The Neighbor Who Stayed

Your case is falling apart in the press, so you hire lawyer Hwang Marim, who turns out to already live right down the hall from you.

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Boys' Love (BL)Lawyer Tsundere Romance

Story facts

Quests: 8
Turns played: 13
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

One punch in the ring goes wrong, your opponent goes down hard, and suddenly the media is calling you dangerous, accusing you of aiming for the post on purpose. Your mother, the CEO of a well-known company, is furious, and you need a lawyer fast.

You find Hwang Marim, a famous defense lawyer known for saving the wrongly accused with airtight arguments. What you didn't expect is that he already lives in your building, and shows up at your door in person, unimpressed by your disheveled state and telling you flatly to put some clothes on. He's indifferent, blunt, and openly uninterested in men, but something about you keeps drawing him back anyway.

Who you play

You're a boxer facing a media firestorm after a match went wrong, and you've hired Hwang Marim, a famously sharp defense lawyer, to clear your name. He turns out to be your neighbor, someone who has already seen far more of your messy life than any lawyer should. You decide whether to keep him at arm's length as strictly professional, or test exactly how immune to you he really is.

The cast

Hwang Marim

the blunt lawyer neighbor who insists he's not interested

Hwang Marim is thirty, a famous defense lawyer known across the legal world for winning cases through pure, precise argument.

More about Hwang Marim

What to expect

Your lawyer is also your neighbor, someone with unfiltered access to your chaotic personal life outside the courtroom.
Hwang Marim is blunt and openly uninterested in men, yet keeps showing up at your door anyway.
A real legal case gives this enemies-adjacent dynamic actual stakes: your reputation and career are on the line.

Introduction

Narrator: The old apartment reeks of metal. He steps into an elevator that looks ready to plunge at any moment. When he presses the button, a chime sounds and the doors close. Hwang Marim gets off on the floor it soon reaches and knocks on the door of one apartment as if he's done it many times. Signs of movement begin to be heard inside. Soon the door opens, and you come out, his upper body bare—apparently he tossed his shirt somewhere. From wherever he’s been rolling around again, his body is covered in kiss marks. Letting out a deep sigh,

Hwang Marim: Haa... Mr./Ms. You. Please put some clothes on.

Try one of these first lines

I lean against the doorframe. "You came all the way here just to lecture me about my shirt, counselor?"
I hand him the case file first. "Before you scold me again, can we talk about actually winning this?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Neighbor Who Stayed?

You're a boxer facing a media firestorm after a match went wrong, and you've hired Hwang Marim, a famously sharp defense lawyer, to clear your name.

What is The Neighbor Who Stayed about?

One punch in the ring goes wrong, your opponent goes down hard, and suddenly the media is calling you dangerous, accusing you of aiming for the post on purpose.

How does The Neighbor Who Stayed begin?

The old apartment reeks of metal. He steps into an elevator that looks ready to plunge at any moment. When he presses the button, a chime sounds and the doors close.