Kim found Lynette as the black haired boy advanced on her again he didn't think, he acted. Running he quickly placed himself between the aggressor and Lynette.

"You don't take hints well do you? I'm saying this one last time: back off," Kim growled out.

"Look, I don't know who you think you are, but—" the boy started.

"Le Chien Kim," Kim stated as he stared the black haired boy down. Lynette couldn't figure out why this guy was thinking he stood a chance, Kim towered over him and easily out muscled him.

"I've known Lynette since pre-school. If you think I'm going to just stand aside and let you harass her, you need your head examined," the athlete added.

Lynette blinked a bit at that statement, she had never regarded Kim as anything other than a classmate and now she was afraid to begin a friendship with him.

"Look, Le Chien, maybe you don't realize this, but her mom actually wants her to date me," The boy revealed with a grin.

"She's just being stubborn about it," He concluded.

"Pick you up at 6?"

Lynette rolled her eyes as she replied, "Will you rot in a hole?"

A mature masculine voice demanded, "What is going on in here?"

Kim wasn't sure how to respond to that question as he glared the boy down, he didn't care if he got expelled he wasn't going to move from his spot.

"Kim here can't keep his hands off my girlfriend," the black haired boy lied.

"Right and I'm a unicorn," Lynette shot back while slapping her hand to her forehead.

Mr. Damocles regarded the situation before looking directly at the black haired boy, "Sebastien, come with me. Kim, stay with her until her teacher arrives?"

"Sure thing Mr. Damocles," Kim agreed.

Adrien, Marinette and Alya filed in after Mr. Damocles left the room with Sebastien.

Kim ran his hands over his face as he turned around and faced Lynette, "Alright, from the top, what is happening?"

Lynette scowled a bit as she looked at the ground, playing with her chain belt a little.

"Lynnie?"

Lynette pulled her lower lip between her teeth, gently biting it as she played with some strands of long hair, he hadn't called her Lynnie since they'd first met and she just realized maybe he'd meant it as an affectionate nickname for her. The thought terrified her and made her stomach twist while her chest felt like a vice was gripping her internal organs, squeezing.

"Lynette, if you tell us what's going on, we can probably help," Marinette pressed.

Lynette's eyes became watery as she looked to the ground and shook her head 'no'.

"What do you mean 'no'? Don't tell me your parents wouldn't care," Alya retorted and instantly regretted making that statement when Lynette's shoulders began to slightly quiver, droplets of water falling onto her shoes .

"School's hell, home's the seventh circle of hell," Lynette stated before running from the room.

Panicked by the behavior Kim and Marinette raced after her, followed closely by Adrien and Alya.

Marinette flopped onto her bed and stared up at the ceiling of her bedroom. It had been a long day for sure. She was grateful to Lynette for standing up for her, so grateful she hadn't thought twice about heading off to find a teacher when she'd see Sebastien cornering Lynette. She and Alya had found Lynette in the girl's washroom crying. Though they tried to console her, she still wouldn't budge about what was wrong, but she had accepted Marinette and Alya's phone numbers in case she needed to talk to someone, Alya had made a point of getting Kim's number as well. Marinette glanced at her phone when she heard the text alert and picked it up looking at the message, Alya had started a group conversation with herself, Nino, Adrien and Kim.

Alya: Okay guys, dish it out what do we know about Lynette?

Adrien : well, I know her through my Dad's work actually. Her mom is a rival fashion designer and one of the only ones who could actually compete with the Gabriel Brand.

Nino: Dude! You mean she's actually rich and famous too?

Adrien : Bro, don't go there. That's not even the best of it. Her dad's a producer at a recording studio and her Uncle is famous too. Her grandfather is the President of France.

Marinette blinked at the texts before sending one herself.

Marinette: I honestly don't know her too well. I know that she was being home schooled last year because of some sort of accident that happened. Something about rock climbing.

Kim had been typing for a while and finally his message came up.

Kim: I've known her since pre-school. My Dad went to school with her Dad and we've always been cool with each other, but I don't know her too well either. I can read her a bit though and I can tell you this much, it isn't like her to cry. I've seen that girl fall off of monkey bars, break her arm, she shattered her femur two summers ago and had to go through a year of physio therapy… not a single tear. For her to cry at all is unsettling.

Marinette: whoa!

Adrien : anything else?

Kim:…

Alya: Kim, if you don't tell us I will put a spider in your locker tomorrow!

Kim: Okay! Okay! Man she's gonna hate me when she finds out.

Marinette raised a brow as she watched that Kim was typing for a while before he finally sent the message.

Kim: The "accident" wasn't an accident.

Nino: Dude, how could you be sure?

Kim: … Because I'm the one that found her.

Kim: Like I said, we've never been especially close, but I do care. I knew something was really off when I got away from Track and Field and saw that I had six missed calls and six texts from her. The last text gave me a clue, so I went to the spot we'd rock climb with our Dads. It was a failed suicide attempt and she's been in therapy since, her doctors keep putting her on different medication but honestly, I don't think that'll help.

Alya: okay, so then what would?

Kim: I don't know. I guess, acceptance is what she's really after…. But acceptance for what I don't know.

Marinette bit her lip a little before typing out a message.

Marinette: Delete this conversation afterwards so nobody else sees this and a rumour comes of it. But I'm wondering, do you think she might be Lesbian?

Kim: I don't know. I've never seen her checking out girls, that much I'd notice. Hell, I'd start checking them out with her! Lol

Adrien : lol who wouldn't?

Nino: Dude, bromance without the testosterone. I'd be game lol

Alya: Boys. Why did you wonder that though, Mari?

Marinette: It's just something I kind of heard before I waved Mr. Damocles to the room.

Kim: yeah, that her mom actually wants her to date that jerk.

Adrien : WHAT?! Seriously!? Forget Lynette seeing a doctor her mom needs one.

Alya: well that explains why she thinks of home as the seventh circle of hell.

Kim: I don't think she's gay, but Marinette might be onto something. There's definitely something going on that her parents don't approve of and want to change, but I don't think Lynette can change it.

Adrien : oh man!

Nino: Dude?

Adrien : Put it this way, as an average kid it's a strain at times to measure up to your parents expectations. When you're a kid like Lyn and myself? That pressures' increased. Every single thing you do ends up in the tabloid if someone's snooping. If the paparazzi want a scoop, they'll get it and twist it however they want.

Marinette: that's a lot of pressure for one person. No wonder she seems so stressed out.

Alya: Well, I for one, am going to get to the bottom of this. But we need to figure out some type of buddy system. If what Kim's told us is true, we can't chance a repeat and it being successful.

Marinette: We're going to need more of us with our own schedules the way they are.

Kim: I'll get Max and Alix in on it, I'm sure they'd be willing.

Alya: I'll talk to Nathanael see if he's willing to keep an eye out as well.

Adrien : Probably goes without saying but I will anyways, keep Chloe and Sabrina out of it. Chloe was basically silently bullying her all day.

Marinette: you know it really was strange to see her break down and cry like that. This morning when I was running late for school, I literally ran into Chloe. She tried to start a fight over grass stains on her white pants. Lynette stood up to her and broke up the fight. I guess that's why seeing her so scared and so frail was shocking to me.

Kim: That's Lynnie for you. She doesn't think about herself when someone else is going through something. She'll focus her energy on getting them through it.

Adrien : For someone who claims to "not be close" you seem to know her quite well.

Kim: Like i said, our Dads went to school together. We grew up with our parents being friends.

Marinette chewed the inside of her cheek a little before climbing down from the loft and heading over to her computer, she began searching what she knew and found pages upon pages of depression and psychiatric symptoms, nothing seemed to really fit with what she already knew though. The conversation continued without her, but the blunette's attention wasn't on her phone anymore.