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Chapter 19: Loving On You

Precious Virtue

Chapter XIX: Loving On You

[Adrien's POV]

"I'm going to fall on my ass," Karsten announced as we stepped out of Luka's car. The air was chilly, and flecks of frost sprinkled around the parking lot. We had our first snowfall just a few days ago, and while most of it had melted away, there were still some remains of it.

"You're not going to fall, babe. You can hold my hand the whole time," Flores said to Karsten, sliding his hand around his waist. Karsten hummed and leaned into him.

"I'm holding you to that." He poked Flores's chest.

I smiled crookedly at the two of them. I turned my gaze to Luka as he came to stand next to me, taking my hand into his. When I looked up, Luka leaned in to kiss my cheek, a smile noticeable on his face.

"Excited?" He asked. I nodded and gently squeezed his hand.

"Yeah, I am. I haven't been roller skating in a long time. I was only sixteen the last time I went." I said.

"Yeah? We'll have to make a habit of going more often, then," Luka chuckled.

The four of us headed inside the rollerskating rink. As we stepped inside, the loud, upbeat music reached my ears, and I noticed all of the flashy and colourful neon lights scattered around the place.

After the Halloween party at Luka's place a few weeks ago, Karsten brought up the double date idea again, and so we decided that the moment Flores was able to come back down to visit again, we would make plans to go to the local rollerskating arena for some fun, and then have dinner afterwards. I know Karsten was really excited to finally be having this double date with the four of us, and I was too. Especially because even though Karsten and I have only known each other for a few months now, he was beginning to become one of my closest friends. I always enjoyed hanging out with him.

We stopped at the front desk where we each paid for a full hour of skating and picked up our rental skates. Luka decided to be a gentleman and helped me with lacing up my skates despite the fact that I knew how to do it myself, and after the four of us put our skates on and tucked our coats away into the lockers alongside the wall, we headed into the bustling roller rink.

"Come skate with me, Adrien!" Karsten said to me, as he grabbed onto my hand, yanking me away from Luka and onto the roller rink with him. He suddenly squeezed my hand in a death grip as he nearly slipped, and grabbed onto the ledge of the rink to prevent him from falling.

I burst out laughing at him, my free hand gripping my leg as I hunched over. A blush exploded on Karsten's face, but he eventually started laughing along with me. The two of us just stood there cackling to ourselves, while holding onto each other to prevent either of us from falling over.

"You guys have barely made it onto the rink and you're already slipping and cracking up." Luka laughed at the two of us, an amused smirk on his face. Flores stood next to him, a hand covered over the wide smile on his face.

"I told you that I was going to fall on my ass, didn't I?" Karsten said between fits of laughter.

Luka chuckled and shook his head. "Yeah, you have a point there."

Karsten and I were able to calm ourselves down after a few minutes. We took a couple of deep breaths to cease our laughter. I was pretty sure we had eyes on us as people skated past us, but I didn't care that much. Watching Karsten slip and desperately try to stop himself from falling was hilarious.

"You should probably come and hold his other hand, Flores. Or else he might actually fall," I chimed in.

"I don't know, I kind of want to see him fall now," Flores shrugged. Karsten scoffed.