Juleka loved seeing Princess Fragrance blush.

Sure, just seeing Rose blush at anytime was adorable, but it was the autumn-toned hue of her reddening cheeks on her green skin that simply made Juleka all smiles. It was like watching an apple ripen before her eyes. Granted, her blushing as Reflekta wasn't so bad, either, but pink-on-white was a bit redundant given how she was already so covered in it. So one day when the two of them were all akumatized up and relaxing in private, she decided to have a bit of fun.

"You know something? You're cute when you blush."

"What?" Princess Fragrance snapped as she fiddled with her perfume-gun. Looking up, she saw Reflekta stand in front of her with one hand on her hip and a big grin on her clown-like face. The two of them were in the attic of a small dilapidated house within one of the less-maintained areas of Paris. The roof leaked and the windows were broken, but it was their little hidey-hole for when they needed to escape the constant annoyances of their current lot in life.

"I'm serious. You ever see yourself blush? It's simply cute."

Fragrance looked a little surprised. "I am not cute!" she pouted. "Who's ever heard of a cute supervillain?"

"Well, given your personality..."

"Reflekta, if we're ever going to get those Miraculouses, we need to actually act the part. When I'm in this role, I'm not Rose the cute little girl. I am Princess Fragrance, and I expect to be treated like royalty."

"I didn't think you'd take this so seriously." The pink jester said with an annoyed sigh. "C'mon, just because we have to play Hawk Moth's game doesn't mean we can't enjoy it some. I mean, look at me." Reflekta raised her hand to her face, causing her wrist-compact to shine as she was bathed in light. A moment later, her clowny self was replaced with that of Prince Ali. "I could be your dream boy whenever you want." She leaned in close, causing Fragrance to lean back nervously. As expected, the first signs of a creeping blush was covering her face.

"Why is it you're never like this when you're not akumatized?" Fragrance challenged, trying not to betray that she was actually enjoying this.

"Dunno, to be honest." 'Ali' shrugged. "Might just be the butterfly, but it's like all the pressure and hesitation just vanishes when I'm Reflekta. So c'mon, Princess. You gonna give your beloved Prince a kiss?" She started making exaggerated kissy-faces.

PFFFT! A blue cloud of mist suddenly shot out of Fragrance's perfume-gun. As soon as it hit 'Ali', she fell backwards onto the floor and went to sleep. "So that's what the blue setting does," she teased as she watched Reflekta's disguise vanish, having lost her conscious ability to hold it. Knowing that she'd stay asleep for a couple hours, Fragrance reached for a blanket from their makeshift cots and draped it over her. She then went back to her gun-fiddling, the blush on her face now a golden-brown as she smiled.

"... It was worth it..." Reflekta sighed as she drifted off with a smile of her own.


Yep, I'm still around with this. I post when the idea hits me.

Miraculous (c) ZAG