so my feelings don't matter?

enough

Marinette sat in the puddle she was pushed into, the class walking away, scattering the ripped pieces of her sketch book.

Lila told a lie

About MDC

"My boyfriend MDC said someone was publishing his designs, I think it's marinette, I saw her sketch book and recognised them! She's stealing his work, oh he's so upset I don't know what to do"  she had cried

Obviously the sheep believed her, alya her once bestie was the one to slap her, Kim her childhood friend had pushed her, whilst sabrina had torn her sketch book into peices "so you can't steal designs again!".

Adrian stood watching. A disappointed look in his eyes as he watched the class walk away, leaving the ravenette on her hands and knees.

Only when the crowd had gone did he walk over.

He helped her up and pulled her into a closet.

"I told you  not to call lila out if you had just listened..." He sighed before giving her his jacket and left.

Marinette stood there dumbfounded.

She gulped to try and stop the sob from escaping her, but it was no use.

Tiki flew out and looked sadly at her holder.

"Oh, marinette, please don't cry." her sweet voice was filled with concern

Marinette glared at her kwami through her tears. "What else am I supposed to do!" She snapped, and tiki flinched.

Marinette saw it and winced "I'm sorry tiki, I just, I can't keep doing this, and I know it's not your fault but I just feel like no matter who I talk to, I'm always being told my feelings don't matter!"

Another sob racked her body as she held the kwamk into her cheek. Tiki rubbed small circles on her choosers cheek.

"I'm sorry, marinette, I didn't realise my words came out that way! I'll do better!" The kwami cried, she hated seeing her bug so upset.

"Oh tiki, I know you didn't mean it like that I just...."

"Your feelings do matter, and I think it's time Adrian learnt that!" The little kwami filled with rage at the stupid blond. She had spoken to plagg about teaching his kitten and told him her bug was being hurt, but nothing changed, and plagg was just as resigned as her chosen had become.

It was bleeding through into the hero relationship as chat had become obsessive around ladybug and left battles when he was denied.

Marinette looked up at her kwami with wide eyes. "How?"  She asked, and her voice broke tikis heart further.

Such a small word but so full of emotions. Hope, sadness, defeat, and confusion, to name a few.

"You just have to tell him how you feel. With your crush gone, you need to make your feelings clear,"

Marinette nodded, getting to her feet. And followed Tiki's lead. Once they were out of the abandoned corridor, marinette straightened up and stormed up to agrest.

Right in front of the class that had just torn her down, she walked right up to him and looked him dead in the eye.

"You know what, agrest!" She yelled so the whole cort yard could hear."I TRIED YOUR BULLSHIT HIGH ROAD AND GUESS WHAT! IT DIDN'T WORK, EVEN MONTHS OF AVOIDING LILA WHEN EVER I COULD SHE STILL LIED AND SAID I DID THINGS AND THEN LIED ABOUT ME MDC BEING HER BOYFRIEND AND STEALING MY OWN DESIGNS"

"Marinette, what I..." Adrian stuttered, paling as he saw the other classed and his own steering at then like dears in headlights.

"LILA STILL TARGETS ME AND HAS SINCE THE BEGINING AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOUR ADVICE ALMOST GO ME AKUMATISED, DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES IVE HAD TO JUST STOP FEELING TO AVOID IT! ALL BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PROTECT A LIAR, LIKE MY FEELINGS DONT MATTER! LIKE EVERY BAD COMMENT WHISPERED ABOUT ME BY MY SUPPOSED BESTIE AND CHILDHOOD FRIENDS DOESNT CUT ME UP, LIKE EVERY SLAP DOESNT HURT, LIKE EVERY KNIFE TO THE BACK DOESNT KILL MORE JUST  LITTLE BIT MORE!" marinette let her anger go in one final breath.

The court yard was silent as everyone steered. A little purple butterfly fluttered only inches from her.

And everyone watched wide-eyed as the butterfly was reppelled by the sudden loss of steam.

Marinette secretly thanked Tiki from the small paw rubs on her side from her blazer pocket.

"Well guess what agrest, we're not friends, I'm done with your advice and waiting for you to grow a spine, I'm done listening to you say my feelings don't matter, I'm just done."

With that she turned and walked home, leaving the court yard in stunned silence.

Ladybug appeared behind the school and caught the butterfly right as lila was reaching for it and purified it.

Marinette then stormed the rest of the way home.

Her phone was blowing up with messages, but marinette had turned them off. Once she changed schools, she would get a new number, but she couldn't keep going on the way she was.

Her parents were concerned when marinette announced plan C - a code for the plan they set up if ever the bullying from chloe got worse.

By Monday, she would be going to a better school.