Under the moonlight.

Part 3: Midnight waltz.

The next day everybody noticed how Adrien was in a particularly good mood and very active during lessons even though it was clear he had gone to sleep very late.

"Dude, things must be going really great with Kagami!" Nino said as they were heading towards the school's exit.

"What? Oh,... yeah." Adrien replied.

Alya and Marinette smiled when they noticed him blushing.

Outside they found Kagami and Luka talking to each other while they were waiting for their respective partner to come out.
Everyone said hello the way they usually did, but when the moment came for Adrien to say hello to Luka, instead of giving him a fist bump, he hugged him.
Immediately Adrien's eyes opened widely. It was Chat Noir who had this level of familiarity with Luka. Chat, not Adrien. Also, the reduced sleeping time made him forget that it wasn't midnight and they weren't alone.

Everyone looked at each other. He could feel Luka's heart beating rapidly. Adrien quickly ended the hug.
The only thing that came to his mind was a scene from one of his favorite tv shows and to avoid extending more the awkward moment he proceeded to do it:

"Goodbye Luka." Adrien said, trying to sound as if nothing had happened.

Quickly he walked towards Alya and hugged her briefly. "See you tomorrow Alya."

"Bye Nino." Adrien hugged the statue his friend had seemed to turn into. Only his eyes moving, following his friend's unusual behavior.

"You were great in math Marinette."

With his face and ears all red and without turning to look at the faces of his shocked friends, he turned towards Kagami. "We better go or we'll be late for fencing and you know how our parents are like."

* * *

At night Chat Noir arrived very silently to the Couffaine's. Luka was already on the deck.
Chat smiled at the sight on him dancing to the music coming from his phone.

"Very well!" Chat Noir said.

Luka quickly turned to look,  having been taken slightly by surprise.
"Thanks! I owe it to my teacher." Luka said smiling broadly.

"Ready for something faster?" Chat Noir said, extending his hand.
Luka nodded, taking Chat's hand.

After an hour and a half of ballroom dancing, Chat took Luka's phone and put on slow paced music.
He turned towards Luka and bowed. Taking Luka by his waist they started dancing a waltz.
Luka had his sight on their feet, Chat smiled and with his hand he gently brought Luka's face up.

"You face should always be parallel to the floor." Chat said smiling.

Something happened then. They both stared right into each other's eyes. Chat took his hand from Luka's chin towards the side of his face, lightly caressing it. Slowly they stopped dancing.

Chat Noir felt his breathing quickening, he wanted to look away, but he couldn't.
Luka's eyes reflected surprise and curiosity. For a moment it was as if they were looking at each other for the first time.
Without realizing it, he brought his face closer to Luka's. For a second Luka's sight fell over Chat's lips. Chat did the same, with the difference that he couldn't stop looking at Luka's lips. Chat felt his heart beating fast inside his chest and it started beating faster when he looked up and as Luka closing his eyes.

Luka could feel Chat's breathing over his skin. Then he felt a gentle touch over his lips. A second later he fully felt Chat's lips over his. A shy first kiss that a moment later started taking more confidence as they allowed their feeling to take control of their actions.
Luka lowered his hands from Chat's shoulders to his arms, gently squeezing them before moving them to his waist, then bringing them up again over his back. Luka pulled Chat against him. Then Chat gasped loudly and broke the kiss.

"Wh- what are we doing?!" Chat asked in a whisper.

Luka felt alarmed when suddenly he felt Chat's hands pushing him away. With a quick jump he put some distance between them.

Luka noticed Chat was breathing heavily. He was turning to look all around them. Luka had wanted to talk to him, say something, anything, but Chat jumped again landing on the border of the houseboat.
Hurriedly Luka took a step towards him, but Chat Noir jumped scared towards the sidewalk.
In his desperation he didn't push himself strong enough, landed on the border of the sidewalk and slipped. He could had fallen into the water but he didn't thanks to the claws in his gloves.

Desperately he scratched over and over the sidewalk till he finally managed to fully get over the sidewalk. He turned to look back and saw Luka with his hands over his head. He looked as scared as Chat was feeling. Quickly he got up and began running. Boosted by the panic he was feeling, he tripped and fell. Immediately he got up and started running again.

Luka could only stare at Chat Noir running, hurriedly getting away into the night's darkness.