Speeding down the street, Noah tries to make every single green light he can to get to the apartments faster. Unfortunately, luck was not on his side. A traffic jam that goes on for who knows how long, and he just has to be stuck in the middle.

He angrily picks up his phone, and dials Matteo's number. Matteo picks up after a few dial tones.

Matteo: Where are you, Noah? Everyone's waiting.

Noah: Traffic jam. I need you to come get my car. I'm gonna run her the rest of the way there.

Matteo: You're really set on playing the white knight, huh?

Noah: Matteo, little man, you'll understand when you fall in love one day.

Matteo: Oh, is that what you think it is?

Noah: Shut up! Traffic ain't going anywhere; just come get my car!

Matteo: I am en route!

Noah: Thanks, nephew!

Noah hangs up and gets out of the car. He gets Sasha from the back seats, and starts running down the street with her in his arms. Talk about not need a cape to be a hero. Noah looks down at her, and his steps falter when he sees what's happening.

Her skin keeps changing from cold to hot; not even giving her a chance to respond before it changes again, you can physically see her hair grow out longer, and she starts scratching at her skin again. Some of it getting under her nails, parts of her arms covered in blood splotches.

Noah: M-Meeker?

Sasha stops scratching and clutches Noah's jacket with tears running down her face.

Sasha: M-Make it stop... It hurts... I-I can't...

Noah holds her close to him and begins running like his life depends on it. Which it does. It's Sasha. She's his life.

Noah: You'll be ok soon, Meeker. I promise.

He runs faster and gets to the apartments in five minutes. Noah runs into the complex and rushes to the elevator. He literally punches the button for the 8th floor, and the elevator dings. The doors close and the elevator starts lifting. Each ding seems further and further away from each other as the elevator continues moving.

Noah: C'mon... C'mon...

Noah looks at the floor counter and sees that they're only up to the 3rd floor. Sasha starts shivering, so Noah takes off his jacket and wraps it around her.

Noah: So much for being the real life Romeo... I can't even protect my Juliet. That sounded so fucking slick; I'm in absolute shock.

The elevator finally stops at the 8th floor, and Noah runs out of the elevator and makes his way to apartment 65F. The door for the apartment was left open, so Noah just uses his foot to open the door all the way and walk inside.

Katie: Finally! What took so long, dude!?

Noah: Traffic- Running- Slow ass elevator!

Plagg: Get her to the couch!

Noah puts Sasha on the couch and sits down in one of the chairs.

Noah: Someone start explaining because I'm so confused!

Everyone looks at Tikki and she flies to Noah nervously.

Tikki: Along time ago, the very first Ladybug and Chat Noir were madly in love with each other. Neither of them wanted to tell the other for three reasons. 1. They didn't want to break the "no dating" rule, which, I, personally, thought was pretty lame.

Plagg: Isn't that right?

Tikki: 2. They both thought the other didn't like them. I mean, c'mon! It's right in your face!

Plagg: I thought I'd be the one doing that rambling. I like when she gets like this.

Tikki: And 3. Both of them went through a lot of trauma in their life, so they didn't really couldn't see the whole relationship thing working out. But I knew-

Plagg: Thought you knew.

Tikki: But I knew-

Plagg: Thought!

Tikki: But I knew-

Plagg: THOUGHT!!!

Tikki: PLAGG!!!

Plagg flies away quickly with Tikki on his, uh, feet? Heels? What do kwamis have? Anyway, Tikki was right behind him that's all you need to know.

Marinette: Tikki, if you don't explain, I will make sure you don't get anymore cookies!

Tikki comes to a full stop and flies back to Noah.

Tikki: But I THOUGHT- since there are some haters in the crowd- that giving them a gentle push in the right direction would be a good thing. I...was wrong.

Plagg: Oh, so very wrong, sugar cube!

Tikki: Can it, cheese head!

Noah: I still don't understand.

Tikki: Basically, Sasha's unwillingly living out both your lives in her head as we speak. I'm so very sorry! I didn't think it would be this bad!

Noah: Is there a way to reverse all this!?

Tikki: No. When I first did this...I put a magical charm on the spell to make sure it stayed permanent. I'm sorry!

Noah: (Sharply exhales) Ok! So, what do I do!?

Plagg: Well, her body isn't in a good state to do a temporary cancelling ritual, so you're gonna have to go inside her mind and get her!

Noah: Explain.

Plagg: Her subconscious is trapped. Between both of your lives she's struggling to stay alive. The trauma in both your lives is so overwhelming that it's killing her from the inside out.

Tikki: Her subconscious will be locked away in a bubble like casing. Break the casing, you get her out. Simple.

Noah: Ok!

Jacob laughs and throws his arm around Noah.

Jacob: Awww! Uncle Noah finally gets to play the galant knight for his princess~!

Noah: I'LL KILL YOU!

Jacob: Whoa! No need to get so hostile, Uncle. It was just an observation.

Noah: I'M GONNA OBSERVE MY FOOT MAKING IT'S WAY UP YOUR-

Caleb: NOAH! CUT IT OUT!

Noah: WHAT!? BUT I-

Caleb: ACT YOUR AGE!

Noah: Get cocked! All of you!

Wayzz puts a couch cushion on the ground and Noah just looks confused.

Trixx: Please sit in the lotus position on the cushion.

Noah: Ok...?

Noah sits on the cushion and all the kwamis surround him.

Noah: What-

Plagg: Shh!

The kwamis begin chanting in their ancient language and Noah looks around at all of them in a daze. Everything in the room seems to fade away and a protective circle of light form around Noah, and a sharp pain shoots through him making him black out.

Everyone stands in shock seeing Noah still sitting there, but still in a full lotus position.

Jason (Younger): Did... Did it not work?

Tikki: No, it did.

Mullo: Noah is officially inside of Sasha's mind.

Everyone else sits around patiently waiting. Although, they don't know for what. Noah's entered a void like area. Seemingly like the one you wake of from on a dreamless night. But a void nonetheless. It's dark. Cold. It can make the bravest of us feel isolated and alone.

It feels like...floating. Like he's at piece. Noah begins to fall asleep, but his eyes snap open as soon as he remembers why he's there in the first place. Sasha. He has to get to Sasha. But how?

It's like he's stuck. Just floating in a bottomless pit of despair. He can't find a way out. There's no way he can get out. No solution. No answer. Sasha's gonna die... That's when it hits him. Getting to Sasha doesn't depend on whether or not she can find him, it depends on weather or not HE can find HER! He finally has the chance to play the galant knight, and he'll be damned if he lets this chance go to waste.

Noah: MEEKER, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE! ANSWER ME! WHERE ARE YOU!?

Suddenly, it's like he's falling. Noah hits what he can only assume to be the ground and starts running toward nothing. It's still dark, but somehow, he knows what he has to look for. How? Not even he knows. It's just a gut feeling. Everything feels heavy, but he doesn't stop.

He doesn't stop for anything. Not when things feel heavy, not when things feel pointless, not when he feels like passing out from the nausea. Nothing. Noah runs faster and faster, not giving in to one thought of hesitation, doubt, or fear.

He can finally see light up ahead, thank God. Now, I know what you're probably thinking. The light is white. Bro's gonna die. No. This light was...blue? Why's it blue? Ah, who cares? Maybe that's where Sasha is.

Noah makes a straight line for the light and dives into the blue lit room without a second thought, and in that moment, everything's all good. The weight on his shoulders, the pain, the nausea- Everything is gone. It feels...light. Calming.

No! He can't let himself be tricked! This isn't a good thing! There is no good in seeing his beloved suffer! What? His beloved? When did he get so...so...lame!? He's gone need to talk to Caleb about this later.

He's snapped out of his head and projections of every moment in their lives are shown. The abuse from his step-father, the murder of Devon, and a lot of other things. Both their life stories are playing out in multiple projections as we speak.

Noah: SASHA! CAN YOU HEAR ME!? PLEASE! IT'S NOAH!

His voice seems to carry on forever, but he hears nothing else but. Noah falls to his knees and looks at all the images around him.

Noah: Sasha...I know you're in here somewhere. If you can hear me...say anything! P-Please...

It's no use. What's the point of all this? Why does he even try? It's not like Sasha loves him like he loves her. The most he'll ever be seen as a nuisance. An annoyance. Nothing more than a problem for her. Let's face it. No matter what he does, Noah just can't keep anything in check.

He could barely protect Sasha from those guys, he knew she was innocent, but he hesitated, and worst of all, he constantly lets her get hurt. Some best friend, right? He nothing more than an obstacle.

Noah's eyes have already gone grey. By the time he snaps out of it, who knows what will have happened to Sasha? Noah's so caught up in his potty party, that he doesn't notice sets of chains coming directly at him. By the time he realizes what's going on, he's already bound.

Noah: What's it matter what happens to me? She doesn't love me. I don't mean shit to her. I'm so fucking weak...

Noah goes limp in the chains, and stares at nothing with grey lidded eyes. His thoughts are so clouded by doubt and self hatred that he doesn't register what's happening around him.

A bright pink light floats down as if it just materialized out of thin air, and sits in front of Noah.

Noah: H-Huh...?

Noah picks his head up and sees and looks at what he thinks is Sasha.

Noah: Meeker...?

Noah: Oh...

Noah: And who's fault is that!?

YOURS! YOU LET DOUBT CLOUD YOUR JUDGEMENT, AND IT LEFT YOU VULNERABLE! IF SHE DIES IT'S ON YOU! YOU'RE THE ONE SHE'S HEAD OVER HEELS FOR! FIGURE SOMETHING OUT!

Lovers Burden disappears leaving Noah alone once again. He thinks about everything she just said and decides that she was right. He let doubt could his judgement. He let...doubt... cloud his...judgement. Doubt. DOUBT! Why didn't he see it before!? This- This place! It feeds on your doubt!

Noah: I'm the one she's head over heels! She loves me... She really does love me! I do serve a purpose! She'd be in jail right now if I didn't do something! Not even that! She'd be dead!

The chains around his arms dissolve, and that gives him a chance to break that chains restricting his legs. Noah runs faster than he did when he was running around looking for Sasha.

Noah: HEY! MEEKER! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU!? I'M HERE!

Less projections are visible, so Noah feels like he's getting closer to Sasha. No matter what he sees in the last few images, Noah keeps running without taking any breaks. He comes to a stop when he finally sees it. The bubble.

It's a transparent, black bubble that's holding a tied up Sasha in chains. The bindings are only encasing up to her shoulders, but something tells Noah that when they surround her whole body, nothing good will come of it.

Noah: SASHA! ARE YOU OK!? CAN YOU HEAR ME!?

Sasha's eyes open a little, and she looks down at Noah.

Sasha: N...Noah...

Noah: THIS PLACE! THIS PLACE FEEDS ON YOUR DOUBT! Sasha, listen to me! Whatever you're going through, you're not going through it alone!

Sasha: I... I don't have anyone else...

Noah: That's not true! You have me! You have Caleb and Katie! You have honorary nieces and nephews that need you! What do you think they're gonna do if I tell them I let Aunt Sasha die!?

Sasha: You don't need me... I'm a burden. I'm sorry...

The chains wrap around Sasha's body more. They're all the way up to her collarbone now, and Noah starts panicking.

Noah: Stop that! You aren't a burden! From the day we promised to be best friends, I promised to protect you with my life! And if that means I have to die to do it, I will!

Some of the chains dissolve, and Noah can see the color appear in her face again.

Noah: Listen, the reason I wanted to help you before was because I care about you. I care a lot, and it hurts so much when I see you in pain. I know you don't think I'm lying. Let me help you... Please, Sasha...

Noah takes a few steps towards the casing, but something keeps him from getting closer.

Noah: I know you have your guard up, Sasha. What's wrong?

Sasha: It's my fault. Devon's dead because of me. I'm sorry.

Noah: Sasha, it wasn't your fault. It was your father.

Sasha: I should've stopped it from happening.

Noah: You didn't have control over that.

Sasha: I never have control. I've never been in control.

The chains get tighter around Sasha and wind up to her neck to the point she can barely breathe.

Noah: Meeker!

Sasha: Forget about me, Noah. Please... Promise me...

Noah: I can't do that! I can only promise to be here when you need me!

Noah: What!?

Noah: Shut up!

He's just like everyone else!

Noah: STOP IT!

Why do you think he went through all your family's private info? He doesn't trust you.

Noah: MEEKER, DON'T LISTEN TO IT! YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME! I ONLY WANTED TO HELP!

Yeah. He wanted to help himself. All you are to him is a bargaining chip!

Noah: NO!

Noah: THAT'S A LIE!

What other reason would've kept him from coming for so long?

Noah: STOP IT!

HE DOESN'T CARE!

Noah: Meeker, please...

A loud laugh echos through the void, and the chains wrap around Sasha's body trapping her inside the what is no solid color black ball.

Noah: No... N-No... NO! NO, NO, NO!

Noah makes a full on bee line for the bubble and starts beating on it in hopes of breaking it.

Noah: GIVE HER BACK! GIVE HER BACK, YOU FREAK! GIVE- GIVE HER BACK TO ME!

He keeps beating it until his hands start turning purple, but no matter how many times he hits the damn bubble, it just fixes itself while becoming harder than before.

Noah: Give- G-Give her... Give her to me... P-Please...

Noah stops punching the bubble and his hand slowly starts to heal on its own.

Noah: What do you want? WHAT DO YOU WANT, YOU SICK, TWISTED FREAK!? I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! ANYTHING! JUST ASK! I'LL DO IT! I PROMISE! JUST LEAVE HER ALONE! I'M BEGGING YOU!

Noah: YES, YES! WHATEVER IT IS, I'LL DO IT! JUST WAKE HER UP! P-Please...

You're really desperate to play knights and princesses, huh? There's no way you're only thinking about your street cred right now!

Noah: I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT SHIT ANYMORE! I ONLY CARE ABOUT HER! HER AND ONLY HER! WHATEVER YOU'RE GONNA DO, JUST DO IT! KILL ME! WIPE MY MEMORIES! PSYCHOLOGICALLY TORTURE ME FOR ALL I CARE! I DON'T CARE! I JUST WANT HER BACK! I LOVE HER! I ONLY LOVE HER! WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO DO, JUST GET ON WITH IT ALREADY! Just- Just leave her alone... Please... I'm begging you here. Wake her up, and I'll do whatever you want.

You wanna know why they call me Lover's Burden?

Noah: W-Why...?

The bright light gets closer to Noah's face before replying in a cold voice.

The light suddenly supernovas and Noah, along with Sasha, wake up in a cold sweat. Sasha jumps up on the couch and looks around the room looking scared.

Sasha: Where...? How...? There was...

Sasha looks at everyone and then at Noah who's sitting near the couch wiping his drenched face.

Sasha: Who... Who are you?

Everyone exchanges glances with each other, and it leaves Sasha confused.

Sasha: Caleb, is there something I'm missing here?

Caleb: Uhhh... Well...

Sasha: Katie?

Katie: Well, you... He...

Sasha: Lil J?

Jason (Younger): He's your boyfriend, you guys are dating, and you're both madly in love!

Noah: I'm her what!?

Caleb: They're what!?

Sasha: We're madly in what!?

Everyone catches on to what Jason's doing and they all decide to play along.

Katie: Yeah! He talk about you all the time! Bro always goes on and on about how beautiful you are!

Liam: It gets really annoying at times!

Sapphire: But that's just how he is!

Caleb: Y'know what? I have an excellent idea! Why don't the girls go out for, uh, girl festivities, while the guys stay here for a guy's night in, yeah?

Pearl: I'm down.

Kagami: Sounds good.

Chloe: Let's go!

Sasha: But what about-

Katie grabs Sasha and drags her to the door. Caleb starts pushing all of the females + Marc out of the door and slams it behind them. He turns to Noah with the calmest smile and looks him dead in the eyes.

Caleb: You wanna explain what happened in mind fuck world?

Noah awkwardly chuckles and can feel the sweat building up again. He tries to look anywhere else, but can only feel eyes drilling him no matter where he looks. Well, this is gonna be fun...