Waiting for Marinette in front of her parents' bakery made XY feel nervous. He felt like a thousand red ants were crawling all over him and they were ready to bite him as soon as he messed something up.

He shook that thought out of his head. He was not going to mess this up. He did not have a breakdown over this date for nothing.

I got this, he repeated in his head, I got this

I will not mess this up.

I am XY, one of the most popular musicians in all of France. A small date with a gorgeous girl should not make me this nervous.

I got this.

I got this.

I got th-

XY gulped. He does not "got this".

In front of him was Marinette in all her glory. He felt like he couldn't breathe. Marinette was wearing an off-shoulder black and white polka-dot dress that went just right above her knees. Her hair was down and wavy. She looked like Aphrodite in disguise.

"Woah" he managed to say, "You look great."

"Thank you." Marinette gave him a soft, pretty smile. "You look amazing as well."

"Did you make that dress yourself?" He couldn't help but ask curiously.

She gave him a shy nod, "Yeah. I did. A small friend of mine actually helped me pick this." Her dark blue eyes twinkled with delight, "I was really nervous that you would think that I looked bad."

He stared at her in shock. "You could never look bad in anything." He sincerely said, before smirking at her red face. XY liked it when he made the pretty dark-haired girl blush. "After all, you're the only person I know who can pull off pigtails."

Marinette pouted, making XY's heartbeat beat a little faster. How can someone be this adorable? She playfully hit his arm. "So, where are we going today? Xavier."

He turned away from her so that she couldn't see his face heating up. She knew the effect she has on him and the way she says his name proves it. But XY knew he had the same effect on her. The blush that was on her face a few minutes ago proved it. He narrowed his eyes and smirked, their blue eyes meeting. Two can play at that game. "Follow me, princess."

He gently grabbed her arm and pulled her away from the bakery, not bothering to look at her face. From the random noises she was making, he knew that she was flustered. It was one of his favorite traits about her.

XY ignored the people staring at them. He would normally be annoyed but this time he understood why they were all staring. Marinette looked absolutely breathtaking. He honestly didn't know whether to smack the boys in her class or thank them.

How could anyone let a beauty like her stay single? He mentally scoffed, I guess Adrien isn't the only blind person at that school.

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Whenever Marinette was nervous or flustered, she couldn't form words correctly. It was like there were a million things that she wanted to say but she couldn't bring herself to say it. It made her jumble up her words, making the things that came out of her mouth as 'nonsense.'

She didn't know whether she felt relieved or annoyed when Xavier let go of her arm. Marinette was glad that she could get her mind to calm down so that she could speak properly but she missed the feeling of his hand on her body. It made her feel warm. It made her feel safe.

"So," she heard Xavier ask nervously. "What do you think?"

Marinette was confused. "What do you me-" She glanced at their surroundings and it was like she forgot how to speak. It was beautiful. "Woah. This is- Woah."

Xavier let out a small laugh that made Marinette's stomach fill up with butterflies. "I'm guessing you like it?"

Marinette nodded in excitement. "I love it!"

Xavier led Marinette to a beautiful garden. There was a small stream flowing through the side and there were bushes covered with roses. White butterflies were flying around and landed on the flowers. It was absolutely breathtaking.

"I'm glad you like it." he sheepishly said. "After everything you told me about the drama that you've had to deal with, I felt like you needed a peaceful getaway."

Marinette's face started to heat up. "You didn't have to do all of this, you know. A simple movie date would've been fine."

He sent her a bright smile that would have made any girl's knees buckle, "I know." he said. "But I wanted to. You deserve nothing but the best after all."

He held out his hand and she gladly took it. Xavier led her to a casual red and white checkered picnic blanket with a basket in the middle.

The date hasn't even started and Marinette already wanted to kiss him.

Instead, she looked around. Noticing the lack of people, she couldn't help but ask "Where is everyone? A beautiful place like this should have more than two people in it."

"Oh, yeah," Xavier said casually. "I paid the owners of this garden to make sure that no unwelcome guests arrive."

Marinette wasn't sure whether she wanted to hit him for wasting his money on her or hug him because it's the sweetest thing that anyone's ever done for her. So, she let out a small "Oh." instead.

That caused her date to pause. "Is it too much?"

"No!" Marinette panicked, not wanting him to think that she hated it. "It's perfect. I just wish you didn't spend this much money on this date."

"Oh," Xavier said in realization. "If it helps, maybe you could think of it as me not wanting the paparazzi to interrupt my date with a beautiful girl." He patted on the empty space next to him. "Now come on. If we wait any longer, then the food will get cold."

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XY had no idea how long his date with Marinette lasted. In his opinion, it wasn't long enough. He could spend all day listening to her ramble about anything.

He liked her so much. He couldn't remember the last time he felt like this. It was like he could fly and touch the clouds. There was something about Marinette that just pulled him towards her. He felt like they instantly clicked.

He was walking Marinette home and he couldn't help but notice the way she glowed underneath the moonlight. She was absolutely breathtaking.

He loved how they could never run out of anything to talk about. It was a breath of fresh air from the usual arguments XY always got himself into.

Whenever he was around her, he felt at balance. He didn't know how to explain it. It was like she was good luck to his bad luck.

Marinette stopped walking and looked at him with her bluebell eyes. "We're here."

"Yeah," he muttered, a bit disappointed that he couldn't spend any more time with her.

"I had a lot of fun today. Can we maybe do it again?"

His eyes suddenly met hers and he grinned. "Yeah!" he said excitedly. "Whenever you're free. I would love to hang out with you again."

She sent him a bright smile before she leaned forward, kissing his cheek. "Great." she hurriedly said, her face bright red. "I think I hear my parents calling me. I-better-go!" she rushed inside as XY stayed frozen in shock.

He hesitantly touched the cheek that she kissed. "Best day of my life." he couldn't help but whisper.

Marinette stared at Tikki, she was about to open her mouth when her kwami interrupted her. "No Marinette," Tikki sighed in annoyance. "XY is not Chat Noir."

"How do you know?"

"Cause I literally know who Chat Noir is."

"Exactly!" Marinette exclaimed. "You could be lying."

Tikki glared at Marinette, crossing her tiny arms. "For kwami's sake, Marinette. You've been asking me this ever since your date ended with Prince Charming." Before Marinette could reply, Tikki yelled. "Just let me eat my cookies in peace!"