Helping Us Fall 2

11: 12 o'clock

"I'm so glad Halloween is finally over." Said Zoe to Luka and Juleka in relieve.

"I wish I could say the same, but it's not 12 o'clock yet." Luka said to Zoe.

"Don't scare me like that Luka." Zoe hit softly into Luka's shoulder.

"You guys want to hear a spooky story?" Juleka asked.

"No!" Zoe opened her eyes at Juleka.

"Don't worry Zoe, Juleka and I will leave."

"No, no, no. Don't leave me all alone until 12 o'clock. Please." Zoe begged them.

"Alright I'll stay for a little bit." Luka agreed.

"Then I'll tell you a story." Juleka said.

"Not a horror one, please." Zoe begged.

"Alright then, you think Matteo left with the miraculous or that Lila's still with it?" Asked Juleka.

"What kind of a story is this?" Luka asked.

"I just want to know your theories." Juleka smiled at them.

"Well, it's 12 o'clock already. Thanks for the company." Zoe said about to enter the hotel, but Luka grabbed her by her hand making her turn around and pulled her towards him.

"Are you really not going to kiss me good night, bunny?" Luka asked gazing at her blue eyes.

"Are you mad or something?" She asked without resisting to look into his tempting lips and then looked back into his eyes.

"We're all mad at wonderland." Luka said grabbing Zoe by her waist with one hand in order to pull her closer to him and with the other hand, he slicked his fingers through her hair, leaned towards her and finally kissed her.

"Why do I always have to feel like a third wheel with this two? You know what? I live near by, I can't keep watching this. Goodbye." Juleka said leaving to the house boat.

"Luka, I need to ask you something." Zoe said pulling away from the kiss.

"What is it Zoe?" He asked.

"Are you going on tour with Raph? Even though I thought you weren't on the same band, when Chloe was akumatized, she told me that you were going as well. Is it true?" She asked.

"I am going to support him, but not on the whole tour, so I'm not leaving like him, tomorrow. I'll leave later because I wanted to stay and support my girlfriend's acting in a new movie as well." He said.

"Why didn't you tell me before?" Zoe asked.

"In my defense, we've been fighting crime a little these past few days." Luka said with a hand on his shoulder embarrassed because he didn't told her sooner.

"You're not completely wrong." Agreed Zoe giggling.

"So, do you forgive me?" Asked Luka.

"I have something to tell you as well. Chloe's going to publish a book one of those days and I promised her I'll be there for her since that day I'll be free, plus Raph won't be here. I have to support my sister."

"I know, that's why I got a ticket two days before her book gets published. This way I'll support Raph, plus I'll be some days with you during the same week."

"You're the best!" Zoe hugged Luka and both went home.

At Lila's house.

"What is this?" Lila has found someone in her closet.

"Miss me, Farfalla?" Matteo asked inside the closet.

"What are you doing here? Weren't you leaving Paris?"

"Well... I never left and I also thought I should apologize to you. I didn't mean to use you like that." Said Matteo getting out of the closet.

"Get to the point." Lila demanded angry at him.

"I just had to do it."

"Get out!" She demanded.

"I heard someone near by when we were speaking, but if you don't want to hear the rest of the story, then I'll just get out of your hair." Matteo said opening her room's door.

"Wait... Turn... Explain." Lila demanded.

"I'm pretty sure the people heard me saying you were Hawk Moth, so I had to become Hawk Moth in order to make them forget that you were Hawk Moth."

"And it worked." Lila confirmed surprised.

"You could just lie and say that you made up that I was Hawk Moth in order to..."

"Make them believe Hawk Moth is someone else. It's brilliant! But I'm still mad at you." She said crossing her arms.

"Don't be my little Farfalla, I didn't mean anything I said back there. I just thought someone was hearing us, that's all." He explained in a sweet voice.

"You didn't mean anything?" She asked out of curiosity.

"Well, the person I've liked for a long time is you, that's why I kissed you." Matteo confessed.

"Do you really mean that?" Lila looked at him with a poker face.

"I do Farfalla. May we try again?" He got closer to her.

"Try what again?" She blushed and got nervous about what could happen.

"Here, I think this belongs to you. Good night, Lila." And just like that, Matteo returned the butterfly miraculous to Lila and left without any doubts of what he has done.

"Ugh, who does he think he is?! I'm so over him." Lila sighed looking at the butterfly miraculous knowing she had to be more careful with it since it was apparently too accessible to Matteo.

Meanwhile, Matteo was walking on the streets near the bakery and Marinette saw him.

"Well, well, well and what are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Marinette asked.

"Trick or treat?" Matteo said.

"And might I asked where's your candy basket?" Marinette said looking down to his empty hands.

"Fine, you got me Marinette. I just... Got hungry." He tried to come up with something.

"You just... got hungry?" Marinette still didn't believe him since Lila told her he was Hawk Moth.

"Alright, I'll confess. I have a crush on someone." Said Matteo.

"Really? Who is it? What's her name?" Marinette curiously asked.

"It's..." Matteo stops in embarrassment.

"Please don't be me, please don't be me." She begged in her mind.

"...Lila." He said.

To be continued...