After returning to school from lunch break, Felix and Bridgette held up their pact. They didn't speak to each other for the rest of the day. She even ignored his presence instead of doing her usual gawking whenever he was nearby.

It felt like a relief to not have to speak to her or catch her glancing his way, yet the thought of having to still interact with her because of the project, didn't completely relieve his anxiety and annoyance over having to work with her in the first place.

More so than usual, Felix didn't want to return to class ever again. Not even in the least bit. Civilian freedom or not, he'd still get to experience that as Chat Noir.

He sincerely thought it was worth giving up his school life, as long as he didn't have to deal with that annoying girl in class...

"Do you think father would consider letting me be home schooled again?"

Plagg munched on his camembert, scattering bits of cheese all over Felix's computer desk.

"After all the effort of trying so hard to get into public school, you want to quit over some silly school project? I say it's not worth it."

He sighed. "I suppose you're right…"

"I know I'm right." The kwami said smugly finishing his snack.

Felix rolled his eyes and returned to his book. He read for a while before averting his attention to the time.

It was 9:45, the usual time for patrol.

"Plagg, transformer moi!"

The kwami groaned as the energy of the miraculous pulled him into the ring, initiating the transformation.

Felix, now Chat, walked over the window slipping out into the night.

…

Ladybug glanced over the city as usual, while she awaited the arrival of Chat Noir.

Suddenly, a strange figure running along the outskirts of Paris disappeared into an alleyway.

She swiftly ran across the buildings, into the direction that they went, getting closer to where the figure would have disappeared.

Glancing down, she saw what appeared to be a man wearing the attire of a mime.

'What could a mime possibly be doing in an alley at night…?' she thought to herself.

She continued to observe him, peering over quietly.

"Looking for an alley cat, my Lady? Well look no further, I'm here."

"Chat!" She placed her finger over her lips, gesturing for him to be quiet. But the damage was already done.

The mime glanced up menacingly. Raising his arms up as if he were pulling back an arrow with a crossbow, he dropped his fingers from his invisible stance.

The sound of something whizzed close past her check. She moved her head, quickly jumping back.

Grabbing onto Chat's arm, she pulled him with her as they ran towards the mime's direction, before they lost sight of him altogether.

They stopped running.

"Looks like we lost him." Ladybug said putting a hand on her hip.

Chat huffed out a sigh. He then frowned as he glanced at her.

"Ladybug… it looks like whatever that was that he aimed at you, nicked your face."

He reached towards her, gently moving her face to the side. A small red line marred her check. She turned her face away from him.

"It's fine. It'll go away the next time I have to use lucky charm."

"I feel like this is all my fault." Chat said turning away from her. "I should've known better than to of spoke when it looked like you were investigating…"

Ladybug put her hand on his shoulder. "It's not your fault. You couldn't have known something like that was going to happen."

He glanced down in thought and nodded his head."Well, it looks like there's only one thing left to do."

He wrapped his arm around her waist, as he took out his staff with his other hand.

"Wrap your arms around me."

Ladybug scoffed as she complied. Chat beamed a grin at her, his somber mood beginning to fade as he extended his staff, raising them up in height.

Chat Noir wrapped his legs around the staff, propping himself up in a sitting position. With her arms still wrapped around him, she maneuvered herself so that she was sitting on one of his knees.

They sat for a moment, scoping the city.

"Do you see anything?"

"Only the most beautiful view with one of the most gorgeous girls in the world." Chat grinned.

Ladybug groaned. Ignoring him, she continued to scan the city. Finally, she spotted the mime ducking and hiding across town.

"There! I found him!"

Chat glanced around not seeing where he was at.

"Where? I don't see him anywhere."

"Don't you have night vision for a reason, Chaton?" She laughed as she pushed his face towards the right direction.

"Ah, gotcha."

He extended the staff down, bringing them back down onto the rooftop.

Ladybug unwrapped her arms from around him.

"Chat?"

"Hmm?" He said still holding onto her waist.

"Fine…" He groaned as he let go of her.

"Let's go find that stupid mime…"

Ladybug giggled at Chat's grumpiness, before unhooking her yo-yo from around her waist, zipping across the buildings.

Chat ran after her, extending his staff when he jumped down from the building roof, following after his Lady who continued to soar across the city.

Eventually, she landed down next to him when they were nearby where the perpetrator should be.

Ladybug nodded her head towards the direction he disappeared to.

Chat then gave her a thumbs up and a wink, as they made their way to the back of a cathedral that the mime ducked behind.

They glanced around the corner observing him. The mime began kneeling down as if he were pushing something. Although nothing was there, the light cast a shadow on the graffiti covered wall revealing otherwise.

"It looks like an explosive..." Chat whispered to Ladybug.

She widened her eyes in shock.

The mime glanced over at them, smiling menacingly, as he continued to push down on the handle of the device.

They ducked behind the wall.

"I'll distract him, while you use your lucky charm to find a way to get rid of it." Chat whispered.

Ladybug nodded.

Chat slinked away from her and climbed onto a nearby building.

Carefully hoisting himself down, he jumped onto him, causing both of them to fly back away from the device.

Instead of trying to run back to the device, the mime lashed out trying to attack Chat Noir.

Chat moved to the side, causing the mime to smash his hand into a wall. Chat then latched onto a nearby wall.

"Catch me if you!" He yelled after him as he disappeared up the building.

The mime gave a look of anger. He acted as if he took something from his side, swung it, then began to pull himself up the wall with his invisible tool.

Ladybug glanced back at the shadow on the wall.

"Well, it's now or never…"

Throwing her yo-yo in the air, she shouted, "Lucky charm!" A red and black spotted dome fell down into her hands. She caught it easily with her strength.

"What is…? Ah! I got it!" She placed the dome down over the explosive device; it automatically closed, forming into a ball, concealing everything inside.

She used her yo-yo to make her way up on the rooftop again. Once up, she slung her yo-yo down below, wrapping it around the dome. When it looked like it was securely wrapped around the object, she carefully pulled it up towards her, carefully hoisting it up the building.

The mime stopped mid-fight as he glanced over at Ladybug, giving a look of horror before taking off and running. Chat began to run after him.

"Chat!" Ladybug called out. Muffled beeping now came from inside the dome.

He turned his gaze away from the mime, and ran over to her.

"I need you to hit this as far as you can with your staff when I swing it." She said raising the dome up with her yo-yo.

Chat nodded.

"Ready…"

She swung it up as high as she could in the air.

Chat leaped up hitting it with his baton, launching it far into the air.

Instead of an explosion, a burst of white light overtook it silently, causing it to disappear like it never happened.

She wiped the back of her hand across her face.

"Phew! That was a close one."

Chat crossed his arms and pouted. "The villain still got away...I didn't get to hurt him as much as I wanted to for injuring my Lady…"

Her earrings beeped frantically.

"I have a feeling we'll meet him again soon... For now I have to go before my transformation wears off. See you again soon, Chaton. Bonne nuit!"

"Bonne nuit." He said raising her hand to his lips.

Ladybug smile before walking away from him.

Unhooking her yo-yo, she zipped away into the night.

Chat shook his head and sighed, as he walked back towards the direction of his house.

…

The day went back in a flash, and before Felix knew it, he was standing in the library waiting on that silly girl to arrive.

He browsed the top section of the shelf relating to the news and media.

Plagg flew out of Felix's bag flitting near him.

"Plagg! You know you shouldn't be flying out and about like this… Someone might see you." He whispered angrily.

Plagg pouted. I just wanted to have a little fun! It gets so boring being in that bag all the time..."

Felix glared at him, "Hurry it up then. Someone might come by any minute now."

Ignoring Plagg, he turned his attention back to the books.

He scanned the shelves once more before his eyes settled on a book that's title caught his eye.

'Ladybug and Chat Noir: Modern Day Hero's'

'That would be too perfect' He thought to himself humorously.

As he reached his hand out to take the book, Plagg hurriedly flew towards him, knocking all kinds of books off the top shelves.

"Somebody's coming!" He said flying directly over Felix, causing the book that he was reaching for, as well as several others, to fall onto his head.

Felix stood there for a moment, anger fuming inside him.

Plagg floated back over to him and snickered.

"Plagg! I'm so going to get you for-"

The kwami zipped back into his bag before he could finish.

Bridgette walked around the corner. "Felix, were you talking to somebody?"

"Oh…"

She glanced at the books on the ground, as well as the book resting open on Felix's head.

His expression looked somber and embarrassed, even a bit silly.

It made her feel like she wanted to laugh, but she held her laughter back as to not possibly anger him, and walked over to him, taking the book off of his head.

"Are you OK?"

He glared at her, then walked over to the books on the floor.

Picking them up, he began to re-arrange them back on the shelf.

'So much for not making him mad.' She thought to herself.

She glanced down at the book in her hands in shock. Ladybug and Chat Noir were jumping across the rooftop together in the picture. They looked as if they were ready to make their way into combat.

Seeing herself as Ladybug in pictures still filled Bridgette with a sense of awe that it was really her underneath that mask. Glancing over at Chat's face, his serious look caught her off guard for a moment. It was almost strange to see such an expression on his face. It even looked a bit familiar… Her train of thought was lost as a new idea came to mind, she then giggled.

'Maybe teasing him might lighten things up a bit…'

"It seems like the perfect book found you." Bridgette said as she held up the book.

Felix rolled his eyes and continued to arrange the books.

'Well, that approach was worse than the first… At least I tried.' She sighed.

She sat down at the table where his bag was, and began to leaf through the pages.

Felix finally finished his task and sat down across from her.

Bridgette gave him a small smile. He glanced up at her for a second meeting her gaze, before looking away from her and reaching for his bag. Picking up his journal, he flipped to an empty page. He continued to keep his gaze down.

"Alright, let's get started."

…

They discussed the book for an hour or so, writing down a large sum of the information that they needed for the project, as well as finding other sources that related to their material.

They stopped their work for the day, and began to tidy up.

"We only have a little more to do… Would it be alright to meet up sometime soon to finish the rest?"

Bridgette grinned. "I don't mind at all!"

Felix looked away from her.

'Soon I won't have to deal with this at all… Just a little more work, and I'll be free from her presence.' He reminded himself.

"Would you be able to come by the coffee shop nearby the library tomorrow evening?"

Bridgette nodded her head.

"Definitely! It's not a problem for me."

"Good. I guess I'll see you then." Felix put his bag on his shoulder and walked out of the library.

Bridgette watched him leave, departing after she was sure he was gone. She didn't want him to think she was following him out, or make him mad again after they were working together and actually talking without any issues.

She then walked to her house, which was also a bakery; greeting her parents as she walked upstairs to her room, she took some cookies up with her.

Tikki flew out from her bag as Bridgette set them on a plate she reserved for the kwami.

"It seems you two made some good progress!" She said through bites of her cookie.

Bridgette shrugged. "It's better than not making any progress at all. I thought since he doesn't like me that much, that he would push me aside and do all the work himself since he's done that every time he's partnered up with someone… It's still a bit strange to be talking and working with him." She blushed.

Tikki flew over to her check and nuzzled her.

"I think he likes you. Everyone does!"

She put her hand lightly on the kwami and snuggled her check close to her.

"Thanks Tikki, but I don't think that's the case. I think he's just trying because he has to."

Tikki frowned. "Sometimes, people change when others help them see new things about themselves. I think you might be bringing out a new side to him, and he doesn't realize it yet." The kwami said with a wink.

"I suppose so… I just find it strange that he's actually talking to me. I really want to be his friend, but I think he'll get mad at me like he usually does."

"Give it a try Bridgette! It might take some time, but I think you can do it." She smiled.

Bridgette nodded her head. "I think I will. Thank you!" She pulled the kwami close to her and snuggled her.

…

Bridgette finished her school work, then began to work on the dress she had started sewing together, when suddenly, a loud noise came from outside. She walked over to the balcony and looked out.

Off in the distance, she saw a strange mass of grey swarming about. People were running around down below away from the swarm, or taking their phones out recording the commotion.

She sighed as she stepped back inside and looked at the dress.

"It seems we have some hero duties to attend to."

Tikki flew over to her.

"Cheer up Bridgette! you'll finish the dress soon!"

Bridgette nodded and smiled. "I hope so… Tikki, Spots on!"