5 wishes🕯️❤️(miraculous Ladybug AU)

Chapter 22: Fire

   It started raining heavily above their heads and they stood face to face. In fake strength, she looked at him. She couldn't let him talk to her "why". As if he had a word to say. She asked again while trying to be tough and heartless. Only trying though.

Melody: Why do you keep doing this? Why do you keep helping me? Since the day I popped up in your life, I only caused you trouble. That's what I do wherever I go. I don't do anything wrong. I try to stay undercover but I keep attracting trouble somehow. But although I am all this, you're still being there for me so why? Why do you care that much?

    Didn't she have a clue about it? Or she only didn't want to believe. She was only searching for reasons to go away that moment. It was the best thing to do from what her brain said but her heart had something else to say. It wasn't easy and he made it even harder when he talked.

Luka: Should I have a reason to care? I am just following my feelings as I have never done before.

She bit her lower lip in pain and shivered while closing her grip even stronger trying to hide her tears and not break down now. She remembered that hidden part of her talk with her dark self.

Flashback

Dark Melody: Do you think he really likes you? He's just helping you because he is nice. That's what he does to everyone else. He just feels pity for you.

Melody: That's not true.

Dark Melody: Really, Melody. Is this how you want to break your heart for the last time? You know he loves someone else and you can't change that. Is this what your life will end up to? Another heartbreak? Enough weakness already!

     The dark reflection of her started getting even angrier and shouted at her.

Dark Melody: You have to leave. Run! Stop following your heart! You'll only end up hurt. Stop... Stop... Stop!!!

End of flashback

Melody: Stop then!!! You have to leave. Run! Stop following your heart! You'll only end up hurt.

She repeated those words not sure if she was saying them to herself or him. He carefully picked his following words. He knew they were walking on a weak thread and any wrong move will end everything. He had to be wise and say the right thing.

Luka: If the door doesn't look so good, it doesn't mean that what's behind is just the same. There's always hope that you'll find something better in there. You just have to be brave and open the door.

Melody: And what did you find when you opened that burning door? Did you find the peace of heaven or the fire of hell?

She was referring to that day in the burning house when he found her lost between the fire flames that were eating up the whole place. She continued saying his name on her lips and it made her heart beat as much as it tortured it.

Melody: Please, Luka... Don't play with fire.

His tone turned into determination in a second and he decided to fight for her. He had to get her out of there because she was worth it.

Luka: I knew fire was behind that door but I still walked in and I found something beautiful between all those burning walls. I never regretted going in that day and I would walk through that door a thousand times again if I had to. I don't care.