise me you'll run somewhere safe until Ladybug saves the day."

So many things ran through the pig-tailed girl's mind. "Wait, what?" She couldn't defeat the akuma without Chat. If he got turned into bubblegum she would have to fight the akuma on her own. There must've been a reason he said Ladybug and not Ladybug and Chat Noir. "Are you sure you want to do that?" Isn't there something you need to do? She wanted to say it but she kept that part to herself. Adrien was right there. And when Luka wanted to come clean about him being Chat, he would tell Adrien. The last thing she wanted to do was reveal Chat's secret identity to Adrien.

Before Luka could respond he glanced behind Marinette to give a smug look to the blonde but he realized that the blonde wasn't even there. His jaw dropped and Marinette made a face. "W-what's wrong? Is there something behind me?" She turned around almost expecting the akuma to be behind her and turn her into a piece of wrapped bubblegum. Instead she saw nothing. No one.

She would've let out a huge gasp but she covered her mouth before she let it out. Adrien was gone. The boy's bladder got the best of him. She turned to Luka.

"What are we going to do?" She whispered to Luka frantically. Obviously she was referring to them being the saviors of Paris and being stuck with no one to save them but Luka didn't know that.

"All we can do is hide, hope for the best, and wait for Ladybug." Luka sounded sure of the black spotted hero.

Marinette bit her lip and shifted uncomfortably. Studying his facial expression she slowly added, "And Chat Noir."

"Yeah." Luka agreed. "And Chat Noir." Marinette had to think of something and quick. Since Luka had no idea she was Ladybug he didn't know that Ladybug couldn't save them. But she knew since he was Chat no one would be coming to save the day. That was unless Rena joined the picture.

A girl could only dream.

Meanwhile Adrien had somehow escaped. He had crawled underneath the row of chairs and was now underneath the row closest to the emergency exit of the theater. All he had to do was make a mad dash before the akuma could catch him. This was too much for the blonde. Part of him wanted to just take the easy way out and wait for Ladybug but wouldn't she be here by now? What if she was now a piece of gum stuffed into a pocket.

No. He couldn't think like that. Heck, he was Chat Noir! He could do this. So he took a deep breath and made a mad dash for the exit. He dove as he did and the akuma noticed and blasted her bazooka at the door.

"That boy, such a pest. But no matter I'll just take care of the rest. I'll turn you all into gum, until your savior stops this hellabadrum. The only way we can get through this, she and us, is if Ladybug and the Chat give their miraculous." The Wrapper let out a cackly laugh as she shot her bazooka into the ceiling, the blast exploding like a firework.

"Listen, I'm gonna make a run for it while she's distracted and get help for Chat Noir or Ladybug. Be careful Netty." Luka squeezed her hand before running out the closest entrance, which was the one that led towards the main part of the movie theater.

The akuma shot three shots, Luka dodging all of them and somehow earning himself 2 points. 4-2. The akuma growled at the fact she let two people escape. "No matter, those two boys might've escaped, but no one else shall pass through the gate!"

Meanwhile our little black cat was getting ready. Through the big theater doors was the back alleyway. Before Adrien called out his kwami he looked around just in case. Last thing the Agreste name needed was a video of Adrien talking to the dumpsters behind the theater. "Plagg, we gotta do this quick." Almost immediately the black kwami of the cat miraculous flew out of Adrien's front pocket. "Claws-"

Before he could finish the transformation sentence Plagg interrupted. "Before I forget this is pretty important." The cat paused in dramatic effect a Adrien raised an annoyed brow in impatience at the fact that his Princess was in danger and he wanted to save her and all he could do was wait for his dumb kwami to finish his sentence. "Next time you go out on a date, ease up on the cologne, kid."

Adrien's face was dark red as he recalled practically bathing in Old Spice. "Plagg!" He practically whined as the kwami snickered gleefully. "Claws out!" He sounded exasperated as he did so and in a flash of green light he was transformed into a skin-tight leather suit.

Immediately Chat used his baton to call his Lady. No answer. He left a quick message saying where he was, what the akuma's powers were, where he thought the akuma was, and told her to hurry. Usually she just happened to be where the akuma was. So he found it weird that she wasn't there yet. And he found it especially weird that she hadn't picked up. All he could do for now was distract the akuma, stop it from changing any more people into gum, and try to find where the akuma was. Easy. With that he cracked his knuckles, extended his baton, and lept onto the roof.

It would be way too obvious if Chat entered from the same door that Adrien just exited. In fact he was sure some suspicions would arise from him just coming right after Adrien escaped but the people of Paris had been oblivious this long, so why not try anyway.

He decided to burst through the window of the same room he knew the akuma was in. Burst as in gently and quietly open the window. He worked for awhile to find the perfect stance to reveal himself to the akuma so when the akuma looked over he'd look like a true, dramatic superhero. That was until he saw some bird poop near his boot, got grossed out, lost his balance trying to avoid said poop and fell face first from the window up high.

Marinette who had seen him enter with hopes of her own, smacked her own forehead when she saw the clumsiness that was her partner in crime. She almost laughed when he stood up straight, with both hands on his hips, looking embarrassed. "Never fear, citizens of Paris. For I am here!" Another smack to the forehead from Marinette. Obviously Chat had been watching too much My Hero Academia.

"About time. The furball finally joins the party. Come here kitty, hope you're feeling hearty!" At the last word she said it with an evil laugh as she shot her bazooka at Chat.

He narrowly missed it, and as the akuma made two more shots he dodged them with skill. "Better watch out, Wrapper cuz I'm gonna stick it to you."

The Wrapper's shots stopped and Chat looked at her questioningly. Had his awesome pun scared her off? Hawkmoth's symbol the butterfly appeared over her eyes and in that moment Marinette thought she was distracted so she stood up slowly, about to make a run for it.

Then everything happened in slow motion. The Wrapper turned her bazooka from Chat to Marinette in the back and shot. Marinette's eyes widened and her feet stood glued to the ground. The shot got closer and closer but right before it touched her Chat threw his baton in front of the shot, his silver staff turning into a piece of Lip Trapper brand gum.

The Wrapper growled and shot at Marinette again, this time Chat having enough time to tackle her to the ground. More shots rained over them as the Wrapper cursed herself. "Are you okay?" Chat whispered intensely.

He hadn't noticed yet but Marinette definitely did. He was straddling her to the ground, his face super close to hers. "Y-yes."

"Are there any other people in here?"

"I think everyone's found a time to escape. Except me of course."

"Everyone in Paris will be gum you see, Lip Trapper is the only gum for me!" Another cackle from the akuma and the sound of her bazooka going off a bunch. Chat was still practically on top of her and Marinette could see him talking and explaining everything she needed to do but her brain was just blocking everything out. All she heard coming from the black clad superhero was:

"Wah, wah, wah. Wah wah, wah wah wah. Wah wah wah wah wah. Understand?" Stupidly she nodded, having no idea what he was even talking about. "Okay," he whispered into her ear, his breath making her shiver. "I'm going to get you out of here in 3... 2... 1!" All of a sudden he sprung up with her. Since his baton was gone he had to jump. From where they were hiding, all the way in the back left corner of the theater to the main entrance. "I'll keep you safe, Princess."

And there it was again. Him calling her Princess. Him leaving and Chat immediately appearing out of thin air. Luka was so obviously Chat that it was unfair for her to know it. Right then and there while she was in Chat's arms as a particularly hard akuma chased them through a movie theater Marinette decided then and there she was going to reveal to Luka that she was Ladybug. As soon as everything died down she would tell him, hopefully Luka wouldn't be too mad for rebuffing his feelings for LB as Chat. "Thanks, Chat." Chat gave a small smile and held her closer to his chest.

He would keep her safe.

Sorry I'm so late! Wow I feel so bad. I realized I had to pick up the slack when someone commented that I had left you guys on a cliffhanger and promised to post in 2 weeks but it had been 4 months and I felt so bad. Okay here are the reasons:

I had camp for 3 1/2 weeks, then it was my sweet 16 and I put a lot of time into planning it, then I started working on my summer work and stuff and by that time I had just felt super lazy with uploading. I mean I kept writing, just typing like a few sentences a week but I sat my butt down and tried my best. I was also working on other stories, which is what I usually do when I get writers block. I made a Halloween story, but didn't finish before Halloween so I trashed it. I have an idea for a Thanksgiving story but that's tomorrow and haven't even started to that's doubtful- but then again I will have a whole car ride to type so maybe!

Once again I'm sorry and the next chapter will be out before the new year AND a new story. Baby steps amiright?

Don't forget to review! Who knows what will happen next chapter?

Happy Thanksgiving guys! Stuff your faces with apple pie!