NathMarc November 2020

Marc never thought he'd be hiding from Nathaniel, but here he is- Hiding in a locker as his Akumatized boyfriend goes around turning people into clones of himself, and all because of a school picture.

Nathaniel has what he calls a "Photo curse." Every time someone takes a picture of him, something always gets in the way. Him and Marc taking a selfie- Pigeon flew right in front of his face. Class picture last year- Max raised his hand and covered his face. Art club group photo outside- Bad weather, hair covered his face. Class outing at the park- Frisbee hit him right in the head.

Now it was picture day. Nathaniel dreaded the thought of another photo going wrong for him, but Marc was able to reassure his boyfriend that he'd be in a photo this year.

It was the middle of the day, every class took their pictures, and no one's seen Nathaniel around, not even Marinette, Alix, Rose, or Juleka. Alix mentioned something about him going to the bathroom, but not just him, Lila went too. Just hearing that she-demon's name, Marc knew something happened.

He went to search for Nathaniel in all the usual place: Art classroom, library, storage closet, under the stairs, all the places where Nathaniel likes to hide or be alone, but he was nowhere to be found. That was when Marc heard screaming coming from a classroom.

He took a peak and saw a flamboyantly dressed Akuma zapping students and making them look exactly like him- He has a pale purple face, shiny purple hair styled into what looked like a faux-hawk, and blue eyes, only there was a third one on his forehead. He wears a purple tailcoat with a black collar and black designs that look like eyes, black gloves, black pants, and purple platform boots. He took a closer look and realized that the Akuma was...

"Nathaniel?", he whispered, only to run away when the Akuma turned to his direction. As he ran, he heard the screams of students and teachers, all of them now looked like Nathaniel's akumatized self. It was hard to tell who was the Akuma and who wasn't, so Marc just avoided everyone he ran into

"Where are you Lila?!" He shouted, "You can't hide from Reflektus! Now you'll know what it's like for others to never see your face!"

He knew it! He knew Lila did something to him! Alix will probably deal with her later, thank God. Marc took cover in the locker room where he found three students who haven't been transformed with about ten students who have

"Marc! You're okay!", he heard Alix's voice, but didn't see her

One of the transformed students raised their gloved hand, "Right here."

His eyes widened at the sight of her, "Alix?"

"Yeah." she tries to walk over to him, but trips over the platform boots, "Hate these things! Help me up?", Marc took her hand and hoisted her up with some difficulty due to Alix not being able to stand up, so she sat on one of the benches

"Alix, what happened?"

"Lila happened!", she exclaimed angrily, "She was acting all bitchy saying," she made her voice higher, "'Oh, I need to be closer up front! My poor sick grandma wants a nice photo of me!'" She spoke in her normal voice, "Yeah, she wanted to switch places with Nathaniel, who was standing next to Adrien by the way, and make him go to the back!"

He sighed, "Oh, Nath."

"Yeah, but Lila didn't get her way, thank God. But then the photographer's camera battery ran out, so he went to get a new one," she explained, "Then while he was gone, Nathaniel went to use the bathroom, so did Lila. Lila came back but Nathaniel didn't, and took his spot next to Adrien!"

Marc couldn't believe it. He promised Nathaniel that his photo curse wouldn't get in the way, and he'd finally appear in a picture, but Lila just had to ruin it and get him Akumatized. When this is over, Marc's gonna take Nathaniel out for ice cream, they're gonna watch a Disney movie, and he's gonna keep taking selfies until Nathaniel finally appears in one

Marc's thoughts of comforting his boyfriend came to a halt when he saw the transformed students making their way to the door, "What's going on?", he asked

"We're gonna try and keep him from leaving the school while we wait for Ladybug and Chat Noir," one of the students explained, "We're already transformed, so he can't do anything else to us. You and the others stay here, lock the door."

Marc tensed at the idea of them going after Nathaniel, but if it got him de-akumatized, then that was probably best. "Got it." So, the transformed students went out in the courtyard to go find Reflektus.

That was ten minutes ago. Marc could hear the sounds of a battle taking place from somewhere in the school and was getting really worried now

"FOUND YOU, ROSSI!"

Marc took a peak out the locker room window and saw a purple beam shoot from Reflektus' third eye and zap Lila, turning her into one of his clones

"NOOO!", she screeched, "WHAT DID I EVER DO TO YOU?!"

He rolled his eyes, "Oh, come on! You should be thanking me. Your hair doesn't look like a butcher was making sausages out of it, and your clothes actually look nice!"

Lila ran away screaming, and Reflkectus looked around for more people to turn into clones. He made his way towards the locker room, and Marc whispered for the other students to hide in lockers. They heard the door open and tried to stay as quiet as possible as the Akuma walked around the room. Marc was trying so hard not to cry right now. That was his boyfriend, of course he'd be upset.

He finally left. Everyone got out of the lockers and sighed with relief, but then-

"Found you!", he zapped the three students with his eye beam, and they ran away screaming.

"N-Nath?", Marc stammered as he backed away from his Akuma boyfriend who was now about three inches taller than him. Those platform boots really added some height

He gave Marc a kind smile, "It's Reflektus now, my Rainbow." Sensing his discomfort, Reflektus held his hand, "You don't have to worry. I couldn't imagine a world where I never get to see your beautiful face."

Marc couldn't help but blush at those words. Even as an Akuma, Nath- Reflektus cared about him. Before he could say anything, he felt Reflektus' hand reach into his hoodie pocket and pull out his cellphone, "Wh-what are you-" he was cut off by Reflektus' lips pressing against his. He wanted to push him away, but... It was still Nathaniel, just purple and with a third eye. Marc was able to relax and allowed his arms to wrap around Reflektus' neck, and one of his arms to wrap around his waist. He was so deep into the kiss that Marc didn't even hear Reflektus taking their picture

"GET AWAY FROM HIM!", Ladybug yelled

Reflkectus pulled away from Marc with a scoff, "Oh, must you ruin everything?", he tossed Marc his phone back before jumping right out of the window

Ladybug and Chat Noir checked to make sure Marc was okay before following Reflektus out of the school, leaving Marc alone in the room. He looked down at his phone and couldn't help but blush. Reflektus had taken a picture of them kissing, and his face wasn't covered or anything. Nathaniel was finally in a photo... But as an Akuma.