The Summer Festival // A Lukanette/Adrinette Story

Chapter 7: Just a normal teenager

Adrien's POV:

"Adrien Agreste!"

Those were the two furious words that greeted me as soon as the door of my mansion opened that night.

After I and Kagami fell into the river, time became a distorted blur. I can vaguely remember swimming out with her, our classmates' expectant faces on the river's edge. I remember the cop's face too, having appeared after being alerted to the way too loud music and the of the two teenagers who had fallen into the waters at the surprising time of 2 am. Then Ezra and Natalie's blurred out silhouettes as they talked with the officer before dragging me away from the party in a flurry of reproaches among reproaches. The image of Kagami being dragged away too, by two women into an also waiting limousine. The way Luka and Marinette stood by watching with shocked eyes, their hands finding each other when they thought no one was watching. Then the very uncomfortable vomiting that ensued.

And finally my house.

That is the moment I'll never forget.

My dad stood in our staircase his face as cold as ever. However, his eyes were what bothered me. They were slightly red and as soon as they focused on my face I could see something way worse than anger.

Disappointment.

He didn't speak to me at all, just those two words, before dismissing me to my room without a second glance. Natalie later informing me that Mr. Agreste had taken away my privilege of free Fridays and had insisted that instead of staying with Nat'lie over the summer as planned, I'd be accompanying him to New York for his business trip.

I wasn't too surprised about any of this, after all, I had already heard that a video of me and Kagami had leaked and had gone viral in a few minutes. I knew what that meant for my father's reputation and I couldn't help but feel slightly guilty about the whole ordeal. However, the guilt was replaced with anger soon enough and I threw my bag on the bed, Plagg flying out in a fit of laughter.

"That...was...the best...performance...ever...titanic can't even catch up to that..."

Immediately I grab a pillow and throw it at him, which obviously misses as he continues to laugh.

"Why can't I be like any teenager? Like everyone else is allowed to get drunk, to have fun, to date the girl they love. But for me...nooooo. Everything has to be a giant show..." I growl and Plagg stops laughing his eyes oddly sympathetic.

"That's the thing about being a hero. You have to take responsibility for your actions and trust me...it hurts more often than not." He comments and offers me a piece of cheese which I turn down with a sigh throwing myself on to my bed.

He was right of course, but I couldn't help but spend the night dreaming of a reality in which I was just a normal teenage boy and Ladybug was right there by my side...just another normal girl that by chance happened to fall with me into the dark waters.

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"Dude you won't believe what just happened!" Nino whispers in my ear as class ensues, everyone more jittery than usual because of this being the last week before summer. After the weekend, the party at Juleka's was the only thing anyone talked about. Even Chloe who hadn't been there talked about it saying that she wished she hadn't missed out on the epic-ness of it. Surprisingly, the video of me and Kagami hadn't ruined my own reputation, in fact, it had just made Kitty Section even more popular boosting our follower count from 10,000 to 50,000 to 100,000 in a matter of hours.

"What?" I whisper in return my eyes wandering to look at Marinette who was texting someone on her phone as Alya overlooked, both of them engrossed in the task.

"You know the summer festival that happens for the solstice every year? You know the one in which literally every single celebrity attends?" To this, I nod eagerly. The summer festival was one of those huge events everyone spoke about. It was like the Coachella or the Ultra for Paris teenagers, basically. I had never had the chance to attend, however, since I had never had any friends to go with, tickets sold out faster than you could say festival, and my dad would've never allowed me to go in the first place.

"Well, the producer of the event contacted Alya and me yesterday. They want Kitty Section to play the closing act!" He practically hollers the teacher shushing both of us as I stare in silence, my mouth wide open.

"You are kidding right?" I whisper unable to believe that it was true when Nino whips out his phone showing me the very real conversation he had the night before.

"Wait...wait...but when is the festival again?" I ask, suddenly remembering what my dad had mentioned about going to NYC with him.

"21st of June the summer solstice dude. Weren't you listening?" To this my stomach drops, my mind quickly calculating the days. My dad's trip was going to take two weeks which basically meant I'd clearly be arriving on...the 21st of June.

"Shoot...remember I leave with my dad to New York tomorrow. I don't return until the 21st. He isn't gonna allow me to go after what happened on Friday. Less if its the day we arrive." I say, all the excitement quickly replaced by my now constantly present anger and dread.

"Bro sneak out, convince him, do what you have to do. We are not missing out on this opportunity. It's up to you to figure out a way to get there. Doesn't matter if you have to leap from rooftop to rooftop to do it."

To this I can't help but imagine me and Ladybug at the festival, her bluebell eyes glued to my own as I play the piano on the lit up stage. It was true. This was a huge chance for all of us.

"Okay fine I'll figure out a way to do it," I mutter and Nino grins letting out a cheer that gets us another shush from the teacher who seems to be as desperate as us to get out of here.

And with that promise, I seal my fate, secretly hoping that perhaps this summer wouldn't be that bad after all. 

((Celsin's Note:

Hey guysssssss here is a really quick filler chapter I wrote last night. Kinda needed a chill chapter after all that intensity in the last few chapters. Also, a bit introduction to the big climax of this fanfic and title mention so yeah. Tell me what you guys think will happen in the comments if you wanna and continue telling your friends about the fanfic like we are so close to 1k reads ahhhhhhhhHHHH. Also once again I reassure you all ships available will appear so don't get all angsty over my Kagami x Adrien chapter, it ain't gonna be the only chapter of them two however sorry dudes, but once again don't despair there is only one endgame ship in my household. Hopefully, you guys have figured it out by now ;) 

Anyways have  a nice day and see you soooooon ))