[Weak Hero X Reader] Romance 101 [OLD VERSION]

Peaceful

The school you and Alistair were enrolled in was Crossroads High School. Alistair was a year older than you, so it was normal that the two of you wouldn't be in the same class. You entered your first class of the day.

"We have a new student," The teacher, a young woman with long brown hair and bright blue eyes, announced. "Would you like to introduce yourself?"

You scanned the faces and was surprised that you didn't sense any hostility or fear among them. 'In Eunjang, there were usually those bullies like Colton Choi who tried to act like he was top dog. I don't see anyone here like him,' "Hello, I'm [Your Name] [Last Name]," You walked over to the only empty seat, which thankfully, was located in the back of the room.

You didn't really need to pay attention to the lesson. After all, you could easily get an A. Besides, South Korean schools were much harder than American ones. 

You couldn't help but feel lonely. Sometimes you glanced to the side, expecting Eugene and Gray to be sitting near you, only to find strangers there. 'I miss them. I miss Gray and Eugene and Big Ben and Alex and Broccoli and Kitty and Rowan,'

Recess came so you had a ten minute break before your next class. You walked out to the amphitheater and stared at the sky. 'It's so weird. It's been so long since I was alone for break time,'

"Look out!"

You instinctively caught the football with a single hand and tossed it back at them without even so much as glancing their way.

"Yo, [Your Name]!" Alistair ran up to you. "Nice catch!"

"Thanks," You mumbled. 'I'm not alone. Alistair is here with me,'

"So, you gonna make any friends?" 

"Friends..." You shook your head. "I don't need friends," 'I don't want to get close to more people. I got close to others and was betrayed,'

"Not all friends will hurt you," Alistair told you. "I haven't betrayed you and neither have your friends from Eunjang,"

"I know," You said. "But the wound is still fresh. Besides, what's the point in making friends? We'll still be doing guild business and keeping secrets from them,"

"Friends are allowed to have their own secrets," Alistair pointed out. "You don't have to tell them everything about your life,"

"I know, but it feels so wrong to lie about something significant like this. It was easier to lie to the Eungang because we were in South Korea and I had quit the guild. It was supposed to be a fresh start. I know, I know, it's hypocritical, but I...Alistair, I don't need to make friends here, okay? I already have friends: the Eungang and you,"

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PE was an easy A for you. It was literally just doing some stretches, running four laps around the field, and then for the rest of the period, playing soccer. Soccer...it reminded you of Kenny. Kenny had wanted to be a soccer player, but his dreams had been crushed by Manwol. You played for a little bit and then pretended to be exhausted so you could sit on the sidelines. 

English class was also easy, but extremely boring. All the writing topics did not interest you, but you had to do the assignments for a grade. You never understood minimum word counts or minimum page requirements for assignments. If you could get your point across in a smaller amount of words with still the same quality, wouldn't it be better? Who cares if the essay is seven hundred words instead of a thousand words? It just seemed so unnecessary.

During lunch, you ate in your math classroom. Alistair dropped by to chat with you. You partially listened to what he was saying and nodded once in a while as you scrolled through the web on your phone.

Math class was a piece of cake and since the teacher was chill, you did the work and then played some games on your phone. You had multiple texts from Donald, but did not even click on his conversation. You didn't even bother to read what he had to say at the moment. 

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Third Person POV

"Hey Cray," Alistair entered his brother's office. "Don't let [Your Name] back into the guild,"

"She chose to return by her own free will," Craton pointed out. "Besides, The Reaper is a very powerful member,"

"I don't want her to go on any missions anymore," Alistair said. "I want her to not have to kill anymore,"

"She had that chance when she went to South Korea," Craton reminded. "She chose to leave that and return to the Desert Kingdom just because she was heartbroken,"

"You don't understand the pain she's in because you've never had your heart shattered into a million pieces," 

"Exactly the reason why I choose not to be emotionally attached to anyone romantically," Craton claimed. "If she comes up to me and says she doesn't want to be in the assassination division, I'll just place her on pet duty. But you can't tell her that I said this. She needs to tell me herself that she doesn't want to be an assassin,"

"If she wants to go back to Korea?"

Crocodile smirked. "Then she can go. But when will that be? Within this school year? Maybe next year? Or maybe she'll wait until after she graduates? Will she even want to return after the betrayal she suffered there?"

"She still has friends there that haven't betrayed her," Alistair then left. 'Craton's trying to act all tough, but he has a soft spot for [Your Name] too. Otherwise, he'd have just refused to let her leave in the first place,'

A canon character is going to make an appearance in the US. It's not Donald or Jake. He's not part of the Union. Any guesses?

Omake

Still not canon to Romance 101

"I feel like if Donald had a Korean name, his name would be Gin cuz it means silver," Alistair said. "His hair is light platinum blonde that it can sometimes be seen as silver,"

"Gin (銀) is Japanese," You told him. "If his name was the Korean word for silver, it'd be Eun (은). And that's not his Korean name. Eun is actually part of one of Jake's friend's name, Eunchan Hong,"

"Okay, Smart Pants," Alistair huffed. "If we're in some weird fanfic, then what was his actual Korean name in canon?"

"Baekjin," 

"Okay, then what was my Korean name?" Alistair asked.

"You don't exist in canon," You said. "You're just some weirdo that the fanfic author decided to add so that the Reader could be part of some mafia,"

"I'm not a weirdo!"