XYs Muse

XY’s Muse

Based on this prompt

This is my first fanfic. Please let me know how bad it is. Any criticism will be welcome. No matter how harsh.

uploaded on 01/16/21

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Chapter 1

Marinette was just standing around, enjoying the music that Kitty Section was playing when she noticed XY sulking in the corner. Marinette couldn’t help but feel her face soften as she remembered the words his father, Bob Roth, said about him.

His talentless son. That's what Bob Roth called him. Talentless. Marinette might not like XY or his music. And she definitely did not agree with the method he used to obtain his music. But Marinette knows how he feels. She knows what it feels like to be humiliated in front of everyone, feeling like no one is on your side.

After all, this was the first year that Marinette actually had friends next to her. And it was all thanks to Alya. Marinette remembered how horrible and crushed she felt whenever Chloe did something against her. And she would hate it if other people felt the way she did. Even if that person did something horrible towards her.

Of course, the only exceptions were Hawkmoth and Lila.

So without even thinking about it, Marinette summoned her inner Ladybug and made her way towards XY.

Marinette smiled as she sat down in the seat next to him. "Hi, I'm Marinette." She paused before asking. Are you alright?"

Xy looked at her, surprised. He opened his mouth, about to say that he was fine. But stopped. He knew that he needed to talk to someone. So he muttered, "Not really." He faced the blue-haired girl, "I just can't believe my dad said. I know that he didn't know that he was on live TV, but he called me talentless. Do you know how much it hurts to be a musician, then be called talentless?"

Marinette slowly nodded. "I'm not a musician but I do want to be a fashion designer. It's a really competitive business and some people are brutal." Marinette frowned, wondering whether she should continue or not.

"You don't have to continue if you don't want to, you know," XY said, "I did steal your guy's song and costumes."

"Yeah, I know," Marinette frowned, her blue eyes studying him. "But I have a pretty good feeling that your dad made you do that." Marinette folded her arms and glared at him "Even though that's not a good enough excuse to take credit for something that other people worked hard on."

XY didn't say anything for a couple of seconds before playing with his hands nerveously. "For what it's worth, I really am sorry."

Marinette stopped glaring at him "I know." She said softly, "Plus, people do crazy things to get their parent's approval." Marinette heard Kitty Section playing their last song. "I better go soon," she said, grabbing her purse and standing up. "It was really nice talking to you."

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XY was laying down on the hotel bed. It's been a few days since he talked to the blue-nette. With nothing else to do, he decided to take a walk.

Paris was a busy city. Even with the akuma attacks, tourism was better than ever. He walked around the city for a few minutes when he noticed Marinette go inside a bakery.

XY was bored so he did what every teenager would do when they see a pretty girl go inside a bakery.

He followed her.

XY smelt the baked pastries right when he entered the bakery. He looked around for Marinette and noticed her on the counter. He began walking towards her when she noticed him, she made a squeaky noise.

It only made her even cuter.

"XY" she muttered, "What are you doing here?"

He playfully looked at her, "To order something, duh".

Marinette gave him a small smile, "Okay, then. What would you like to order?"

He pointed at what he wanted and talked to her for a while.

Okay, maybe “a while” was an understatement.

XY waited until her shift was over and asked her if she wanted to take a walk around Paris.

With him.

She agreed and they hung out for hours before her parents texted her and told him that she had to get home. XY told her goodbye, before quickly blurting out "Can I have your number?" Marinette’s cheeks were red, "I mean because I like hanging out with you and stuff."

Marinette nodded. Not trusting her mouth. What were you supposed to say when a hot musician asked for your number? Marinette gave it to him, before running home.

XY Couldn't believe his luck. She actually gave him her number. He couldn’t help but smile before walking back to the hotel.

He couldn’t wait to text her.

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"Tikki!" Marinette whispered as soon as she got to her room. "Did that just happen?"

Tikki flew around her, "Yes, Marinette” Tikki sighed. “That actually happened."

Marinette screamed into her pillow. "Chloe would be so jealous of me right now." Marinette scrunched her eyebrows before looking at the red kwami questioningly. "Do you think I should tell my friends about this?"

Marinette might not like Chloe but she has to admit that if Chloe was right about one thing, it was that XY was hot. Like really hot.

Plus, Marinette really liked the sweet and caring side he showed her. They opened up to each other today.

They could relate to each other with a lot of their problems.

Tikki looked at her chosen, "Maybe you should keep it a secret for now. We don't want the tabloids to hear about this."

Marinette winced, "Yeah, your right." She remembered the adventure she had with Adrien in her pajamas.

The media believed that they were dating and Marinette still got a ton of hate comments from it. It only got a little better when both Adrien and Gabriel Agreste denied the fact that both Adrien and Marinette were in a romantic relationship.

XY was easily one of the most well-known musicians right now. Not to mention, one of the most popular. Girls would faint if he so much even glanced at their direction. If the media somehow got the idea that both of them were dating, Marinette would probably get twice the hate she got on social media. And she could not handle that right now.

Especially not with Lila and Adrien around.

This is kinda like the prologue of the story. I don’t really like how this turned out but let me know if you want me to continue it.

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Fanfic idea

Would anybody be interested in a fanfic where Marinette just breaks? Like where she doesn’t care anymore and just lets herself be manipulated by the people around her. It could be Chloe or Lila. Or maybe even the whole class because they’ve always secretly hated how successful Marinette got. Like they they manipulate Marinette into thinking that she needs them and that it’s normal for her to always do what they want her to do. 

At first, Marinette’s only escape could be Ladybug but it soon becomes bad for her too because of Chat Noir. Or this could just be a no miraculous AU. 

The ending could either be that Marinate realizes that what her “friends” are doing is wrong or it could just be full on angsty and she just keeps doing what they want her to do. 

What do you think?

This is what I’m taking about. This puts even more evidence to my post about how Marinette’s parents are rich.

As for Juleka and Luka, even if Jagged isn’t their dad, their mom is still pretty influential. She was one of Jagged Stone’s main guitarists as well. Not to mention that they should be pretty rich, I mean how else would they afford a house-boat.

Headcanon: Collège Françoise Dupont is a private school.

A lot of the students there are from relatively wealthy and/or influential families. Like, that’s obviously not the only reason to have a private school, but it lines up. Chloé and Lila both have politician parents, and a lot of the time, politicians send their kids to private schools for security reasons. Also, do you really think André or Chloé would be okay with her going to public school?

Then there’s Adrien, Alya, Marinette, and Alix.

Adrien’s father is rich af and was initially dead set against his son going to school. He only agreed after Adrien ran away multiple times, and I bet that he wouldn’t have done so if it wasn’t for the school being a private school and only a block away from their house.

Alya’s mom, while not Agreste-level wealthy, probably makes a pretty good living at Le Grand Paris. Enough to send her daughter to private school.

The same can be said for Marinette; her parents’ bakery is next to a park and almost right next to the Seine. If they can afford that piece of property, they can afford to send their daughter to private school.

Lastly in the “canonically wealthy parents” category is Alix, whose father is a historian at the Louvre and the director of the King Tut exhibit. That’s a pretty well-paying job, and given the thing with the pocket watch, I’d be willing to bet there are some other inventions the family is picking up royalties on.

Also, there’s the theory of Juleka being Jagged Stone’s daughter, but that’s another post.

Mireille and Aurore are both public television personalities, so they probably make enough money independently to go to private school, and their parents would probably want them to go for their safety.

XY’s Muse

Sorry for not updating!! School has been a lot for me these past 3 weeks. But good news, i’m back (obviously!!) and I should be able to go back on updating every week.

uploaded on 03/20/21

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Chapter 8

XY’s eyes snapped open, “Get out of my head!”

His breaths were uneven as he forced himself to get up. He turned to the window and noticed that it was still dark out. It was probably midnight.

XY stared at his bed. He couldn’t go back to sleep, at least not until he cleared his head. It was like everytime he closed his eyes for more than a minute, he would see his dad yelling at him. Screaming about how much of a disappointment he is.

Xy squeezed his eyes shut. He needed to get out of this room.

He grabbed the closest jacket near him and walked out his door.

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The frosty air hit XY as soon as he walked out of the hotel.

He looked up at the dark sky. You couldn’t see a lot of the stars due to air pollution. It made XY frown. He remembered when his mom used to take him camping. Every night, they would look at the stars and she would point at a constellation and tell him the story behind it.

He missed her.

A sudden BANG- snapped XY out of his thoughts. He turned and saw a man wearing a hawaiin t-shirt on the floor, along with a man wearing a white t-shirt and sweats running away.

XY didn’t know what to do. Should he help the man or run after the guy? He was fast. He could probably catch the guy. But what about the man on the floor? Was the man still breathing?

In the end, XY turned to the man on the floor.

“Are you alright?” XY asked.

The man coughed. “I should be-” the man tried to stand and almost tumbled over. “I might need a bit of help getting home though.”

“I can help.” XY assured. “I don’t need to go home yet anyways.”

The man gave XY a smile that made XY feel warm. XY couldn’t help but smile back. “Which way do we need to go?”

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Marinette was out for patrol.

That was a lie. It wasn’t really patrol. It was more of an excuse to clear her mind.

Marinette felt like she couldn’t breathe. It was like she was in a small room and the walls were closing in on her. She couldn’t leave. She could only sit and watch as the walls would crush her to death.

Marinette loved swinging from building to building. It made her feel free. It made her feel like a bird ready to stretch her wings after being trapped in a cage for so long.

Tonight, she wasn’t Ladybug or Marinette.

Ladybug often felt like the whole world was resting on her shoulders. Like if she made a single mistake, everyone would judge her for it and hate her.

Marinette was often stressed. Marinette felt like she always had to watch her back, fearing that Lila would do something to her. Marinette had a lot of homework to finish. A lot of commissions to do.

But like she mentioned before, right now, she wasn’t any of her two personas. She was Maribug. Maribug was free. Maribug wasn’t stressed. Maribug didn’t have anyone that had high expectations for her. She was just her.

There was no homework to worry about.

There was no Lila making snide comments about her appearance.

There was no Adrien who glared at her whenever she met his eyes.

There was no Chat Noir who would forcefully ask her on dates, only to throw a giant tantrum when she declined.

There were no hate comments that told her that her life wasn;t worth it. That she should just kill herself .

It was only Maribug and the stars.

It was quiet for a few minutes before Maribug heard voices. They both sounded familiar so Maribug walked closer towards it.

Maribug was facing Master Fu’s shop and saw two people standing on the front. One was obviously Master Fu. He was wearing his trademark bright red shirt with white flowers and light brown pants.

Maribug squinted, trying to figure out why the other guy looked so familiar. Maribug could only see the guys back. He was wearing a dark navy jacket with black sweats. He turned and Marinette saw the familiar blue eyes that could only belong to one person.

Maribug felt a frown stretch onto her face. What was Xavier doing with Master Fu?

Maribug studied the blonde haired boy from the top building. His hair was a mess. And not the usually cute kinda mess. It was more like the i-just-walked-through-a-tornado kinda mess. He had bags under his eyes, which made Maribug assume that he couldn’t sleep.

She couldn’t help but snort. “You and me both.”

However, that noise made Xavier turn his head. His light blue eyes met Maribug’s dark blue ones.

Fuck.

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When XY helped the man back to his home (he told XY to call him Fu!), he did not expect Ladybug to be watching him.

XY couldn’t help but be nervous. Was she still mad about how she got the blue-haired boy akumatized? He apologized! He bought the boy a new guitar and he introduced the kitty band to a good producer and brand deal. He was pretty sure that they were friends now. And if not friends, at least good acquaintances.

Did Ladybug hate him? Can Ladybug even hate anybody? Is he going to be the first person the Ladybug is going to hate?

XY wanted to curl up and cry. As if he needed another flaw.

He faced Fu and gave him a smile.

“Thank you for helping me back to my home.”

XY couldn’t help but feel warmth from that sentence. “It was no problem. I should probably head back now though.”

Fu nodded in agreement and walked inside his massage parlor.

He was about to head to the hotel when Ladybug suddenly appeared in front of him.

If Ladybug was a Pokemon, XY was sure that one of her moves would be teleportation.

“I’m sorry!” XY suddenly blurted out.

“What?”

“I’m sorry for getting the Luka guy akumatized.” he couldn’t bring his eyes to meet hers.

“Xa-” Ladybug suddenly coughed, “I mean XY,” he slowly lifted his eyes from the ground. “It’s okay. I’m not mad at you.”

“But I caused an akumatization!”

Ladybug let out a twinkling laugh that sounded so familiar to him (but he couldn’t figure out why!). He was shaken out of his thoughts when Ladybug gave him a big smile and said, “Chloe caused a ton of akumatizations too and I still gave her the bee miraculous.”

That was true.

“So you don’t hate me?” XY asked meekly.

“Of course not!” XY couldn’t help but give her a small smile. She sounded so offended that she thought that she hated him. “So, why are you walking around this late at night?”

“I just needed to clear my mind. You?”

“Same.”

XY didn’t know what to say. He looked at her and he could see that her eyes were a bit red. Was she crying? “Are you okay?”

“Huh- what…” Ladybug wouldn’t meet his eyes, biting her lip. “I’m fine?”

XY couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow. “Are you sure?”

“Yes.” Their eyes met and XY knew that she could hear the silent question he was asking. Are you okay? XY would not be the one that broke their eye contact. A few seconds passed and all XY could hear was their breathing. It was Ladybug that broke the eye contact, “No.” she whispered.

“Do you wanna talk about it?”

The air was starting to get colder as he waited for her answer.

In the end, she just nodded and held her hand out to him.

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Note: Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. The next chapter will be the two of them talking about their problems and the chapter after that will (finally!) be the date between Marinette and XY.

And like I always say, feedback will be appreciated.

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Marinette definitely has a big following on social media.

- She is friends with a famous supermodel

- Her best friend is the founder of the Ladyblog

- Her design for Jagged Stone’s cover got #1 for the billboard thing

- One of her designs got featured on broadway and the Queen of Fashion praised her work and was willing to take her to New York as an intern

- Her parents own one of Paris’s famous bakeries and she was even featured on a show with Jagged Stone

I’m literally thinking of making a fanfic with Marinette as an influencer, I feel like it would be an interesting fanfic

Agreed. We all know that Marinette can be a bit extra when it comes to people liking Adrien, which is honestly stupid because Adrien is a model.

Of course Alya just assumes Marinette is jealous.

Lets go down the list of shit Marinette has done cuz of her big ass obsessive crush on Adrien.

Stolen his phone.

Keeps fucking day dreaming about him and barely functioning like a human being when hes around.

Stalked him a few times.

Broken into his house

Has his schedule on her wall and pictures of him all over.

Planned out their marriage and shit??

Joined with CHLOE against Kagami.

Stolen Kagamis fucking phone just to snoop through it!

Followed Lila and Adrien just cuz he was gonna be alone with some girl.

So yeah, if I was Alya Id assume she was just jealous/over reacting too.

And Alya only said ONE thing about that in Chameleon but she still listened to her. So Alya salt is ridiculous.