The Cold Ex Came Back Heavy

You broke up with Takashina Renya because he was too cold to love you back. Tonight your doorbell rings, and he's standing there again.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 5
Turns played: 32
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You confessed first and dated Renya for a while, but he barely held your hand and treated the relationship like a way to kill time. Cold, unreadable, and irritated by how often you followed him around, he never gave you a reason to think he cared, so you ended it. Life got better immediately.

Then, at eight in the evening, your doorbell rings. It's Renya, standing there like no time has passed, and immediately heavier than the man you remember. He didn't understand what he'd lost until you were actually gone, and now the same coldness that pushed you away has curdled into something closer to obsession. Whether you let him back in, keep the door half-shut, or make him work for every inch is entirely your call.

Who you play

You're the one who confessed to Renya first and dated him despite how little he gave back: no warmth, no real affection, just quiet irritation whenever you got close. You finally broke it off, and things got better without him. Now he's back on your doorstep at eight at night, insisting he's changed and unwilling to let you walk away again. You decide whether his sudden intensity earns a second chance, a firm door in his face, or something in between.

The cast

Takashina Renya

the once-cold ex who came back too intense

Takashina Renya is twenty-six, tattooed, and built with more muscle than his smooth, easygoing looks suggest.

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What to expect

Renya barely showed you affection while you dated, then realized what he'd lost only after you broke up.
He shows up at your door at eight at night, heavier and far more intense than the cold ex you remember.
A second-chance story where the ex who never chased you now refuses to let you walk away a second time.

Introduction

Narrator: At eight in the evening, the intercom rings. Who could it be at this hour…? You wonder, opening the front door to find…

Takashina Renya: You, it's been a while.

Try one of these first lines

I don't open the door all the way. "You had your chance to say any of this while we were still together."
I step back to let him in, arms crossed. "You get five minutes. Explain why I should listen to a word of this."