Have you or a loved one ever wondered why there isn’t much orchestra au art? well I did some research and it’s because instruments are a Pain to draw!!!
Anyways most of these are based on vibes i associate with each instrument that i got from being in middle school band and high school orchestra so it’s probably a bit (a lot?) cliche. It’s totally possible that you might have a better idea of what suits each character, and if so, I would love to know!
Some other stuff I was thinking
Juleka on double bass
Rose ??? on piccolo (that’s gotta be too cliche) or some low brass??
Kim and Alix on trumpet
or Alix on viola? I can’t decide
Max on violin (he’d be like one of those musicians who are super technically skilled but have trouble with the artistic side)
Ivan is obviously a percussionist
Mylene plays some reed instrument. clarinet or bassoon maybe
Nathaniel on cello?
and Nino maybe as trombone, or maybe as a new up-and-coming composer, or maybe as a sound engineer when the orchestra is recording something, or maybe as production manager (not sure what they do), or maybe as the conductor, or maybe as a dj, or maybe
pls help me with Nino
Gabriel is probably a famous composer or something
Adrien was like paganini - locked in his room by his dad and made to practice for hours and hours until he was so good people thought he sold his soul to the devil for his music skills
Adrien is really famous and that sort of intimidates all the orchestras he plays with and they all keep a bit of a distance so he doesn’t really have any friends
and then he’s a guest soloist for this orchestra! and he makes friends!
(and maybe he finally goes against his father’s plans for his life and chooses to stay as a permanent pianist?)
also there are plenty of alternative Luka ideas
Luka could be the famous guest soloist instead
or he could be a new conductor (a la Mozart in the Jungle)
;) ;) ;)
or he could not even be a classical musician! He could be a famous rock musician! pls i love the whole “classical musician and famous non-classical musician fall in love”
Anyways I really miss being in orchestra and I’d love to here your thoughts!
Marinette couldn’t understand anything the boys were yelling, except Damian calling the others some rather inventive names. She shot Luka a glare but he just shrugged at her. Yeah no, that innocent act wasn’t going to work. Selina must have told him about the boys being fans of her work. Once the general noise calmed down enough she shot him a withering look.
“You did that on purpose when you knew I wanted to get to know them first.”
“You would have spent the next week freaking out over whether or not they liked you. This way you know now.” She hated it when he pulled his ‘Luka knows best’ routine. Ever since she’d made him a permanent holder he put far more faith in his ‘intuition’ over her wishes. It was good and bad that it was only her he did it with. He felt that he knew her so well and she stressed herself out too much that it was his job to alleviate that stress by forcing her hand. Kagami had agreed with him until he pulled it on her. Luka had gotten her to admit that she was bi where her mother could hear her. No, Mme. Tsurugi hadn’t freaked out and sent her to a boarding school the way Kagami feared but it didn’t change the fact that she absolutely wasn’t ready to have that conversation with her mother. Marinette had actually had to transform to keep her from going after Luka with her sabre. Since then, Kagami had been firmly entrenched on her side of the issue. He also tended to miss the subtleties of what she actually was worried about, which made it more annoying.
“I want them to like me as a person. Not be afraid to get on my bad side because they want me to design something for them.”
“You wouldn’t do that.” She loved him, she really did, she just wanted to strangle him when he decided to be so dense.
“Yes, but they don’t know that because they don’t know me.” She could hear the frustration in her voice and Kagami came up behind her to wrap her arms around her waist. When she rested her chin on her shoulder Marinette glanced over to find her glaring at Luka.
“We’ve talked about this, and you agreed not to interfere unless her anxiety was bad enough to affect her health.” Well that was new. She knew Kagami had been trying to get him to stop but she didn’t realize Luka had agreed to tone it down. Thinking about the last few months, it did make sense.
“Given all that is going on it’s stress that she doesn’t need.” Marinette rolled her eyes and saw Cass do the same. Kagami let out an annoyed huff and Marinette thought Bruce looked like he agreed with Luka. Great, just what she needed. One more person trying to fix things for her.
“You and I will be having a talk later about what decisions are and are not yours to make.” It took Marinette a moment to realize that her Maman’s words were aimed at Luka. Given the woman admitted to tricking Marinette into taking better care of herself she wasn’t certain if that was a good or bad thing. Then again she was fairly proprietary about the roll and she might have a better time getting him to back off. Luka was terrified of Sabine.
The Waynes didn’t seem to know what to make of everything. Damian was eyeing her mother as if trying to put a puzzle together. Tim was just staring at her and Kagami but she wasn’t certain if it was just where his eyes landed or if he was trying to figure out their relationship. Jason was scowling at Luka and Dick just looked concerned. This probably wasn’t the best interaction for them to watch as a first impression.
“How about we eat and switch topics.” Chloe’s no nonsense tone seemed to break everyone out of their stupor. There was also a bit of a bite to it that everyone seemed to catch. It got them all to sit down and stop fussing over them but it also seemed to make everyone afraid of breaking the silence. Not a good way to get to know people. Damian and Selina were the only ones that seemed relaxed and neither one seemed to want to help anyone else ease back into conversation. She figured Damian just didn’t care and Selina was enjoying the show too much.
Cass could obviously tell how upset she was at the way things were going and leaned into her. They continued to eat in silence but all the boys were shooting looks at the two of them, making things even more awkward.
“Honestly if you have something to say just say it. None of you are being subtle with your staring. You’re making me uncomfortable and It’s not even directed at me.” Chloe’s annoyed comment seemed to break the tension. The boys were stuttering out denials but Chloe just glared at them until Dick decided to speak.
“It’s just… Cass doesn’t let anyone touch her, not really. And definitely not for extended durations.” Marinette felt her eye twitch as she fought back her annoyance. Chloe just laughed.
“Mari isn’t just anyone, she is her sister. Not to mention, Mari can get almost anyone to open up given enough time.” The boys all looked miffed at that, Dick especially.
“Or any of you could have just talked to her and helped her get more comfortable with physical affection rather than ignoring the problem and expecting it to go away.” She’d tried to keep it in but their obvious disgruntlement at the fact Cass was opening up to a ‘stranger’ pushed her over the edge. “Not one of you actively tried to help her get over her touch aversion, you just left her to suffer on her own.”
“You can’t possibly know that.” The words came from Damian and Mari gave him a bland look.
“Even if I didn’t before you just confirmed it with your wording. Just because you aren’t that observant doesn’t mean everyone else suffers the same deficiency.” The boy’s face screwed up into an ugly scowl as he glared at her. She honestly expected him to throw a knife at her just for the hell of it at this point.
“That’s enough. The last thing we need is for someone to get Akumatized. Mari, you need to calm down.” Her papa’s voice was not the one she expected to point that out, but it did more to calm her than if it had been anyone else. He rarely got in the middle of things, preferring to let them play out, so he must have thought this would just keep escalating.
“Sorry Papa.” Cass burrowed further into her side and purred silently. When her father reached around Chloe and Cass to give her shoulder a comforting squeeze the boys looked nervous. She had to stop herself from smiling at that. He may be huge but he was the most gentle person she’d ever known. Well, until someone threatened his family.
“Akuma-what now?” She blinked at Jason’s question before mentally slapping herself. She forgot they didn’t know. Cass actually gigged next to her and that just seemed to break all of the Waynes for some reason.
Chloe almost made it back to the hotel before she realized where her feet were taking her. She turned abruptly and just kept walking since the last thing she was up for right now was dealing with her parents. What was wrong with her? It wasn’t an insult or even mean. There was no reason for her to be acting like this. And she’d left Mari to deal with that woman alone. Damn it. She made another abrupt turn to head back to the bakery and immediately ran into someone.
“Sorry!” She held onto the person to keep them stable as she pulled back and blinked when realized she knew the person. “Really Kagami, I’m sorry I wasn’t paying attention.” The girl’s normal stoic demeanor seemed to get even colder when she recognized Chloe. She hadn’t really interacted with her so she wasn’t sure what caused it.
“It’s fine, though I would suggest being more careful in the future.” Yeah there was no way she was imagining the frost in that tone. Maybe Mari had complained about her at some point. “And perhaps don’t abandon your friends when they need you most.” Wait what?
“I have no idea what you’re talking about.” That definitely wasn’t something she got from Mari.
“You turned on Adrien as soon as his father was revealed as Hawkmoth.” Oh right, they fenced together, how could she forget.
“I turned on the spineless wonder when I found out he was hurting Mari. It had nothing to do with his father.” That was not the way she wanted that to come out. “Not to mention he’s still trying to since he sicked his mommy on her.” Great job Bourgeois, just keep making it worse. She could feel Plagg snickering against her. Kagami looked thoughtful though.
“Hurt her how?” As much as she wanted to let it out and tell her all the garbage he’d pulled she knew it was a bad idea. For a lot of reasons.
“You should talk to her about that. I wouldn’t feel right talking about it without her permission anyway.” That was apparently the right answer given the hum of approval she got for it. “I was headed back that way if you wanted to come with me.”
“Chloe!” She looked up to find Selina rushing towards them and cursed to herself. She didn’t even consider how anyone else would react to her running out of there like that. Mari was probably worried. “Come on, we need to get back Mari’s asking for you.” Shit, shit, shit. She pulled her phone to find messages from Selina, Sabine, Luka, and Damian. What the hell happened? She was running again before she even realized she was in motion. She had no idea how long it took her to get back to the bakery but it was too long. She was in full panic mode as she ran into the apartment and found Mari sobbing in her mother’s arms.
“What did that woman say to you?” The words came out as more of a growl than anything else and Sabine leveled a glare at her.
“Mari told her off actually. This is the result of her finally slowing down enough to feel everything that’s been building up.” The anger dissipated immediately and she sat on the couch next to them. Mari reached for her and the next thing she knew her girlfriend was crying into her neck while Sabine got up to get some tea for them. It was then that she noticed Luka and Damian hovering in the kitchen. “Tom’s closing up the bakery. We’re going to have some much needed family time.” Chloe tightened her arms around Mari.
“I’m not leaving.” Sabine just gave her an exasperated look.
“Of course not. I said family and that includes you.” She was too stunned to respond to that. She honestly couldn’t remember the last time anyone claimed her as family.
“Gami?” Mari’s rough, confused voice caused her head to snap to the door as she internally cursed at herself again. If she had any idea what was going on she wouldn’t have suggested the girl come over now. Selina was looking to Sabine to figure out what she should do while Damian was trying to nudge Luka towards the door. Sabine just sighed.
“Mari, is there anyone here you want to leave?” Chloe felt Mari shake her head. “Then everyone should have a seat. What do you all want to drink?”
Once everyone was settled it became rather tense. Damian and Kagami both looked insanely uncomfortable and were eyeing each other constantly. It took her a minute to realize they may have never met. Mari giggled.
“You two will either get along famously or be at each other’s throats in ten minutes.” They both sent her a flat look and the giggles turned into laughter. Chloe could feel herself untense at the sound. “Damian Wayne, meet Kagami Tsurugi.” That just got them back to frowning at each other but it looked more thoughtful than before.
“Tsurugi as in the internationally acclaimed fencers?” Kagami just nodded at Damian’s words. “I look forward to comparing blades with you.” She continued to study him but finally gave an accepting nod. The tension seemed to drain out of both after that. Chloe could only roll her eyes. Luka was the only one of Mari’s friends not prone to violence, including her. Apparently her girlfriend was just collecting socially stunted, aggressive, rich kids.
When Tom came up Chloe relinquished her hold on Mari knowing how little time she’d spent with her parents lately and how much she needed to both comfort them, and whether she admitted it or not, be comforted by them. Kagami was watching in confusion as they helped Mari settle.
“What is wrong with you?” Chloe knew she wasn’t trying to be rude. She sounded worried more than anything else but Chloe also knew that Mari was hurt because of her. She hadn’t been fast enough to stop it. Luckily Mari answered before she could explode with guilt.
“I injured my spine in a way that paralyzed my legs.” Kagami just blinked at her. Watching the girl process things was interesting just because there was no way to tell what she was thinking.
“Is this what you meant when you said Adrien hurt her?” There was a dangerous undertone to her voice and Chloe almost didn’t realize the question was aimed at her.
“No, this wasn’t anything to do with him.” His father, but she didn’t need to know that. When Mari sent her a questioning look she winced. “She thought I abandoned Adrien because of who his father was; I corrected her.”
“Adrien…” Mari let out a sigh. “He does everything so that it’s most convenient for him without thinking about how it’s affecting others. I mean, when he broke up with you did he even ask if you were okay with it? Or seem to care if he hurt you?” That just got another thoughtful frown.
“Honestly I was so relieved when he did that I never really considered it. He kept going on about how he wanted to be with someone else… but I don’t remember him asking what I wanted and he never brought it up again after that. Lately though he’s been acting like he wants to get back together and when I told him we’re better off as friends he said it was selfish of me to make that decision without even taking his feelings into consideration.” The bastard was seriously trying to gaslight his ex into starting up their relationship again? That was even worse than she expected.
“And what did you say to that?” Mari sounded worried but Kagami just shrugged.
“I told him that expecting someone else to enter into a relationship they didn’t want just because he wanted them to was selfish so we were even.” Damian let out an amused snort and Chloe couldn’t help but grin imagining Adrien’s shocked expression. “I just assumed he was in a bad place because of his father and didn’t give it any more thought.”
“He knew exactly what he was doing. That boy needs a good talking to.” Tom’s tone said he’d be happy to do it.
“That boy needs a good kick in the-”
“Maman!” Mari sounded embarrassed but Chloe was fairly sure everyone else in the room agreed with Sabine. “Adrien isn’t our problem. Hopefully his mother will get him the help he needs.”
Bruce finally managed to sit down with Kagami the next morning to try and figure out a strategy to talk to her mother. It was turning out to be both helpful and worrisome.
“The main points to focus on will be access to a world class fencing instructor and that a growing attachment between myself and one of your children will be advantageous to both of our families. I wouldn’t mention school unless it’s brought up. While Gotham academy is certainly acceptable, she’ll think you’re focusing on academics over fencing and you could be counterproductive to my training.” There was so much wrong with that he didn’t even know where to start, but it might be best to worry about it after they’d gotten the woman to agree to leave her daughter with a man she’d met twice at functions they’d both happened to be at. The fact that Kagami didn’t even register that as an issue was one more thing to add to the list.
“And if she asks which child you’re growing attached to?” She cocked her head in thought for a moment before she answered.
“Tim.”
“I’m sorry what?” Definitely not what he expected. While she had mentioned that her mother was still against anything to do with Paris, he’d just figured they could leave out that part and just say it was his youngest daughter.
“He, Adrien, and I have come to an arrangement. Though, again, it would be best not to mention Adrien.” His brain went completely blank as he stared at her. The way she talked about relationships was bizarre enough, but added to the rest of it he was honestly wondering if he should ask what she meant by ‘arrangement’. They were teenagers afterall. Maybe he should wait and ask Tim. It was a bit awkward to talk about it with a girl he barely knew and honestly seemed to speak a different language most of the time. You’d think he’d be more proficient at it given he was born and raised in high society but the Tsurugis were a unique brand at this point.
“That’s umm, good to hear?” He had no idea where that came from.
“Between his upbringing and current position as Co-CEO he should be acceptable despite his lack of accomplishments elsewhere. It might help to say you’ve been training him for practical combat out of the public eye as well so she doesn’t consider him a hindrance to my training.” Even knowing that she was just telling him what her mother wanted to hear he couldn’t help the annoyed scoff that left him. This woman sounded like the be all, end all of helicopter parents. Not to mention even more pretentious than he was used to dealing with. “I would get that out of your system before you call her. She’s blind so she reads tone much better than most. If you let any of your emotions slip through it could very well cause her to decline.”
She was right and he knew it. He just needed to suck it up and fall into the role he played in public. Well, maybe not quite his normal role. He didn’t think the ‘playboy’ label would work with the woman. He’d been with Selina long enough this time that it hopefully wouldn’t be an issue. Then again she didn’t seem to care much about personal lives.
“What about security measures?” Given it was Gotham any parent would be concerned about their child being connected to such a public family. They were targeted far too often for most to feel safe being known to be close to them.
“If I can not adequately defend myself I do not deserve to be here. I wouldn’t bring it up or she may think I’m not ready to be on my own.” Even Adrien’s father had hired a bodyguard for him; this survival of the fittest child rearing approach was insane. Yes, he let his children fight crime but he never sent them out alone at Kagami’s age and he certainly wouldn’t just leave them to fend for themselves if he could help it.
“Yes well, after we get her to agree to this you and I will discuss it. Whatever your mother thinks, I’m not comfortable just throwing you to the wolves.” She gave a single nod.
“That is acceptable, as long as it isn’t the bubble you have Marinette in.”
“It isn’t a bubble and it’s just as much for her peace of mind as it is for the rest of us. She needs to know we’re not going to leave her alone or kick her out.” Kagami blinked at him. It was obvious she had only considered the security measures, not the emotional reason for some of them.
“I forget how… fragile some people are.” From most people that would be an insult, but Kagami sounded more thoughtful than anything else. While none of his kids processed emotions well he didn’t actively discourage them from having or showing them. He definitely wasn’t the best person to help her with that, but he had a feeling just being around Marinette would do wonders. The effect she had on people was a bit worrisome sometimes, but there was no doubt it had been good for his household.
“Regardless, you living with us will make you a target and I’d rather not have you wandering Gotham by yourself.” He got an acknowledging nod and she didn’t seem to be the type to run off just to spite an authority figure so he was content with it.
“Mari mentioned giving Luka and me our Miraculous back in order to help with our safety as well but I believe she wanted to talk to you about it first.” That was concerning. Not that she wanted to keep them safe, because that was just Marinette, but it felt like she knew something they didn’t. She was pulling her entire team back together and had been having a lot of private talks with Cass. He knew that if she had a solid idea of what was wrong she would tell him, and that just made him more on edge as well. “It’s honestly still strange to think that she and Ladybug are the same person. It makes sense in some ways but absolutely none in others.”
“What do you mean?” It was the first time he’d heard that. All the others seemed to think it was insane that they hadn’t figured it out even with the magic that protected her identity.
“Well the kindness and concern for others is her completely, but the confidence? She’s always been a wreck in her personal life, even before everything that happened. The two just won’t overlap in my head.” Selina had said something similar when she told him how calm and certain Mari had been as Crimson Bat. It was almost as if she’d found a way to just cut off her insecurities when transformed. The real question was whether Tikki had anything to do with that or if it was something they needed to address. While it was an advantage in high stress situations he didn’t want her to end up doing it as a default.
“Yes well, hopefully she’ll be able to settle into herself in both forms the longer she’s here. As much as I get on the boys about their identities, since her’s is protected by magic, I think it will help if she doesn’t have to try and switch between personalities all the time.” Kagami frowned at him like he’d just said the dumbest thing imaginable.
“Everyone switches between personalities constantly. You’re one person with family, another with friends, coworkers,and especially in the public eye. Being a hero is just one more face that you show the world.” He wanted to argue with her. Unfortunately, she made a good point. His public persona was so different it was basically like putting on a mask.
“I suppose it’s something we all should work on then. But Marinette doesn’t seem to have a baseline for who she actually is under all of that and she deserves to have a chance to be herself. Everyone does.” That got another thoughtful hum, but that was all. Now that he thought about it a lot of them could benefit from less inauthenticity across the spectrum. Selina had been trying to get him to drop the Brucie persona for a while now so maybe this next gala he’d give everyone a shock. “How well do you know Luka?”
“We met through Mari and I haven’t had any issues with him. Why?” Bruce mentally cursed himself for asking. He didn’t want Marinette to think he didn’t like the boy but not being able to read him was driving him insane. There was nothing he could point to that said he was a problem but it felt like there was something just out of sight that he should know.
“Just wondering.” She gave him a flat look.
“Luka was Akumatized when an opportunist stole his music and, more importantly, Mari’s designs. Even under Hawkmoth’s influence she was his top priority. He won’t do anything to hurt her.” Bruce couldn’t imagine him getting that upset about anything given what he’d seen but it was actually comforting to know for some reason. Since outing his family would hurt Marinette, he wasn’t likely to do it.
“That is good to know. It means the boys won’t kill him at least.” Kagami’s mouth twitched upward slightly.
“I’d be more worried about Chloe or possibly Cass to be honest. The boys he would see coming. They lack any type of subtlety.”
“You must be Damian Wayne.” Marinette snapped her head back around to find a group of four girls walking towards them. They all reminded her of Chloe before she’d changed and she burrowed into Damian’s side. The girl that had spoken glared at her as Damian put an arm around her shoulders. The main thing she heard in his song was disgust.
“I don’t see how that’s any of your business. Now if you don’t mind we need to head inside.” Before he could move the girl stepped in front of him and put a hand on his chest. His song turned enraged and Marinette tried to calm her own so she didn’t make it worse. “Remove your hand or lose it, I won’t warn you again.” The girl flinched back so she had self preservation instincts, until she looked at the others. They were all smirking at her and Marinette saw a moment of anger before she covered it with a fake smile at Damian.
“I’m Valerie Faucher.” Damian just continued to glare at her and Marinette saw her mouth tighten. Apparently she thought they should know who she was. “I’m the one who’s going to show you around and make sure you’re consorting with the right sort of people for your status, and keep away the gold diggers.” Her eyes darted to Marinette and she had to grab Damian as she felt his rage spike again. This girl really needed to learn to read people before he murdered her.
“You should’ve done your research, or waited a few days and observed Faucher.” Chloe’s voice sounded behind them and Marinette turned to see her and Kagami. Chloe sounded amused but the look she shot the other girl was pure disdain.
“Oh and why is that? Didn’t get enough time to attach yourself to him?” Chloe just laughed but Kagami rolled her eyes and answered.
“Because insulting his soulmate while she’s standing right next to him is the best way to make sure he’ll never give you the time of day. Now run along before he decides an assault charge is worth it and she can’t hold him back any more.” She and Damian had a lot in common, which had surprised them both, and Marinette could hear how right she was. Honestly, if she weren’t hugging him she was certain he would have gone after the girl already. The others had the sense to look worried but Valerie turned a disgusted look on Marinette.
“All the more reason for him to trade up. Who would want that as a soulmate?” Marinette had to move in front of Damian and wrap her arms around him to stop him from doing something stupid. His rage was pounding in her head and she was more than a little scared of what he might do. Chloe was in the girl’s face yelling something, but Marinette couldn’t focus on anything but Damian’s song. Finally her fear seemed to bring him back to his senses.
“Please, let’s just go. She doesn’t mean anything to us and if she tries anything you and Chloe have more than enough connections to get her expelled.” The rest of the girls looked terrified and scattered. Damian finally gave her a nod, but his song didn’t improve much. He stepped around her and Chloe.
“Let me make myself clear. If I hear any nonsense rumors about me or my soulmate that I can trace back to you, I will make your life a living hell. You’d be amazed at how quickly things can crash and burn given the right type of explosive.” Finally the girl had the wits to be afraid. However, she didn’t have the sense to back down.
“I don’t care how big of a deal you are in America. This is my school and there’s nothing you can do to me. Even Bourgeois knows better than to mess with me.” Chloe rolled her eyes and Mari had a feeling that the only reason she hadn’t done anything was because she was trying to be a better person. Poor girl was in so far over her head and she didn’t even know it. When no one responded to her she finally turned and stalked towards the building.
“Let’s go talk to the principal, I’m going to go to all of your classes with you today and making sure that shrew isn’t in any of them.” Chloe laughed but Marinette let out an exasperated sigh.
“Damian, no. I need to be able to do this myself. I’ll be fine and if I’m not you’ll know. I’m not going to let one jealous person derail a plan we’ve been working on for months.” He scowled at her but she just waited, hoping the certainty in her song would convince him because words were useless. Eventually he let out an aggravated Tt.
“Fine, but only if Plagg agrees to infuse her with bad luck if she comes at you while you’re on your own.” Marinette rolled her eyes but before she could respond a voice sounded from her bag.
“You say that like I didn’t do it already.” She groaned. This is why she hadn’t wanted the Kwami to come with her. Even Tikki was being insanely over protective.
“Plagg you can’t just imbue people with bad luck for being mean to me. What happened to maintaining balance?”
“Tikki will give good luck to the people who are nice to you. It’ll balance out eventually.” Seriously, how did this become her life? “Don’t stress bug, we know what we’re doing.”
“We’ll see what Gen thinks when school is over.” It wasn’t the best threat considering Gen seemed to enjoy chaos almost as much as Plagg did, but the Kwami respected her. At least Damian was calming down. “We should head inside, we don’t want to be late.” The last thing she wanted was another reason to stand out. She was already the new kid, something she’d never had to deal with in school before, that was more than enough stress on it’s own. Damian reached out and laced his fingers through hers.
“Everything will be fine Angel. Just breathe and try not to overthink everything. You’re a far harsher critic of yourself than anyone here is likely to be.” He was right. She knew he was. As he led her to her class and gave her hand one final squeeze she also knew that it didn’t matter. When she walked into the class and felt all those eyes on her, she couldn’t help but remember what had happened the last time she was in a classroom. She immediately started overthinking everything. Where should she sit? If she went to the back the teacher might think she’s a troublemaker, but if she goes to the front the kids might think she’s a suckup. So somewhere in the middle then. But what if someone got mad because she took their spot? No one had said anything to her yet. Could they already tell there was something wrong with her?
“You’re Marinette right?” She started as the voice sounded next to her and spun to face the boy that had been with Rose and Juleka. He gave her a sheepish smile. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you. I’m Luka.” She tried to smile but had a feeling it looked mildly panicked.
“Nice to meet you.” She got the words out, barely, and her hands were clenched around the strap to her bag. She had to wonder what he’d been told about her. While Juleka and Rose had only ended up with counseling and probation, Ivan had spent six months in a juvenile facility. He’d sent her an apology letter and it had seemed sincere, but she hadn’t actually talked to him so there was no knowing if he was still upset with her. Given how much time he spent at Juleka’s house, if Luka was her brother, there was no telling what he said about her.
“Do you want to sit with me?” Her brain wouldn’t process the question at first, too focused on her internal panic. It was Damian’s song taking on a worried tone that finally snapped her out of it.
“Sure, if you really don’t mind.” He was probably just being polite. She didn’t want to force him to deal with her.
“Of course not. Jules has always had good things to say about you. Other than the Lila issue of course.” She flinched at the name and Luka looked confused for a moment before wincing. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you. I never met her but given how much the others changed under her influence it’s obvious she wasn’t a good person.” She just… blinked at him. He said it so matter of factly, as if anyone could see it, even though almost no one around her had a clue.
“That’s certainly true.” It just came out and Marinette immediately regretted it. How would it make her look to him that she was bad mouthing someone behind their back? “I just mean that she set a lot of things in motion that turned out badly.” That made no sense and she knew it. Why was she like this?
au, в котором Кагами умирает и Андрюха Адриан становится скульптором-отшельником хотя он прилично выглядит для отшельника, пожалуй и просто фигачит ее статуи направо и налево, потому что это безумиеможет
Ok so it’s 23:57 and I’m watching this new ep with Queen Bee whatever it’s name was and it’s great
And then
I start to watch Frozer
FUCK IF I ONLY DAMN KNEW WHAT A PIECE OF AN EMOTIONAL WRECK I’M GONNA BE AFTER IT
It’s 4:27 now
I texted all my fucking friends saying DUDE I SHIPPED ADRINETTE BUT NOW I CAN FEEL MY INSIDES ARE PHYSICALLY CHANGING INTO A LUKANETTE FAN and some of them were like it’s night maybe chill??? and I was like NO
Who’s ready for some low-quality art? I’ve been working on these prompts ahead of time because I don’t have the time to doodle everyday, but it’s still very stressful and exhausting.
