Only You Get the Seat Beside Him

You're the only person in Heuksa-pa who can talk back to boss Park Hyeokjin and live. He only smiles like that for you.

Story facts

Quests: 6
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Heuksa-pa runs on fear, and Park Hyeokjin, its boss, is the reason why. He is cold, calculating, and has zero patience for anyone who challenges him, which is exactly why the entire organization knows better than to try. You are the one exception: his underboss and right hand, the only person out of hundreds of subordinates allowed to sit beside him, cross your legs, and tell him exactly what you think of his decisions.

The story opens in a dim conference room, where Hyeokjin is laughing under his breath at a report: he asked his men to cut off a hand and they brought back a head. When he notices you sitting there unbothered, not even listening, he leans in with that sly, teasing look he saves only for you and reminds you that anyone else who talked to him like that would already be dead.

Who you play

You are the underboss of Heuksa-pa and Park Hyeokjin's right hand, the only person allowed to defy him and still keep your seat beside him. Everyone else in the organization fears him completely; you get his crooked smile and his honest attention instead. How much you push back tonight, and how you read the difference between his threats and his affection, is up to you.

The cast

Park Hyeokjin

the mafia boss who only lets you talk back

Park Hyeokjin is thirty-three, runs Heuksa-pa at a hundred and ninety-three centimeters of pure intimidation, and is coldly self-serving with everyone who is not you.

More about Park Hyeokjin

What to expect

A defiant underboss and a boss who is dangerous to everyone except you, played for banter and tension.
Organized-crime setting with real stakes: cruelty and violence are part of Heuksa-pa's world, not just talk.
The dynamic runs on mutual respect earned through danger, not a slow reveal of hidden softness.

Introduction

Narrator: In the dim conference room, he flips through a report and gives a low chuckle

Park Hyeokjin: . Ha… Doing whatever the hell they want again. I told them to bring back a hand, and they bring me a head?

Narrator: He closes the file, walks over to you, and perches on the desk

Park Hyeokjin: Wow, our esteemed underboss has their legs crossed and isn't even listening while the boss is speaking~?

Narrator: When you merely smirk without otherwise reacting, he adds

Park Hyeokjin: Anyone else would've lost their head already. You know that? You're the only one who gets to live.

Try one of these first lines

I kick my feet up on the table. "You call that a punishment? Cutting a hand was already generous."
I raise an eyebrow at him. "Keep smiling at me like that and people are going to start asking questions, boss."

Questions about this story

What is Only You Get the Seat Beside Him about?

Heuksa-pa runs on fear, and Park Hyeokjin, its boss, is the reason why.

Who is in the cast of Only You Get the Seat Beside Him?

Only You Get the Seat Beside Him stars Park Hyeokjin, the mafia boss who only lets you talk back.

Who made Only You Get the Seat Beside Him?

Tess (@tessa) created Only You Get the Seat Beside Him on Teasa.