"I hate him!" Nathalie screamed as she aggressive stomped her way home. "He is s-so arrogant a-and-...A PIECE OF SHIT! I-I can't believe that I work for this pathetic m-man!" Her loud voice slowly quieted down as she kept on ranting "I-I mean he is j-just-...terrible!" The woman's tone unexpectedly turned into a cry instead of a scream, and as she couldn't stop herself from getting those stupid tears all over her face, Nathalie began sobbing.

"Miss!" Her kwami suddenly appeared from the small inner pocket of her blazer, yet before she could've finished her thought, the assistant hushed Duusu.

"Quiet! I don't need you right now." Nathalie ignorantly spat.

"B-but Miss there's a-"

"Hello Nathalie!" A familiar voice echoed through her head "I am Hawk Moth, and I give you the power to make anyone who you hate disappear with just one touch. But in return I will need you to get me the miraculous of Ladybug and Chat Noir, can you do that for me?"

"I-" she anxiously breathed as she couldn't process what to do in such a situation.
Her partner in crime without knowing had akumatized her and now by one wrong move her identity could be revealed, or even worse.
"I-I-I can't-"

"You reject my offer Nathalie?" He spoke in such an alluring way that it became challenging for the assistant to keep her focus and not fall under the spell of the villian.

"I-I do not want your power! Leave me!"

"Are you sure?" He chuckled "You seem quite frustrated"

"STOP IT!" She screamed, breaking off the akuma which shocked the both of them.

Hawk Moth just like Nathalie fell back from the strength of her dismissal.
It had been an amazement as to how she managed to break away, but somehow, with all that rage and hatred built up in the woman's delicate heart, she had enough power to push away the akuma.

"H-how?" Hawk Moth mumbled to himself, slowly getting up from the floor and with one hand holding his head which had been injured by the harsh rejection.
"S-she just did the impossible. I can't believe it. Her frustration was so strong and I was certain that she would accept-...yet she didn't."

The man sighed as he had failed his mission, even his confidence failed in that moment, making him quickly say the words:

"Nooroo dark wings fall!"

The little kwami sighed in exhaustion when he finally was allowed to come out of the tiny jewel and breathe the outside air.
Though unfortunately Nooroo couldn't have too much of a peaceful time to himself as his Master's shouting and yelling echoed all throughout the lair.

"I CANT BELIVE IT!" He screamed on "I STILL HAVENT WON" Gabriel punched the metal wall with his fist, only making a barely noticeable dent on it whilst he had done some visible damage to his own hand.
"AH FUCK!" The designer cursed, once again smashing his fist against the metal. "I CANT WIN!"

Hearing this made the little butterfly well aware that he needed to do something. He would have to distract his owner. However seeing him in such an intimidating and aggressive state made Nooroo gulp before he gathered the courage to simply clear his throat and whisper:

"Master please! There is not much point in you exhausting yourself with something that you didn't manage to win. You should instead focus on what could be possibly won."

"Like?"

"Mayura's heart."

"PARDON ME WHAT?!?" He turned to the floating creature in a blink of an eye with the most sour stare on his face ever.

Nooroo jumped back as he saw the palely blue eyes of his Master pierce him down, yet regardless, the distance didn't help much.
Gabriel appeared scary, just like before.

The little butterfly hesitated if he should continue to speak, he didn't want to be hurt by his owner, but it seemed to Nooroo that his superior with those furrowed eyebrows wanted to hear what he had to say next.

Indeed he was right.

"Pardon what did you say?" the designer repeated himself, more calmly this time.

"I-I-I meant this only in a friendly way." The purple friend stuttered "Y-you could attempt to f-find her a-and apologize-"

"There's no way that I could find her! She's probably hidden away somewhere no one knows! I-I couldn't-"

"Isn't it worth a try?" Nooroo hummed, hiding a tiny smirk behind his emotionless face "There's nothing to loose."

"W-well-...maybe you've got a point..."

"Yes Master, I'm simply trying to help you."

"Okay then." Gabriel sighed, taking a deep breath in as he glanced up to the flying kwami who smiled in return, and by returning a weak raise of his own lips, the man said the transformation words in seconds.

Like that Hawk Moth could be seen in a little while, and him with his confidence restored immediately rushed to find his acquaintance from a few nights ago.

In the meantime Nathalie was still on her walk back home. She hadn't gotten much further as she had been drained from all her energy by the akuma, so the woman could only slowly drag herself across the streets of Paris and hope that sooner or later she'd reach the correct house.

However her painfully slow trip back home was interrupted by the sudden view of the villain who almost akumatized her just a few minutes ago.

The assistant saw as Hawk Moth jumped from one roof to another, almost as if he had been looking for someone or something,

He seemed to glance around his surroundings and when there would be nothing of what he wanted, then the villain would jump on.

"What the hell?" The woman mumbled under her breath, making it possible only for her kwami to hear "Why is Hawk Moth-"

"Maybe he is searching for you!" Duusu cut her off "You Mayura!"

"Oh my-...no way!" Nathalie unexpectedly blushed, in fact even the weird and unfamiliar feeling of butterflies in her stomach suddenly appeared.
"H-he cannot be-"

"Well there's only one way to find out Miss! By asking him."

"Oh stop it Duusu! I'm not going-"

"Just say the words!" The little creature said so temptingly, the woman couldn't reject.

Therefore after a sharp sigh of knowing that she'd regret this later, Nathalie became her villain self in a quick second and was up to the test with newly created energy.

"Let's go I guess" Mayura told herself before she took off with a big jump that landed her onto a rooftop.

Now she was on the same level as Hawk Moth and would only need to find which of the building tops he was on, yet before she could even turn her head to the right or left, an arm grabbed her around the waist.

"May." A voice echoed, and suddenly she was held in a tight embrace from behind "Gosh I've missed you so much."

"M-moth-"

"Yes it's me, Moth man or Hawky. Whichever nickname you prefer dear May."
The villain placed his head on her shoulder, nevertheless he didn't stop there, Hawk Moth gave the side of the woman's neck a little kiss, by which he completely had her flustered.

"W-why-"

"I missed you. So so much. Please don't leave again. I need you. I want you. Please."
The villain placed another kiss at the same spot, now having his acquaintance inhale sharply and her breath shaking as she did so.

"I-I-...c-can't stay Hawky. I-I need to-...g-go-"

"Go?" Hawk moth wondered "Where?"

"A-away! Away from here."

"What! Why?"

"W-well don't you see yourself?! Y-you've got me all trapped up, and do you think that's how I want to live?" The bird lady took almost all of her courage to stare up into the lilac eyes of her friend. And it took even more willpower not to get lost in those beautifully mesmerizing lavender eyes of his.

"I-I'll let go" the moth man suddenly spoke, bringing her back into reality "but just please don't run, I can't lose you again." Strangely enough his voice shook too, and the continuous kisses which he'd place on the side of her neck became weaker and weaker.
Slowly, the man's hands which were on both of her arms, holding her in one place, began to move up to her face where they gently located themselves onto her cheek and directed her head upwards to lock in eye contact with the villain.
"I beg you let's talk out whatever is bothering you."

Mayura hesitated. She would've liked to escape the second his hands fell off of her, however, something in that worried voice of the man had her staying in place.

Even Nathalie herself was surprised that suddenly she felt so drawn to Hawk Moth, stronger than before.

It was unexpected, yet wonderful.
She didn't know what to do.

To be continued-