The Hidden Heroine's Impossible Luck
Even the hidden heroine had her awkward spots here and there. But basically, the backdrop of this place was supposed to be modern.
So it lacked any sense of realism... starting with that batshit crazy name.
And then there was the freak show of suddenly hugging someone and kissing their cheek right in front of the whole class.
Silver hair and blue eyes that were light-years away from any high school girl image.
This world is on her side. Everything moves in her favor.
Ultimate childhood friend, the world being on her side... even the explanations were nuts.
But the most unrealistic part of all...
*dangling*
For some reason, there was an enormous plant sprouting from the top of her head. Bean sprout? Mung bean sprout?
No, it wasn't some cartoonish exaggeration.
There was literally a sprout the size of my palm growing right out of her human head, I swear. And it wasn't a normal sprout either. Just like her, it was staring right at me. (๑´ڡ`๑) It was even making this kind of face. Fuck... I can't deal anymore.
...I'm losing my mind.
My numb brain couldn't even process how to deal with the thing currently dangling from my neck like a sloth.
"......"
"......"
Her round light-purple eyes reflected my utterly deranged face. She'd been the one to kiss me, and now she was acting all shy about it.
(,,•́ . •̀,,）
The sprout was blushing along with her. Was that the real one in charge? Was that what a host meant?
"Ah."
Then, without any warning, the sprout girl's face turned deadly serious.
"Ack! I forgot to tell you. If I don't say it soon, the world’s in danger."
"......?"
"Yeonwoo."
"......"
"Lee Yeonwoo!!!"
*startle*
"Wha, huh?"
"Get it together! I'm about to tell you a secret that decides the fate of the world! Listen up. It's important."
"......No, wait, hold on a sec. Let me sort this out."
"No time. It's already been minutes since we met. Cooperate with me here. It's the path to happiness for both of us. Trust me. Lend me your ear."
She hooked her magpie-like fingers around my nape and pulled me down.
Her whispering lips brushed my ear, tickling it.
And the secret that held the fate of the world was this.
"I love you."
*
Seonha snapped out of her brain-freeze first.
"......S-Scho... scho......"
*bolts up*
"School rules violation."
With those words, Seonha shoved Yegrin off me.
"School rules?"
Yegrin tilted her head, staring up at Seonha innocently.
"Unwanted displays of affection without consent? That's grounds for expulsion. Don't you know basic sexual ethics? Don't think this is getting swept under the rug—"
"Huh? What display of affection?"
"......Pardon?"
"What did I even do?"
......
"You just kissed Yeonwoo without asking, didn't you?"
"M-Me? I don't remember that."
Yegrin puffed out her cheeks and blinked her wide, innocent eyes.
......
One of the things Seonha hated most: brazenly denying wrongdoing after the fact.
"......Hah."
The Seonha who'd been arm-in-arm and smiling just minutes ago was gone.
*crack*
Her pitch-black eyes turned chilling, no longer treating the target as a living being. Even I shivered.
She was properly pissed for once.
"......Do you know the hallmark of a bad liar? They spit out lies without plugging all the holes."
"Holes?"
"Are you stupid?"
"Nope. My head's pretty."
"In your case, doing that in front of all these witnesses is the hole." (·•᷄ࡇ•᷅ )
"What're you talking about......? Are you mad 'cause I didn't kiss you? Want one?"
*grind*
"If even one person here says they witnessed your sexual harassment from now on, your life gets fun."
"And if no one does? Can I kiss him again?"
Her words didn't connect logically. Every syllable grated on Seonha.
I'd never seen Seonha this furious with that expression.
"What makes you so confident? After all that commotion just now? Can't you see how many people are here?"
"'Cause I didn't do anything wrong."
...... Was she just pure? Or doing this on purpose? No malice, but hard to tell.
"Wait one minute. Get ready to vanish from school."
"Eek, scary~" The sprout on her head did a weird dance, teasing Seonha. ₍₍ ◝(・ω・)◟ ⁾⁾
"......Do you really wanna die?"
She probably meant it.
"Go ahead and kill me. If you can prove my crime." ₍₍ ◝(・ω・)◟ ⁾⁾ ₍₍ ◝(・ω・)◟ ⁾⁾ ₍₍ ◝(・ω・)◟ ⁾⁾ She's actually insane.
*clack clack*
Seonha let go of me and stormed around the classroom in fury.
But...
*Huh? I didn't see it.*
*Did it happen? No idea.*
No witnesses.
Not a single one.
Everyone said they never saw Yegrin kiss me.
Even though she'd called my name so loudly.
Rushed over so dramatically.
Even flipped a chair with a huge crash.
...Is this even possible?
As more and more denied it, Seonha's emotions shifted from anger to confusion, then bewilderment.
......
Only then did I vaguely get what those two lines meant.
"This world is on her side. Everything moves in her favor."
So that's what it meant.
*stumble...*
Seonha approached like she'd been goblin-struck, face blank and dazed.
Her wavering eyes now fixed on the final witness: the victim himself.
"......Yeonwoo."
"Huh?"
"What happened earlier......"
......
I...
"Hidden Heroines are treated as Main Heroines."
"......I didn't see it either."
*smack*
Seonha left the classroom.
*
I got dragged to a bench outside the school building. Came to my senses in Yegrin's lap pillow.
"Fwaaaah......"
Yegrin yawned lazily, staring at the sky while sprawled out.
She needed photosynthesis once a day, apparently.
She flipped open her diary labeled Bucket List. ＼٩(๑`^´๑)۶//
"Finally!"
*flip*
She crossed out the single entry on page 1: Reunite with Yeonwoo.
(๑˃́ꇴ˂̀๑) "Achieved my lifelong dream. So happy."
"......"
(´-ι_-｀) "......My lifelong dream's gone... What do I live for now?"
This won't do. My sanity's crumbling. No more looking at that sprout.
"Yegrin, right?" Even her name's ridiculously weird.
Asking that, the sprout mid-photosynthesis wilted pathetically.
"That hurts my feelings. Why talk to me like a stranger? We're the ones who promised marriage and saw each other's worst."
"Didn't you say we split at nine......?"
"Yup. You were super clingy back then."
If that's true, we're dealing with next-level crazies. Probably bullshit.
......
Me, chatting idly on a bench with a main heroine—record-high score.
But honestly, my ass was burning like hell on thorns.
*tick tock*
'58 minutes.'
Had I ever been separated from Seonha this long at school since possessing this body?
'Why?'
Seonha.
Why aren't you doing anything?
Why aren't you punishing this cotton-candy fluff on my lap right now?
You should've forehead-flicked me fifteen times by now.
Because there were no witnesses, honoring that promise to let me off today? As if Seonha would keep that.
Wouldn't be shocked if black-suited agents stormed the school.
What Yegrin pulled today crossed Seonha's line by miles.
My brain kept replaying gruesome ends for this fairy-like girl.
......
No, I'm not in a position to worry about others.
-I didn't see it either.
I'd sided with her on reflex earlier.
'Way too obvious cutoff.'
Did the new messiah's flashy moves hype me up too much?
"Kiss me for a million won."
"......You got it?"
"I'm a chaebol heiress."
"Eh, five hundred won then."
"Where!? Where!?"
If this host gets wiped by Seonha?
Who's next?
The traitor clinging to rotten ropes gets fed to tigers too, on principle.
Sure, Seonha wouldn't punch my jaw no matter how mad... but she'd ship all six heroines off as child soldiers to the Middle East... wait, now seven. That's a lot.
*ow!* A mixed group across from us was flicking foreheads.
"That looks fun......! Wanna try?"
"Better not."
No main heroine had ever flicked foreheads at school and walked away unscathed.
"Rock-paper-scissors! I win, Cheongdam-dong new apartment! You win, go easy!"
Losing meant game over. Luckily, I won. She flicked her own forehead.
"I said no......"
"Hurry hurry."
Fine... might as well learn the hard way. I flicked gently, picturing Seonha aiming a slingshot somewhere.
*flick*
"Huh......?"
But no projectiles flew from anywhere. (´,,•ω•,,｀)
"Just focus on liking me, Yeonwoo."
*
Two days passed. Was the hidden heroine's intrusion—who dressed the modern backdrop in fantasy—a boon or bane?
Definitely a boon. A massive one.
'...Insane.'
I felt like an extra just gasping in awe nonstop.
Couldn't believe it.
First heroine to approach me first.
I showered her with favorability events like a fish in water.
All successes. 'This okay?'
Seonha—who I'd thought vanished to sabotage—hadn't interfered once.
Yegrin sat in Seonha's seat, leaning right into me.
What is this?
Can things go this smoothly? '......' Why does it feel... off somehow.
*slide*
The back door opened. Seonha.
Exhausted look.
......
She staggered to the window. Started digging in the planter soil. Pulled out a handgun.
Muttered to herself softly.
"......Should I kill her......? Guess I have no choice now?"