LadyBugOut AU (Snippets)

Miss Busted

Summary:
Miss Bustier tries (and fails) to solve a conflict.

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Miss Bustier was familiar with conflict. Thus, when she entered the class that morning and saw the typical annoyed glares amongst them, she knew the cause.

Ever since LadyBugOut had happened, a majority of the class had turned against Alya. Turning against Alya meant turning against Nino, and the class was also no longer fond of Adrien for whatever reason. It hadn’t been long after that Lila got ostracized as well.

And now, Miss Bustier knew who’d made the blog that divided her classroom.

“Marinette, could I speak with you outside?”

Marinette straightened, looking at Miss Bustier with a confused expression. Ivan was about to speak up, but silenced himself as Marinette placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.

Marinette glanced at Miss Bustier, nodding her head politely, then got up from her seat and walked over. Miss Bustier moved to the side, letting Marinette leave the classroom, then closed the door behind them.

“What is it, Miss Bustier?” Marinette asked, turning to face her. “Is something wrong?”

Miss Bustier nodded. “It’s about your blog.”

“My… blog?” Marinette tilted her head, needing a moment before it registered with her. “Oh! LadyBugOut?”

“Yes.”

“I mean, it’s not really my blog,” Marinette pointed out. “It’s Ladybug’s. And, wait, what’s wrong with it?”

Miss Bustier sighed. Could Marinette, her best student, really not understand? “I advise that you take it down.”

“Wh–bu–” Marinette was flabbergasted. “Take it down?”

“That blog is causing harm to my students and I can’t approve of that,” Miss Bustier replied. “It’s caused a rift between the class.”

“Um… yeah?” Marinette said awkwardly, as if that fact were obvious. “Of course it did. Alya and Lila spread misinformation that Ladybug corrected. LadyBugOut only corrects rumors and supports the truth.”

Miss Bustier recoiled, placing a hand on her chest as if she’d been personally offended. “Marinette, I’m shocked! You’re not bothered by this at all?”

“…No?” Marinette shrugged, looking more bothered by Miss Bustier’s question than anything else. “I’m sorry, Miss Bustier, but this is just what happens when people spread lies. I can’t do anything about it. Even if I was bothered by everything, it’s still Ladybug’s blog. I just designed it.”

“But surely you still have access?” Miss Bustier pressed. “I’m positive you could take it down with one click if you had to.”

Marinette’s shoulders hunched up, now looking tense. She was clearly starting to lose her patience. “Why do you want the entire blog to go down?”

“Taking down posts wouldn’t be enough,” Miss Bustier explained. “The blog itself going down would have the best chance of fixing things. It will make it feel like this whole thing has been a mistake.”

Marinette said nothing, merely staring at Bustier like they were engaged in some sort of staring contest. Miss Bustier was fine with that, having no intention of either of them going anywhere until they reached an agreement.

Then, Marinette responded. “No.”

“Marinette!”

“I won’t do it!” Marinette shouted, looking indignant. “And I can’t believe you’d ask me to! That blog has done so much good for everyone, and you’re asking me to just… delete it?!”