\documentclass{standalone} \usepackage{luamplib} \begin{document} \begin{mplibcode} beginfig(1); path xx, yy; xx = (left -- right) scaled 130; yy = (down -- up) scaled 80; drawarrow xx; label.rt(TEX("$x$"), point 1 of xx); drawarrow yy; label.top(TEX("$y$"), point 1 of yy); endfig; \end{mplibcode} \end{document}