Thief | Lukadrien

Part 18 - Confrontation

Yo, so I know that I've strayed away from writing Lukadrien scenes, but I haven't been feeling inspired to write romance lately. That's why I've been sticking to an overarching plot instead. And sorry for the darker themes... kinda hard to set the tone as happy when my anxiety is currently consuming my life 😅

Anyway.

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(If not, you can always talk to me)

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Adrien's POV

Ladybug and I skated over to the main arena, but Frozer nor Viperion were there. We took the fire exit to get out, and found the villain trying to attack the inexperienced hero.

"He's doing a good job dodging him," I said with a sense of pride.

"Maybe we should leave him out there," Ladybug replied. "If he keeps Frozer occupied, we can set up a trap."

"Makes sense, but he might have a hard time keeping up this game of cat-and-mouse without skates."

LB took out her yo-yo, and pulled a macaron from the middle of it. No idea how that works, but whatever.

"We'll give him this and tell him the plan."

"Thanks," Viperion said suddenly, plucking the sweet from her hand.

"Where did you—weren't you just over there?" LB questioned.

"We've had this conversation twice already," Viperion explained, pointing to his wrist. He must have activated Second Chance. "Now come on; we have to move before Frozer sees us."

"Go over to that alleyway to detransform," I suggested to Viperion. "If you've already used your power, you'll need to recharge soon anyway."

"Wait," LB said, grabbing his arm as he started to run away. "Does anyone else know about you being a superhero?"

"Nope. Well, my boyfriend does. He saw me transform."

"B-boyfriend?" I muttered.

"Good luck guys," Viperion said before heading off. "I'll keep him distracted so you can come up with a plan."

Once he was gone, I followed LB behind the other side of the recreation center. I was still stunned; Luka called me his boyfriend??

"What are you smirking at, Lady?" I asked LB. She was laughing, likely at how red my face was.

"You look so cute when you're in love!"

"Wha—I am not cute!"

"Sure, Catra."

"What did you call me? Hey! I'm talking to you!"

She laughed as she skated ahead, clearly not interest in anything I had to say on the matter. I caught up to her, and waited to hear her idea on how to defeat Frozer.

••• After the battle cuz I'm lazy •••

"Viperion, we're going to need your bracelet back," I said, holding out my hand. LB was busy de-evilizing an akuma.

"I... I can't."

"Why not?"

"I need it for something. I want to help someone, but the only way I can do that is if I'm stronger."

I put a hand on his shoulder. "You're strong with or without the miraculous. I'm sure you can help this person as Luka instead of Viperion."

He took a step back. "How... I thought only Ladybug knew my identity."

Whoops.

"Well, uh, you did transform in the middle of a public space."

"No one else was there."

F*ck. Out of all the lies I could have told, why'd I have to go with that one?

"Windows. I saw you through the window by accident. Sorry."

He didn't seem to believe my explanation, but LB appeared behind me before he could ask any further questions.

"Well, what's the problem? Maybe we could assist you."

He thought about that for a moment.

"Someone I care about is not in a good household," he finally said. "And I thought that as Viperion, I might be able to convince his dad to, I don't know, stop being so harsh. I didn't really think it through."

Ladybug gave a small smile. "So, you didn't know what you were going to do, you just wanted to help your friend?"

"Yeah. I don't want him to get hurt."

I wondered what friend he was talking about. Did I know him? If so, who was he? And how come I never knew he was struggling?

"I'll let you hold onto your miraculous for now," LB said after a few minutes of contemplation. "But on one condition: you return it to me as soon as the issue is resolved. Deal?"

"Deal."

"Great. Now what do you want to do, exactly?"

"Well, I actually don't have much of a plan. I wanted to confront Mr. Agreste, with the intent of scaring some sense into him. I mean, a superhero coming into your house and demanding for you to stop abusing your only son would be enough incentive, wouldn't it?"

Both my and LB's mouths were hanging open.

"You're doing this for Adrien Agreste?" Ladybug asked.

He was doing this for me?

Luka nodded. "I promised him I wouldn't go to the police, so I had to find another way... maybe this wasn't such a great idea."

"Give us a second," LB said, grabbing my arm and turning me around. She dropped her voice to a whisper. "What is he talking about? Is everything okay?"

My heart sunk to the soul of my shoe and my knees felt weak. "Luka and I had a conversation several weeks ago about this."

LB turned to face Luka again.

"Chat and I can handle the situation on our own. Thank you for letting us know."

"Thanks, Ladybug," he said with a smile. He detransformed, then took off his miraculous and handed it to LB. "Please make sure that he's safe."