Flowers in my throat

Worrying Wallflowers

Gabriel had the worst night in his entire life, he only slept for one hour before he stayed up the rest of the night thinking of a plan, turns out he wasn't the only one, Marinette and Adrien looked awful. Both of their hair stuck out all over the place, and bags hung under their bloodshot eyes.

"No sleep either?", Marinette asked, Gabriel groaned in reply as he sat in front of Master Fu at the dining table, Everyone had agreed to meet at Gabriel's place to plan, all the kwami's munched on their snacks as everyone talked, Nooroo munched on a grape, Tikki munched on a cookie, Plagg munched on Camembert, and Wayzz snacked on a piece of lettuce.

"So, What should we do when Mayura attacks again?", Master Fu asked, "I was thinking maybe I could go out in my civilian form, maybe I could reason with her", Gabriel said, Everyone looked appalled at his idea, "Of course not, That's way to dangerous", Adrien reprimanded, Gabriel slumped into his chair. "I was thinking you could akumatize me in my ladybug form to boost my powers", Marinette suggested, Master Fu shot her a look, "You would let a villain use his powers on you?!", Marinette looked down, "It could be the only way, if I get unlimited lucky charms I could use it on the Senti-Monster and if I need help with Mayura", Marinette said, Master Fu crossed his arms and scrunched his nose, Gabriel put his finger on the miraculous that was attached to his shirt, It could be a good idea, if Mayura gets close enough to grab the akumatized object they could easily grab her. "That could work", Gabriel said, Adrien agreed, Master Fu still didn't like the idea. Now that everything was settled all they had to do now was wait until another senti-Monster appeared or if they were lucky enough, a sighting of Mayura.

Every hour Gabriel go on his phone to check the news website to see if there was anything about Mayura, Nothing, he was getting impatient, He pulled out his phone again. "You know the more you check the more frustrated you will get", Master Fu chimed in, Gabriel growled, "The more you talk the more frustrated I will get", Gabriel barked, Master Fu raised a brow, "You really do care about her don't you?", Master Fu asked, Gabriel nodded, "She's been with me since the beginning, she's not just my assistant...She's my best friend", Gabriel said, Master Fu sat down on the couch across from Gabriel, "Are you sure, she's just a friend?", That question puzzled Gabriel, what does he mean by that? "Yes, of course she's just my friend, what else would she be?", Gabriel asked. "Do you...feel something for her?", Master Fu finally asked, Gabriel's eyes widened, "Excuse me?", Master Fu cleared his throat, "Let me dumb it down for you, Do you have feelings for Mayura in a romantic way?", Gabriel gritted his teeth, he knows he has a wife, why in the world would he ask this? "How dare you assume I would cheat on my wife!", Gabriel yelled standing up, with clenched fists, Master Fu had this look that said, "You are such a fucking idiot", But knowing the Agreste's Gabriel just thought Master Fu looked bored. "Nobody can replace Emilie, So don't you ever assume I have feelings for Mayura, there is nothing between us and never will be!", Gabriel screamed, suddenly he felt this jolt of emotion come from his Miraculous. It was so strong that it made him fall back onto the couch, it was pain, sadness, frustration. "Mayura!", She was near by, Which must meant there's a senti-Monster.

A buzz on his phone alerted him, he looked at it to see a text from Adrien, all it said was, "It's time", Gabriel got up and ran to his office and over to the painting, he didn't even wait for Master Fu before he started ascending into his Lair.

He walked to the center of the room, "Nooroo Dark wings rise!", Gabriel screamed, he transformed into Hawkmoth and put a butterfly on his hand, he transformed it into and akuma and sent it out.