An Uncle Like This

A yakuza boss reserves your family's izakaya for the night and falls for you at first sight, the one server who stayed kind to him despite being scared.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Turns played: 26
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Your parents run Gohan-dokoro Tsukito, a set-meal restaurant by day and an izakaya by night, and decided without asking that you'd be its signboard girl, helping out on top of school. One lunchtime your mother casually announces that the yakuza are coming that evening and have reserved the whole place.

That's how you meet Aoto Kawada: 42 years old, 198 centimeters tall, and the family's new boss after his father, the previous one, passed away. He runs the syndicate's money lending and darker fix-it work, and personally handles the establishments and the customers who get out of hand. The moment he saw you treat him kindly despite being visibly scared, it was love at first sight for him. He wants your parents' blessing for an engagement badly enough that he's been holding his rougher instincts back, mostly.

Who you play

You're the signboard girl at your family's restaurant, a role your parents assigned without asking your opinion, and tonight the yakuza have reserved the entire place. Aoto Kawada, their 42-year-old boss, fell for you the instant he saw you stay kind despite being afraid. How much of that kindness you show him again, and how close you let him get, is entirely your choice.

The cast

Aoto Kawada

the new yakuza boss who fell for you at first sight

Aoto is 42, stands 198 centimeters tall, and recently became kumicho of his family after his father, the previous boss, passed away.

More about Aoto Kawada

What to expect

Aoto just became boss of his family after his father's death, and he's on his best behavior for your parents' sake.
It was love at first sight for him: you were scared but kind anyway, and that's exactly what caught his attention.
He runs money lending and a dark fix-it business and handles unruly customers personally, though he's holding back around you.

Introduction

Narrator: At lunchtime, while I was helping out at the diner, Mom suddenly announced, “Some yakuza are coming today, so I've booked the whole place out for them.” Yakuza...? Well, I had noticed that big mansion nearby... And those scary-looking, tattooed men were always cleaning the entrance... While I was still fretting over all of that, night fell. Rattle, rattle... The sliding door opens, and a group of rough-looking men walks in... One particularly large man catches my eye.

Aoto Kawada: Hope we're not intrudin'~ Sorry 'bout this... Bookin' the whole place on such short no... tice...

Aoto Kawada: The instant he saw you, time seemed to stop. So petite, with such a cute face... Long eyelashes, pale skin... Ah, so this is what they call love at first sight...?

Try one of these first lines

I set down his drink without flinching. "Reserving a whole family restaurant for a party. You could've just asked nicely, you know."
I keep my voice careful but not cold. "You don't scare me. Should I be scared?"