"Adrien you haven't, called, texted, or even came to check up on me, in a week already! What is up with you?" Lila nagged accusingly as soon as Adrien opened the door on her.

"Lila it's too early for this." Adrien mumbled as he rubbed his tired eyes, it really was early.. if 8:00am was early..

"No it isn't Agreste, now if you don't want to put effort into our relationship then i won't either.. It's over!" Lila screeched before sashaying away.

"Huh..?" Adrien yelled out, of course he was in love with Marinette but Lila was also a big part of his life, he couldn't just let her walk away heartbroken. He ran towards Lila, catching up to her before she got into her car. He knew she wanted him to chase after her, she didn't actually want to leave him.

She had tear stained eyes. Oh.. how much Adrien hated seeing her like that, he couldn't let her go like this.. could he? It's not like Marinette could ever love him back, or so he thought.

"Lila, i'm sorry, please don't go.." He whispered, holding onto her hand, his eyes piercing into those of hers, Adrien really did think she was beautiful, almost as much as Marinette, sure Lila had her flaws, she could be bipolar.. but so could Marinette..

He hated the stupid love triangle he got himself into. If only Marinette hadn't came ba.. he stoped himself from the thought of Marinette still being gone, what was wrong with him?

"Adrien.." Lila murmured before embracing him, holding onto him for dear life, or in this case, holding what was left of their asymmetrical relationship. Adrien rubbed her back guilty, he wasn't cheating on Lila.. was he? Kissing Marinette, claiming he loved her, looking at her the way he did, knowing he loved Marinette more.. that wasn't cheating, or was it?

"Let's head inside, kitty.." Lila cooed as she dragged him inside, with the nickname that Marinette once gave him, the one he only remembered him love calling him by.
What in the world was Marinette doing to his head, messing around like she does.

Wait, Marinette never called him that.
What in the world was he thinking.
but he so clearly remembered her calling him that... hmm, how strange.

He sounded crazy, but little did he know, a traumatizing twist was about to happen to both him and Marinette. Will they be able to stop hawkmoth from killing them off, will one kill the other, will they both leave, or will everyone be wiped out.. by an, Akuma. Once the word Akuma settled in, shots of memories fired in Adrien's mind, of a black cat and ladybug, of them falling, of a small black creature.
Adrien immediately shot up, scaring Lila.

"Adrien! Don't scare me like that!" Lila laughed, still frightened from to boy shooting up from her lap.

He instantly mumbled one word that would change his life, his and Marinette's
"Akuma.."
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word count 509 💕 how are you all enjoying the story? this chapter was short but i hope you all learnt more about their past and now future..