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.

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