Chapter 2

"Right, right..." Marinette continued mumbling as Adrien was explaining to her the plan of the entire project they plan to submit. He'd often zone out for a bit to read but that gives the jet-black haired girl more time on what to say. She was surprisingly not stuttering or nervous at all. Which Alya was smiling about as she was working on her and Ivan's research.

"Lucien, coME ON!" Adrien and Marinette's research was interrupted by Chloe once more, who seemed fed up with her partner. Lucien isn't progressing well since the girl wouldn't even bother to lend him a helping hand. "Ugh, you're so useless and pathetic! You're so slow at working too!" People reminded Chloe to be quiet but she just glared at those who reminded her. Folding her arms and tapping her foot, demanding Lucien to pace up his working speed. She is the daughter of the mayor of Paris, she could do whatever she wants. That advantage is often abused by the girl instead of taking it as a sort of blessing.

"Poor Lucien..." Marinette sighed, tapping her pen and giving the other a worried look "He's still adjusting to the new school and all but he has the worst of luck when it comes to pairing with others, huh..."
"I guess I'm glad I got you over anyone else, really-"

Adrien cut himself off, making an awkward silence between the two occur. Blushing lightly, rubbing the back of their heads and trying to avoid eye contact in nervousness. The blonde seemed to regret what he said but at the same time, he let out his thoughts. Which is... good? "Ah-heh... I'm just saying." He fidgeted while saying this "I'm glad to have you as a partner."

"Ahh, me too, Adrien." Marinette replied with a smile widely spread across her face. The girl couldn't help but continously blush at the way Adrien would talk to her. Neither of the two were nervous or anxious at all, it was a nice sight to see if you really liked them together. But, opposing to the thought of that, Chloe noticed their moment and grit her teeth at this. She decided to interfere with them.
She walked away but Lucien had the instinct to pull back her arm, which made her even more frustrated.
"What do you think you're doing, jerk?!"

"Well, u-uhm..." Lucien's first few words said in school drifted into silence. But, he gathered the courage to continue. "I need some help on the project and its also best not to interfere with any pairs when they're working-"
"Tch, what a pest... Just continue doing the work on your down! I'll just bring you down anyway!" Chloe looked frustrated as she said that, rolling her eyes and clenching her fists.

Lucien looked a little angry but kept his cool. He continued working on his own. The rest of the class seemed worried for him but not too much, he seemed to be handling this well.
The period passed by quickly after that and little did everyone know the next period was their break. The bell rung and everyone scattered about in the campus after wrapping up their research.

The blonde male decided to have the initiative to talk to Lucien, who's often alone writing articles for different newspapers, blogs, magazines and maybe even small parts of his mom's books that she writes. Lucien has a big knack for writing, probably one of the few things he ever enjoys doing.

Adrien casually approached the other blonde and waved, smiling a little as a way to greet him. "Hey, Lucien."
"Ah! Uh-" Lucien panicked for a moment when he was talked to, nearly dropping his pen in the process. "Hi, Adrien. I, uh, what's going on with you lately?"
"Nothing much, are you going to be alright with Chloe as a partner? Need some help in handling your work or..."
Lucien sighed "Well, it can't be helped that she's like that. Thanks for your offer but I can manage this on my o-o-o...h..."

Lucien suddenly turned nervous and more quiet, he was staring at something behind Adrien. A black butterfly was approaching.
"Ahm, Adrien, can I borrow your history book?"
Adrien looked frazzled and confused, knotting his eyebrows in reaction to so. "Why?"

Without Adrien's full reply, Lucien swiftly nabbed the other's book. The butterfly fluttered by and he smashed it against the wall harshly, causing some other students to notice.
"Why did he kill that butterfly?" "It was so pretty too..." "What a weird kid, huh?"
The bluish-purple eyed male swept the butterfly away that was attached to the book, falling to the floor slowly. Some of the students who were akumatized knew what the butterfly meant.
Adrien did too, flinching in surprise as soon as the other killed the butterfly. The other male's eyes widened in surprise since he didn't expect to go that far and actually hurt the thing.

Lucien stomped on the butterfly and wiped off anything that the butterfly remained on Adrien's book using his blood-stained bandages. Well, probably not the best idea but its the thought that counts. "Sorry, Adrien, I... I know what that darn b-butterfly does."
"Its not a big problem. I know about it too" Agreste replies nonchalantly, putting his book aside.

Meanwhile, in a lair where Hawkmoth resides, he's clenching his staff and squinting in frustration. This has never happened before to one of his devious plans to possess someone.
"This is an outrage... How could this even happen? Tch-"
The man notices something in the butterfly's vision; an ankle bracelet that Lucien has was dangling.
"Ahh, yes... Go on, little akuma... Just a little closer...
After all, a suicidal boy with an abusive mother who's alone all the time is the perfect candidate for our next villian... Aahaha...
I have a good feeling about this one."

By the time Adrien said goodbye to get other tasks done, Lucien felt something inside him change. The butterfly, seemingly in tatters, made contact with Lucien's ankle bracelet.
The male dashed to a nearby janitor's closet and locked it, slowly feeling chaos consume him.
Though, about now, he was supposed to hear a voice in his head who is demanding him to terrorize Paris and get the miraculous of Ladybug and Cat Noir.
That wasn't the case.

The butterfly was in tatters, so the supposed effects didn't occur. This made Lucien a bit... insane at this point. His eyes kept flickering yellow and he couldn't control himself very well. He opened the closet and rushed over to the clinic, thinking he's having another one of those effects of his sleeping problems. When in reality, the akuma only activates fully during the night. As the sleepless person he is.
Students muttered under their breaths as to what was going on with Lucien, he was already getting weird enough. Marinette started to talk about this with her friend Alya.

"Hey, Alya, isn't it weird that Lucien knew what the butterfly meant even if he's a new student?" Marinette asked, knotting her eyebrows in confusion and tapping her foot. Her friend chuckled and decidedly jumped into a conclusion enthusiastically like the person she is "Ah! Maybe he's been a spy and was sent here to this very school to watch over Ladybug activity!"

"...Alya..."
"Just kidding!" The tanned female winked and stuck out her tongue "Well, it sure is common lately to get evilized so... maybe he just has good instinct?"
Marinette agreed, but still seeming a little dazed. "Hmm, maybe..."

"...Maybe?"
"Maybe he's not what we think he is in the first place."

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