Beatrice Bonbon believed herself to be a hard-working and an earnest person. She prepared everyone's Halloween orders and even made extras as gift, thus she deemed herself a kind person too. So when she entered her store, she felt flat out bullied in the worst way possible. Inside, her store was wrecked. Every table, every utensil broken or rendered unusable. Every candy she prepared was splintered all over the floor, smashed into tiny bits of pieces. The jelly like candies were squished into an unidentifiable puddle of gooey substance no one wanted to see. The lollipops and similar hard sweets were literally pulverised and amidst that pulverised candy did Beatrice notice a footprint, with a very well known signo in it's sole. Monsiour Chocolat Rouge. A rival candystore owner, who hated Ms Bonbon's guts. She picked up the only candy stick left untouched and slumped on her knees, sobbing as she aknowledged that all her work was ruined. She herd the door's chime and a pair of clacking shoes entered.
"Eww, I knew I shouldn't have trusted you with my order," Chloé's nasally shrill voice cut the silence amidst the ruins.
"Ms. Burgeois, there's still a week till Halloween! I-I can redo your order and for half the price!" Ms Bonbon looked up, pleadingly.
"What? Do you think I'm stupid?! How will you prepare my order in a week, if your shop looks like a piggery, run over by muddy horsehooves?!" Chloé yelled, pointing dismissively and disgustedly around. "I'm not going to order anymore candies from here since you're incapable of keeping your own shop clean! I'm going to call the Healthcare and make sure they inspect this place and have it close due to the poor hygene!" She continued, stomping once, thus stepping into one of the goo puddles. "EWW! Do you haVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH THIS SHOE COST ME?!"
"Please! I was sabotaged, give me another chance!" The owner begged with teary eyes.
"You. Are. FIRED!" Chloé roared and stomped out, slamming the door back in with full force. Beatrice let her tears spill and slowly lifted the candy stick that was still in her hand and gently suckled on it, not noticing a black butterfly fluttering in through the door's chink. It flew onto the blue candy stick and had it's victim obey to Hawk Moth's wishes.
Alya and Nino were lazily strolling in the zoo, remembering the day they got together as they passed by the panther's habitat.
-flashback-
Ladybug had tossed them in the cage, closing it she yelled a hasty 'Don't get out of here!' and disappeared. Nino and Alya sat next to each other, awkward silence and tension palpable.
"So..." Nino started.
"So you like me?" Alya inquired, quirking a brow, pursing her lips. Nino blinked.
"Wait. How-"
"Comm link with Mari," she said rolling her eyes and showing the small gadget in her ear. Nino blinked again.
"That's what Adrien did to me too!"
"What?!" Alya's eyes widen. "You're kidding me right?"
"No! He - uh actually the girl I like is," Nino coughed shily, "Marinette, and Adrien wanted to set us up on a date..." Alya facepalmed.
"You ruined my plans! I wanted to set Mari up on a date with the guy she likes!"
"She likes a guy?!" Nino flipped out, then thought for a second and the truth dawned on him. "Oh wait, it's Adrien, isn't it," he said, feeling down by the realisation that he never really had a chance.
"Not gonna tell," Alya said, her voice a bit softer. "Anyway! What should we do?" Nino smiled and handed her his headphone. He turned one of the aureculars outwards, so Alya could press it to her ear and he scooted closer so he could do the same with the other auricular.
"I made a few new mixes and even composed a few myself," he stated proudly. "I'd like to hear your opinion on them." Alya nodded cheerily and started up the first song on the 'Newly Done' playlist. He let the songs flow and was glad to notice the reporter girl bobbing her head to the music.
"Hey, do you have a JBL?" Alya suddenly asked.
"I'm not sure," he muttered, checking his belt-pack. To his surprise he actually found the black JBL he owned and connected it to his phone via bluetooth.
"Perfect! Now get up!" Alya grinned, she herself standing up. Wearily, Nino rose, and yelped in surprise as Alya grabbed him by the hand and as the music's melody begun, she started swirling them around. Nino realised they were dancing to the song he himself composed for Marinette. But as they danced, twirling around and around, he realised the melody he composed wasn't written for Marinette. The rhythm, the melody... it dawned on him now, that it was too stark to be about Marinette. As he listened to the song, he realised not even once had he thought of the half-Chinese girl while composing this melody. It was all about Alya. The rhythm of the song described her curiosity and liveliness perfectly. The melody too. His heart started beating so fast he feared it would jump out of his ribcage. They slowly came to a stop and Nino blushed, noticing that he had pulled the girl intimately close to himself. Alya smiled widely, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"W-What was that for!" Nino spluttered, blushing even more. Alya laughed, ruffling Nino's really short afro hair.
"I just felt like it," she replied grinning. Nino looked at her and he suddenly blurted out:
"The song's about you." He then hastly slapped his hand over his mouth, ears turning red from embarrassment. Alya's smile widened and hugged Nino tightly.
"I know," she said pecking Nino's lips. Nino hugged back and mentally thanked Ladybug for putting him into the cage with Alya.
-end of flashback-
"Remember?" Alya asked chuckling fondly as she gazed at the panther, leasurely napping in her habitat.
"Of course I do," Nino smiled, kissing Alya's forhead. "Thanks to your favourite superheroine, I fell in love with the perfect girl."
"Oh, you big cheese! Did you learn from Chat Noir?" Alya laughed. Nino rolled his eyes with a grin and kissed the girl. They were about to get into a more serious make-out session, when they felt the sweet scent of cottoncandy, then heard screams and a maniacal laughter. 'Great. A ruined date. Again.' Nino thought, sending a glare towards the direction the akuma probably was.
"C'mon!" Alya laughed and dragged her boyfriend into a secluded place where they transformed and faced the calamity of Hawk Moth.
