For the miraculous au! Kim uncovers the truth about Lila and sabotages her plans
Of all people, he hadn't expected such actions to come from her.
Lila.
The girl who participated in so many charity events, in humanitarian projects, in environmental policies.
The best friend of Ladybug.
Then again, he did always think all those things she claims to have done didn't make complete sense. Also, shouldn't her parents be concerned she was missing so many classes?
It doesn't matter anymore - he found out some things. Things that had whatever respect he had for her be thrown out the window.
Lila Rossi had threatened Marinette Dupain-Cheng.
And Lila Rossi doesn't respect the personal space of Adrien Agreste.
For the first reason, Kim was already willing to go to war. No one messes with Dupain-Cheng and gets away with it.
(The only reason he never spoke to Chloé about her blatant attitude towards Marinette the past year is because Kim was convinced he was in love with her. But after realizing just how awful she was towards the norinette, he set his foot down.)
Adrien, as the shelter teen he is, craved physical affections. So when he saw the way the blonde boy cringe when Lila got all up in his space, he knew something was up.
Also, just because someone was willing to give a hug one day, doesn't mean they must give one every day.
But he saw the way Adrien would turn away whenever the Italian girl was even in the room. Kim doesn't know what Rossi did to him but he was willing to find out.
So he started out subtle, coming to Marinette's defense when someone mentions something wrong about her. When he digged for the source of such things, he was infuriated. They were all from Lila.
Now, whenever a classmate said something so terrible wrong, he challenged it, asked them how Lila could know such a thing when it was clear her and Marinette aren't friends.
From then on, he heard people talking about Marinette less and his heart soared when he heard Alya say these beautiful words.
'Marinette doesn't talk to Lila - I don't trust anything Rossi says about her.'
It was perfect, amazing, and Kim swears he was ready to throw a party just then.
While he was questioning all these claims, he was keeping an eye out for whenever Lila was heading in Adrien's direction.
Well, if you ask Kim why he always got Adrien out of the area at the same time, he would tell you it was mere coincidence.
But then Adrien came up to him one day, so thankful, it stuck with him.
And he knew Lila was catching on. Especially when he saw how angry she was when the other classmates started doing it too. The first time Kim watched Nino do it, he was surprised. He thought he was subtle, in the way he kept Adrien away from her.
'Thank you for always making sure i wasn't alone with Lila. You were the only one, besides Mari, to see how uncomfortable she makes me.'
And Kim was a big supporter of making sure people felt safe, comfortable, in their environment. Especially one such as school and it didn't sit right with him that such topics wasn't spoken about often.
So what did Kim do?
He convinced Ms. Bustier to teach some lessons on personal space and healthy relationships.
The Vietnamese boy quickly saw how the lessons were affecting everyone. Almost immediately, people were recognizing a lot of the red flag in their relationship with Lila.
In the way Lila talked about Marinette, treated Marinette.
In the way she always disregarded Adrien's boundaries.
And to his completely surprise, after a brutal interrogation from Rose and Mylène, she confessed about how hew trips were fake.
Lila Rossi never did any of those charity events, those humanitarian projects, are participated in the making of environmental policies.
She's never met Prince Ali.
And Alya confessed how Ladybug said that Chat Noir was her best friend in and out of the suit.
So overall, Kim thinks the outcome was very favorable. Marinette's name wasn't being dragged and people were respecting Adrien's space.
And against what he thought would happen, his classmates didn't fully turn against Lila. The lessons their homeroom teachers helped everyone realize that mistake happens and it's best to learn from them and make better decisions in the future.
But Lê Chiến Kim was going to keep an eye out, to make sure his friends were okay.
Everyone already knows this lmao I just wanted to give you an opportunity to fangirl
Zutara?
first off, friend, have i not done enough damage to your ears from the amount of times ive talked about them? xD
and secondly, I HAVE MANY THOUGHTS. sometimes, too many.
but yes, my biggest ship from atla. i have many but they absolutely take the cake. their arc? wonderful. their chemistry? *chef's kiss* i love them separately and how much potential they had being together. there's literally so much i can say because yes. beautiful babies. but i digress.
When she first ran into Felix, he had a lasting first impression on her. And it wasn’t for good reasons. Ever since he transferred to their classroom, Marinette deemed him her number one enemy.
(Not really, but Marinette was content with saying so.)
And now, she watched as he talked excitedly about his favorite hobby, his head in her lap, and reminiscing on the path that lead them here.
Lead them to swapping sharp words with gently appreciation, bitterness with soft touches, misunderstandings with a feeling Marinette swore was love.
So she leaned down, cutting of his next sentence with a press of her lips onto his, giving up her heart to him in her next breath.
i know already said this BUT YOU'RE AMAZING, SARA.
here's a quick fluff to combat the angst i wrote earlier, lmao, cause i couldn't get this outta my head. thank you, homie.♡
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"What movie did you pick?"
"You're going to love this," Zuko grinned, pointing the remote towards the television. "It's called 'Crazed Apple'. It's got a two out of ten rotten tomato score."
Katara groaned, closing her eyes as she flopped on the couch next to him. "Why must you make me suffer?"
"Drama queen," he rolled his eyes, but couldn't help the fond smile tugging at his lips. Opening the blanket, he let out a grunt when she forcibly pressed herself against his chest, but he pulled her closer still, closing it around her.
"Let's pick a good movie next time." Katara muttered, tucking her arm around his chest. She scrunched her nose and Zuko cooed, laughing when she swatted him. "Something less cringy."
"You know you love our bad movie dates." He mused, pressing a kiss on her forehead.
It was a tradition ever since they met in college; he was her brother’s friend and roommate. One night, her and Suki were over. They watched a movie together and when Suki and Sokka snuck into the latter's room, Zuko offered to start another movie.
He liked her then and didn't want the night to end and while flustered, he picked a movie at random. Rather fortunately, he didn't check the reviews of it beforehand and it turned out to be a horrendous movie.
Instead of pushing her away, it only managed to bring them closer. When they were overwhelmed from their school assignments and work, it was an escape for both. A simple, 'I found a movie', was enough for them.
And now, as he watched Katara laugh until she was wheezing, the scoff she let out when a bad scene came on, the way she buried herself under his arm when it was cheesy - he counted himself lucky.
Rubbing the velvet box in his pocket, he hoped to be even luckier man.
