~perfect for pictures~ (luka couffaine x reader)

☆ chapter twenty three ☆

(LUKA'S POV)

~timeskip from last chapter, later that night~

We all stumbled down the hallway towards the pool in Alya's building. We were being way too loud in a communal space, but it was too late for anyone to be around and we were all pretty drunk.

"Skinny dipping, WOOO!" Adrien pumped his fists in the air before nearly falling into the pool. When Alya suggested it back up in her apartment, I had planned on coming along but not participating. However, it was pretty clear that it would be pretty boring to just sit by as Nino flicked off the lights in the room. Only a little light streamed in from the small skylight, just barely illuminating any immediate surroundings.

"C'mon, Lu, it'll be funnnnnn!" Y/N egged me on, slurring her speech a little and stumbling into me. I slung an arm around her to try and steady her, but I was a little wobbly myself and struggled with the simple task. After some more coaxing, I finally agreed to join. To be honest, I was kind of already planning on giving in, but I kind of just wanted to hear her ask me a few times.

Nino put on some music, and I could start to hear some of my friends jump in the water, cheering every time a splash was heard. I took off my socks and shirt first, seeing as they were the items of clothing I felt most comfortable with being gone. Y/N stood with her back to me as I removed my pants, doing the same herself I presume.

"See you in there, goof." I said to Y/N over my shoulder. She hummed in response. I took a short breath before removing my boxers and running towards the pool, trying to minimize the amount of time spent fully naked and out of the water.

The water was warm and inviting, though it was slightly intimidating knowing that if anyone really wanted a good look at me, they'd be able to do so with considerable ease. But I forgot my worries for a second when I heard a splash beside me as Y/N jumped into the pool. She came to the surface and wiped the water from her eyes before turning to me with the widest smile I'd ever seen.

"What?" I asked, cocking my head to the side. Y/N's eyes darted down and back up to meet mine in a split second movement that was almost too fast to catch.

"Nothing." She giggled, wringing out her hair a little. I was almost inclined to believe her until I noticed her gaze flicker down again. Sober me probably would have been slightly embarrassed and generally flustered at even the thought of Y/N looking at my completely naked self in a dark pool. However, I was not sober, and her curiosity seemed to only fuel my confidence and boost my ego more than it probably needed to be boosted.

"You sure?" I took her scanning as a green light to sneak a peek at her myself, letting my gaze trail past her collarbones, resting on the dim silhouette of her breasts. Now, I couldn't exactly see everything, but it was definitely enough to spark a raging fire inside of me.

In reality, I only looked at her for a second, but it felt like an eternity before I peeled my eyes away and met her gaze again. Her eyes were wide with surprise at my forwardness, but her lips were curled into a satisfied smirk.

"Not really, actually." She finally responded, subtly moving a little closer to me.

"So there is something, then?" It wasn't really a question.

"Yeah, I think there is." She moved even closer and my eyes flickered down again, this time only as far as her lips. In this moment, everything felt different– almost like we were back at that sleepover in Alya's dim room.

"Show me." I practically whispered. I felt myself getting slowly pulled into her, like she was some sort of magnet.

"I HAVE TO PISS." Nino screeched, his echo effectively killing whatever was about to happen between Y/N and I. I groaned and Y/N laughed. Whether she was laughing at me or Nino, I didn't quite know. "Let's play hide and seek!" Nino followed up, seemingly forgetting about his urgent issue from the moment before. I didn't really want to think too much about why that might not be a problem anymore, and quickly hoisted myself out of the pool. I grabbed a towel as fast as I possibly could to cover up, and grabbed a second one to throw to Y/N as she climbed out as well. Somehow, it felt wrong to look at her naked body now, despite my shamelessness just mere seconds ago, so I avoided looking in her direction until she got situated in the towel. Seconds later, Nino flicked on the lights and I was able to get a good view of everything once again. I turned to Y/N to try and make a nonchalant remark about what happened in the pool, but I froze in my tracks the second I laid eyes on her. Her hair was dripping and her eyeliner was smudged from the water but right at that moment, she looked like the most beautiful girl I had ever seen.