Balance (Luka Couffaine X Fem-Reader)

XLII: Befana

Hello everyone sorry for the late chap, but as it turns out i need my wisdom teeth removed and until then I will be in pain, and I've been unmotivated to write this chap as It's mostly based on Marinette, but at last we have Befana

(Y/n Pov)

"Thanks again for lending the speakers for the party, Lu." I thanked Lu as we carried the speakers from Liberty to the park. "No worries; I hope Marinette likes her birthday. Did you help with the music?" He asked me as we placed the speaker down on the ground. "Nope, I was in charge of convincing my father to rent speakers." As I sat on the ground, I told him, "Guess that didn't work?" He asked me with a smile as he sat beside me. "Ya think, besides, this is way better," I told him with a smile. I took a deep breath in. "Can I ask you something?" I asked him, unsure of what I was doing.

"Shoot, you can ask me anything." "Do you remember Valen-?" A loud explosion interrupted me and brought attention to Kim, Jules, and Nathaniel, who tried to blow up balloons but failed. "tines Day?" I finished, not looking at Luka, "Not really; I remember the ring, the arrow, everything going black, then I woke up, and you were there." "Yeah, I may have left a small detail out," I told him honestly, but before I could say to him, Alya interrupted us.

"Sorry, Lovebirds, but we must get the other speaker." I slightly glared at her, "I thought Ivan was taking care of it." I simply asked Alya as I stood up. "He was, but he's helping with the cake. It's not far; he left it at the bakery." Alya just told us. "Okay, we'll handle it," Luka told Alya as he touched my shoulder.

"There has to be a simpler way to do this," I told Luka, wishing I could use a portal as everything would be much easier. "Yeah, if we had powers or something. But we have the power of friendship on our side." Luka joked, and I laughed. We picked up the last speaker and started returning it to the park. "Ivan makes this look easy," I complained as we walked up the stairs to the stage where the speaker should be.

"All I know is it takes two of us to carry this speaker and one Ivan." Luka joked as we placed it on the ground. As I stretched my back, I felt the presence of an Akuma. "Anyway, we should get ready for the party," I told Luka with a forced smile. "Yeah." He hugged my shoulders, and we started walking over to help the others with the balloons; they needed help.

Ivan came back shortly after as there was an issue with the cake. Then, a few minutes after that, Alya walked a blindfolded marinette towards the party. Marinette was surprised as we congratulated her, and I couldn't help but notice how his eyes only found Adrien.

I walked to Adrien to warn him about the Akuma as the party started. Still, I stopped as he walked over to Marinette to give her the present.

"Open it, Marinette!" But before she could open it, a voice sang out. "♫ La Befana comes at night, on her shaky broom in flight. She gives candy to those who are dandy. ♫" The Akumatized villain looked like the green witch of the west, with an angel instead of a flying monkey.

"Grandma!?" Marinette asked as Befana, the villain, walked in front of her. Adrien looked at me before running off. "You lied to your grandma, Marinetta." "No, I didn't know Alya was throwing a surprise party for me," Marinette told her grandma that as I stepped away from the group, she couldn't risk getting Akumatized.

"She's for real, ma'am," Alya told Befana while I started looking for a place to transform. "And all those candies you pretended to be eating?" "I'm sorry, grandma. It's just that I didn't want to upset you." Marinette tried to reason with Befana, but it didn't work. "I'm not your grandma anymore. From now on, I am only Befana! And I'm going to punish you for all those lies!" Befana tried to shoot at Marinette but failed as Marinette ducked and turned Mylène to stone instead. "No!" Marinette yelled. I took my cue to hide, but someone grabbed my arm before I could hide under the stage. "Y/n. You okay?" I nodded and looked at Befana's movements. She pointed her gun once again at Marinette.