We report that Ly$alpha$-emitting galaxies (LAEs) may not faithfully trace the cosmic web of neutral hydrogen (HI), but their distribution is likely biased depending on the viewing direction. We calculate the cross-correlation (CCF) between galaxies and Ly$alpha$ forest transmission fluctuations on the near and far sides of the galaxies separately, for three galaxy samples at $zsim2$: LAEs, [OIII] emitters (O3Es), and continuum-selected galaxies. We find that only LAEs have anisotropic CCFs, with the near side one showing lower signals up to $r=3-4~h^{-1}$ comoving Mpc. This means that the average HI density on the near side of LAEs is lower than that on the far-side by a factor of $2.1$ under the Fluctuating Gunn-Peterson Approximation. Mock LAEs created by assigning Ly$alpha$ equivalent width ($EW_text{Ly$alpha$}^text{obs}$) values to O3Es with an empirical relation also show similar, anisotropic CCFs if we use only objects with higher $EW_text{Ly$alpha$}^text{obs}$ than a certain threshold. These results indicate that galaxies on the far side of a dense region are more difficult to be detected (hidden) in Ly$alpha$ because Ly$alpha$ emission toward us is absorbed by dense neutral hydrogen. If the same region is viewed from a different direction, a different set of LAEs will be selected as if galaxies are playing hide-and-seek using HI gas. Care is needed when using LAEs to search for overdensities.
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