AN:/ Kim x Marinette is my favorite non-canon couple of the Miraculous fandom (because I think lukanettes canon by now) but it's so under appreciated. Marinette is definitely talented enough to be a cheerleader and Kim is a perfect football jock. If Adrien didn't exist I could see them maybe being together. We forget Kim's known her a long time and they're already friends. So without further ado here's: Touchdown in the Friendzone
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters of Miraculous, just the plot!
Chapter: 1
Being Kim Le Chien was pretty hard if he did say so himself (and he did). He dedicated five out of seven days a week to working out. He'd jog in the morning before school, stretch after his shower, go to school, go to football practice, stretch again, and then repeat the process. His legs were his greatest weapon, his super power, his life.
It was no wonder that there were constantly girls going after him ( except Chloe but honestly she was way more trouble than she was worth). With his tall physique and boyish good looks he was approachable enough to be into, but still incredibly attractive.
Neither of these things were why his life was hard. No, Kim was quite used to being a specimen of general perfection. What he wasn't used to was thinking of somebody else on that same level.
He obviously cared deeply and respected his friends. Max was more than just a calculator, he was patient while helping Kim study over topics he couldn't understand (Ms. Mendeleiev totally sucked as a teacher). Alix always encouraged him to work harder by toning down his ego a bit when it got to high. Ondine was adorable, and once she understood that Kim didn't really like her that way he really appreciated her tips during swim. The fellow football players were basically family.
Kim loved his friends. He did. But he'd never obsessed over anyone like the bluenette head cheerleader at every football game.
Marinette showed up to school one day completely collected. Of course this was also the Monday after the weekend that Adrien and Kagami officially got together. His royal blondness was so completely oblivious to the pain he'd caused Marinette when he burst in the room, basically singing about how wonderful his new relationship was.
Marinette crumpled.
The classmates shared a collective wince as she sunk in on herself. Eyes watering but never falling. Her head hanging down. Of course her personality didn't allow her to look anywhere less than happy for her former crush. However everyone could see that she was hurting.
Kim doesn't know what fixed it (there's a group conspiracy that Alya went over and refused to let her best friend be sad enough to be akumatized, doing a wild variety of enjoyment and general debauchery), but on Monday Marinette came in the room radiantly.
Her eyes were shiny and blue, get smile unstoppable, and her hair...
Her hair flowed free, a bit below her shoulders, and a singular ribbon was tied in a bow at the top of her head. She shed her pink capris for a skater skirt of the same hue that she paired with a pretty white top.
She was Miraculous.
Kim was pumped that the dudette wasn't going to let one guy bring her down for too long, but he was even more pumped at the idea that Marinette and her best friend had come up with over the weekend.
A pep squad! To cheer on the sport teams at the school, and bring general cheer throughout the corridors and hopefully over-all decrease the number of akumas.
She was just so sweet!
And... well... flexible.
Who knew that when she wasn't tripping over her own feet, the Chinese girl was an everyday Olympic athlete? She was able to perform a bunch of athletic stunts not limited to backflips, cartwheels, high jumps, and splits!
He'd known that Chloe was coordinated (Who hadn't seen her in her ladybug cosplay? For as horrible as her attitude was, it's undeniable that that Mayor's daughter was fit. When she, Marinette, and Alya put aside their differences their squad was formidable at the least. The girls were athletic, organised, and mon dieu ... gorgeous.
He and Marinette had already been friends, but when he got to see her at his football practices and swim meets? When she'd scream his name out personally, and he could only imagine it being screamed somewhere else? When she'd send him little winks when they were joking about video games or, when she'd help someone else feel good about themselves and build up their self-esteem?
Kim would fall a little bit in love everyday.
But after the Chloe fiasco he was kind of scared to tell her.
Being Kim Le Chien was so hard.