Nonsense for your pleasure

– It seems we have guests.

A familiar silhouette glimpsed a little way.

– Watch for the akuma, my Lady. And I’ll hunt for some bird.

Chat Noir rushed for the uninvited guest, ready to knock her off with his baton. However, Mayura wasn’t going to yield them in agility. She dodged Chat’s weapon cunningly and intended to confuse him. They heard Ladybug’s scream.

– I’m coming, my Lady! – shouted the young hero. Mayura seized the opportunity, hit him and knocked him down.

The villainess pressed him to the ground with one hand and held her fan with the other one. The fan covered a half of her unkind face.

– Nothing will happen to your Lady. Stay with me now and be a good kitty…

Chat resisted like grim death and looked angrily in her cold pinkish-purple eyes. Her feather-richly decorated fan swayed over his face. And Chat Noir realized with annoyance that he’s about to sneeze. At least if he is lucky, he’ll splatter his foe with his saliva.

So it happened. He was unable to fight with tickling in his nose, so he took a deep breath of air and sneezed loudly. Mayura managed to cover from the flying saliva with her fan. She looked at her opponent perplexedly and loosened her grip for a few seconds.

Nathalie is walking with young Adrien in the park. There are a lot of pigeons here, and the child sneezes because of the feathers. It’s familiar to pain in her heart.

– I beg your pardon. I’m allergic to feathers, – Chat Noir smiled innocently, – So, where were we?..

He felt the pressure dropped, jumped up sharply and knocked Mayura over. A swear word flew off her lips, and the fight continued.

Finally, the akuma was neutralized. That meant that the heroes is about to go away. Mayura pretended to be hard-beaten and left the site. However, she didn’t hurry to return to Hawk Moth, although he appealed to her and repeated something. Mayura didn’t listen. Her heart was beating intensely.

She hid on the roof and followed her interest, who headed around the corner of the house to detransform. The villainess guessed the moment, jumped off and pressed against the wall. «Plagg, claws in!» – it came to her ears.

– Good job, Plagg! Let’s hurry now until Nathalie returned and discovered my undone homework. She will kill me!

Formally, Nathalie was in Gabriel’s fashion house and was doing some work stuff. Nathalie didn’t remember what she came up with exactly.

Mayura clutched her head and sank down the wall. Blood pounded in her temples, bitter tears ran down her cheeks.

«Mayura! Mayura, can you hear me? Nathalie! Answer me!»

The woman didn’t react to Hawk Moth’s anxious voice. She howled softly, grabbed her fingers in her face and burst out sobbing. Her worst fears have just been confirmed.

«Are you crying?..»

Hawk Moth heard only «Duusu, detransform!» in respond.

A phone rang in the pocket. Nathalie took it, saw Gabriel’s photo on the display and ignored the call. She looked in the dark screen and noted how red her eyes were. She was still shaking a little. There was a message after the call: «Nathalie, please, let me know if you’re all right».

Nathalie took the breath and headed to Agreste mansion. What will she do with this unwished truth? Will she tell Gabriel everything? Or will she tell Adrien that she knows about his little secret?

Gabriel rushed towards Nathalie as soon as he saw her. Nathalie explained the situation with fatigue and pain from bruises. Gabriel just put her in a chair and gave her a glass of wine.

– I was scared for you. It seemed to me that you were crying. Please, do not be silent. Never be silent.

A little while later Nathalie watched Adrien dining and noticed a ring, which was inconspicuous at first glance. Her fingers gripped the mug with force.

– Nathalie, – Adrien started suddenly, – I’m sorry but I think I completely forgot about that homework. With all that fencing, Chinese and that school project… I’ll try to complete this before I go to bed. You won't scold me, will you?