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Lucas and Eliott sleep at Lucas's flatshare for the night, and spend most of the night talking. Lucas asks what Eliott thought the first time he saw him in the common room, and Eliott tells him that the first time he saw him was on his first day of school. They discuss the possibility of alternate universes and what the other versions of them would be doing. Eliott gets a call from Lucille and says that Eliott number 452 can go talk to her because he is staying with Lucas. Lucas jokes that Lucas number 1 is very happy with that decision and the two fall asleep. When Lucas wakes up Eliott is gone and he has left a drawing of a raccoon and a hedgehog in bed together, with the caption "Eliott number 3546 is one hell of a lucky guy. You look beautiful when you're asleep." When he leaves his room Manon and Mika say that they met Eliott when he was leaving and he seems like a cool guy. Lucas tells them that he's just a friend who slept over because he was drunk.
Eliott doesn't show up to school for most of the week, so Lucas goes looking for him. He asks Alex if he's seen him but Alex said that he freaked out in class and hasn't shown up to school since. While Lucas is taking a biology test, Eliott shows up outside of his classroom and he hands in the test early to meet him. Eliott tells him that he told Lucille that he wants to be with Lucas and they broke up. He asks Lucas if he'd tell his parents that they're together and Lucas says that he will. He proceeds to tell Eliott that his dad wouldn't care and his mother is crazy so he doesn't talk to her. Eliott asks about his mother and Lucas tells him that she thinks it's the apocalypse and she's been sent to save humanity, so he doesn't talk to her because he doesn't want crazy people in his life. When Lucas goes to kiss Eliott, he avoids it and and walks away. At home, Lucas opens up to Mika about he and Eliott's relationship, but says some offensive things about the LGBT community and upsets Mika. He texts Eliott to say that he came out to his roommate and Eliott responds saying that he's happy for him, but their relationship is moving too fast and he needs some time. He says it's not Lucas's fault and that he's sorry, effectively breaking up with him.
Friday night the Gang convinces Lucas to go to Chloé's party even though she hates him right now. When they get there Lucas sees Eliott, he tries to get to him but finds him talking to Lucille. Chloé sees him and tells him he isn't welcome, he tries to apologize to her for leaving the double date with Eliott but she interrupts him saying that she's not upset about that, she's upset because he led her on even though he's gay. He tries to deny it which makes her even more upset and she walks away from the conversation. Lucas goes to leave and gets into a fight with his friends, as he's leaving the party he sees Eliott kissing Lucille outside. Lucas is heartbroken by this and has a melt down as he's walking home.
Manon, Lisa and Lucas are all sitting in the living room. Lucas is quite upset at how things are going and after coming out to Yann and him going away without saying anything. He has reached his breaking point. When Mika brings a crumpled drawing that Eliott gave to Lucas asking if he is the hedgehog in the picture. Lucas gets defensive and tells him to grow up. Mika asks Manon for an intervention as they can both see how upset Lucas is. They ask Lucas what is wrong with him. Firstly he denies but then he lets it all out. Mika and Manon both are very supportive. And help him come to terms with his sexuality.
Next day at school, Lucas goes to Basille and Arthur and they both keep hinting that they know he's gay and try to be very supportive when Daphne comes running and flat out asks him if he's gay. He admits that he is and she squeals with excitement and hugs him. Arthur and Basille are also happy for him. After Daphne's gone, Basille ball tags Lucas and runs away.
Lucas, Arthur and Basille are playing table football in the common room when Yann comes. Arthur and Basille make an excuse to leave them alone and go away. Yann and Lucas have a heart to heart where Yann tells him that he has no problem with Lucas being gay instead he was upset with him apparently being the last person to find out that Lucas was gay despite being his best friend. He also apologizes and so does Lucas. Then they hug it out, without ambiguity. Yann asks Lucas about Eliott and he tells him that they were supposed to paint the mural together. Yann suggests that they do it together instead, with Arthur and Basille of course.
Lucas and Imane also have a conversation where Imane subtly apologizes to him but when Lucas says so she tells him to not be so cocky signalling that things were okay between them.
After his class, Lucas comes out to see Chloe standing. He goes to her and she starts going away. He stops her and tries to apologize to her for his behavior and tells her that she was right that he did use her. He also says that it did not work with girls for him. Chloe also apologizes that in revenge for what he did to her she told people that he was gay, which is essentially how the whole school found out. Lucas tells her that it was okay if she hadn't done that he wouldn't have come out, at least not this soon. They both apologize and say that they would see each other around.
Le gang is in the common room, thinking of ideas to paint over the mural. Lucas tells them upon asking that Eliott left a drawing for him in his bag. The boys tell him to text Eliott because being kept hanging like this was unfair. Lucas texts him to which he responds that he wants to talk to him. When Lucas replies that he's busy in the common room with the mural he says that he's coming there. He tells the boys and they run out. Soon after Eliott comes to the common room asking if he needs a hand.They talk a bit. Seeing Lucas smiling Eliott says that he missed it. Lucas tells him that it's good that Lucille and him are talking again when Eliott tells him that it doesn't matter because ever since he met Lucas, he has been the only person that mattered to him. Lucas is shook by that. They paint the wall a bit trying to go Jackson Pollock all over it. They are happy and carefree and are soon paint fighting. In a moment of passion, Lucas kisses Eliott and then they are together. With paint all over their bodies they make love for the first time in the common room.
Lola and Maya meet during Lola's court ordered community service, and Maya says she is there because she cares about the planet. Maya wrongly accuses Lola of declining a party invitation because Maya's a lesbian, and Lola calls her judgemental, informing her that she sleeps with girls. Maya later texts her an apology and the location of the party, where Lola meets Maya's friends, La Mif and they accept her into the group. She starts to hang out with them often and their feelings for one another grow. When Maya finds out about Lola's addiction problems, she is reminded of her father and backs off, even getting a new girlfriend. Lola confesses her feelings and Maya slowly comes around, but when Lola goes on a bender she tells Maya that she is toxic and breaks up with her. After a talk with Eliott, Lola realizes that she made a mistake and they get back together. Eventually Maya's landlord kicks her out and she moves in with Lola while she looks for an affordable apartment, and Lola tries to convince her that they should just live together. While at first they argue over timing, in the end Maya finds a great new place and Lola agrees that it may be too soon. Lola end up breaking up with Maya as she feels like her feeling aren't returned back due to Maya never telling her she loved her back. The two have a fall out after the break up, they end up reconcilling and sleep together again but ultimately Lola breaks thing off again as she fell out of love with Maya despite the latter finally opening up to her more. After some time of self reflection and talks, Maya makes peace with the situation and the two of them manage to come around each other and remain close friends.
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