A/N: This story is based on a prompt on the Miraculous Fanworks discord server. I was tempted to post it for the "snippets" event... but it doesn't really fit any of the prompts. Plus I didn't want to wait...
Bored Meeting
If Gabriel Agreste never saw another boardroom again, it would be too soon. Especially one where those pompous asses required him to attend in person. Gabriel tried hard to keep his hands from twitching.
Normally he would send Nathalie in his place or attend by video chat, but noooo. Jacques-bloody-Armitage insisted only Gabriel himself would do, and that it had to be in person for "security reasons". Stupid bean counter.
Gabriel felt his eye start to twitch as he drove toward the building in one of Tomoe Tsurugi's robotic cars. Didn't those accountants understand that turning out a quality product required investment? That it took money to advertise? To pay him for his worth as a high end fashion designer? To pay for security for his designs? For his son?
To top it all off the traffic, while heavy, was moving well. That meant he didn't even have the excuse of bad traffic to blame for missing the meeting. Gah. He'd take almost any excuse at this point.
"How long until I arrive, Nathalie?" The cold voice didn't betray any outward emotion, but he certainly felt it.
"About 5 minutes, sir," the calm voice of his assistant said through the tablet. Too short. Way too short…
As these thoughts were going through his head, he spied the lavender wings of his Kwami. The right side of his mouth twitched appreciatively as he said, "Nooroo, dark wings rise." Taking the emergency butterfly from his cane, Hawkmoth used his power to alter the pure white creature.
"Go my little Akuma. Find the person with the most negative emotion near the entrance of the Gabriel building and evilize them!"
Pierre Ennui was not looking forward to the meeting at Gabriel Fashions, especially once he found out that the meeting would be run by Jacques Armitage III. The man may be an excellent accountant, but he was a pompous ass and the meetings he ran were boring as hell since they usually ended up going over statistics in the driest way ever.
It's no wonder Gabriel avoids these things, he thought. Ugh, how in hell am I going to entertain myself at this stupid meeting?
While Ennui was having these thoughts, a dark purple butterfly merged unnoticed to the bluetooth device in his ear and he heard the voice he'd hoped never to hear.
"Bored Meeting, I am Hawkmoth. You are not in the mood to go to the meeting you are required to attend. I give you the power to make others feel the boredom you do."
"You want something in return, right?"
"Really, I just need a diversion. But if you get the chance, you can try for Ladybug's and Chat Noir's miraculouses."
"Well, it's something to do," said Ennui. "I accept, Hawkmoth."
This was by far one of the strangest Akumas they'd ever faced, thought Ladybug as she threw her miraculous cure. The most he did was tie up traffic when his victims became apathetic, refusing to move. Bored Meeting didn't even seem to have the motivation to try for their miraculouses.
"Pound it!" Ladybug and Chat Noir shouted as they did their traditional fist bump, shook their heads, and left in separate directions.
As the superheroes were leaving, the car carrying Hawkmoth was pulling up to the Gabriel building. He de-transformed before getting out of the dark tinted vehicle and made his way to the doors. Finding the building on lockdown due to the Akuma attack, Gabriel Agreste called Jacques Armitage III and proceeded to yell at him for wasting his precious time.
Maybe he'd get a real Akuma out of this after all.
A/N: I was going to write the battle, but I was too lazy.