Adrien completely loathes Marinette's new suitor. Sure, she looked happy with him but was she really? If she wasn't it was only fair for Adrien to be a good friend and break them up, right? Meanwhile Chat Noir has been asking Marinette lots of questions about Luka- and of course that could only mean one thing.


Miraculous Ladybug!

Horrible day. He had the worst possible day in the history of days in the world ever. Okay maybe he was being a little melodramatic but how could he not? It's been two weeks since he decided to forget about Ladybug and pursue someone much more wonderful in class, and a week since he fell head over heels for Marinette. Now it had been a month since the new kid at school, Luka, came and stole the show from Adrien- who had been in the newest student at Collège Françoise Dupont.

And today Luka asked Marinette out in a grand fashion. Well at least everyone else thought it was. He had drawn pictures of cupcakes and fashion things and wrote Marinette underneath in permanent marker but when the teacher erased it it revealed Go on a date with me, Marinette.

Adrien was the supposed King of Romance. After the candles and roses for Ladybug he gave himself the title- but he deserved it! He had the heartbreak to prove it!

That was why Adrien was laying on his bed, wallowing in self pity and sadness. He had told Nathalie to cancel everything because he was sick. She hadn't believed him of course but after seeing him groan into his pillow for 10 minutes she thought he needed it.

"Kid," Plagg whooshed over to his ear so the blonde could actually hear him over his pouting. "Why are you so upset? If you liked her so much you should've done something."

Adrien sat up, arms crossed with a pout. "That's the thing. She stopped stuttering around me a little after our dance at Chloe's party. So I thought that meant she liked me but if she did why would she say yes to LUKA? Of all people."

It was silent and Adrien looked at Plagg expectantly. "Oh, I'm supposed to answer that?" Adrien rolled his eyes and plopped back onto the bed. "If I give you an answer do I get a lot of Camembert?"

Insert another groan from Adrien.

Miraculous Ladybug


And here he was at school. Turns out Luka got detention and grounded because of the permanent marker stunt he pulled on the teacher's whiteboard so his date with Marinette wouldn't happen until next week.

Bummer. But he couldn't help but feel happy that the love of his life wasn't going on a date with another man. So, with a bright smile he sat down next to Nino.

"Hey, dude. You're in a good mood." Nino said, pulling down his headphones and putting away his phone.

"Did you hear about Mari and codename marker?"

"You can't have a codename for Luka then not have one for Mari."

"Okay, well, codename marker and codename crissoant aren't going on the date till next week." Adrien grinned, his hands even doing the evil-villan rub. Like father, like son one could say. "I could win her affection by then, right?"

Nino looked him up and down, a concerned look on his face. Adrien had suddenly been paying close attention to Marinette and asking to walk her to class and such but it was horrible timing considering she was just getting over him after the ice cream incident. Alya made it a point to complain to him about Marinette's turmoil.

"How about... you think about what you're doing?" The look of hurt that Adrien gave him almost made his own heart break but the model needed to hear this. "Look at Marinette, she's-"

"Not here." Adrien commented, when he turned around to his beloved's usual seat.

"Okay, well she's happy. She's happy with Luka, okay? Dude, you need to let her go and think about what's best for her." Nino tried to sound as wise and inspirational as he could with his surfer dude voice.

Adrien looked down at his feet and slumped into his chair. Nino was right. Of course he was right. Marinette deserved to be happy. And if it wasn't with him then that was okay, right?

Then she burst in through the doors panting. Her hair was down and messy, maybe wet, her face had a couple crumbs on it, and she looked disheveled to say the least. "I'm on time! I'm h- I'm here!" She panted, her chest heaving in and out so much Adrien couldn't help but smile.

That's his boo.

Okay maybe not his boo. Luka's boo. And now Adrien's frown was back.

Marinette made her way to her seat and Adrien followed her moves with a lovesick grin. No matter how clumsy she was the way she walked would always be graceful and perfect to him.

When he turned back around he was met with an annoyed glare from Nino. "What did I just say, man?"

"I couldn't help it." Adrien said, with a guilty smile.

"You're completely hopeless, dude."

Miraculous Ladybug!


After school Adrien was winded from fencing class. Their new fencer Kagami was one tough cookie. Now after he'd showered and changed back into his normal clothes most of his teammates had left so he ended up going to the school library for a book while he waited for the limo home.

He had expected it to be empty because school had ended an hour ago but when he walked in he saw Marinette doodling in a notebook. His first reaction was to proclaim his love and desire for her but that idea was quickly tossed when he saw a frown on her beautiful features. He walked up to her table from the side.

"Are you okay?" She yelped and almost fell out of her seat. Adrien almost laughed at how adorable it looked. Okay he laughed.

"Adrien! You can't just sneak up on me like that." She hit his arm playfully but it actually hurt him. He thought that was embarrassing because he was Chat Noir- he should be fine. But he found it cute that she was able to inflict pain on him- his little lady could defend herself.

"Sorry," He laughed, scratching the back of his head. "You just looked upset. Are you okay?" He repeated his question, scanning her face hopefully.

Nino's words ringed in the back of his head. She's happy. Just then she didn't look happy. She looked torn and a fraction upset. They were friends right? He could ask Marinette what was wrong without there being any other meaning to it. Right?

"Oh yeah, I'm fine. Just thinking about stuff."

"Like?" He pressed. If he could prove that Marinette wasn't happy with Luka then he could justify following his heart. "What kind of stuff are you thinking of? Happy stuff? Sad stuff? Any stuff that involves you-know-who?"

Marinette gave him a surprised look and abruptly got to her feet, making a quick grab at her notebook. "A-actually I, um, forgot to water my parent's oven! Yeah, if I don't it'll die, okay b-bye Adrien!" And she practically speed walked out of the room.

It had been a while since Adrien heard Marinette stutter at him, about a few weeks actually, and he didn't know how much he missed it until now. "Feel better!" He yelled after her.

She was definitely sad. But if she wouldn't tell Adrien about it- maybe his Princess would tell a blonde, leather clad superhero.

Miraculous Ladybug!


Marinette was confused. She had finally gotten over Adrien after the heartbreak of him flaking on the ice cream date, but now as soon as she had moved on he was talking to her more. She tried her best to ignore it but it was more present than ever and she found herself enjoying talking to him. Especially now that she had stopped stuttering and started acting normal.

But then there was Luka. He was funny and sweet, and just a little flirty which reminded her a lot of Chat Noir. He had a bad side which she found herself wanting to cure or help him with, and he had visited the bakery on many occasions just to make baking jokes. They weren't puns but she thought they were corny nonetheless.

Her parents didn't approve of him, they kept asking where the blonde boy went, and if Luka was here to stay.

Then was the way he asked her out. It had been dumb and embarrassing and way too grand. Some girls would've liked it but Marinette would've preferred if he asked her one on one, so she wouldn't have been embarrassed by everyone's eyes and words, pressuring her into saying yes.

Even the words he used. It said Go on a date with me, Marinette. That didn't sound like a question to her.

So that's why Marinette was inside her room stress sewing instead of stress drawing in the library. So when she heard the knock on her trapdoor she was so surprised she almost stabbed herself with her needle. Okay she stabbed herself.

She put down her stuff, made sure Tikki was hidden, and opened the door for what could only be one of two of Paris' heroes.

"Chat Noir?" She gasped dramatically and pretended to swoon as he entered with a confident smirk. "To what do I owe the pleasure of a visit from the most esteemed hero of Paris?" Her voice was oozing with sarcasm.

Chat just plopped onto her chaise and made himself comfortable. "Well a little birdie told meow something. You could say the bird tweeted it." Marinette's face twisted into a panicked one.

"W-What'd you hear?" She gulped, hoping he didn't hear anything that had to do with a red superhero and her.

"My little Princess has a date." That made her deflate. How'd he find out about that? And why'd he care? "Are you excited, Purrrrincess?"

"Why'd you want to know?" She said suspiciously, eyeing Chat.

That was something Chat hadn't been ready for. He had spent 15 minutes in front of the mirror practicing saying that and a response hadn't crossed his mind once.

"Uh..." Quick think of something! "..b-because I need to know this guy's name to rough him up a little so he doesn't hurt my royalty." He smiled, mostly to himself for quickly thinking that response up.

Marinette, though, was really suspicious. He hadn't cared about Nathanael's date with her (other than the fact he was an akuma) but now she cared about Luka's? That was a little weird.

"He's nice." She said vaguely with a hum, turning back to her sewing.

"Are you excited? Or are you, I don't know, happy with the guy?" Chat's green eyes narrowed suspiciously, looking for anyway to deem her unhappy.

"Well, um, he's nice and sweet and stuff." She wanted to stay as vague as possible, not wanting to express that she knew nothing about the guy everyone in school was now shipping her with. Lukanette they called it. Though Adrienette had a better ring to it to be honest.

"Romantic too, huh? I heard the stunt he pulled got him in hot water. Are you guilty? Maybe you feel bad or upset? Some would even say, oh I don't know: unhappy?"

He was practically trying to force the words out of her mouth. But at this point he was desperate.

Marinette was wary, considering this was the first time she'd ever seen Chat like this. No puns, no teasing. Just interrogation.

"He's romantic, yeah, but I barely know him. I would've liked to get to know him beforehand. I just know that I want to get to know him, maybe even see where it goes."

Chat's smile fell as he physically deflated. Marinette was turned towards her sewing so she didn't notice that his ears had fallen and his tail sagged. He was about to say his goodbyes and leave her alone so he could wallow in self pity at home but she said something else.

"I'm not happy he got in trouble, I'll tell you that, kitty."

That was all he needed. He did a quick fist bump in the air and smiled. "That's pawsitively horrible, Princess. I have to go do homework now. Have fun with Luka." After a lingering kiss on the back of her hand he jumped out the trapdoor.

His last words rang in the back of her head. Have fun with Luka. Did she tell him his name? She certainly didn't remember it.

"Tikki!" She urgently whispered, making the red kwami rush out of her hiding spot. "Did Chat Noir seem sort of.. off? He was certainly asking a lot of questions."

"They were a lot of questions. Doesn't he know curiosity killed the chat?" She giggled when Marinette turned to her with a blank face. "What? He didn't make a lot of the puns so some of us have to step up."

"You're right. He was definitely acting weird. And the questions about Luka- they were more than a little suspicious right?"

"You probably wouldn't be wrong guessing that Chat Noir is someone at school who is curious about Luka." Tikki had been trying to push Marinette into seeing that her silly partner was actually her crush, Adrien, ever since the Dark Owl incident. Now it's even harder because Luka asked her out on a date. "But who could it possibly be? Who do we know that has light hair, green eyes, and is possibly curious about Luka?" She studied the teenage girl's facial expression, hoping that her not so subtle nudging would work.

Then and there Marinette gasped out loud, almost falling over as realization hit her.

"Chat Noir is Luka!"

Miraculous Ladybug!


I have big plans for this story. And my other one too! I hope you enjoyed because this is going to be funny. CYA next chapter :)