Marinette's POV

Chat Noir and I jump down from the tower, and start to head home. We walk towards the setting sun with interwoven fingers. We don't say anything, because we trust each other.

But our happy moment only lasts so long.

We both hear a scream come from a few blocks ahead of us. We both look at each other in shock, but then confidently nod. We are superheroes after all, we can't be lovers all the time. Chat Noir dashes ahead on his baton. I follow closely behind him, swinging on my yo-yo.

Once we reach where we heard the screams, my body freezes up. I take a step back, and then another one. I lean against a nearby building and puke up today's dinner. When I look back, the same sight is still there.

A dark alley painted in dark red blood. Two young girls, dead. Their faces are pure white, and their eyes are wide open and filled with terror.

I drop to the floor, with big tears sliding down my cheek.

"A vampire," I whisper.

Chat Noir sits down next to me, and wraps his arms around me.

"We need to get out of here, m'lady. I'll call the authorities," he whispers in my ear. "I may be safe, but you definitely aren't."

"Why?" I cry. "Who could have done this?"

He gets up, and helps me get back on my feet. We stumble across the street and call 911. Within minutes, authorities are alerted and head to the crime scene. We give them all the information they need, and then quickly head out of the way.

"Chat," I say, clinging to him as I walk. "I... I don't know what to do."

"Neither do I," he says, looking up at the sky.

I feel my heart ache. He has to put on a tough cover, I realize. He's doing this for me so I feel safe. He's putting on a tough mask so I can lean against him and trust him. I wonder if he ever cracks.

"Chat," I mutter, stopping in the middle of the street. "Can I please spend the night at your place?"

"I don't know, bugaboo. You know my father, he would freak." Chat says, still focused on the night sky.

I pull his hand and make him turn around to face me. "Please, Chat. I'm scared."

Chat Noir's eyes fill with sorrow, and I notice a single tear slide down his cheek.

"Do you really want to?" he says, staring at the ground.

"What do you mean? Of course I do-"

"Do you really want to spend the night with someone who could brutally murder you like that?!" He screams, backing away from me. "Ladybug, I could accidentally kill you tonight! Do you really even realize that?!"

"Yes, but I trust you!" I say, reaching out to him.

He shakes his head, and scrambles back. "I even don't trust myself!"

I gasp. "Chat!"

"I'm a vampire, Ladybug! I kill humans! I drink their BLOOD!"

Chat drops to the ground, and holds himself, trembling.

"I DON'T WANT TO BE A VAMPIRE ANYMORE!"

I quickly drop to the sidewalk and hug him. He's lost all hope for himself. I notice his chest grow and shrink rapidly, like he's having trouble breathing. Sweat is dripping down his forehead. I feel his heart racing. I squeeze him tight, and pull him close to me.

"I swear, Chat, I swear I'll find a cure. Nothing on this planet is permanent. Nothing."

I hold him, and I feel him shaking in my arms.

I pull back and run my hands through his hair, and rest them on his shoulders.

"I promise," I whisper. "I promise you, I'll find that cure."

I lean in and kiss Chat's forehead, and I stand back up, pulling him up with me. "Now, let's go back to your place, before your dad 'would freak'. "

He smiles, wiping the tears from his face, and we continue to walk back. When we reach his place, he carries me in his arms, and we jump through the window. I look around his room, and blush from embarrassment. I've only been in his room once or twice, but only when I was Ladybug.

Let's just say, I acted in ways that I regret.

We both de-transform, and I call my parents and tell them I'm staying at Alya's place. After I hang up, I start getting undressed.

"Adrien, could I borrow a shirt to sleep in?" I ask, still focused on taking off my clothes.

"I, uh, I mean..." Adrien stutters.

I look back, and realize he's completely red in the face. I snicker, and then burst out laughing. "What?! We're dating, aren't we?! I'm wearing underwear and my bra, its not like I'm naked!"

Adrien looks away, and rubs the back of his head. "Well, I- dating? Wait, really?"

I roll my eyes, and throw my shirt at Adrien's face. "Ha-ha, funny, Agreste. Yes, of course we're dating!"

Adrien stands there for awhile, almost as if he's a broken doll. "Wow, I kinda figured that, but I didn't know... I mean I'm happy! Super happy! But, like, I'm shocked! I just-"

"-Adrien!" I interrupt. "My shirt!"

"Oh! Right!" He says, then scrambles off to his closet.

He tosses an oversized shirt towards me, and I slip it over my arms. I poke my hands out of the holes, and notice how big it is on me. A little longer, and it could be a wedding dress. I smell his cologne on it, and I rub it against my cheek.

"Could I use your bathroom?" I ask, pointing toward the pale white door.

"Sure, go ahead," he says slipping off his shirt.

Before I leave, my eyes catch a glimpse of his abs. My face turns bright red and I frantically stumble for the bathroom. Once inside, I lock it and slide down against the door, covering my face. I feel my ears turn bright red and I quickly stuff my face into my arms.

"I can't believe it, Tikki. I just caught a peak of Adrien's abs," I say, in total ashamed embarrassment.

"You're acting like how you did when you first met him, Marinette!" Tikki exclaims.

Once I get over my near-death experience with the Agreste Abs ™ , I start to walk around his bathroom.

"Wow Tikki, his bathroom is huge!" I say, twirling around on the marble floors.

This kid has not one, but two sinks. There's a huge whirlpool bathtub, with jets to accompany it. There's a stand alone shower to the left, with a gold outline surrounding the crystal-clear glass and yellow marble for the walls. There's also a clean, slick white toilet in the corner. To finish it off, there are mirrors surrounding the whole room to give it a clean, modern look.

I stroll over to the sink and splash water on my face, and I wipe the excess water away with one of the many towels hanging on the walls. I slide the ribbons out of my hair, and watch as my dark blue locks cascade down my shoulders. I bush my hair through, hoping he won't mind me using his hair brush. After I'm finished, I tuck my baby hairs behind my ear, and let my bangs fall over my forehead.

"You're a very pretty girl, Marinette! I can see why Adrien fell in love with you!" Tikki chirps.

I spin around and lean against the counter. "You really think so?"

Tikki nods. "I'm positive, he's in the other room, right now, thinking about how beautiful you are!"

Adrien's POV

I run my hands through my hair. "Oh my GOD Plagg, she's so HOT."

Plagg flies around the room, cradling his cheese. "You sure got yourself a looker, blondie!"

"Plagg, don't say that!" Adrien says, rolling his eyes.

"Hey, I'm just interested in Tikki. Unlike you, I'm actually good at talking to the girl I like."

I dig through my clothes in my closet. "What was I supposed to do?"

"I don't know, not freeze up and start talking to her like a broken record!" Plagg teases.

I throw my sock at him, and he swiftly doges. "What, am I wrong?"

"Wrong about what?" Mari asks.

I turn around, and see Mari standing holding hair clothes tight to her chest, wearing my t-shirt. Her hair is down, and her ribbons are tied on her wrist.

"Hey, Tikki was wondering do you have any macaroons?" Mari asks, sliding her stuff on my couch.

"Oh sure, only from the best bakery in Paris!" I say, turning around to my dresser.

I open it up, and there rests a box of macaroons with a label reading Dupain-Cheng Bakery.

"Thank you so much, Adrien!" Tikki squeals, and flies over to grab a bite.

Plagg flies over to join her, and they sit eating their favorite foods.

"They're so cute," I say, turning to Mari and smiling.

"Kinda like us, huh?" She says, grabbing my wrist.

She playfully drags me and we sit on my white couch. I grab the remote and turn on the TV to watch a movie, but the news pops up instead. It's the same news station that interviewed us about the girls. They cut to the scene of the alley way, and I quickly change the channel.

"Adrien," Marinette says, cuddling up to me. "Will we ever beat Hawkmoth, and stop the vampires?"

"I know it," I say, running my hair through her hair.

"How can you be so sure?"

I close my eyes. "I don't know, I just feel like were close to him all the time, but we just don't know it."

"Do you think he has you under his control?" She asks me, squeezing my arm.

I rung my tongue over my vangs. "Nah, I promise you, princess, I'll be safe."

She looks out the window. "What about Luka?"

"Trust me," I say, grabbing both of her shoulders. "We'll both be fine. Forget what I said earlier, I'll be fine as a vampire."

"And Luka?"

I hold her cheek. "Luka's doing just fine."

Luka's POV

I'm transformed and standing on top on one of the many buildings in Paris, scanning the night sky for akumas, but it's hard to see through tears. I sit down on the roof, and throw my hands on my face. Why did I lie and tell her I was okay? I wish I could have her back. I wish I could cuddle with her, before all of these love confessions happened. I wish she knew how much I cared for her, and wish that I wasn't only a friend to her.

But I said what I said, and she's happy now. A wonderful girl like her deserves to be happy.

I watch as tears fall down one by one. I try and wipe them off my cheeks, but as soon as they're gone, more fall down. I give up and fall onto my back. My breaths slowly increase, so I force myself to look around at my surroundings to calm down. I watch as a solo butterfly flies overhead, and I sit up to look at it closer.

That's not a butterfly. That's an akuma.

I immediately jump and scramble backwards, but the akuma doesn't give up. It continues to peruse after me, and I frantically back away,  until there's no more roof to walk on. I take a step on the edge of the high-rise building, and watch as a pebble falls towards the ground. When I quickly look back, I realize I'm to late. The akuma dashes and slips into my miraculous. A purple butterfly outline appears in front of my face, and my body freezes up.

"Luka, I am Hawkmoth. I can grant you the power of total control, but only if you promise to retrieve Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous to me."

"I WON'T!" I scream, standing my ground. "YOU CAN'T GET TO ME, HAWKMOTH!"

"Ah, but I already have," the eerie voice calmly whispers in my ears.

"W-what do you mean?" I ask, terrified.

Before I even realize what's happening, my mind enters a haze. I frantically run my fingers through my hair, knowing no one who's vulnerable has ever said no to Hawkmoth. I collapse on my knees, and prepare for the worse.

Hawkmoth criminally laughs. "You think you and Chat Noir are the only vampires not akumatized in the whole city? You couldn't have been more wrong. This is my plan, to slowly start turning innocent people into my minions of the night, in secret, one by one."

"So you know that I'm a vampire?" I say, terrified.

"I know everyone who's been turned into a vampire. I even know my own son is a vampire," he says, coldly.

"I can't believe someone like you is a father. You just sit back and watch as your own son is brutally murdering innocent people because he has to live? Father of the year goes to you," I sarcastically shout, feeling the fury rise in me.

"I wouldn't be worried. He has a new girlfriend, and it's only a matter of time until he kills her."

I gasp, and a dark feeling sets into my gut. "Adrien?!"

"Even if I said you were correct, it wouldn't matter because you wouldn't remember a thing when you're akumatized. That is the exact reason I've been talking to you, to get you distracted," Hawkmoth hisses.

I try and open my mouth and protest, but I quickly slip into a hypnotizing haze. I feel my body collapses against the building, and watching as a dark wave of black energy washes over me. My world goes bright and I protest in fear, but the fog in my head makes me slowly stop and accept it. I open my eyes and I stand up, waiting for my next order.

Hawkmoth cackled loudly. "Luka Couffaine, you are now under my control!"

"Yes sir," I say, cruelly. "I will do as you command."

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