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Yandere weak hero class x oc

The Butterfly in the Lion’s Den

Waking up in Byuksan High should have been a death sentence for someone like me. It was a world of grey concrete, the metallic scent of blood, and the suffocating pressure of a hierarchy built on violence. But as I skipped down the hallway, my pink platform sneakers clicking rhythmically against the floor, I couldn't help but hum a tune. The sun was shining, my lip gloss was perfectly applied, and I had just found the cutest set of glitter pens at the convenience store.

"Jun-tae! Look!" I chirped, sliding into the seat next to the timid boy. I slammed my new treasures onto his desk, oblivious to the way he flinched. "They have little stars inside them! Don't you think they'd make your notes look so much more aesthetic?"

Seo Jun-tae blinked behind his glasses, his hands trembling slightly as he looked from the pens to my wide, beaming smile. He looked like he wanted to warn me about something—perhaps the fact that I was a girl in an all-boys school, a 'clerical error' I’d bypassed by simply acting like I belonged there—but he just swallowed hard.

"They're... they're very bright," Jun-tae whispered. His eyes darted toward the back of the classroom, where a pale, slender boy sat staring out the window.

Yeon Si-eun didn't look like a monster. He looked like a porcelain doll that someone had forgotten to put away. But I knew the truth. I knew about the pens, the bricks, and the cold, calculated fury behind those eyes.

"Si-eun!" I called out, waving a hand. "Do you want a star pen? You're always writing so much, your hand must get tired. Pink makes everything feel lighter!"

The classroom went silent. It was the kind of silence that usually preceded a beating. Si-eun slowly turned his head. His gaze was icy, analytical, stripping away layers until he reached the core. Usually, people shivered under that look. I just tilted my head and pouted playfully.

"Don't be grumpy, Si-eun. It’s a gift!"

Si-eun stared at the pink pen I held out. His fingers twitched. In the original story, he didn't care for anyone but the few he deemed worthy. But as he reached out and took the pen, his fingers brushed against my palm. He didn't pull away immediately. His grip tightened on the plastic, his knuckles turning white.

"Stay behind me," Si-eun said, his voice a low, melodic rasp. "In the hallways. Don't wander off."

"Aw, are you worried about me? That's so sweet!" I giggled, reaching over to pat his hand. I didn't notice the way his breath hitched or how his eyes darkened with an intensity that borderlined on predatory. To me, he was just a quiet friend who needed a little cheer.

The peace was interrupted by the loud, booming laughter of Park Hu-min. He kicked the door open, his massive frame filling the entrance, followed closely by the fiery-haired Go Hyun-tak.

"Hey! Who's making all the noise?" Hu-min roared, but his expression shifted the moment his eyes landed on me. The aggressive bravado vanished, replaced by a strange, frantic sort of energy. He stomped over, looming over my desk. "Hey, Tiny. Why are you talking to the Mocker? I brought you those honey crackers you mentioned yesterday."

He dropped a bag on my desk—well, more like slammed it.

"Oh! Hu-min, you remembered!" I squealed, opening the bag immediately. "You're the best! Want one?"

I held a cracker up to his mouth. Hyun-tak let out a strangled noise, his face flushing a deep red.

"Don't just—you can't just feed him!" Hyun-tak snapped, though he stepped closer, his hand twitching as if he wanted to pull me away. "And fix your collar. It's messy. You're too... you're too careless. People are looking at you."

"Let them look," Hu-min muttered, his teeth snapping shut over the cracker I offered. He chewed slowly, his eyes locked on mine with a terrifying focus. "If they look too long, I'll just gouge their eyes out."

"You're so funny, Hu-min!" I laughed, leaning back. "Always with the jokes."

Hu-min didn't laugh. He just reached out, his large hand hovering near my neck before settling on my shoulder, squeezing just a bit too hard. It wasn't a gesture of friendship; it was a claim.

As the weeks went by, the plot of *Weak Hero* began to warp. The battles still happened, but the motivations were shifting. It wasn't just about pride or territory anymore. It was about who got to walk me home.

One afternoon, I found myself cornered behind the gym. I had gotten lost looking for a vending machine that sold peach soda. Instead of a soda, I found Dongha and Seongmook.

Dongha was leaning against the wall, flipping a butterfly knife with terrifying agility, while the massive Seongmook stood like a silent gargoyle beside him.

"Well, well," Dongha purred, his eyes crinkling in a way that should have signaled danger. "The little princess is lost. Do you have any idea how much trouble you've caused, sweetheart? Everyone's talking about the girl who tamed the Byuksan dogs."

"I'm not a princess, I'm a student!" I corrected him, puffing out my chest. "And I'm looking for peach soda. Do you know where it is? You look like you know where the good snacks are."

Dongha froze. He stopped flipping the knife. He walked toward me, the blade disappearing into his pocket as he reached out to twirl a lock of my hair around his finger.

"You're either the bravest person I've met, or the stupidest," he whispered, leaning down until his nose brushed mine. "I think I like you. Maybe I'll keep you. Seongmook, should we take her back to the office?"

Seongmook grunted, his eyes fixed on me with a heavy, unsettling weight. He stepped forward, his shadow engulfing me. "Mine," he rumbled.

"Hey! I'm not an object!" I pouted, crossing my arms. "And I really want that soda. If you help me find it, I'll give you one of my stickers."

I pulled out a sheet of puffy glitter stickers—unicorns and hearts. I peeled a heart off and slapped it right onto Seongmook’s massive, scarred chest.

The silence that followed was deafening. Dongha began to laugh, a high-pitched, manic sound. He grabbed my wrist, his grip like iron. "Oh, you're definitely coming with us. Baek-ji is going to love you."

I wasn't scared. I was mostly annoyed that I still didn't have my soda.

When I was brought into the presence of Na Baek-ji, the atmosphere changed. The Union leader sat in his leather chair, the dim light of the office casting long shadows across his handsome, cold face. Geum Seong-je stood by the window, his cruel eyes tracing the lines of my silhouette with a hunger that made my skin tingle, though I chose to believe it was just the air conditioning.

"So," Baek-ji said, his voice smooth as silk and just as dangerous. "This is the girl who has the legendary Eunjang trio acting like lovestruck fools."

"Hi! I'm [Name]," I said, waving cheerfully. "Nice office! It’s a bit dark, though. You should really get some fairy lights. It would totally brighten the mood."

Seong-je let out a low, dark chuckle. He walked over, his movements predatory and fluid. He stopped right in front of me, reaching out to tilt my chin up with his thumb. His skin was cold.

"Fairy lights?" he repeated, his voice dripping with mockery and something far more obsessive. "You're a strange little thing. Do you even realize where you are? I could break you in half right now."

"But you won't," I said confidently, giving him my best puppy-dog eyes. "You're too handsome to be a meanie. Besides, I have a spare lip balm if your lips are feeling chapped. It’s strawberry scented!"

Seong-je’s eyes widened. For the first time, the sadistic genius looked genuinely baffled. He looked at Baek-ji, who was leaning forward, his chin resting on his hand.

Baek-ji wasn't looking at the stickers on Seongmook or the amusement on Dongha’s face. He was looking at me as if I were a rare, priceless artifact he had just discovered in a pile of rubble.

"She stays," Baek-ji commanded.

"Wait, I have school tomorrow!" I protested. "And I still haven't had my peach soda!"

"Bring her the soda," Baek-ji said to Dongha, never breaking eye contact with me. "Bring her everything she wants. But she doesn't leave this building without my permission."

"Is this like a sleepover?" I asked, my eyes lighting up. "I love sleepovers! Do you have snacks? We can watch movies!"

Seong-je leaned down, whispering into my ear, his breath hot against my skin. "It’s not a sleepover, princess. It’s a cage. You just haven't noticed the bars yet."

I giggled, poking his cheek. "You're so dramatic, Seong-je! Now, about those movies..."

The tragedy of the situation was completely lost on me. I didn't see the way Baek-ji’s hand clenched the armrest of his chair, his mind already calculating how to eliminate every other boy who had looked at me. I didn't see Seong-je’s obsessive gaze lingering on my throat, or how Dongha was already planning to 'protect' me by getting rid of anyone I smiled at.

In their world, love was a battlefield. It was possession, violence, and control.

To me, it was just another day of being pretty and making friends.

The next morning, the "Eunjang trio" arrived at the Union's doorstep. It wasn't a tactical strike or a planned war. It was a rescue mission fueled by a desperate, frantic need.

Si-eun led the way, his eyes devoid of their usual calm. He looked like a man who had lost his only reason for breathing. Behind him, Hu-min was a literal wrecking ball, punching through anyone who stood in his path, while Hyun-tak screamed threats that would make a sailor blush.

"Give her back!" Hu-min roared, his fist colliding with a guard's jaw.

I heard the commotion from the upstairs lounge and ran to the balcony, clutching a can of peach soda.

"Guys! You're here!" I waved frantically. "Look! Baek-ji got me the soda! And Seong-je showed me his coin collection. It was so boring, but he was really intense about it!"

Si-eun looked up, his face pale. When he saw me unharmed, the tension in his shoulders didn't leave; it morphed into something sharper. He looked at Baek-ji, who had stepped out onto the balcony behind me, placing a hand possessively on my waist.

"She seems happy here, Yeon Si-eun," Baek-ji said, his voice echoing through the hall.

"Take your hand off her," Si-eun said. It wasn't a request. It was a vow of murder.

"Oh, don't fight!" I cried out, genuinely distressed. "We can all be friends! Why does everything have to be so violent? Hu-min, stop hitting that man! He was very nice, he brought me napkins!"

Hu-min paused, his hand mid-air, looking up at me with a pained, obsessive devotion. "He touched your hand when he gave them to you, [Name]. I saw it on the security feed."

"So?" I blinked, taking a sip of my soda. "It was just a napkin."

"It's never just anything with you," Hyun-tak muttered, his eyes scanning the room for the quickest way to get to me. "You're too... you're too much. You're going to drive us all crazy."

I sighed, leaning against the railing. "You guys are so weird today. Is it the moon? My mom says the moon makes people act funny."

As the two most dangerous factions in the city prepared to tear each other apart over a girl who was currently trying to figure out if she could stick a unicorn sticker on Na Baek-ji’s forehead without him noticing, the story of *Weak Hero* reached a point of no return.

The plot was gone. There was no more "Gray White Snake" or "Legend of Eunjang." There was only the girl in the middle of the storm, smiling at the monsters and wondering if they wanted to go shopping after they finished their "meeting."

"Baek-ji," I whispered, turning to the leader of the Union.

"Yes?" he asked, his voice softening in a way that terrified his subordinates.

"Do you think I'd look better in blue or purple for the school dance?"

Baek-ji looked at the army of boys below, all ready to die for a glance from me, and then back at my innocent, bubbly face.

"Blue," he decided, his fingers tightening on my hip. "Because it matches the bruises I'm going to leave on anyone who tries to dance with you."

"Aww, you're so protective!" I beamed, hugging him.

Down below, Si-eun’s eyes turned pitch black. The war wasn't over. It was just beginning. And I, the oblivious butterfly, was the only prize that mattered.