Chapter Text
In the daytime, he was Nishimura Riki. A normal idol with a normal life. But when his kpop group ENHYPEN came to film their upcoming comeback MV in Paris, France, he knew things were going to get interesting. In Korea, he was Puma, one of very few superheroes who kept the peace in order. Paris, however, was crawling with a competitive hero scene. One hero, in particular, had caught his eye.
They called her Ladybug.
Her crimson red suit. Her crystal blue orbs. The ribbons she tied in her blunette hair. It was all striking.
But there was one problem-- her partner, Chat Noir. The entirety of Paris knew he had been pining over her for years.
Riki had only met him once, and once had been plenty.
"Puma?" an extremely snarky, but not entirely unattractive voice said. Riki whipped around to find a tall figure dressed in black, blond fringe peeking out from his cat ears.
"Hey Chat." Riki muttered. The frisky feline beamed at him.
Chat slung a muscled arm around his shoulders. "Heard through the grapevine our lady is sick today. Looks like it's just us, gorgeous." He winked, and Riki threw his arm off, gagging.
"Knock it off."
"What? Can't some cats get some love around here?" Chat Noir says, leaning far too close in.
"Newsflash," Riki says, "I know you're actually in love with Ladybug. You won't fool me." Or hurt me, Riki thinks, but he doesn't say it. "We're supposed to be protecting Paris."
He finishes with a glare. Chat Noir stares at him for a second before stepping back, holding his hands up. "I'm sorry," he says, and oddly, he sounds like he might be genuine. "You're right, I've been distracting us. We'll might end up lost. "
"Good-"
"Not as lost as I am in your eyes," Chat Noir says.
If Ladybug had been here, Riki would've wrapped her yoyo string around his neck and strangled him. How did Ladybug deal with his guy before Riki had joined in?
He pretends his heart hadn't beat a little faster at the words. After all, the one Chat Noir was truly in love with was Ladybug, not him.
And he would never be in love with him.
He leaps off the roof.