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[elinabi]

Where Her Eyes Land

Pairing: Ahn Suho x Fem! Reader

Words: 630

Genre: Dark Romance, Angst?

Summary: When Ahn Su Ho gets cornered in a rare moment of vulnerability, a classmate steps in—fearless, unshaken, and gone before he can ask her name. Su Ho becomes fixated, spiraling into a quiet obsession. But when he discovers she belongs to someone else, his need for her attention festers into something darker, something dangerous.

Warnings: Obsessive behavior, violence, possessive thoughts, toxic relationship, mild physical abuse

The sun was bleeding out of the sky, throwing sharp shadows across the cracked concrete of the schoolyard. Su Ho’s breathing was steady, but inside, a low storm raged. The group had circled him—a pack snarling, eager to tear into the one who never flinched, who rarely lost.

“You think you can talk shit about us?” a voice sneered, cruel and loud enough to draw attention.

Su Ho said nothing. His eyes scanned, cold and calculating, the space between them a war zone he’d conquer in seconds if he chose. But this wasn’t about strength—it was about control.

A sudden voice cut through the tension—clear and calm, but with a strange weight that made the crowd falter.

“You promised me to meet after class. Why are you here?”

The group turned, confusion blooming. From nowhere, a girl stepped forward. Her stare was steady, unblinking, like she owned the moment despite being a stranger to all.

She turned her gaze to the boys, voice rising, flawless in its deception.

“This fight’s been filmed from the start. A teacher’s on their way.”

She wasn’t afraid to lie, for a classmate of hers whom she never had a conversation with.

The boys hesitated, uncertainty fracturing their confidence.

Su Ho’s arm moved before he realized, pulled gently by her steady hand. They slipped to the edge of the chaos.

She pressed two pink band-aids on his cheek and hand—soft touches that unsettled him more than any punch.

“You should go to the nurse,” she said softly, then left.

Su Ho stood there, the world feeling subtly shifted. No one had ever dared touch him like that. No one had stood by him.

From that day, Su Ho’s mind twisted and turned, returning again and again to the girl who didn’t flinch at him. Her fearless eyes haunted him. He watched her: how she tucked hair behind her ear, the curve of her smile, the way her presence filled the classroom. He watched her from across his seat, unnoticed but observant. Every glance, every quiet laugh, every small gesture burned into his thoughts.

Before he could have the chance to get to know her, he learned she had someone—a boyfriend. A fact that slowed his impulse but ignited something darker. The chase was no longer about getting close. It was about possession, even if silent.

Weeks later, a fight broke out in class. Voices rose, chaos bubbling under desks and chairs. Su Ho didn’t defend himself the way he would always do. He took blows intentionally, just enough to have some cuts, enough to get noticed by a certain girl.

He wanted her to come. To care. To say something. He was desperate for her slightest attention, to be taken care of without anything in return. He missed how she looked at him with the pang of worry, even though it lasted seconds.

But she didn’t. Didn’t even say a word. She did look, but without the worry that he craved. She knew he could fight his own battles.

She silently observed, and when she figured that he seemed okay, she turned her eyes away from him. Eyes worth burning the world down for, if only to keep them fixed on him.

And that only twisted the knife deeper.

One afternoon, on a narrow street near school, he saw her. Her boyfriend—hands raised in anger, words sharp and cruel. Then her boyfriend’s fist, quick and cruel, hitting hard.

Su Ho’s breath caught. Without thinking, he stepped in, fists flying with cold precision even after the boy passed out.

Even while she begged him to stop.

He looked into her eyes—dark, fierce, fragile.

“No need to thank me. You’ll be safe with me from now on.”