Music Strings • Luka Couffaine

|Chapter 3|

Luka eventually got back to his team. His band mates worried for their leader as they saw how shaken up he looks.

"Where have you been?" Juleka asks, her eyes held concern for her brother. She was afraid that he might've gotten into trouble. But Luka wasn't the type to start or continue a fight.

Unlike his sister Juleka, Luka is a calm boy who has a mixed personality of being playful, charming, mature, and flirtatious.

He is empathetic at reading people's emotions and expressing it through music. Luka is very kind and generous, especially towards his friends and family, but also to people he just met.

Luka seems to be a easygoing and relaxed boy. However, sometimes he can lose his calm if feels that he and mainly his friends are being wronged, like when Bob Roth stole his band's music, dance and outfits and claimed them to be XY's.

Despite everything, he tries to retain his cool, only getting really mad when Bob threatened Marinette. According to her, in "Luka as seen by Marinette", he is very intuitive.

The guitarist heaved out a sigh. He told his team everything. The bully, the small my misunderstanding he got in self into. The girl. He couldn't get his mind straight. All he could think about was that girl.

Luka can probably fake any emotion if he wanted to, but he can never successfully lie to his sister. Juleka looked at him in alarm as she saw his teal eyes looking lovesick like a small puppy.

The teenage girl crossed her arms, a slight smirk made its way up her lips. She didn't saw everything but she was sure that Luka barged in the scenes because there was a girl.

"Y'know, Marinette won't be so happy when she finds out about this." Juleka said, which had Lukas heald jolting upwards. His face a bit red and flushed.

"What do you mean? I don't like that girl. She was in trouble!" Luka defended. Juleka looked at him confused. Then she started giggling which had Luka more flustered.

"I never said anything about you liking that girl! Geez brother its only been day one and your already out in the open, chasing women!" She exclaimed.

"W-would it matter if I did chase after her? It's not like Marinette and I are dating." Luka mumbled under his breath, hoping that his sister didn't hear her, but of course nothing can pass Juleka.

"Is she cute?" Rose asked, her pretty eyes sparkling like the starry night. Luka looked at her in alarm. I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell them what happened.

And so he told them everything. The bully, the scene, the girl. Luka talked so animatedly about the girl that the team started to raise suspicion.

"She sounds to good to be true." Ivan chimed in.

"I swear she's really more than meet the eye. She's fierce and tough. When we were getting threatened she was just standing there and mocking him like she isn't afraid of anything. That girl is amazing." Luka said dreamily.

His team started to snicker, they could clearly see the love sick look in his eyes. The way he talks about this girl that he just met is astounding. It's like he's known her for years.

Their little fiasco was cut short when they heard a voice booming from the announcer speakers.

"Attention all participants, please meet us all at the court in five minutes. I repeat, please meet us all at the court in five minutes."

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Kitty Section got inside the court just in time before the announcement starts. They were amazed to see at least twenty or more bands in their division. It made them slightly nervous but nonetheless, they went in line and waited for the speaker to discuss the matters.

Clara Nightingale merrily hopped on the stage. Clara is a peach-skinned young woman with waist-length wavy brown hair that is split on both sides and brown eyes.

She wears a short-sleeved white shirt with a navy blue trimming on the sleeves and collar and a white miniskirt, both having a pattern of yellow, magenta, cyan, and green triangles. On her right wrist, she has a yellow puffy bracelet, a black bead bracelet, and a wide magenta bracelet with cyan horizontal stripes. Additionally, she has black leggings that fade into dark blue at the bottom and black spool shoes.

"Welcome one, welcome all, to the battle of the bands! My name is Nightingale, and I'm here to lend you all a hand!" Clara chimes. She clasps her hands and crossed them.

"There are three categories for this battle. The group, Duo, and the Solo category." She explains.

"The purpose of this battle was to find the best of the best and combine all of them together to make the most amazing junior band of the year!" The crowd was wild as they hang on to her every word.

"There will be an elimination of course. But no one will leave empty handed!" She says.

As she finishes explaining all the important details of that battle, she throws some confetti for dramatic effect.

"Today, you can familiarize yourself with your surroundings. Check your stations and practice rooms and make friends while y'all are here." She says.

And with one last goodbye, she hops down the stage and gave the participants another good luck.

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Kitty Section already knew their way around the block so they didn't have much trouble trying to find their room.

As they walk to their practice/dorm room, they noticed another band trying to open their door. Maybe they were lost.

"Are you sure this is the right room?" Luka heard someone say. His ears perked up. The voice was somewhat familiar.

Then he saw the familiar (H/C) coloured hair. The girl was pacing around as she watches one of her team trying to open the door.

"Excuse me.." Luka chimed in.

All eyes were on him, but he only focuses on those (E/C) eyes that had him in a trace.

"Y-you again?!"