Lukanette: Upside Down

𝑇 𝐻 𝐼 𝑅 𝑇 𝐸 𝐸 𝑁: 𝐑 𝐄 𝐁 𝐎 𝐔 𝐍 𝐃

Previously:

"HEY- what are you doing?!? I still need to transform-ER I MEAN- TRY AND GET SITUATED IN A FORM THAT UH- fits me best? Before you take off."

Luka's POV

I looked at her for a second before tilting his head, "wait what the hell are you talking about?"Suddenly, before she could respond, the ground shook beneath us, and a bomb went off.

Except... she moved.. she moved in front of me... to protect me.

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I wake up in a jolt.

I had to visit her. I had to visit Marinette Dupain-Cheng. There was no other way after today.

For some reason I felt a surge of confusion:

Why didn't Ladybug show up?

She always shows up?

Another part of me ached because she wasn't just anyone... She was my girlfriend.

I bite my lip in a wave of fury and confusion.

That's the problem.

That's the problem with having a girlfriend you don't actually know anything about.

Before I know, I knock on the circular window. I trace the pink frames as I hear a stumble from inside the upstairs of the bakery floor.

I see Marinette's legs drape down before climbing down her ladder in curiosity to see what tapped her window, and she screams, taken off guard by me.

"Can I come in?"

She nods opening the door stumbling over her feet a bit as I come in around from her balcony. Swinging inside I look down at her before landing next to her.

I look down at her, and she looks up at me a slight red covering her cheeks.

"Hey umm- d-did you need something?" She says quickly and rushed, clearly scared that a superhero is in her home.

"Oh no! Don't worry, you aren't in danger... I just want to make sure you are okay after today..." I say trying to put her at ease.

"I just mean those explosions and bombs could be a lot, but you handled it pretty well from my perspective-- its just hard to tell if that was shock or... a paralyzing fear... so I just wanted to check in."

She nods.

"Yeah! I'm fotally tine! I mean totally fine!" Marinette corrects herself clearly stressed.

"Thank you for saving me... I mean I'm the one who should be saving you but that was very brave."

Marinette's POV

I look up at him tilting my head.

I missed this.

I never meant to hurt him.

I start to feel the need- I start to feel the urge to hug him.. to be with him again.

I just miss him so damn much.

It was instinct to save him from the bomb... I just-

That's when I grab his leather tail and bring Chat closer to me before closing the gap with a kiss.

-End of Chapter 13-