Hey all! OK, I know this isn't an update on my main story 'Skyfall' but I've been addicted to Miraculous Ladybug lately and I've decided to enter a contest someone on Wattpad set up and this is my entry. You can find the link to my Wattpad, spinjitsu15 on my bio. This song, Heads Up by Sam Tsui ft. Lindsey Stirling is absolutely amazing, you have to listen to it. I had sooo many ideas for this, like a couple Skillet songs, Mr Mysterious by Vanessa Amorosi and Beautiful Times by Owl City ft. Lindsey Stirling but this one was the best. Enjoy!
She remembered the day they became a couple like it was yesterday. She remembered the day he gave her a medallion with half a heart on a gold chain and his name engraved on it and found out he had a matching one that was the other half of the heart on a leather cord and had her name on it. She thought it was cheesy at first but wore the medallion every day, never letting it out of her sight. She knew him like the back of her hand and he knew her the same way. They were together for two years, the school's 'cutest couple'.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng was the luckiest girl to be with Adrien Agreste, the famous model. She had a crush on him ever since that day in the rain and after a year of stuttering and red faces, they were finally together.
But unfortunately, all good things have to come to an end and it had Marinette's heart in sheds afterwards, unable to be put back together.
It was a typical Sunday, the streets of Paris were busy as usual and people were out and about. A young girl with midnight blue hair in pigtails stepped outside the bakery and crossed the road. Marinette smiled at the children playing in the par as she fiddled with the half heart medallion that her Adrien gave her. It's been a year since they've been together and it's been the best. Not only was she Ladybug, one of the two famous super heroes in Paris, she was the one and only Adrien Agreste's girlfriend. She definitely felt lucky.
Marinette walked into the newsagents, bought her favourite magazine, La Mode and left, humming to herself. She was flicking through the pages as she walked back to the bakery, while watching where she was going when one page caught her eye. 'ADRIEN AGRESTE'S NEW GIRLFRIEND' was written in big letters and there was a picture of Adrien hugging a girl she knew all too well.
"CHLOÈ?!" she spluttered and stopped walking to quickly skimmed through the article. Her heart clenched tighter with every sentence, especially the picture that accompanied the article, now on the brink of tears.
"Marinette?" Tikki called from inside her purse as quietly as she can, snapping her Chosen out of her trance. She rubbed her eyes and ran back home, slamming the trapdoor shut.
She tore the article out of the magazine and pinned it on the wall and glanced at it. What's going on? Is he cheating on me for her? She took out her phone and sent a text.
[From: Marinette
To: Alya
Can you pls come over ASAP? I need your help]
The next day, a girl with wavy reddish-brown hair stood outside the school. She looked up to see her best friend approaching her with a sad look on her face. Alya didn't blame her, she's afraid of rejection from the boy she spent a year crushing on and the boy she dated.
"Hey, are you alright?" she asked Marinette.
"Yeah," Marinette nodded, fiddling with her medallion, "thanks for your help Alya."
"No problem. Now go out there and kick his ass."
Marinette nodded and turned around to see a familiar white limo arrive in front of the school. The back door opened and Adrien came out. He turned back to the doorway to help the other passenger out. Chloè Bourgeois emerged from the limo and the two walked up the stairs to the school while chatting and exchanging jokes with each other. They walked past Nino whose jaw had dropped in shock at the sight. Alya was still staring at the door and was just as surprised. She turned around to see Marinette glaring at the ground, hands clenched into fists.
"Mari-"
"I've seen enough," Marinette interrupted her friend, "and there is nothing to say here."
And with that, she walked into the school by herself. Alya watched her retreating figure and sighed sadly. Her friend was handling this a lot better than she thought but Alya honestly can't imagine the heartache she was going through.
"Marinette..."
[From: Marinette
To: Adrien
Meet me under the stairs in front of the school after classes and DON'T bring your new girlfriend along]
Adrien gulped as he pocketed his phone. That one text message from Marinette had him freaking out. He knew he was screwed, big time, but he didn't think he was THAT screwed. Oh god, how the hell am I going to explain this to her? She's gonna kill me. Or worse, break up with me.
"Who are you texting?" Chloè's snobby voice interrupted his mental freak out session and she snatched the phone of him. "Ugh, that loser Marinette? Puh-lease, you don't need her, she's such a pathetic person. I mean, how did you survive dating her? You should've been dating me all this time instead of HER." She tossed the phone back to Adrien and latched herself into his arm and began dragging him to their first class.
It took all the willpower in Adrien's body to not transform into Cat Noir and use his Cataclysm on her. Why did he used to call her his childhood friend, he did not know but he knew better now. He strongly dislikes (hate is too strong of a word for Adrien) her like everyone else now, mainly because of all the Akumas he and Ladybug have to fight daily because of her bratty attitude and her bullying. How was he supposed to explain to his real girlfriend that Chloè is blackmailing him with Marinette's family business. "If you don't break up with Marinette and start dating me, than I will personally see to it that the pathetic bakery her parents own gets closed down and she lives on the streets like the low life she is." He couldn't let that happen to her and he knows that he can't go to his father about it because he knows that his father will ignore it or personally speak to the Mayor about the matter because he has been wrapped around his daughter's finger and believes every word she says. He's also surprised that Andrè Bourgeois is still the Mayor with such a controlling daughter.
When he walked in with Chloè holding his hand, he earned a mix of surprised and disgusted looks, mostly the latter. Chloè finally let go of his arm and placed a wet kiss on his cheek before going to her seat and winking at him flirtatiously. He turned to greet Marinette but she looked away and he tried to talk to but one glare from Alya stopped him. Note to self: NEVER mess with Mari or Alya if you want to live for tomorrow.
"Dude, what the hell is going on?" Nino asked suspiciously as Adrien sat down, "And when did you start hanging out with Chloè all of a sudden?"
Adrien sighed. "It's a long story." But before Nino could reply to that, their teacher decided to come in.
"Oh believe me I've got more than enough time for you to spill after school," Nino grumbled under his breath as their teacher began calling out the roll. He quickly added, "Oh, and Alya wants in on the deets."
Adrien turned to look Alya who looked up from her sad friend to glare at him again and he gulped for the second time that day. He could even hear his Kwami Plagg mutter "Yep, totally screwed" from inside his jacket and he couldn't help but agree with him.
"It's starting to get dark now," Marinette murmured to herself as she eyed the dark rainclouds overhead. She sighed and began to fidget with the half-heart pendent around her neck, mentally scolding herself for not bringing an umbrella. Classes had ended not long ago and Marinette had left without skipping a beat, leaving Alya in the dust. She walked down the stairs and turned to sit down and lean against the wall of the staircase. She watched the other students leave the school grounds to go home and waited patiently for Adrien to arrive. I can't believe it. Is he really choosing me over her? What did I do to drive him away?
"Marinette?" Said person looked down at Tikki, who had open her purse and was looking at her with her bug blue eyes. She shook her head.
"I'm fine," she whispered, her eyes filling with tears. Marinette knew this was a lie and Tikki did too, but she shook her head with a small smile.
"No, you're not," she gave her Chosen a sad smile, "but whatever happens, I will always be there to help you get through it." More tears filled Marinette's blue eyes.
"Thanks Tikki," Marinette whispered, placing a small kiss on Tikki's head. She perked her head up at the sound of footsteps and peered over the edge to see Adrien walking down.
"It's him. Hide Tikki," Marinette whispered, quickly closing the purse and straightening herself. Adrien peered around the edge of the staircase and gulped. She looked so fragile and sad, how could he explain the whole situation to her?
"Hey Mari," Adrien said nervously as he approached her. He was clutching the strap of his bag tightly with one hand and holding a black umbrella in the other hand. Adrien had just finished explaining the whole situation to Nino and Alya, the latter refusing to believe him but agreed to help. Marinette didn't return the greeting, instead taking out a piece of paper from her purse and unfolded it. She then gave it to Adrien who took it and began to skim over it.
"Care to explain?" She asked coldly when Adrien's green eyes widened in shock. He gulped for the umpteenth time that day before taking a shaky breath.
"Mari, please," he began. "It's not what it looks like." That's a good start.
"Then what is it?" Marinette snapped and Adrien flinched at the tone of her voice. Lightning rumbled in the distance. "That I'm not good enough to be your girlfriend so you decided to replace me with Chloè?! The one person you know very well who hates my guts."
"Marinette, please. Let me explain," Adrien begged. She folded her arms and gave him a frosty glare.
"Fine." More lightning rumbled, only louder this time. This is good, this is good. Don't mess it up Agreste. He sighed and took another breath.
"Marinette," he started shakily, "I would never replace you with Chloè, you're absolutely amazing. Why would I give up someone like you with amazing talent and the kindest personality for someone who doesn't care about everyone else and only cares about herself?" Marinette wanted to believe him, she really did, but she can't ignore the situation.
"Oh yeah? If that was true, then why did I find this?" she snatched the magazine page out of Adrien's hand and shoved it in his face, "and why did I find you hanging out with Chloè having the time of your life?!" It started raining but both teens ignore it. She was on the verge of tears again and it pained Adrien so much. I can't do this, I can't do this. Oh what the hell are you saying?! I have to do this! It not fair to her and it's not fair to me.
"Marinette, please," Adrien begged again, "I never wanted to be Chloè's girlfriend and I never will be. You know what she's like: mean, bossy, stuck-up, manipulative. She forced me to be her girlfriend if I-"
"If you what?!" Marinette interrupted angrily, "don't break up with me and make your life miserable? You're just finding excuses! You think I don't know what happened with Rory and Sophia?!" The rain had gotten heavier in a matter of seconds and Adrien had completely forgotten that he had an umbrella, having dropped it when Marinette had shouted at him.
Everyone knew what happened with Rory and Sophia. They were one of the senior students in the school. Rumour was they knew each other since the first day of school and have known each other since then, but only becoming a couple at the start of high school. But a couple weeks ago, Sophia had found out that Rory was cheating on her for Lizzie, a transfer student that hates Sophia.
A deafening slap echoed in the street. Adrien ignored the fact that both he and Marinette were soaked to the bone in favour of rubbing his sore cheek where Marinette had just slapped him. Hard.
"I hate you Adrien Agreste!" Marinette screamed, her tears mixing with the rain, "I wish I never met you, I wish I never forgave you in the rain and I wish I never fell in love with you and crushed on you for a year!" She reached for her necklace and gripped the pendent. "And you can your stupid necklace back!" With that, she yanked the pendent hard, breaking the clasp and threw the necklace on the ground. Marinette gave Adrien one last half defiant and tearful glare before running away, sobbing. He could hear the sound of the bakery door open and close as the sobs grew quieter.
Adrien fell to his knees where the broken necklace lay. The clasp was beyond repair and there were a few broken links in the chain. The pendent itself was broken in four parts. He picked the broken pieces up and held them close to his heart in a clenched fist. The heartache finally became clearer and he too started crying. He had just lost the love of his life, all because of a selfish brat who can't accept the fact that he would never love her. Adrien had lost a lot of people in his life, first his mother who had disappeared, his father who chose his work over his son and Marinette because of blackmail.
Plagg had just decided to make himself known as he watched his Chosen cry. He was hurt, Plagg knew what it was like losing someone he cares about. He sat down on Adrien's shoulder and nuzzled his cheek, hoping to comfort him and prevent an Akuma.
"Oh Adrien," Plagg murmured as Adrien continued to cry and the rain continued to pour and getting heavier, like the sorrow in his heart.
Yeah, that last sentence was really cheesy, I am so sorry for that. Anyway, I actually planned to have more angst, a reveal and a happy ending to that story but it got too long so I had to settle for this. Leave a Review if you want me to do that and I might do it with a couple more chapters or so. Anyway, I hoped you liked that!
- queen1234