Miraculous One Shots {Requests Open}

The Struggle of Abuse

Warning! Mature content!

It all happened when Marinette was five.

Her mother had enough of the relationship she had with Marinette's father. So she filed for divorce and moved back to her hometown in China; leaving Marinette with her father.

Who wasn't too happy about the divorce.

Her father started drinking and took his anger out in the form of physical abuse on Marinette.

Marinette is seventeen now and is trying to finish up her last year of high school with the struggles of school work, being Ladybug, and having to deal with the abuse of her father.

And she's doing everything in her power to keep it all under control...

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It's now the first day of school in May. The end of high school is right around the corner.

Marinette walks up the stairs towards the entrance of the school, early, like she usually is due to her father's strict rules; patches of her face covered in concealer to hide the few bruises that were on her face. She's wearing a pink shirt with black flower patterns and rolled up slightly at the end of the sleeves, which stopped right above her elbows. She's wearing black pants that stop right at the ankle, white ankle socks, and her normal flats.

Since there are bruises all along her arms, she puts concealer on them to hide them, making sure no one would get suspicious. She also has on wrist braces. They are on to hide the self-harm scars and cuts, they do also help in hiding some of the bruises as well.

Marinette sighed, making it to homeroom only to find that only the teacher was there.

"Hey Marinette," Miss Bustier said softly. "Super early again, huh?"

"Yeah..." Marinette sighed, walking over and sitting down in her seat.

Miss Bustier frowned. She had been suspecting something was up with Marinette for the past couple months now, but she couldn't figure out what it was.

The minutes went by and soon all the kids that were at school today made their way to their classrooms. Once the late bell rang, Miss Bustier started attendance. Since the homeroom had their first class with Miss Bustier anyways, they pulled out the books they needed.

Marinette sighed, looking through her schedule for the rest of the day and seeing a double block of physical education right after this class.

Great...today was going to be painful...

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When break rolled around after that double block of pure pain, Marinette made her way into the bathroom, seeing that there was nobody made her relax slightly.

She had gotten hit so many times in the back, it made her back burn with pain. She had many dark bruises on her back, mostly from shielding attacks from her father. She sighed, looking up at the mirror.

"Be strong Marinette," She whispered to herself. "You can push through the day."

And with that, she walked out of the bathroom with a fake smile plastered on her face, seeming cheerful around everyone to avoid suspicion.

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The end of the school day rolled around and Marinette couldn't figure out what was worse. Having to go home to her abusive father, or having to stay at school longer to endure more social interaction and the possibility of her secret being leaked.