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"Marinette" the girl looked to him. "I love you"
She was shocked. Luka was always poetic and to come straight out like this was odd.
"Luka," she hesitated it wasn't a joke like she hoped it might be, looking into his eyes she knew it was sincere "you know I love someone else."
"But Adrien hasn't returned your affections, maybe you should…"
"Luka, you are such a good friend and I don't want to lose that but I can't give up on him." she looked and watched as she broke his heart. "I'm sorry." she let go of his hand now, the one he had grabbed when he declared his love. She left like she had intended to do. Luka stood there his hand suddenly very cold, his vision a bit blurred as tears welled up into his eyes.
He understood that Marinette loved Adrien, understood that she didn't look at him the way he looked at her, that even if he told her nothing would change. Yet still he hoped that maybe she would say it back. He looked at the sheet music he had been working on, the missing pick from his collection, the mask she had designed, the bracelet she had made. Everything was Marinette. He continued to look at the bracelet watched as a familiar purple butterfly landed on it and changed it purple.
"King Cobra, the girl you love loves another and won't give up on him. She'll give him a second chance and I'll give you yours. All you need to do is get me Ladybug and Cat noir's miraculous." came the voice he had heard once before. It seemed strange that Hawkmoth was offering what seemed to be the same power he had as viperion.
"I don't want to force her to do anything she doesn't want to." he refused to give in so easily.
"You won’t, but you can protect her from her own heartbreak and persuade her to think differently."
He couldn't help it "okay Hawkmoth." he opened his eyes and looked down at his costume it looked similar to viperion. He knew it was possible for the miraculous to power-up he’d use that to his advantage. He looked at the bracelet so similar to both the miraculous and Marinette's bracelet. He flicked the bracelet "second chance." and went to do what needed to be done.