Wedding in Japan

Part 15

Chapter 15
After two days Adrien was back at the commune of his friends sitting in his bedroom on his bed looking at a self-made photo album with various pictures of himself together with friends. The ones he was looking at it now were from a day he skipped fencing practice to accompany Kagami to Kim and Alix's sports challenge at the Trocadero. One of the images showed Adrien on a bench together with Kagami and Nino holding up in the air a popsicle colored after their favorite color and looking at the person that took the image. Nino and Adrien smiled happily while Kagami's smile looked a little forced due to her not being as much photogenic as the two boys. 
Adrien moved to the page to see a large picture of himself holding a trophy with a green stand and golden stars on the front. On top, it had a golden figure which was a fencer in a combat position and where Adrien held it had his engraved and the winning position. Beside him stood Kagami also with the same trophy on her hand both gazing friendly at the photographer and beside the other page sticked in an a4 size photography a picture of the fencing class all dressed up in the national suit of France and right in the middle of the image stood Adrien along with Kagami, Adrien holding Kagami on the shoulder grinning at her while she showed her teeth a little as if she had giggled as the photo was taken. Adrien sighed at the old memories of the past time with the girl, then heard someone knock on the door and it was Nathaniel Kurtzberg, which had his trainers on.
"Adrien, you're okay." The redhead asked looking at the blonde, which was looking at the photo album.
"Have you ever had a second chance of something and you screwed it up somehow?"
"A lot of times. At the school, at the video games, at the exams, trying to get Ladybug and Marinette to like me, defending myself from bullies..."
"You're not helping!"
"How am I supposed to help you? I can't help you, the only reason I actually have a girlfriend now was, that Kim and your friend Nino had decided to lock me up in a closet in the hope something would happen between us"
"But you're the one, who had the idea to make everything possible to make Kagami love me again, but it didn't"
"The idea already was stupid at the beginning, I don't know why Nino and you decided to go along with it"
"I don't know it either. I guess I was desperate" Adrien noted falling on his back on the mattress. "I should have just waited until I was back in Tokyo and meet up with Nino. Maybe we could have just spent the rest of the days together enjoying the vacation as friends would do"
"Maybe"
"There's no point for me to keep fighting. She's going to marry that Hiroki, she's going to ruin her life just because her parents decided to arrange a wedding. Probably someone as smart as her and as skilled as her, probably owner of a business that her parents find interesting"
"You are now jealous of that guy, Adrien"
"So what, weren't you jealous as Lila had to smooch around with a very athletic guy with a six-pack on her first movie as a secondary character?"
"He was like a mixture of you, Wayhem and David Buckingham! All girls were crazy over him, even Rose" Nathaniel complained, then Kim yelled loudly making Adrien lift his head up.
"Was that Kim?" Adrien asked then Nathaniel looked out from the room nodding at the blonde.
"Kim has finally beat Alix on the wheel of fortune. They're all playing on the Wii."
"Okay, " Adrien said lying back on his bed again, then Nathaniel sank his head down then had an idea and looked back at the Frenchman.
"Hey come join us, we can join together the next round, what do you say?" Nathaniel asked, then behind him appeared Lila Rossi carrying a detergent bottle and stopped by.
"Hey Nath, I've got a free sample from the company that hired me to do their advertising, it's very good to remove paint from your clothes" Lila explained holding out at the man a bottle with liquid. "Here you drop a bit of the liquid over the smut,let it soak into the textile then you can let it wash in the machine as usual"
"Cool but I don't mind it, if it doesn't go off, I'm an artist and almost all of us are spotted like that, "
"Sure, but you still can try it out and see, " Lila mentioned earning a nod from the redhead, which widened his eyes as he remembered something.
"Wait Adrien I've found before in your jacket a sheet your forgot to take it out and thought it was important for you to keep it" Nathaniel mentioned taking out from his pocket a white sheet and handed it out to Adrien.
"Maybe that's Luka's message informing about him leaving" Adrien responded opening the folded letter, then raised his left eyebrow as he noted, the text was longer and it was only directed to him. "Wait that's another one...." Adrien said following the message with his eyes.
"What does it say?" The Italian asked curious, then Adrien nodded and started again.
"Dear Adrien. Last night I rewrote my song again I had written for your dance with Kagami. From seeing you two dance together, chat, laugh and embrace each other, it made my heart warm up. Seeing the tenderness you had for that woman, guiding her all over the cabin as if that the first time you two were going to waltz after a wedding, besides none of these was the situation. Adrien, I don't know furthermore how Kagami is going to see you before the arrival, but I noted on that night that she had a spark in her eyes every time she looked at you. When a woman looks at you like that, you'll know she is in love with you. I would on you place wait, until you two are back in Tokyo and talk to her from your heart, tell her how you really feel inside. Believe me, if she really loves you she will be doubtful about her parents' thoughts and I would in your case talk with her and solve it together. Whether they like it or not, if you two are happier that way, they should accept it. I really hope you two chose the right paths and follow the golden lines to your happiness. Greetings, Luka"
"Awww" Lila replied lying her head on Nathaniel's shoulder, which was thinking about the text of Luka Couffaine.
"Wait so.....Kagami actually did love you after all" The redhead questioned. Adrien dropped his letter down looking sad at the friends.
"I shouldn't have skipped the stop in Vladivostok. This fight would have never happened and we would eventually have solved this issue, but I was stupid. I was selfish and afraid it wouldn't work out and it went worse" Adrien complained.
"Yes and worse is when you didn't have the chance to apologize it explain why you did that," Lila said neutrality earning a nod from Nathaniel. Behind the couple appeared Alix watching at all friends, then tapped Nathaniel on the shoulder.
"Yeah if I would have messed up so bad I would do anything to solve it. I even would fly behind that person to the end of the world to ask her for forgiveness" Nathaniel said making Alix chuckle.
"Well, it's easy for you, since your mother works at the airport," Alix said making Nathaniel stuck his tongue out. Adrien wide his eyes at his friend's comments and got up from the bed to give them a hug.
"You're a genius Nathaniel" Adrien complimented. "I'm going to Japan look for Kagami and talk with her about all this that happened with us in Russia. I apologize her and confess to her once and for all."
"Going on a trip again after that long train ride in Russia? You're crazy?" The redhead questioned surprised at the blonde's idea.
"It is crazy, but imagine how many people would do that, just to tell them you're sorry?" Lila mentioned earning a nod from Alix.
"I think the chance for Kagami to forgive you is even higher as you took your time to make her way up to her and tell her that. That's a big sacrifice, but it's not impossible"
"Well this is my last chance, I don't think it's 'likely for Kagami after that to race into my arms and want me to carry her out of all her problems inside her family, but at least we're on good terms," Adrien said earning a nod from the friends.
"Good," The girls said.
"I'll be looking for a flight to Tokyo, there might be one tomorrow or after that day, wish me well guys," Adrien said picking his smartphone to start looking for them.