Adrien knew he had to return to his mansion since he didn't want to worry Nathalie or his father in the morning. He promised Marinette he'd come back to school as long as his friends could support him, and his anxiety would somehow go away a little as well as his panic attacks.

He somehow feels strange that he's not afraid to stand up to his father anymore. He's always forced to obey but now this time he feels like he can disobey him, even if his father will try to ground him too far.

As he reached the mansion, he can see his father coming downstairs looking like crap that he did not get enough sleep, "Adrien, you disobeyed me from ever seeing Marinette Dupain Cheng!"

"Oh, great. 'Hey, Adrien. How was your day with Marinette yesterday?' Thank you very much" Adrien said sarcastically, feeling very upset that his father has nothing nice to say.

Gabriel rubs the ring that controls Adrien but Adrien has another hidden in his jeans pocket so that his father doesn't see it, "I am your father and I expect some respect for me!"

"I lost my father a long time ago! You kept me in the dark for too long!" Adrien raised his voice but it got worse that his palpitations came back because of his stress levels.

Nathalie rushed to his aid and glared at Gabriel for making this difficult for Adrien's condition. The doctor did say that anything like intense arguments can cause stress levels to reach high.

"Adrien, come. Your father was just worried about you" Nathalie lied, hates to cover it up again to not suspect Gabriel as Monarch.

"Yeah right" Adrien is brought to his room.

"I'm sorry that your father is too hard on you. I told him to trust you" Nathalie said.

"Hard? He's a monster" Adrien said and just stormed to his room.

Slamming the door, breathing heavily to try to calm his panic attacks from making his palpitations give chest pains.

"Kid, calm down!" Plagg said.

"I can't stand him anymore, Plagg!" Adrien growled.

"I know," Plagg said.

"How the hell did I do that?" Adrien asked himself.

"How?" Plagg was confused.

"I stood up against my father like a badass boy. I never do that until now" Adrien said.

"That was unexpected," Plagg said.

"I feel like I'm capable of being myself," Adrien said.

"That's the spirit," Plagg said.

"That is so not me, Plagg" Adrien slides down against the door.

"I don't know how," Plagg said.

The next day, Adrien was on his way to meet Kitty Section on Liberty houseboat since he needed all the support from his friends to help him overcome his stress.

"Hey, Dude. Man, you look like a mess" Nino noticed.

"Thanks for the compliment, Nino" Adrien said.

"Your song is off-key. Are you all right?" Luka asked.

"No, I finally told my father off for his behavior," Adrien said.

"About damn time. I always tell you to stand up to him. I was afraid you wouldn't" Nino said.

"But I finally did it," Adrien said.

"That's the spirit, Adrien," Marinette said.

"But I might have pissed him off," Adrien said.

"No good" Nino said.

"But technically he pissed me off first yesterday," Adrien said, taking a seat to calm himself down from the stress.

Nino and Marinette tended to him, "We should put on music to ease the stress" Rose suggested.

"Good idea" Juleka agreed.

Like always, the Kitty Section puts on music for him to lighten the mood to the former model. Adrien looks up, listening to the music. He felt a bite on his pec by Plagg hidden in his jacket, telling him to stop being such a scaredy cat. So Adrien understood his signal and gave in to the calm music. Marinette held his hand and pulled her close since she was the only one who could comfort him.

"My prince" She placed her head on his shoulder.

It calmed him down as well as the palpitations in his chest, thanking his friends to support him like real true friends.

"Thank you so much," He said.

But of course, another Akuma had to interrupt everything again, it was now Zombizhou with the miraculous of the Tiger. Her blow kiss has the clout to cause explosions everywhere.

"What the hell?!" They all ran off the boat.

Marinette hides in Luka's room to transform while Adrien hides in the canal wall to transform.

After that, they engaged the akumatized villainess. Though the tiger miraculous is very strong, especially if another like a clone uses clout on each other at the same time, it creates a massive explosion wider than one block city.

"Okay Ladybug, we need a new strategy" Cat Noir spins his staff.

"Chloe probably upset the teacher again. She's pregnant and how can Monarch akumatize a pregnant woman? We can't fight her" Ladybug said.

"That monster is gonna regret this! We need to get to the akuma somehow" Cat Noir looks for any sign of it.

"It's the lipstick again like last time," Ladybug said.

"Let's get it!" Cat Noir said.

"Kitty, stop! If we get too close, the tiger clout will blow us away" Ladybug grabbed his arm.

"Any ideas?" Cat Noir asked.

"We gotta talk to her. We can't let her unborn baby get hurt. Especially all that anger she's feeling, it's not good for the baby" Ladybug said.

"Got it. Time to teach that old timer to not mess with her" Cat Noir said.

"Distract her but don't give her too much stress. She's a few months pregnant, kitty. But can you handle it with your own stress levels?" Ladybug asked, knowing that her kitty went through a lot the other night with his nightmare.

"Monarch has gone too far. We need to do this quickly" Cat Noir jumped from roof to roof, hoping he could calm the pregnant akumatized teacher before it kills the baby. She's in no state to fight while she's pregnant.

"Zombizhou! I know you think you want everyone to love but not like this. Please, think of your baby" Cat Noir said while purring to help her calm down.

Zombizhou listened to his words, then looked at her stomach.

"Don't let Monarch get to you, he might risk killing the baby!" Cat Noir crawled on all fours like a cat, purring on her to calm her while Ladybug sneaks up to grab the lipstick.

"Got it!" Ladybug snatched it away and destroyed it and caught the Akuma, "No more evil doings for you!" She purified it, "Bye bye little butterfly" She let it go.

Her lucky charm was simply a copy of Cat Noir's ring since it was a clue for him to calm Zombizhou, "Miraculous Ladybug!" She tossed it to fix the damages.

Miss Bustier held her pregnant belly and Cat Noir put his cat ear on it to make sure the baby was okay.

"Thank you, Cat Noir. You and Ladybug saved me and my baby" Miss Bustier said.

The feline felt a kick on his side face and moved away, "Yup, your kid is all right. Thank god. What was this all about?"

"Chloe ranted about everything to me while Lila tried to calm her down," Miss Bustier said.

The heroes knew that Lila must have done something to manipulate Chloe to get Miss Bustier pressured up.

"Chloe has gone too far this time," Ladybug said.

"And whatever Lila said to her, she's up to something," Cat Noir said, knowing that Lila will never change at all.

"I agree, Kitty," Ladybug said.

"Lila is a sweet girl. She hasn't caused trouble" Miss Bustier said.

"Not yet," Ladybug said before leaving with her kitty, "Everyone's too blind," Ladybug said.

"Like I was too. She's a master of deception, milady. No one barely checks their facts but us" Cat Noir said.

"I'm glad you're on my side, Kitty" Ladybug held his hand.

"Always, milady. Ever since that Onichan incident, I can't believe she really hates you that much. I'm sorry I didn't believe you from the start" Cat Noir said.

"It's alright, Kitty," Ladybug said.

He then had a flash image of her as a cataclysm statue again, making him hyperventilate again.

"Cat Noir?!" Ladybug saw him petrified.

He was breathing too fast as he collapsed due to his shock.

"Cat Noir!" Ladybug carried him away.

She brought him to the rooftop to tend to him in private, "Kitty, breathe!"

He breathed in and out slowly, trying to calm down but it wasn't working from all the panic attacks fueling his body. Ladybug quickly pulls the zipper down to help him breathe better.

"Hold on Kitty" She listens to his heart, "Breathe with me! Breathe in!"

Cat Noir looks at Ladybug and breathes slower. Breathing in and out to calm his heart rate.

"There, there, Kitty. I'm here" Ladybug caressed his chest.

"Puuuuuuurrrrrrrr" He purred when he felt her touch his bare chest.

"My, you got quite the physique" Ladybug blushed.

"Uh, thanks" Cat Noir blushed.

"How do you feel now?" Ladybug asked.

"Calm, for now. A little cold from the chills" Cat Noir said.

"I'm so sorry you have to go through this, Kitty" Ladybug pulls the zipper up.

"I'm a cat, milady. I'm always a scaredy cat" Cat Noir said.

"No, you're no scaredy cat," Ladybug said.

"Milady, I lose my temper every time I nearly cataclysm an akumatized victim" Cat Noir purred and nuzzled her neck.

"Please, don't become what you hate," Ladybug said.

"I'm not. Okay, I think my fur has settled down" Cat Noir said.

"Good. I'm really worried about you" Ladybug said.

"I should be more worried about my princess. Lila has a nasty grudge on her" Cat Noir said.

"You're truly her knight in leather," Ladybug said.

"It's my job, milady. I have to go, now. My girlfriend is probably worried as hell already. Pound it?" He held his fist.

"Heh, pound it" Ladybug fistbumped and swung away to detransform.

Soon, Adrien reunites with his friends but was freaking out that Marinette is not here.

"Where's Marinette?" He asked.

"I'm here, Adrien!" Marinette came running, panting.

"Thank goodness you're safe" Adrien hugged her.

"My prince. I was more worried about you" Marinette said.

"So was I," Adrien said.

"Lila is definitely up to something. I just know it" Marinette said.

"Better keep our eyes out" He whispered.