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selenepluto · 1 year
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starlit-dreaming · 1 year
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[ch4] élémentaire
Fandom: MLB Ship: Eventual Felinette, MarcNath & Chlogami, Past Lukanette TL;DR: HBIC Marinette + Rich Marinette + ML Salt Fic + Canon Divergence
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Note: ngl, this chapter kinda took my ideas and ran it through before i even realized it. i had only 2 main ideas and it ended up getting better than expected -- it even fit the theme of the chapter LMAO
4 words: karma is a bitch
ALSO I DIDNT FORGET THE TAGS THIS TIME!!!!!!!
Tags: @jjmjjktth @smolplantmum @always-on-a-sugar-high @fan-written @vixen-uchiha @fanfics-and-fangirling @marvel--unsolved @starlightshield @lady-bee-fechin @draco-kasai @weirdo-with-no-beardo @idontwannaexistsopleasekillme @blep-23
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iv. jacinthes bleues
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Even though they’ve been classmates for years at Dupont, Nino couldn’t really consider himself to be friends with all of them. Maybe the guys, but certainly not the girls.
So, despite how friendly Rose has always been even when they were attending Notre Dame, he didn’t actually know her well enough to feel comfortable calling her a close friend despite their shared circles. He knew nothing of her involvement in any of Marinette’s plans unless Marinette or Alix talked to him, and apart from info gathering, he couldn’t think of any other reasons on how she factored into Marinette’s plans. An insider job, perhaps?
Rose still wore a pink ribbon, her unspoken sign of her allegiance to Marinette, so… they were in the same boat. They both fell for Lila’s lies and were trying to make it up to Marinette. Rose was a much better actress than he ever realized.
“What a screwed up situation we’re in, huh?” Nino asked wryly, leaning back into his seat. They were both in the library, working on their assigned project for their history class in the peace and quiet.
“I wouldn’t say that,” Rose said with a smile, though her eyes narrowed at him. “If anything, it’s a minor setback.”
“If that’s how you wanna call it…” he frowned, trailing off as he looked at the textbook. “Y’know, there’s no shame in admitting—”
“We are both in very different situations, Nino,” Rose sharply stated in a sweet tone of voice. “You let yourself be fooled. I let myself be complacent. There’s a difference.”
He didn’t get why Rose seemed so on edge, but it was probably for the best if he let the conversation drop. Out of everyone, Rose was the worst person to be stuck in an argument with, especially because she had that effect on people in making them feel as if they kicked a puppy.
It didn’t seem all that different to him, though. They were both in the same situations, just different end results.
Still, Rose was also the most observant person in their group who could easily pick up on a wide range of information, and her grudges were long-lasting. He’s not gonna argue about technicalities.
“You’re slouching,” Rose started frowning.
“I know,” he awkwardly admits.
“You can’t avoid it forever,” she gently said.
“I know, Rose.”
At this, she sighed, “If you don’t do anything about it, I will.”
It wasn’t a threat; it was a promise.
He doesn’t say anything in response to that, because he knows. Everyone is doing their part, no matter how hard it might be, and he’s been stalling.
But what he’s about to do is going to hurt either way.
His relationship with Alya is on the line — if she doesn’t believe him then… they might break up. He knows that the likelihood of their relationship surviving into adulthood is pretty slim, but he doesn’t want to lose her over a liar, he knows that much. If he says nothing, he’s letting her be manipulated; if he says something, it’s over even if he doesn’t want them to be. The only possibility of it going great is if Alya hears him out, which is definitely going to be a 50-50 chance.
And if Adrien doesn’t believe him, he might go crazy, but it’d be bearable — Adrien and Lila kinda have a thing going on. Adrien’s already pretty clueless about a ton of stuff, even more so when it comes to girls flirting with him, but with how he lets Lila hang off of him all the time, he wouldn’t be surprised if he was blinded from infatuation.
“If I were you, I would talk to Alya first,” Rose smiled sweetly. He’s not sure if it’s genuine kindness or if it’s part of her own plans, because it’s Nino’s problem to begin with, but it’s good advice nevertheless. “It’ll be easier to convince Adrien, but harder with Alya. If you do end up arguing or breaking up over this, then she’ll have time to come around and apologize.”
Adrien would be easier to convince.
As much as he thinks his feelings for Alya might be tipping into love, his girlfriend’s got a short temper and he can’t deny it. She was easy to rile up, and it does get hard to communicate with her when she’s adamant about being right.
“…yeah, you’re right. Thanks, dudette.”
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“For the record, this is a terrible idea.”
Alix knew that her words would do nothing to deter Marinette from seeing this meeting through to the end, but she has always been her right-hand man and stating the obvious is her job. Honest to a fault, some might say, but frankly that’s the way Marinette prefers it. Despite their past disagreements, it will always remain the same.
Despite what happens, Marinette leads, and Alix follows.
“Oh, believe me,” she dryly chuckles, shooting Alix an amused look. Alix didn’t see why this was so amusing to Marinette, but maybe her suffering was the funny thing here. “I know it is.”
Standing tall before them was a very familiar building — a rather sizable hotel. It was overly fancy and had long since lost its charm, and yet it was the only place that Dupont could get a free field trip at on short notice: Le Grand Paris.
Despite knowing that it’ll be far from pleasant, it was necessary. There was no set precedent when it came to disbanding a faction and rebuilding it in later years, but this felt like a matter of formalities.
It was during the faction meeting that Marinette disbanded Méticuleuse, and so she herself needed to correct her past action — even if it never really stopped her followers from still following her unofficial guidelines.
The first step of doing so was holding a faction meeting, and that required a proper apology to Chloé Bourgeois (yeah, the irony of this fact wasn’t lost on Alix — Mme Bustier has consistently been badgering Marinette to apologize to Chloé despite being innocent, and here she was, doing exactly what Mme Bustier would be ecstatic to hear). Before they could move forward, they all probably need to air out their grievances, which was going to be the worst.
At least it was only Chloé who was going to be complaining.
(Félix technically needed to be there as well, but he was a special case considering that he isn’t attending Dupont and wasn’t even in France to begin with.)
So, apart from Marinette and Alix, it was just Chloé and Sabrina, and Claude Sainté-Pierre who was acting as Félix’s proxy (as he always did) who would be in attendance.
‘She’s going to be insufferable,’ Alix sighed, already feeling slightly irritated at the thought. “Would it be too late to ask you to swap me out with Rose for the meeting?”
“Absolutely,” Marinette smiled serenely, looking at Alix with a clear statement of “you’re not getting out of this that easily” — which, fair. Alix knew what she was getting into when she agreed to remain as her second. “Besides, Rose has more pressing matters to attend to from what I’m aware of, while you just have your daily bets and competitions with Kim. Ondine can easily help you get out of that by asking to spend more time with him.”
Ah. An unexpected bonus. That was also the reason why Kim didn’t seem to complain too much when Alix told him she had to bail on their race for the day, if Alix put two and two together.
Alix knew that Ondine was popular and reliable, and they both get along well enough (and Alix can say for certain that Ondine’s too good for Kim), but she never really stopped to think of her beyond that. Kim and Ondine were still in that phase of figuring out their maybe-relationship, so Alix did actively try to avoid thinking of Ondine more often than not purely because she wanted nothing to do with that.
‘It sure is convenient that Kim’s definite-girlfriend is in our group,’ Alix nodded. ‘I’m tired of all his demands for a rematch.’
“We should probably go in now,” Marinette sighed, sealing Alix’s fate for the next few hours.
‘On second thought… never mind.’
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‘I would do anything to get out of this,’ Claude Sainté-Pierre thought, a fake smile plastered on his face as takes a sip of water.
They were sitting at one of the private tables of Le Grand Paris — something normally offered to celebrities and VIP guests. Chloé’s butler had assured them at the start that no classmates of theirs will be allowed to take a foot into the building before bowing and taking his leave.
The butler and the whole secret meeting was a bit much, but Claude was somewhat used to it. His parents were on the wealthy side, yet his family didn’t have a butler or anything — a regular cleaning service and security system, yes, but not their own wait staff. Allegra’s family had no qualms about employing maids and their own personal chef, and Allan’s family may have been similar to his, but Allan’s family had their own home studio and an indoor cinema.
Marinette’s probably the only one who would get it — Félix had the chance to go to her house when they were younger, and they didn’t have any hired help. At the bakery, yeah, but not within the house.
The sound of a glass cup thumping against the table brought him back to the conversation at hand.
Or rather… the lack of conversation.
They were seated at a table for six, with Claude kinda sitting across from Alix. Chloé was unfortunately next to him, while an empty chair remained on his other side. Empty seat, Claude, Chloé, Sabrina, Marinette, and Alix — the typical setup to prevent a faction leader from sitting next to another leader. It was mostly to prevent them from being fixated on the other person, since it often led to distractions.
Marinette and Chloé argued, Chloé and Félix would make snide comments against each other, while Marinette and Félix would, well… Claude’s not sure what to call it, exactly. It wasn’t flirting, but it also wasn’t really arguing or getting along.
Just talking, he supposes, which would make this meeting far less awkward.
“I believe you have something to say to me, Dupain-Cheng,” Chloé stated with sharp narrowed eyes, smiling.
Everyone knew that Chloé only stopped referring to Marinette by her first name ever since she stepped down from her position. Claude was under the impression that it would’ve changed once he heard from Félix that Chloé finally won.
Marinette maintained her smile, her lips twitching just the slightest bit as she relaxed her shoulders and fixed her stare on Chloé.
“Congratulations, Bourgeois,” Marinette stated. “You were right; I was wrong. You won.”
He expected as much.
For reasons beyond his comprehension, the Akuma Class believed the liar girl over Marinette for the better part of the year or two — he wasn’t paying too much attention to them, just Marinette given how haggard she was from overwork. It was even more noticeable with how their peers on the student council would always talk about her worriedly.
“I know I am,” Chloé had scoffed, leaning back into her seat as she regarded Marinette with a rather cold look. “That’s not what I was talking about.”
“And what exactly do you want to hear?” Marinette asked incredulously.
Looks like he wasn’t the only one who was confused — even Sabrina and Alix seemed surprised over the statement. Sabrina should’ve known everything about Chloé, and for her to be thrown off by this just goes to show that Claude really was wrong about the Charmante Faction Leader.
“What I want,” Chloé seemed to glare, “is an apology.”
“For what?” Marinette’s brows knit, clear confusion on her face. “For being naïve by not believing you?”
“That, and for your deplorable behaviour,” Chloé practically sneered. “It was disgusting, watching you act beneath your station.”
Alright… now she was definitely matching Claude’s memories of her. Claude was starting to think that maybe Ladybug was actually making a bigger and better positive impact than Adrien Agreste, but he stands corrected.
“Right,” Marinette dryly stated. “You’ve always been the type for extravagance like all the others who prefer to indulge in their wealth. How dare I show such a shameful side of me, for preferring to disregard status. I’d prefer to call it moderation, however. Ah, what was it again? Moderation is key, isn’t it?”
“Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous,” Chloé wrinkled her nose in distaste. “Moderation,” she scoffed, looking at her nails as if to ignore Marinette. “Well, look where moderation brought you. Acting like a mere commoner, lowering yourself as if you were a feeble servant to our peers, becoming not only a doormat, but also becoming a stalker!”
Oh… oh.
Claude suddenly had a feeling that maybe, just maybe, this was becoming personal. It was no wonder why Chloé wasn’t finding delight in Marinette’s defeat right from the get go — something that all of them had been expecting — she was pissed because of Marinette’s former fangirl crush on her friend.
Judging from the look of dawning realization on Marinette’s face, she got the memo.
“I’m sorry,” Marinette stated, looking away from Chloé. She was ashamed, he could tell that much. “I shouldn’t have let myself get so obsessed with the idea of Prince Charming. For what it’s worth, I have made strides to improve myself for the better.”
“I’ll believe it when I see it,” came Chloé’s clipped reply. “Adrikins is innocent and naïve — he needs someone to snap him out of it like I tried to do for you. I’m waiting until he finally opens his eyes on this whole Liar Rossi thing, because with how much he cares for the simpletons of our class, he’s going to realize that she’s the worst type of person to associate with. What he doesn’t need is to get dragged into your fantasy and unresolved issues — despite the distance, he is still my childhood friend.”
“I get it,” Marinette stated with gritted teeth. “When I realized how kind he was, he…” she sighed, shoulders slumping. “He matched my idea of a perfect prince.”
At this, Chloé leaned back into her seat once more, giving Marinette a glare. “You weren’t using him to get back at Félix for leaving, were you? Considering how similar they look.”
Oh, jeez… Claude didn’t want to hear any of this conversation for plausible deniability, but now he has no choice. This was definitely going to bite him in the ass later, because, well, for starters he’s the only guy here and if Félix says anything, it’ll get traced back to him. Sure, Alix was nonbinary and didn’t care about pronouns, but she was loyal to Marinette to begin with so no worries about breach of privacy there. Félix was unaware of the Marinette’s crush on him from back then, but there’s no doubt he knows now.
(It didn’t help much that Claude was probably the only one in the Quantic Kids who picked up on this whole crush situation. He never said anything to avoid getting on Marinette’s bad side, besides, he thought Félix was only nice to Marinette due to being all businessman-like.)
“Of course not,” Marinette huffed. “Yeah, I wanted to forget Félix, but I didn’t even realize that they were cousins until he came back. Félix is a common name, and I didn’t remember his last name beyond Graham until I saw the film with Adrien’s mother.”
“Hmph. Fine. I’ll accept that for now,” Chloé said, pursing her lips. “I won’t apologize for my words and actions. I’m still far too upset at what you’ve done to him under the guise of friendship to even want to.”
“As long as we’re done airing out our grievances, that’s fine with me,” Marinette smiled. “Now, can we finally move onto what we’re really here for?”
“Hold it,” Chloé cut in. “Sabrina, call our guest.”
“Yes ma’am,” Sabrina complied to the command, pulling out her phone.
“A guest?” Marinette blinked. “You never mentioned that another person was joining us.”
“Why would I waste my time on that when you’re going to be meeting them anyway, Marinette?” Chloé rolled her eyes. “Just wait.”
Claude, who left one of his hands in his hoodie’s pocket with his phone, finally ended the call with Félix before Sabrina could call him herself.
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Nino’s not sure if it’s because he knew, deep down inside, that this was going to happen, but it’s a strange feeling nevertheless. He thinks that maybe he’s heartbroken, maybe numb, but he knows that he’s upset because he did cry in the restroom for several minutes after it happened.
Like ripping off a band-aid — hurts and then it’s fine for a while. Not great, not terrible, but fine.
As much as he didn’t want to, it’s either stick with the herd, or save the rest of his class from further manipulation.
It does hurt, though, knowing that he and Alya won’t be spending time together any more, that she’ll give him back his stuff and he’ll give hers back as well. He’s going to get bombarded with questions from the guys, and he’s not sure if that’s something he’s capable of handling emotionally at the moment.
“Nino…?” Adrien hesitantly called out, frowning with his brows pinched in concern. “Are you okay?”
He doesn’t think he is. On the bright side, he won’t be akumatized until maybe later. Can’t really say the same for Alya who just stomped off, but he expected that.
“Alya and I broke up.”
It was a quiet statement, simple, straight to the point. For the past several minutes, he’s been staring at his phone, trying to decide whether to actually drop Alya’s number like she yelled at him to do.
Huh. How long did he keep Adrien waiting? He hopes it wasn’t too long.
“What?!” Adrien shouted, eyes blown wide as he was very obviously taken aback by the news. “Why?! Don’t you two love each other?”
“We… had a fight,” Nino admits, not really wanting to rehash the last 15 minutes of his study period. But Adrien was his best friend, and he was also Alya’s friend, and Nino wasn’t gonna blind side him by making him feel awkward about hanging out with one over the other. “Rose and I finished our project early during our study period, so I went to go look for Alya.”
He should probably thank Rose for pushing him into doing it, otherwise he wouldn’t have, and then it’d be too late to do anything. She did look worried about him, when she caught sight of him heading towards the restroom, but she was with Juleka who’s been looking really pale lately.
Rose definitely knew how the conversation with Alya was going to turn out, and while he is upset at her for that fact, he knows that it’s not actually her fault.
“Uh huh…” Adrien nodded, looking increasingly worried. “What’d you two talk about?”
“It was about Lila,” he breathed, and he could see Adrien perking up at the mention of the girl. It made him feel terrible, having to break the news that Adrien’s crush isn’t as great as everyone thinks she is.
“What… uh, what about her?”
Like ripping off a band-aid, he had to remind himself. Taking in a deep breath, then letting it go as he steeled his resolve.
“I told her that Lila’s been lying to us. To all of us,” he looked away, not wanting to see Adrien’s heartbroken face. “And Alya… she didn’t believe me. She accused me of still liking Marinette and that’s why I’m siding with her. Stuff about how…” his eyes burned with unshed tears. “Lila’s been telling her a bunch of lies. About how I’m always looking at Marinette when Alya wasn’t looking, that she thought she saw me talking to Marinette after school the other day, that I was standing really close to her, like we were gonna…”
Nino took in another breath, letting it out with a sigh, willing to keep the weight of the heartbreak off his shoulders. He didn’t want to deal with getting akumatized for the day — it always made him feel worse in the aftermath.
It’s already been a bad day.
“What…?” he regrets looking back at Adrien, seeing a look of horror crossing his friend’s face. He hopes it’s for the situation that Nino’s in and not because of Lila’s lies. He didn’t know if he could handle something like that so soon after the breakup with Alya.
“I didn’t expect it either,” he smiled wryly, feeling all the bitterness bubbling up in his chest before suppressing it with a tired chuckle. “I thought that maybe…” he shook his head, his vision blurring. “Well, I guess Lila’s lies were stronger than our relationship, stronger than everything we’ve been through together, apparently.”
And oh, did that admittance hurt. Alya chose to doubt him over Lila, choosing a liar over her own boy—ex-boyfriend. She didn’t want to hear him out, claiming that he wanted to cover his unfaithfulness by throwing Lila under the bus.
“Nino, I’m… I… I know that’s not true—”
“Thanks for believing in me,” Nino gave his best friend a pat on the shoulder. “But I kinda expected this would happen if I talked to Alya about it,” he shot Adrien a weak smile. “I know you like Lila, just… be careful, yeah? I just… I don’t want you getting hurt like I did.”
Adrien said nothing. Nino didn’t blame him. Poor guy was still in a state of shock from what Nino could tell. It did make him feel better, knowing that he still had Adrien on his side if not Alya.
“Thanks for not calling me delusional. I… I know I said that I’d come hang out with you and Kitty Section today, but uh… I’m… not really up for it right now,” he gave Adrien a side hug. “Kinda don’t want to be around anyone from school.”
Maybe he’ll stop by the Dupain-Cheng Bakery on his way home. He could really use the warm hugs he’d always get from Sabine and Tom, and maybe a warm, freshly baked chocolate croissant. They always knew how to make him feel safe and at home whenever he’s had a bad day, and maybe they might have some advice for the heartbreak and—
Ah shit, Nino was definitely crying now.
“See ya tomorrow, dude,” he tugged his cap down and headed off.
Breakups are the worst.
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trashyangelic · 2 years
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MLB Prompt : Lila Exposed & HBIC AU
Salt/Bashing: Lila Salt, Bustier Salt, Damocles Salt, Alya Bashing
Sugar: Nino Sugar, Chloe Redemption, Rose Sugar, Juleka Sugar, Alix Sugar, Sabrina Sugar, Kim Sugar
Pairings: Chlonette, JulekaXRose, SabrinaXNino, KimXAlix
Extras: HBIC Sabrina, HBIC Chloe, HBIC Rose, and HBIC Marinette
REQUEST :: In one of the parts Adrien is not part of it but clearly dating Kagami meaning he is out..
the courtyard where Lila was grabbing the akuma but what she doesn't know that Chloe was there exiting a classroom while having a chat with Sabrina there she spotted Lila grabbing the akuma so she had her phone to take a photo or record it before hiding behind the lockers by not getting caught by the akuma. She send this to authority most likely Officer Roger, her daddy, and the Embassy Headquarters where they can inform this to Lila's mother.
the bathroom, Sabrina thought it would be best to eat sushi but she wasn't feeling good so she went to the bathroom to go potty. She went into one of the stalls and she saw a glimpse of Marinette there. She wanted to comfort her but Lila walked in. This was the day Lila threaten Marinette but what Lila doesn't know was she was being recorded. Marinette notice Sabrina at the stall and Chloe was just entering the girls bathroom from the back. She was not surprised after all they were part of an HBIC group that was hidden in the shadows known to be Blackjack.
the lower deck courtyard... there was Alix, Kim, Nino, Juleka, and Rose were talking about Lila and then Marinette. But what really confused Rose was Lila doing charity for Prince Ali from what she remembers that Prince Ali only does charity for children but never the enviroments.
now for lawsuit for slander goes to Ladyblog. Many celebrities who was mention in the video are now preparing to give lawsuits to two people which is Alya Cesaire and Lila Rossi thanks to mostly Rose, Chloe, and Marinette since both of them have connection to Prince Ali, Jagged Stone, and Clara Nightingale. While Sabrina finds out about Lila's past victims as she has done this before which explains how good she did towards Marinette.
The rest is up to you. You can choose one of the 3 on the list here. But please tagged me if your going to do one, so I know who is who is doing what..
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mad-witch-moon · 1 year
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hbci! Marinette vs abg! Marinette. Qual você escolhe;
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the-primaries-au · 2 years
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Warning: This chapter contains mentions of suicide, harassment, comments of psychopathy, a brief panic attack (Not on that exact order, though)
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eleannypotter · 2 years
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no hay un lider que caiga y no se levante entonces no es un lider
todos en paris saben que hay 6 personas con las que no deben meterse chloe burguoas la hija del alcalde y de la reina de la moda una palabra y te calzinal,nathaniel kuzbelt hijo de los lideres de la mafia el chico timido es el informante recopila informacion metete con tus amigos y en menos de una semana ya no estaras en paris si quieres seguir vivo,marc anciel el primo de marinette es el caballero,kim le chien es el tipico deportista derecha no sus padres son uno de los nadadores a nivel internacional puede destruirte metete en el agua y arrepientete, nicolas lahife mejor conocido como nick o nino lahife es un dj y un co-director ejecutivo es amigo de la infancia de la lider un hermano de todo menos de sangre,marinette liliane miracle chen es la lider de los reales han sido amigos desde la ecole elementarie
tercer pov
digo que nos separemos
chloe-pero por que es por que damian y felix no estan aqui o por que ya no nos soportas
marinette-quenie eres mi mejor amiga y solo es para que salgan los matones quiero intentar ser una adolecente normal no una miracle no una modelo,no una actriz no mdc, quiero hacer amigos que no me teman por mi poder que no me usen ademas no es que dejaremos de juntarnos los reales jamas caeran solo que somos lobos que esperamos a sus presas y se que damian y felix volveran
chloe,-de acuerdo nettie y ellos, definitivamente regresaran despues de todo no pueden dejar sola a su esposa
Despues de contarles el plan a los demas
nino tomara el papel del chico tranquilo,nathaniel el del artista timido, kim el del deportista marc estaras en otra clase asi que no le des pistas de que algun dia regresaremos,chloe la niña mimada y yo sere la novia de la clase
todos-hasta que vuelvan los reales
Han pasado tres años desde que asumimos nuestros papeles en estos años finjimos una pelea para hacerles creer que los reales se disolvieron , me converti en ladybug,3 años desde que alya cesaire se convirtio en mi auto-proclamada mejor amiga desde que tuve que finjir que tengo una obsecion por agreste,y dos años desde que lei-la grossi llego para eliminar nuestras fachadas 1 año desde que le quite el anillo a el gato negro
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thanos-rules · 8 months
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raspberry-muffin · 2 years
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mlb lila/marinette prompt
Where Lila sees the ragey bitchy girl that Marinette hides underneath a pushover facade, falls in love with her and tries to show her that its okay to be herself, that she will always have Lila to be bad with, and when that doesn’t work, she decides to bring that side of Marinette out by force.
Could also be HBIC!Marinette?
Lila’s singing the song if you’re wondering
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Wildfire
By: AlienSunflower
Ship: Luka Couffaine/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug 
Minor Ships: Chloé Bourgeois/Kagami Tsurugi, Juleka Couffaine/Rose Lavillant, Alya Césaire/Nino Lahiffe, Adrien Agreste | Chat Noir/Marinette Dupain-Cheng | Ladybug
Status: Complete
Salt: Chloé Bourgeois Sugar, Adrien Agreste Salt, Alya Césaire Salt, Lila Rossi Salt, MiracuClass Salt 
Summary:
Marinette is being abandoned by friends and her emotions are getting out of hand when Luka steps in as he helps her reclaim the fire shes lost he discovers shes destined to stand on the stage a star for all too see!
Opinion: I usually recommend long fics but this is amazing! And I love the just desert feeling you get from reading this and I can help but recommend it as a quick read.
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demontouched · 9 months
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what's something you'd like to see in the punk/hbic!mari story? (also, strap in, i plan on making this one a long one.) and do you want my authors notes here or on the story?
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selenepluto · 11 months
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Before you come at me, know this is sarcasm at it's finest :)))
@selenepluto
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starlit-dreaming · 2 years
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[ch3] élémentaire
Fandom: MLB Ship: Eventual Felinette, MarcNath & Chlogami, Past Lukanette TL;DR: HBIC Marinette + Rich Marinette + ML Salt Fic + Canon Divergence
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Note: another surprise update for myself!
still not 100% sure if im gonna go the poly mari route or not, but for now we get nino in this chapter (which i find funny cause i think everyone wants to see nino more than felix in this fic)
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iii. tournesol jaune
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Félix Graham de Vanily leaned back in his seat, looking away from Chloé Bourgeois with blatant disregard. The view of Paris from Le Grand Paris was the same as always, and if it weren’t for the fact that his mother was returning to the Parisian Branch of Graham de Vanily Films, he wouldn’t have even bothered to entertain this visit to this restaurant in question.
“I won,” Chloé stated, not at all caring that he was purposely ignoring her earlier.
He blinked, confused by the statement.
And then he froze.
Félix finally looked at her, a frown ever present.
“I won,” Chloé repeated herself, looking at him with a sharp look. “Now, are you willing to talk to me? Or do you intend on running back to London?”
As the years passed, Félix was beginning to expect that all the schemes Chloé had in mind would never come to fruition. He grew up with her to some extent, though he made it a point to maintain his distance to the heiress of Le Grande Paris when she befriended his cousin, and he knows how stubborn Marinette can be from their time together…
(But, his mind interjects, a memory of a video coming to mind, a video he wanted to forget. Marinette changed, she wasn’t the same girl he knew.)
“What do you mean?” Félix had practically demanded.
“Marinette.”
He couldn’t help but sour upon hearing her name.
“It’s only been a week since I won,” Chloé continued on, rolling her eyes as she muttered something about him being ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous . “And it’s been a long time since you’ve last been in Paris, but you listen to me, and you listen good, Graham de Vanily,” she said, outright glaring at him now. “I’m not going to tell you off for looking like Adrien and going around as him, but keep in mind that Adrien is my friend, and I won’t hesitate to start a fight just because you hold a grudge against him for whatever dumb thing he probably did.”
“I already got that out of my system the last time I was in Paris. While I’m not fond of my cousin, I find my uncle to be even more displeasing,” he admitted, feeling incredibly annoyed at Chloé. “But never mind all that. What do you mean you won? You’ve never won any of the past wagers.”
Chloé shot him a smug grin. “You can ask her yourself.”
“Oh? And what exactly is she planning?”
“Stay in Paris for more than a weekend, and you’ll know soon enough.”
“You are infuriating.”
“And you are a coward,” she flatly stated.
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Rose was smiling sweetly as she listened to Lila’s lies, the voice recorder in her pocket collecting every single word. Alya still seemed a little gloomy about her now soured relationship with Marinette, but she perked up as Lila went on and on about her supposed adventures with Ladybug, with Alya recording for the Ladyblog.
It was laughable, really. There was video evidence of all of Lila’s lies, everything published online that the liar consented to.
Lila was right where Rose wanted her to be.
A wide-eyed look of awe, an eager smile, leaning a little closer as if to hear better, and Lila smiled at the attention.
Even though Alya posted the entire interview online, there were some moments that were edited out, some of which were side conversations unrelated to Ladybug and other celebrities, but were lies nevertheless. Everything was evidence, every word a note for her downfall.
“And then what happened?” Rose would ask, making sure to ask questions to keep the lies going, to make the lies bigger and longer. Details, details, details…
She didn’t want to turn Lila into a martyr of some kind, nor did she want to make her an outcast at Dupont. Marinette seemed to simply want her out of Paris — which was understandable. Lila was akumatized multiple times, and an individual like Lila shouldn’t have access to such a destructive power whenever something would upset her.
And yes, Rose did want Lila out of France in its entirety, but she wanted more than that. She wanted her reputation destroyed, to be outed as a liar, to always be doubted.
She wanted revenge for what Lila’s done.
So, she’ll be patient. She’ll make sure Juleka is kept at an arm’s length away from Lila. And she’ll help Marinette with her plans and secrets, just like she did in their days at Notre Dame .
After all, Rose Lavillant was the pretty flower of Le Jardin for a reason.
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Claude Sainté-Pierre would like to think that he was pretty used to the unexpected.
Sure, the whole Papillon thing did put a damper on things. And yeah, Chloé’s tyrannical tendencies had been getting worse as the years went by without Félix and Marinette keeping her in check, but it’s better now! Which was probably a red flag, but it was a small mercy, and he’ll gladly take it. And then there was the whole thing where half of Mme Bustier’s class seemed to kind of worship some random transfer student from Italy that nobody had heard about til then.
Everyone pretty much knew who she was because of the Ladyblog, and she was cool for a while, but then it started sounding like she was bragging about how much better she was. Nobody outside the Akuma Class wanted to talk to her for long.
So yeah, he took everything in stride as much as he’s used to.
And then there was Marinette Dupain-Cheng.
Claude smiled, fake and well-rehearsed, hoping that the girl in question didn’t realize how nervous he was starting to get. She smiled back — yeah, he didn’t think that would work either. For the most part, they were amicable as fellow Class Representatives, content on ignoring the elephant in the room.
When she disbanded her faction, she still smiled at him in greeting, but there was no reason to really talk to each other.
He kind of wishes Félix was in his shoes at this very moment, just so he can laugh it off as his friend being socially awkward as usual. Plus, Félix wouldn’t have to deal with the feeling of intimidation — not that Marinette was being intentional about it, but still.
“I’d like it if you could tell Félix that I want to speak with him,” Marinette smiled, as if she hadn’t just made the most absurd request he’s ever heard.
And while it sounded like a request, it felt more like a demand.
See, people didn’t approach Claude or any of the other Quantic Kids just to talk to Félix because Félix intimidated everyone outside their faction. They did not ask Claude to set up any sort of communication, and they still don’t.
He couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.
“I thought you had the chance to when he last came to Paris,” he pointed out, keeping his feigned smile.
Something flashed in her eyes down to her tiniest expressions — too quick for him to really pin any of it down for long, but there was at least a flash of irritation and fatigue. Huh. Did something happen between them after all?
But… Félix himself confirmed that he didn’t actually see Marinette. His irritation seemed to make sense to Claude at the time, but if Marinette saw him, maybe Félix saw how different she’s become at Dupont and was irritated at that? Ah… the woes of being the most emotionally intelligent member of the Quantic Kids! Félix must’ve gotten jealous and was too frustrated to want to bring that up, after all, he was competing against his lookalike and seemingly pleasant cousin.
“I did have a chance,” Marinette admitted — man , it was jarring to see how quickly she recovered her smile. Granted, she used to be faster at bouncing back up, but Claude much preferred interacting with her in their acquaintanceship as Class Representatives. “However, neither of us were in a mindset to… hold a proper conversation.”
That was probably as much of a confirmation that they did have some sort of interaction. Albeit, a very unpleasant one, but an interaction nevertheless.
“Is that so,” he couldn’t help the brief frown before he quickly recovered, smiling again. “Why come to me about Félix, when you could just as easily get his contact from Chloé?”
“Because, Claude Sainté-Pierre,” Marinette had said with that ever so familiar smile — sickeningly sweet with sharpened eyes. “I have a business proposal for your faction leader.”
Her eyes glinted, as if making a promise of some kind, one that demanded to be asked.
Claude wasn’t sure he wanted to know anymore.
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He doesn’t deserve it.
Nino Lahiffe doesn’t deserve yet another chance.
Ever since the disbandment of the factions (or rather, the disbandment of Méticuleuse, if he wanted to be specific), he failed in being a good friend to Marinette.
Part of it was the fear of Chloé’s wrath without the safety net of Le Jardin, another was out of selfish worry. It was nothing more than an excuse for his inaction, because he thought that he was respecting Marinette’s decision by not actively being there as a reminder of the past.
After all, everyone wanted the revival of Le Jardin, of their kind faction filled with friendly faces.
(Except for Nathaniel. He always thought it was tiresome, came a thought he tried to ignore.)
Despite his deliberate distance, he still ended up falling back into Marinette’s circle the moment that familiar spark of confidence had shown itself against Chloé. It started to get better for a while, he started to think that things were looking up. Their group wasn’t Le Jardin, but it was still exciting — he had his own best friend apart from the few he grew up with, Marinette was shyer now for some unknown reason (well, now he knows why, but he didn’t at the time), and she would still hang around.
The spark of affection he felt for her reignited, and then… he realized that a romantic relationship wasn’t what he wanted. Like Alix, he wanted the old Marinette back, the cool girl who smiled and laughed with a spark in her eyes, who knew exactly what she wanted.
And he did have that version of Marinette, just… not with Adrien around. While yes, Nino did think that maybe they’d have a chance to be a good couple — not that he’d tell Alya that — he had his doubts. Adrien didn’t seem to resemble Félix personality-wise, but they were both blonde, probably had a similar stature, and green eyes. He made Marinette more frazzled and a stuttering mess, but Félix unknowingly made Marinette flourish and stand out.
Nino thought that maybe she was projecting a fairy tale romance with Félix onto Adrien, and that if she was, a romance between her and Adrien was bound to fail.
But he still promised to help her before knowing that fact.
That was his second failure to Marinette and their friendship: he didn’t help her with Adrien in the end. And then she moved on and dated Luka for a while — a fact that Alya hadn’t even known until after Marinette started dating the guy in question. That should’ve clued him in on the changes going on between Marinette and Alya.
And then came his worst offense to his friendship with Marinette.
Falling for Lila Rossi’s lies.
He let himself get easily swayed by his girlfriend — he knew that Alya had a one-track mind, that she was stubborn and firmly stuck to her beliefs even if her opinion was drastically wrong. Nino knew what he was getting into when he and Alya started dating, and he thinks that he might even love her, that he wants her to stick around, but he didn’t think about how his friendships changed because of it. He started disregarding Marinette’s concerns because, well, Alya is her best friend, and if Alya says that it’s just jealousy, then clearly it’s just jealousy, right? And he doesn’t hang out with Adrien as often as he used to, and Adrien’s always letting Lila hold his arm, so maybe he’s just in the oblivious crush phase where he doesn’t know a thing about his feelings!
And then it was the little things piling up. Letting Marinette babysit his little brother with Alya’s little sisters. Taking her for granted in her kind nature, thinking that she would be fine with it. Always asking Marinette something here and there, warning Adrien when Marinette does something a little sus. Maybe Marinette’s just under a lot of stress because she does have a billion things to do outside of school — things like that , which would make him doubt her. What if she helped him just to get to Adrien?
At least, he doubted her until the Expulsion Incident. He knew Marinette, he knew she didn’t need to cheat on exams, that she didn’t like to steal anything unless it’s somebody’s phone (which was an inside joke with the former Notre Dame students). And to hear that she pushed a girl she didn’t like down the stairs?
That was a Chloé Bourgeois thing to do, and Marinette’s plans were leagues better than Chloé’s.
He didn’t think that Lila would try to make Marinette be the bad guy in all of this, so he rationalized that maybe it was someone with a grudge against Marinette? Who must’ve looked remarkably similar to their Miraculous Princess. While Marinette and Chloé had an amicable relationship, the Charmante and Méticuleuse faction would either never get along or would be the best of friends and nowhere in between. Friendly socializing or constant antagonizing. There were a lot of people who thought Marinette was a waste of Chloé’s precious time, and ever since Marinette started actively fighting against Chloé, maybe someone in the Charmante faction was targeting her?
By not doubting Lila from the very start, he let his guard down when Lila claimed that she didn’t like Adrien. When Lila claimed this or that. When she claimed to have found the sketchbook and intended on returning it.
One of Marinette’s sketchbooks had paid the price for his blind trust. His girlfriend is perfectly ensnared in a liar’s trap and wouldn’t listen to reason. Nino’s best friend stopped hanging out with him because of that same liar.
His girlfriend.
His new best friend.
He failed Marinette Dupain-Cheng.
His childhood friend since the start of école maternelle, the same friend who was there when his parents divorced. The friend who was always there for him, who looked at all the stylish glasses, and reassured him that he didn’t look like a dork when he had to choose which frames he wanted. The same friend who helped him find his love for music.
The same friend who protected him from Chloé in their Notre Dame days.
And despite it all, Marinette had given him one last chance. A chance that he and the other members of Le Jardin would know that he didn’t deserve it.
Marinette had texted him a picture of a single, yellow sunflower.
His last chance.
. . .
So no , Nino doesn’t deserve another chance, but that doesn’t mean he was a fool enough to reject it.
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trashyangelic · 11 months
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𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃.
❙ ── ༉ ₊˚. 𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐎𝐋𝐃 ೄྀ࿐ ˊˎ- • 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘥
₊˚.༄ ೃ One group thought they should do is to get rid of the bullies and incompetent faculty. But didn't think it will go this far until the certain liar decided to mess with her as most of her classmates and her school crush decided to side with the liar while certain group of her friends from outside of Paris decided to put them in their place.
Question: Does anyone know the Paris laws? Its for the next chapter that I need help with.
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More DuPont Cheer Squad Stuff Because This AU Is My New Baby
They did a challenge to see who could wear pigtails the best
Nino and Ivan bought wigs for such an occasion, but Austin A ended up winning
They're ALWAYS turning down people asking them out. Their responses range from-
Denise: I happen to be very happy with my boyfriend.
Cosette: Yeah, see, I don't want Zoé to be charged with your murder, so... Yeah.
Nathaniel: I'd step away nice and slow before my boyfriend, who is the captain of the soccer team, catches you flirting with me.
Ismael: Nope.
Ivan: My girlfriend will find a way to punt you.
Juleka: My girlfriend's been looking up ways to file her teeth into fangs to live out a certain fantasy of mine.
Austin A: Oh, honey, in your dreams.
Spinelli: You can't handle this.
Nino: Hey, if you want my girlfriend to kick your ass in a dark alley, okay.
Jean: Austin, mon amour! There are some people trying to flirt with your songbird!
The squad shares a TikTok
Austin A spams it with cringe posts
When the school was putting on Bring It On for the spring musical, they were immediately called to teach the actors a few routines… Only to have one of them break their leg
So now they’re in the musical, yay!
Spinelli and Austin A are just two dudes standing five feet apart because they’re not not queer
Cosette and Nath are just two bisexuals standing a foot apart and fist bumping because they are absolutely bi
Cosette and Nathaniel wear Zoé and Marc's letterman jackets. (Zoé plays volleyball)
Myléne cannot stop checking out Ivan in his uniform
Kim constantly dares Ivan to throw him… He just wants to see what it feels like
Rose is always playing with Juleka’s pigtails. They’re just so pretty!
Alya has no problem bragging that she’s dating a “totally hot cheerleader”. She drops into into conversations
Alya: This is Alya Césaire, here, live at the latest Akuma attack! Did I mention I am dating a totally hot cheerleader?
Austin T is like that, too… But louder. He has carried Jean on his shoulder
Austin T: To those who said it wouldn’t happen… Pucker your lips and kiss my thicc behind, because I am dating a cheerleader, and he is gorgeous, and can do the splits like a boss!
Reshma and Ismael are just two Aspecs chilling with cake because they’re Aro
They frequently get people (Chloé, Marinette, Lila) trying to join the squad for the wrong reasons
Chloé wants Jean’s position as captain, to get more popular students to join, boss people around, and get designer uniforms that will take forever to raise money for
Lila just wants to get on the squad, not do any of the work, flirt with athletes, and the moment she trips and falls because she didn’t stretch, shell just blame one of the other squad members
Marinette only wants to join so she can keep an eye on Lila, but she’ll get so distracted, mess up routines, eventually land someone she was supposed to catch in the hospital, and all so she can impress and flirt with Adrien since he’s on the basketball team
The squads answers to all of them after tryouts were…
Denise: No.
Cosette: I don’t think so.
Nathaniel: Never gonna happen.
Ismael: Come on, no.
Ivan: Uh… No… No.
Juleka: Sorry, but no.
Austin A: Ha! No!
Spinelli: Not a chance in hell.
Nino: Dude, no.
Jean: Away with you!
Damocles (Under threat from the mayor) forces them to let Chloé on the team, folded when Lila turned on the water works, and got greedy when Marinette offers to cater every school event for the rest of the year… For free.
But there’s no way in hell Jean is letting Chloé take his spot as captain! The HBIC crop top belongs to him!
Well, if they wanna join… They’ll let them join
Cue Elsy Vestures!
Elsy: These girls think they can just invade my squad, expecting what? Popularity? Guys? Attention? Whatever the hell blue hair wants? Ha! Well, then. If they wanna be cheerleaders, I’m gonna run them ragged all the way to hell and back.
So, before allowing them to become full time members of the squad, Elsy puts them through the wringer. Trust throws, trust catches, back breaking stretches, five mile runs at five in the morning, spontaneous backflips!… They don’t survive, and are turned away
Cue Mayor cutting funding
Cue Nath’s rich mobster grandparents providing all the funding they need and blackmailing the mayor
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I remember an HBIC Mari fic, except it was one where Marinette did not want to do the HBIC thing anymore, and Chloe’s bullying was to try to get her to join back into the head bitch again. (Also Chloe and Mari were Exes)
I mean diversity win but also like. GIRL.
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What is the "classic HBIC Marinette AU's" you mentioned while talking about Socqueline's new personality?
Also do you plan to add and/or remove any villain from your AU?
I read a lot of Miraculous Ladybug fanfiction and some of my favorites are the HBIC (head bitch in charge) Marinette fics where her personality leans more on the "mess with my friends/family and I'll kill you"
Socqueline's personality isn't as aggressive as that but she's very protective of the people she cares about, and if you hurt her family or friends she'd be the first to throw out the "I can beat them up"
When it comes to primary antagonists? No, Gabriel, Lila, and Nathalie are still the main villains
But Akumas and Sentimonsters? I do have plans to have a few side villains to be original and I have ideas for potential altered Akumatized forms for a few characters, but nothing set in stone at this point
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