𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐫░𝐌𝐞 ˡᵘᵏᵃᵈʳⁱᵉⁿ . ✰° .ᐟ IN EDITING . ✰° .ᐟ

░16░ SEIZE【Park-Photoshoot】

✧ADRIEN/CATNOIR✮

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"𝓐𝓛𝓡𝓘𝓖𝓗𝓣𝓨! Please, stand next to each other like so..." Vincent says with a serious tone. I awkwardly stand next to him. I shouldn't feel so nervous but, Luka and I are kind of very different . . . so I'm not sure how to act around him. We consider each other friends, but it's been such a long-time since I've actually been able to show up to the band—I honestly don't know much about him.

Vincent gestures for me to cross my arms, "Like this?" I ask, Vincent gives a thumbs up from my response. He stares at Luka's arms, "Blue boy! Please—can you be a dear and put your right arm on Adrien's shoulder?" Luka doesn't hesitate, "My name's Luka." he says. Vincent flaps his hands, "Yes, yes now... I want you both to smile like you're good friends!"

I look back at Luka, "1, 2, 3- Adrien! face towards me please!" I look back at the photographer, "Uh- sorry." Luka seems to be so casual with this, he laughs, then goes back into position. Vincent let's out a grunt, "I want this to be perfect! Ahem... 1, 2, 3..." he takes the picture. I uncross my arms. Luka looks back at me and takes his arm off my shoulder. "Hmm... I like the contrast of aesthetic in this relationship... I think I'll take a few more!" Vincent exclaims. I gasp and mouth, 'sorry' to Luka. Luka mouths back, 'no worries.'

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Vincent seemed to keep us there for a lot while longer than I had intended. I'm back at the bench with Luka. "So Adrien... what was it that you needed?" He asks sitting next to me. "Oh uh... yeah about the band..." I pause while looking down and think for a moment. I can't help but feel guilty because my friends were trying to set him up—I also feel like I've wasted his time, who knows... maybe he could've been messing with his instruments? or talking to his dad? Or... doing whatever he loves to do . . .

Luka smiles and nods, "You know, when our songs collide, we make a pretty good mashup, the melody seems to focus not on the start of what we have, but it's potential." I look back up, and sigh, "Luka, I'm sorry . . ." Luka tilts his head, I continue, "The truth is... the guys and I . . . we're trying to-"

"AKUMA ALERT—AKUMA ALERT! Please stay calm, Ladybug and Catnoir will take care of it it shortly, AKUMA ALERT—AKUMA ALERT!"

Sirens go off as what seems to be: another eventful occurrence. Paris has seemed to take an extra step based on Hawkmoth's level up with another miraculous. Luka doesn't hesitate, he grabs my hand, I shake it off, "Adrien—we need to get out of here, we're in plain sight!" He raises his voice worriedly.

I look around and see Vincent heading off to hide, and that my bodyguard seems to be still in the car. "No, you stay here! I need to make sure . . . my bodyguard is safe! Go find Vincent! Hurry!" Luka gasps, "But he should be protecting you-" I run off in the middle of his sentence. I head towards the other bench and pick up my box with Plagg. Luka finally listens and runs in Vincent's direction.

"Plagg... you know the drill..." I find an alleyway, "Ugh... and I thought it couldn't be anymore peaceful!" He whines, "PLAGG—Claws Out!" I say.

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I catch up with Ladybug scouting on a rooftop. "What seems to be the issue M'lady?" Ladybug glares at an old man dressed in trash bags cackling while throwing people out into his own infinite floating trash can. "It seems to me that whoever this person is, is taking clean-up day too litter-ly."

I look down and laugh, "Wow—I wonder what ticked him off..." Ladybug looks back at me, "From the looks of it, it looks like he's throwing away only people instead of the actual trash that lays around." I smirk at her, "Well don't worry Bugaboo~ if he tries to throw you away, I'll take you out~" I wink and bow.

She face palms, "Ugh—Kitty as humorous as you are, we should go fix the situation now." I frown, didn't she just make a joke too? I set down my stick, "You're right, let's get this over with!"

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That fight was something else. Turns out . . . I got thrown into that trash can! It was bizarre! I was stuck on a mountain of trash—and all I could think about . . . was how smelly it all was! Like . . . gross! But luckily, Ladybug took me out and then offered to take me out again! Talk about a change of plans~ but . . . I had to respectfully decline her because I'm still with Luka at the park. She smiled and held her hand out, we did our usual: pound it! And went our separate ways. But nonetheless, it was awesome seeing her again~

I arrive back at the park as Adrien. Then I try to find Luka but my bodyguard's car was still there so he rolls down the window, and looks at me. I rush towards him. "Hey, I'm still looking for someone... If you can just . . . give me a few minutes that's all I ask!" I say at his window.

"Adrien!" I hear a voice call out to me. I turn around, "Luka! Thank goodness you're safe! What about Vincent?" Luka rushes to me panting, "Yeah he's fine, he went off to edit the photos. I'm glad you guys are safe too." He tries to catch his breathe. The gorilla just glares at me. "Uh... Luka, I don't mean to run away again but... my father wants me home now." Luka looks up, "Oh . . . that's okay, it was cool seeing you again Adrien, may the wind guide us in the same direction." I smile and wave at him getting into the car, "I hope so too." I say with slight satisfaction, closing the door.

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We drive back to the house and suddenly . . . all I could think about was how understanding Luka was to me today. I don't think I've ever had before just a one-on-one talk with him, although, I didn't get to tell him the truth . . . maybe I don't need to. Maybe, I could just say . . . I wanted to hangout with him—like friends. Suddenly things feel slightly lighter, it's as if the surface of the world cleared some room for me.

But the surface of the world starts to fall apart again after I realize . . . I didn't get my father's permission to have Luka take the photos with me. Natalie opens my door. "Adrien, your father would like to see you downstairs."

I get up from my bed. Does this day ever end?

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~Word Count: 1142 words~