Marinette sat on her chase, her heart still racing from earlier. Felix. His cold blue eyes were staring into her—his husky voice. Just the thought of him was making her nervous. And in the right way, which she didn't like at first. Marinette stood up and began to pace, going back and forth between calling Alya to ask for her advice or to leave it be.

"Marinette, please, you're pacing...it's nothing bad right now. We don't know if he knows or if he's being mean as always." Tikki started, trying to calm Marinette.

"We don't know much about him! But what he did in the locker room...was just so...i don't know! I've never had someone do that!"

"Marinette, you're the hero of Paris, you shouldn't be concerned about him being mean in the locker room!" Tikki said, trying to calm Marinette, not realizing that she knew he wasn't inherently mean...but that she liked what he'd done. Felix was just someone she never thought she'd have a feeling like this for.

"Tikki, do you think that he really knows? I mean.. that was so long ago but...if he knows, we need to figure it out sooner than later." Tikki nodded her head, intently. As if on queue, the news screamed out. Breaking news, the Bubbler was back and was taking the teenagers this time, bubbling them out of anger for not being able to go out. Now they could never go out. Marinette sprung to action, calling out to Tikki. She launched herself into the night, searching throughout the city for anything other than floating teens.

The night sky in Paris was almost calming. It was quiet on the walks home, thankfully, even after today, which was helping. Felix was not only shocked by himself, but he was shocked at Marinette's reaction. Marinette was beautiful...up close. Felix's thoughts were wrapped around her as if she and him were close friends. Funny isn't it, how one moment he hates her, and now he feels as if he has a responsibility to apologize and make up to her.

Felix was stopped dead in his tracks by a blue figure. The light from the streetlamp made the villain terrifying. As Felix tried to back up quickly, he began to notice the other teens floating up into the sky. The hell is with this city!? Felix had never encountered something like this before. His heart began racing as the villain pulled his weapon back, swinging it at him. Felix covered himself with his arms, waiting for the impact of whatever weapon was being sung his way. Nothing.

"Felix run!" a familiar voice called out. Felix's eyes grew wide as he recognized blue-haired superheroine.

"Ladybug! Not you again, get out of my way! This one is mine." The villain screamed as it threw her to the side. Felix turned and began running at the advice of the heroine. "Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck" was all Felix could mutter out as he ran from the scene behind him. Felix kept trying to look back as he made it further from the villain. The blue-skinned freak was fighting Ladybug as much as he could to get to Felix. As if that made Felix feel any better. He noticed his cousin in the air, looking around violently for help like the others. He started recognizing more and more peers like Chloe, Kim, and Alya bubbled as well. Felix finally turned a corner and bumped into a blue-haired boy.

"I- I'm sorry," Felix stated, quickly looking up. The boy smiled at him and nodded.

"It's okay, how'd you get away?" The boy asked, curious. Felix looked back as the two hid in an alleyway.

"Ladybug saved me just in time. Who the hell is this guy anyway?" Felix began, as he and the blue-haired boy started down the alleyway, trying to get as far from the villain as possible. They could still hear him, and even Ladybug here and there scream. It made Felix's heart wrench at the sound. Felix was never known to be heroic; he was known to be "every man for himself." But this felt different, knowing that behind that mask was someone he actually...liked. Right? Did he like her? That's what this feeling was? Felix shook his thoughts away, and the boy pulled him further from the noise that was gaining on them.

"I never caught your name?" the boy asked as they were finally caught at the end of the alley.

"Felix."

"I'm Luka, have you seen a friend of mine by chance? Her name is Marinette." Luka replied politely, pulling them both into a doorway. Felix hated being touched by anyone else, but now that he was up close with someone, he couldn't help but think back to the locker room. He pulled away from his thoughts back to Luka.

"I haven't seen her." Was all Felix could say knowing damn well she was the one saving them right now. Felix went back and forth on whether or not he should jump out and help Ladybug as she fought the ugly blue-skinned freak. "Who is that?" Felix asked, wanting to know who'd gotten akumatized.

"It's Nino, he's been turned into the Bubbler again," Luka said grimly. What happened to Nino that got him akumatized? Before the boys knew it, there stood Nino at the end of the alley, teasing Ladybug as she called out for Chat Noir. Felix knew damn well that Chat Noir wasn't coming. His cousin was already up in the air, bubbled with his other friends. At that moment, as if Felix had gained all the confidence in the world, he ran out at the Bubbler. Felix cocked his fist back, ready to fight whatever the hell this asshole threw at him.

"Felix!" Both Ladybug and Luka yelled. Luka followed Felix ensuite, and Ladybug moved to cover. Felix punched the Bubbler in the face, causing the Bubbler to stop in his tracks. Felix stood shocked by his actions once again. Ladybug pulled Felix back, grabbing Luka as she ran them into the alleyway.

"Are you an idiot?" Ladybug yelled at Felix.

"What?! I just helped you!" Felix retorted angrily. Ladybug wrapped her arms around his torso, looking up just as angry.

"Luka, grab on." She stated. As Luka grabbed on, she pulled the three into the air and on top of the roof above.

"Felix, that was super irresponsible." Ladybug began. Felix could feel his chest become tighter.

"Irresponsible? Irresponsible is going into a battle with a vast blue villain alone! Maybe if you actually had a partner you could trust, we wouldn't be here." Felix fought back.

"Guys, it's not the end of the world. Please, we just need to be quiet before the Bubbler comes back for us." Luka pleaded. Felix knew he was right, but Marinette being so outwardly mean to him hurt.

"Luka, you need to get to a safe place. Felix, you too. I can't have you two being bubbled, let alone getting hurt." Ladybug whispered, looking around for a way to get into the building. Felix and Luka looked at one another before looking back at Ladybug. Felix knew, and he wasn't letting on that he knew, but he could tell Luka knew as well.

"You need us...let us use a miraculous, and we can help you. Chat noir isn't here yet."

"He won't be then, not if it's taken him this long," Felix added on. Ladybug started to feel as if she were at a loss. She did need help, but she didn't want anyone to get hurt because she needed them. "Ladybug...just let us do this for you." Felix continued, showing a softer side of himself.

"Are you sure?" She finally asked after a moment. The two boys nodded in agreement. Ladybug turned quickly, clicking her yoyo open and pulling out two miraculous boxes. One for the snake and one for the ox. Ladybug gave Luka the snake miraculous, making him Viperion once again. She then turned to Felix, knowing that this would be his first time with a miraculous, let alone the ox one.

"Thank you," Felix whispered out to her. Felix put the nose ring in and happily turned himself into Tauro. His outfit was very much like a matador, but with the exception that he had horns and hanging earrings. He wore dark blue and white, with golden applicae spread across the outfit. Becoming Tauro made Felix feel powerful. The punch he'd thrown earlier could've felt like he was throwing a thousand all at once with the miraculous.

"What's the plan, Ladybug?" Viperion asked as Ladybug began to think. They could hear the Bubbler on the street, bubbling more teens. The three watched as many other students floated into the sky with the others.

"You and Tauro are going to cover for me, we're going to get the Bubbler to give us whatever Akuma he has." Ladybug was smirking. Tauro and Viperion nodded and ran towards the end of the building as Ladybug swung her way back into the alley. Tauro wasn't worried about her being alright anymore, he knew she'd be okay now that the three of them were working together.

"Ohhh, Bubblehead!" Tauro called out, making Viperion snicker. The Bubbler turned quickly to Tauro with a confused expression.

"Who the hell are you?" He exclaimed angrily. Viperion and Tauro jumped down to the Bubbler, not sure if the Bubbler was going to throw the first punch or not. Tauro slammed into him with his boots, throwing the Bubbler back.

"Do you see where it is?" Tauro called out to Viperion. Viperion began scanning the Bubbler for any sign of the Akuma. Viperion finally caught his a glance at the crumpled RSVP in the Bubbler's fist.

"Fist! Go for his fist!" Viperion replied, now running towards the villain. Tauro followed, trying not to smile at how fun this felt for him. His entire life had been boxed up in London with no friends and barely any family. The danger felt nice...no, better than nice; it was excellent. The Bubbler grabbed Viperion, bubbling him quickly. As if he'd known it wouldn't work, the Bubbler threw his arm back and knocked Tauro across the street into a building. As his back hit the wall, all Felix could think of was Ladybug. Where the hell was she now? The Bubbler walked up happily to him as he writhed in pain against the wall.

"Get up, get up, get up," Tauro whispered to himself with tears in his eyes. As the Bubbler pulled his arm back to bubble him, Ladybug threw her yoyo around his arm, tossing him back down the street. Tauro gave out a sigh of relief. He knew after fight his back was going to be bruised to hell. Ladybug quickly grabbed Viperion, and they retrieved the Akuma from the Bubbler. As Tauro slowly gained back his strength and stood, Ladybug used her Miraculous Ladybug to return everything back to normal. The students returned to the ground safely, families and friends rejoiced. Tauro could see Adrien run up to Ladybug from afar, making his stomach churn. His back felt better, but he would rather deal with his back being hurt than seeing his oblivious cousin with her. Tauro walked away into another alleyway and detransformed. Felix hid the septum in his nose, hoping that no one would notice that he'd had it. Especially his mother or his uncle. But that never meant he was going to give his miraculous back...