-Julian's POV-

The Akuma, a dark shapeless cloud drags Ladybug to them, hands creeping forward to grab her Miraculous.

Chat and I share a look of fear before rushing towards her, Chat arrives first, wrapping his arms around Ladybug to shield herself, ready to sacrifice himself. No way I would let that happen-

"FAON! NOOOO!"

I fall off the bed with a yelp, adrenaline coursing through my body. What the heck was that? A nightmare? Where I was Faon Vert? It felt… It felt so real …

-Time Skip to the Afternoon-

I take a deep, deep, deep breath, hold for five seconds, exhale for five seconds, repeat…

The door to the restaurant stands imposingly in front of me, I can already hear the stuffy adults' obnoxious chewing in there, judging others for their attire or even table manners. "Oh those shoes were so last season, look at the boy sitting alone at the table." I can practically hear them whispering to each other, and I'm not even seated yet.

Today was the day my parents came back from their months spent filming in Los Angeles, the movie was more or less finished by this point and the trailer would be hitting televisions and the internet by next month. Of course they wouldn't be staying in Paris for long, my mother already made appointments in Japan to secure the area for their next blockbuster film, so they'll be here for the week, maybe two.

So here I am, standing in an uncomfortable blue suit (I look like one of those monkey performers.) internally and externally panicking at the idea of even eating outside, with people, with people staring at my parents, staring at me.

Laughing at me.

"Kid you're gonna have to breathe." A soft voice alerts me to my pocket. Ossi is looking up at me with gentle eyes, he understands, he's only been living with me for two months and he already understands. So why can't my parents understand after nearly six years?

"I'm sweating like a sinner in Church Os. You might as well start looking for another Holder now, my heart's gonna explode."

"One step at a time kid, let's focus on breathing okay?" The Kwami starts counting for my breathing exercises, it helps, a little...

"Do ya wanna leave? We can watch that animated movie 'bout giant cats."

"They're actually rabbits…" I mumble before shaking my head. "It's fine, I'm fine. If my parents think I'm good enough to eat outside with them, then I won't disappoint."

"Kid…" Ossi sounds sad at something, but shakes his head. "You're right, let's give 'em hell."

Giving the Kwami a weak smile, I walk back to the entrance of the restaurant. Hopefully my parents will arrive soon, it's much better to sit with someone else than all alone.

"Julian?"

Letting out a yelp, I jump away from the stranger. My back crashes into a nearby sign showing the specials and I frantically try to set it upright, thankfully managing to grab it before it topples over.

"Sorry! Sorry, I'm-" Looking up, I almost faint from relief that it wasn't my parents standing there, but one of my classmates. "Alix?"

The girl in question has bright pink hair, wearing a black cap with a black old English S logo that is outlined in white on the front. She wears a black long-sleeved, slate gray shirt underneath a dark brown tank top and a pair of black jean shorts with pink stitching and black lace at the cuffs.

Alix gives me a short wave, looking like she was seconds away from laughing at my reaction. "Hey Julian, didn't mean to scare ya."

"No, no it's fine, I'm just uh… I'm just a little jumpy today…" I'm always jumpy, not like I'll tell her that.

"It's fine, it's actually why I'm here, you look stiff as a billboard." The pink haired skater says. I give her an awkward laugh, we've hung out before, but mostly because she's best friends with Nathaniel whom I'm also friends with, I don't really know how to act around her by myself yet.

"Yeah it's umm… I'm sort of meeting my parents today, in there… Soon, probably. They're coming from the airport." I explain, giving her a tense smile.

Alix nods. "Okay, so why aren't you going in? Do they not seat incomplete parties or something?"

"Oh it's just, w-well you see…" I scramble for an excuse before sighing, she has seen me enough to be able to guess anyways. "I'm just not really comfortable in public, I guess… Sorry..."

Her face did not betray any form of pity or condescension, if anything she smirks a little. "Well! My dad's here, you should join us while you wait."

"What?" I say with wide eyes, just like that? "Are you sure? Wouldn't your father mind…?"

"Course I'm sure! And whatever my dad thinks doesn't matter, it's my birthday after all."

"O-oh um… Happy Birthday…" I wish, now I really don't want to interrupt.

"Thanks Julian, now come celebrate with me." The skater proceeds to grab my hand and drag me into the restaurant, ignoring my protests, taking my lack of fighting back as a confirmation. Although in a way I'm kind of grateful to her for it, being distracted by such awkwardness might make me forget about the whole 'being in public' thing.

She continues to pull me to a table where an eccentric looking man sits. He's wearing thin-rimmed glasses, a lavender scarf, a purple undershirt, and a dark gray vest with a gold Egyptian hieroglyph pattern. He also wears a gray jacket, gray slacks, and black shoes. All in all I wouldn't have even guessed that this was Alix's dad.

"Alix, you made it." Mr. Kubdel says before looking at me curiously. "And you brought a friend, what's your name boy?"

"Umm… Julian Le Beau, sir." I mumble, feeling extremely stuffy, did the air conditioning break here or something?

Alix didn't seem to realize the awkwardness, sitting across from her father and placing her hat on the table. "He's that new student I told you about, his folks are on the way so I thought we would keep him company till then." She notices that I'm still standing. "Well what are you waiting for? Sit down."

I quickly take a seat next to her.

Her father narrows his eyes slightly at me (oh gods what did I do?) before smiling at his daughter. "Of course Alix, what say we order our meals."

The two of them discuss the menu options while I try to blend in between them awkwardly, chiming in whenever either addresses me. While this is still immensely better than sitting alone, I'm still hoping my own parents will arrive soon so I can leave them to their conversations.

Twenty minutes into their lunch, Mr. Kubdel clears his throat.

"Alix, today is a special day." He starts.

The pink haired girl frowns. "It's only a birthday."

His father gives her disapproving tuts before reaching into his pocket. "No, this is a special birthday." He pulls out an antique silver pocket watch, with a circular pattern engraved on the cover. It's probably something that probably doesn't look that valuable to regular people, but to the right collectors it's probably incredibly precious.

Alix's father holds the pocket watch to Alix. "This family heirloom was made by one of our ancestors many, many years ago. It's been passed down from one generation to the next, on their 15th birthday. And today, it's your turn to inherit it." He finishes, sliding the watch towards Alix.

Alix takes a look at it before shrugging. "It's pretty sweet, dad. But I've already got a watch, synced up to my smartphone." She says, holding up her own watch.

Her father shakes his head, giving us a mysterious smile. "But sometimes there's more to things than meets the eye. Let's just say that our ancestor was…" He pushes a button on the watch, immediately it opens, smoke pouring out of it before a hologram of a girl holding a large clock. "Ahead of his time." He finishes, closing the watch as the image snaps shut. Both Alix and I gasp in awe at the amazing trinket, even Ossi is shifting wildly in my pocket at the sight.

"Of course, I'd understand if you'd rather me buy you a new pair of rollerblades." Her father teases knowingly, not that I can blame him, who wouldn't want a cool heirloom like that?

Alix seems to agree, reaching forward and grabbing the pocket watch away from him. "No, dad! I'm stoked to have it. It's awesome, thank you!"

Feeling a little awkward again, I look at the menu instead before my phone rings.

"E-Excuse me." I say, relieved. Walking to a more discreet corner, I answer the phone.

"Hello mother, I'm at the restaurant you and father requested, when are-"

"Hello Julian, unfortunately your father and I had an emergency during filming, one of the actors is throwing a fit and we have to recast a few scenes. We have cancelled our flight home, I'm afraid we won't be stopping in Paris anymore." A perfectly toned voice rings through the speaker.

I grit my teeth, I don't normally get angry but after an hour of staying in a suit and ordering nothing in a restaurant, interrupting a friend's birthday celebration while suffering the judgmental stares of everyone here is getting me really close to that edge.

"It's… it's fine. Please stay safe." I manage to get out without sounding too angry or sad, my mother will probably see that as a sign of weakness.

"We will, also we've-" Suddenly someone calls her name in the background, followed by her muffled response. "Sorry Julian but I have to leave now, we'll call you next week, love you, goodbye."

"Good-" Is all I could manage before she hangs up, letting out a sigh, why am I even so upset, this isn't the first time this happened, and during the previous times I would be ecstatic at the news.

So why am I so bothered by it now?

Whatever. I think to myself, walking out of the restaurant and to the elevator. I'll just go to the roof and blow off some steam as Faon Vert, I pity the petty criminals thinking that today is a good time to do crime, they're gonna go to jail with more bruises than anticipated.

Just as the doors are about to close, a hand inserts itself between it, and the doors open again to reveal Alix, looking worried.

"Hey, you okay Lian?"

I blink. "L-Lian..?"

The skater smirks and presses the button to the lowest floor. "Well Jules goes to Juleka since I know her longer, so you get Lian."

"O-Oh…" I say, blushing, my first nickname… hooray…?

Alix nudges me with her shoulders. "So, what's up? I saw you leave the restaurant, without saying goodbye mind you."

I sigh. "Sorry, I just… My mother told me they're not going to make it…"

"Oh, they got stuck in traffic or something?"

I shake my head. "No… More like they didn't even get on the plane…"

"Oh…"

The two of us stand side by side awkwardly as the elevator slowly dings down to the lobby. The frustration I was feeling before comes back stronger than ever, why did I have to say that? Now we're both uncomfortable.

The door finally opens, showing the lobby.

I couldn't leave the moving metal box fast enough.

"W-well, it's been fun, thank you so much for having me around Alix but I think I'm just gonna-"

"Oh I don't think so."

Chills run down my spine as I slowly turn to look at the skater, her face screams so much trouble she might actually make a good Chat Noir.

"You're coming with me. We're gonna turn that frown upside down." She retches. "Bleh, never make me say that again." She says before grabbing my arm again and pulling me out of the hotel.

"A-Alix! I appreciate this and all but what are we even gonna do O !" I yelp as she drags me through a crowd of tourists.

"I was planning to bail on this thing today, but I changed my mind, you're gonna cheer me on in a race!"

"A-A race? To just cheer you on? Aren't I a bit overdressed for that!?" I yell from behind her, if she doesn't slow down soon I might throw up.

"Nah you'll be fine! Besides, having someone in a suit root for me sounds fun!"

-At the Park-

Running to the park with Alix, I can't help but think how out of breath I would be right now if it weren't for the workout I get by being Faon Vert.

"You're more resilient than you look Le Beau! Figured you would've crashed by now!" Alix compliments, and if my face wasn't already red from exertion, it would be red now.

Arriving at the entrance of the Trocadéro, I got briefed on the situation while Alix changed into her skating gear. Apparently Kim challenged Alix to a race around the fountain, if Kim wins, Alix relinquishes her rollerblades to him, but if Alix wins, then Kim will be prohibited from making another dare for the rest of the year.

"You weren't planning to show up? Even when the entire class is already here?" I ask incredulously, looking at the distant crowd of classmates all waiting for someone, I'm assuming Alix.

"I kinda got roped into this against my will, and I thought not showing up would teach them a lesson for pressuring me into a race." The skater shrugs as I look at her in slight awe. I would never have the amount of confidence to act like that.

As we slowly approach the large group of classmates, Kim's boisterous voice can be heard from here. "You all picked the wrong side to cheer on. Looks like Alix isn't even showing up! Probably too chicken to race an extreme athlete like me."

"Spoke too soon, Kim." Alix announces, receiving cheers from everyone as she skates closer to her competition. "Your ridiculous bets are over. I'm gonna leave you in the dust, meathead!"

Hearing another roar of cheers, I slowly look around for a place or person to hide behind. Marinette, Alya and Nino were all in the front, so they're out of the question, Nathaniel is in the back, but he's shorter than me, and Adrien…

He's in the corner of the group, behind everyone, tall enough for me to hide behind too, perfect. I start sneaking my way to the back of the crowd while Max explains the rules, only the blond notices my sneaky approach.

"Hey Julian!" He greets, smiling brightly at me, I gave him a smaller smile in return. "Hello Adrien…"

Adrien gives my outfit a once over before looking at me confused. "Were you practicing for another play?"

Feeling a blush creep up my face, I shake my head violently. "N-no, I'm not, umm… I thought my parents were coming over today…" I tug at my collar again before deciding to just pull off my tie and unbutton the collar, the heat of the outside is already getting to me.

Adrien stares at me for a moment before quickly looking away, clearing his throat. "Oh uh, how did it go?"

"They… they didn't show…" I reply, trying to not sound as disappointed as I felt, even though at this point I shouldn't even be surprised anymore.

Adrien gives me a sympathetic look. "I'm sorry."

"It's fine, not the first time it happened."

Adrien opens his mouth to say something in return, but a voice interrupts him as the class starts yelling encouragements at Alix.

Max raises his arms. "On your marks… Get set…!"

"Hold on!"

Kim suddenly falls on his face as the rest of the class laughs. Alix looks around confused for a moment before shrugging and skating towards Alya instead, ignoring Kim's taunts.

"Hold on to this for me, will you, Alya? I don't wanna drop it during the race." She says, passing the pocket watch to the girl and returning to the starting line.

Alya looks panicked for a second. "Hold on girl! I gotta-"

"Guard it with your life. It's a family heirloom!" Alix cuts her off, crouching to the starting position.

"But…" Alya trails off, looking at the pocket watch before at Marinette. "Marinette, take this. I gotta record this race for my blog." She says, dropping the watch into Marinette's already occupied hands.

Mark raises his arms again. "On your marks… Get set… GO!" And the racers took off, Kim taking an early lead with Alix trailing not far behind.

Mentally cheering on Alix, I take a look at Marinette who was wildly shifting her gaze between the watch and the banner she's holding. "But… she asked you to look after it. I gotta hold up the banner!" Suddenly the banner she's holding yanks her to the side, causing the watch to slip from her hands.

It's as if everything was in slow motion, I quickly reach for the watch, trying to catch it, grabbing it from the top as I felt another hand grab it from the bottom. Quickly looking up, I see that Adrien had caught the watch as well, I felt a blush creep up my face again, without the watch it almost seems like we're holding h-

Pulling my hand away immediately as my face sets on fire, I wildly look around as Adrien and Marinette's voice fades away in the background. It happened again? What the heck was that? Am I going crazy?

"Adrikins, whatcha got there? Some super old case or something?" Chloe's voice snaps me out of my weird panic, sending shivers down my spine, I'm not quite over her suspending Alya, but I'm still holding onto the hope that she's actually not that horrible a person.

"Careful, it's Alix's!" Adrien sounds panicked, finally focusing on them, I see that Chloe's holding onto the pocket watch now.

"If it's Alix's, it's probably worthless." Chloe waves the watch around.

"I-it's a watch, please be careful, it's a f-family heirloom." I stutter out, preparing to grab onto the watch in case something happens.

Marinette turns to glare at Chloe, "Give it back to Adrien, Chloe!"

"My watch! " Suddenly a loud voice booms from behind us, turning around I see an Akuma, wearing speedy gear and a pair of skates, glaring daggers at all of us.

"Chloe! Put the watch down!" Looking further behind the Akuma I see Ladybug and Chat Noir waving violently towards us. The Akuma suddenly jumps down from the building to right in front of us, Chloe lets out a gasp as the watch falls from her hands, crashing onto the floor and breaking into pieces.

"Nooo!" The Akuma shouts before turning towards the superheroes. "Ladybug! Chat Noir! This time it's your fault! I need more energy. I gotta go further back in time!"

"What on earth is she talking about…" I mutter, going further back in time? Is the Akuma a time traveler?

Feeling someone nudge me aside, I turn to see Alix looking at her pocket watch in pieces on the floor, glaring up at the superheroes. "Ladybug…! Chat Noir…! It's all their fault!"

Eyes widening as I put a rough assumption of the situation together, I slowly slip away from the crowd a little to find a secluded area. Hiding in the corner of an alley, Ossi flies out of my pocket as I search for my pen.

"Hey kid, doesn't this whole situation seem a bit weird to ya?" The Kwami asks.

I nod. "Kind of, I think Alix's watch gets broken in the future, the Akuma mentioned something about going back in time again."

"I heard that too. So, ya think Ladybug and Chat Noir are from the future as well?"

Letting out a hum, I give him a small shrug. "Fifty-fifty, although I wouldn't mind messing around with 2 Chats." Smirking, I point my pen towards my Kwami. "Ossi, Horns Drawn!"

Ossi immediately dives into the tip of the pen, causing a deer head to appear in front of it. Swiping the pen across my eyes, the mask gets drawn and materializes onto my face, I drag the pen from my left hand back to my right as a brown suit slowly starts to appear from my arms towards the rest of my body. Twirling the pen around effortlessly as it slowly grows longer, I toss it upwards before reaching towards my back and pulling up a newly made hoodie, ears on its side and antlers on top as I catch the pen which has turned into blowgun as I lean against it with a lazy smile and a peace sign raised in the air.

"So, lemme guess, you two need help getting Back to the Future?" I smirk as I land next to Chat and Ladybug, both of them turning towards me with… relief?

"Faon!" They both shout, Chat taking it one step further by running up to hug me, catching me extremely off guard.

"Umm… Not that I'm really happy to see you guys too, but what's going on?" I ask, feeling Chat hug me tighter as his tail happily swishes around behind him.

Ladybug is the first to return back to normal, glaring at the Akuma. "I can't explain now, but we've got to capture Timebreaker's Akuma! Your life depends on it!"

Staring at her with disbelief, I give her an uncomfortable laugh. "My life? Did someone dethrone my alpha deer status or something?"

Chat suddenly tenses, releasing me from his hug, grabbing my shoulders and glaring at me with a very rare, humorless look. "We're serious, you can't let her touch you. The Akuma is in her roller blades."

"O-okay…" I reply, a little intimidated by the cat hero, the two of them leap off the building towards the Akuma, me right behind them after shaking off the weird feeling. Landing in front of the skater, I raise an eyebrow at what I'm looking at, which are two identical Akumas, both are probably Alix.

"Am I seeing double all of a sudden?" The three of us turn to see a second Chat Noir looking at the two Akumas before at... his future self with a playful grin. "Hey there handsome."

"Another thing I don't have time to explain, we have to stop the Akuma!" Ladybug says.

Akuma A looks at Akuma B. "The energy from just two of them will be enough for both of us to go farther back in time!" Akuma B smirks. "Heh, I want my watch back! Let's do it!"

I notice Future Chat subtly moving in front of me. "Go ahead and try!" He barks. I tilt my head in confusion again, how far ahead in the future did this serious Chat come from?

The two Akumas charge at us, quickly splitting into two groups, Future Chat and I against Akuma B whilst Ladybug and Present Chat against Akuma A. While they were quick, our teamwork proved too good for them, launching them away from us in a heap.

"If we were faster, those bozos would be no match for us." Akuma A says, receiving a nod from Akuma B. "Then let's stock up on more energy first. Then we'll destroy them!" With that two of them skate away from us, the four of us share a look before running after them.

Chasing after them, I see with growing horror that the people they're touching are freezing in place and slowly disappearing from existence, judging by future Chat's response to me before, is it possible that this happened to me as well? Should I even ask for clarification if it made Chat so distraught…?

Too caught up in my thinking, I nearly missed noticing that the two skaters had stopped and spun around, now charging back towards us.

"I thought we were chasing them!" Present Chat exclaims as we brace for the incoming attacks.

Suddenly a yo-yo appeared out of nowhere, tripping the Akumas as they let out a scream, falling onto the ground. Looking up to see who I think is present day Ladybug as she leaps onto the ground next to us without hesitation, like she already knows about the time traveling, she's so awesome...

"They're insane on their roller blades." Present Ladybug says out loud.

"And unstoppable on the ground!" Future Ladybug replies.

"So, what if they were not on the ground." Both Ladybugs smirk at each other while Present Chat claps his hands together, looking at the two of them, "Two Ladybugs? I'm in heaven!" He says dreamily, I snort beside him, at least this Chat keeps things light.

The two Akumas discuss something before speeding away from us again.

"They're planning to go back in time again!" Both Ladybugs yell, activating their Lucky Charms, creating a bicycle lock and a traffic cone.

"So different objects appear even if you use two Lucky Charms at the same time? Your Miraculous is kind of amazing…" I say in awe.

The two Chats look at the two Ladybugs. "While you three figure it out, Older Chat and I will try to buy us some time." Present Chat says. Future Chat glances between me and his present self, looking as if he wants to argue but in the end decides to let it go, running off with him.

Looking at the two Ladybugs think, I smirk at them. "You guys already have a plan don't cha?"

"Of course!" The two of them reply cheekily, rushing off to set up. Looking over I see the two Chats manage to use their cataclysms to break down a pillar, sending debris in the Akumas way and causing them to spin around, charging towards one of the Ladybugs instead.

As they attempt to touch Ladybug, she backflips away from them, hooking the bicycle lock on their legs. Letting out a surprised yelp, the two of them stumbled their way towards the second Ladybug, who had set up a ramp with a store sign.

"We're going too fast, we can't stop!" One of the Akuma shouts, leaping off the makeshift ramp and shouting.

"Now!" Quickly the two Ladybugs launch their yo-yos at the Akumas, pulling their rollerblades off and breaking it on their knees, purifying the Akumas.

As the swarms of ladybugs fix everything, a thought enters my mind as I leap towards the place with the broken pocket watch, letting out a sigh of relief when it is restored back to being good as new. I pick it up and walk towards a now singular Alix, who is sitting on the floor.

"I think… This belongs to you." I smile as I hold the watch out to her.

Alix lets out a gasp and snatches it out of my hand. "Sweet! How did you fix it? Thank you!" She looks down, smile fading a little. "I should never have given it to someone else to look after. It was my responsibility. My bad."

Shaking my head, I give her a sympathetic look. "That's not it at all, it's normal to share responsibilities, what we shouldn't do is blame others for the things they did by accident, even if that's one of the coolest watches I've ever seen." I pat her helmet lightly, snickering a little at her short glare.

Alix huffs before standing up. "You're totally right. I'll be more careful next time for sure. Thanks, Faon Vert."

Saying goodbye to her as she skates away, I look back and see only one Chat and one Ladybug, chatting between each other for a movement before Ladybug swings away, leaving the blond behind.

"So, I guess it's back to only one Chat and Ladybug again now?" I ask, approaching the cat hero.

He nods. "Yeah, umm… By any chance do you remember what you did in you know… the future?"

I frown and think about it for a moment. "Hmm… Sorry, I can't say that I do… But I still want to congratulate how amazingly you and Ladybug handled the Akuma today, I didn't even have to use my Miraculous." Giving him a smile to hide the small pit of sadness that is forming in my stomach. "Looks like you guys don't even need me."

"Don't say that!" I jump a little at the forceful tone Chat has, looking up I take a step back at his stormy expression, looking like I just punted a puppy right in front of him.

"Don't say that, you… You're just as important as Ladybug and me, you got that?" He threatens (can you threaten someone with compliments?), grabbing my shoulders and shaking me.

Feeling a little dizzy from the motion and his sincere words, I try my best to escape from his grip. "Okay okay! I get it!" I whine before successfully pulling the blond's hands off of me. The both of us stare at each other for a tense second before I let out a sigh.

"Chat… I sacrificed myself to save either you or Ladybug in the future didn't I?" I ask.

His off guarded look confirms my suspicions, I sigh again. "Well… I can't really apologize for doing that considering that I'll probably do it all over again anyways. But… thanks for caring so much about me…" I give him a small smile as we both stare at each other, before Chat finally gives me a bright smile in return.

"Of course deer, you're, you're a really good friend."

Blushing at the honesty, a loud beeping prevents my reply. "Looks like you don't have much time left, you should get going." I point out. Chat sends me a panicked look before looking at his ring and panicking again.

"Right! Gotta go, bye!" He says before running off, me snickering at his retreating form before running towards something else I had in mind to do.

A couple hours later as the sun starts to set, I'm standing in front of one of the doors at the Louvre, detransformed but still in my annoying blue suit, I ring the doorbell, the door opens to reveal Mr. Kubdel, Alix's father.

"Hmm, Julian, right?" He asks.

I nod. "Y-yes sir, may I please speak with Alix for a bit?"

The man stares at me and the wrapped up box I'm holding suspiciously for a moment before turning around. "Alix! Your friend is here to see you!" He turns back to me. "We're having dinner soon, be sure to make it back to your parents before that."

"Y-yes sir." I gulp, he definitely doesn't like me.

Well I did ruin him and his daughter's birthday celebration, so I won't complain… ever…

Soon the pink haired skater appears by the front door. "Oh hey Lian! What's up?" She asks, I fiddle with the box I'm holding, maybe this is a bad idea, but it's too late to back down now.

"Umm, well… I remember that you said it's your birthday today at the restaurant so… I got you this, a-as a present and also maybe to… cheer you up? You know from the Akuma incident this afternoon…" I explain, blushing as I hold the box up to her.

Surprised, Alix picks the box out of my hands. "Wow! Thank you Julian, what'd you get?" She rips open the box before letting out a gasp, inside was the latest model of roller blades that I could find.

"W-when you asked me to get your roller blades out of your bag this afternoon, I umm… I checked out the size of it, s-since your dad mentioned you needed a new one you know! Sorry, was that a little bit too creepy…?" I cringe at the last thought, of course it was creepy! I just secretly found out a girl's shoe size!

Alix lets out a laugh, snapping me out of my thoughts as I blush even harder. "Julian, it's fine, I'm not creeped out, the gift is amazing, I love it, although…" She looks at the skates again. "This is like, super expensive, are you sure?"

I nod, thinking about a proper response. "I'm sure, besides I used my parents' credit card to buy it, so…" I give her a cheeky smirk, feeling like Faon Vert even when I wasn't transformed.

"Ohhhh, I get it." She smirks back and winks mysteriously, soon enough we were both breaking down laughing.

"Alix, it's time for dinner." Mr. Kubdel's voice rings from inside the room. Alix gives me one last smile. "I have to go, thanks again Julian."

"N-no problem, see you in school." I reply, waving her goodbye as I walk away, hearing the door close behind me.

Ossi climbs out of my pocket. "That was real nice of ya, Alix sounded real happy."

Letting out a hum, I walk towards an empty part of the museum to transform. "You really think so?"

"I know so."

"Well, if you know so then it has to be true." I tease as I reach for my pen. "Not like it could top the pocket watch though, that thing was really amazing."

Ossi snickers lightly in front of me. "Yeah, a real beaut, almost magically so."

Pausing slightly, I give my Kwami a suspicious look. "Are you trying to hint at something?"

The Kwami laughs louder this time. "Nothin' at all, kid, but it's getting late, prolly time we hopped on home."

"I think the pastries are getting to your head." I sigh, looking at the clock on my phone. "Shoot, you're right." I say hastily, noticing the sun has completely set by now. Quickly transforming into Faon, I climb up the closest building before leaping back home, relishing the feeling of the wind in my hair every jump of the way.