A change of heart

Last night

Nathalie was awake before Gabriel, but waited in the bed until he woke up, the first thing he did was make sure they were dressed, he had his shirt off, but Nathalie was still fully dressed. He did notice the bruises on her neck, he saw her looking at him.

N- Good morning, Gabriel.

G- Did I..

He reached over to her and put his hand on the side of her neck.

N- Your exact words were, "It's my turn to get drunk," and "I'll do what I feel like."

G- I shouldn't have done that. I'm sorry Nathalie.

N- Don't worry about it, Gabriel. 

He smiled at her and sat up, then reached down and grabbed his shirt off the floor, he put it over his arms and looked over at Nathalie, she leaned over and kissed him, then got up and went to the bathroom Nooroo appeared.

G- I don't think she cared.

Noo- She loves you, master.

G- I've always known we were close friends, I guess we both like each other more than we thought.

Noo- You called her your Nathalie.

G- I'll sort things out today, this must be confusing for her too.

Noo- Okay master, does this mean your giving up on Em-

G- Not yet, I miss her too much.

Noo- Of course, master.

Nooroo hid again once Nathalie came back out and had a dark purple dress on with the usual blazer she wore, she sat beside Gabriel and blushed. She had washed her clothes while she was there, but she decided to wear something else anyway.

G- It's your turn to tel me what I did.

N- Well, firstly, as soon as we came in the door you picked me up and carried me to my room...

She told him everything that had happened until he fell asleep. He was astonished that he'd done some of these things.

G- I actually said that?

N- Yes, all of it.

He blushed and covered his mouth.

G- Shit, sorry Nat.

N- You have nothing to be sorry for, Gabriel. There is no way you could've hurt me.

G- Thanks, sorry about that though.

He pointed at her back, where there were several bruises, she folded up her collar to hide it, just in case Adrien noticed something. He hugged her and realized she'd let her hair down.

G- Your hair looks good down.

N- Thankfully, you were the one who took out the elastic anyway.

G- I'm glad I did.

He saw Nathalie blush, and he buttoned up his shirt again, then they both left the room. Nathalie went to the office and Gabriel went into his room and got dressed, Adrien knocked on the office door and Nathalie opened the door, making sure her collar was folded up.

N- Hello Adrien, what's wrong?

She noticed he was crying, she kneeled down in front of him and he sat on the floor, letting her hug him.

A- I'm so tired..

N- Then go get some rest, it's still early.

A- Not of that, I always get home late and I can never get a good sleep.