Awakening the Phoenix Within

Vol. 1 Chapter 2: A Chance of a Lifetime

ALERT!!!!
-Anti-Lukanette alert. Be warned rated content ahead.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

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It felt like forever for Marinette when she ran away to clear her head. Eventually she stopped & ended up sobbing on a bench by the banks of the Seine. The sun is setting & here she is staring at the waters with a blank expression. She was still thinking of everything that had happened over the past couple of weeks. How the school became a living hell for her, especially in her class.

Her thoughts was distracted by sounds of a guitar playing. She looked around trying to find the source of the melodic tone. Her search ended when her eyes landed on the Couffaine houseboat just a few blocks away from where she was seating on. Her mind supplied the answer for her, Luka must be practicing again. She didn't know how but for some strange every note felt like a the call of a Syren, calling for her to come closer. She reached her destination moments later, the upper deck was empty but the music can still be heard from the outside. She boarded the boat & looked for any sign of the residents if any one was home. She invited herself in, she followed the music as it got louder & louder. She found the source & sure enough the source really was Luka. He was so busy to notice her until she cleared her throat.

"Marinette? What brings you to the humble abode of the Couffaines?"

"Hey Luka, sorry, I just heard you playing from outside earlier & thought to invite myself in. I can leave if you wa-"

"No, no its fine, I could use an audience. Something tells me you're keeping more than what you want to say to me. You're song seems to be screaming right now like a rock concert. Did something?"

"You could tell huh? You could say that."

"Well, I have nothing better to do anyways so fire away"

"Are you sure? Its quite a long story"

"I insist."

And so she did, she told him about school, about Chloe & her insults which wasn't anything new at this point,. about her classmates & the other students of Francois Dupont picked on her everyday ever since she came back from being wrongly expelled. She told him about Lila & her lies that might be the one be blamed for the sudden 360 of the entire school. And finally, she told him about him about Kagami, of how she was so determine to keep Adrien for herself, on how she let her love blind her from listening to the voice of reason. By the end of it all, she felt like a weight has been lifted off her.

Luka was silenced by all the information that was given to him by the girl in front of him.

"This girl who has been running through my mind from the 1st day I met her. She's hurting right now because no is there to help her. Well, I'm sick of seeing her being hurt. If Adrien can't see this girl for her true worth, then I'm the guy that is going to show her just that. I'm not going to let this chance slip through me." He said to himself.

"That's really awful Marinette. They have no right to treat you like that. They're your friends & this is how you are repaid for all you've done for them. Chloe has been a thorn in everyone's life since she was a kid. This Lila girl sounds really sounds revolting from how you describe her. Adrien was wrong to overlook a girl like you but I'm not like him" He then grabbed her arm.

"Uh.....Luka?"

"I love you, Marinette. Unlike Adrien that hasn't shown any interest in you romantically & I'll show it to you." Just like that Luka tightened his grip on Marinette's arm force to the wall.