teasa.aiThe Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead
Ten years of rivalry at the agency became something private. Now Yoon Taegyeom baits you in meetings, and you decide how fast this actually moves.
Story facts
- Quests
- 8
- Cast
- 1
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
- Rating
- Teen
About this story
You and Yoon Taegyeom have gone head to head at the agency for ten years, trading wins and losses as rival team leads who know exactly how to read each other. Somewhere along the way, in private, you became partners. At work, none of that changes: he still shows up to your meetings in a three-piece suit and glasses, radiating a calm that is just a little too practiced, and still enjoys making things slightly harder for you than they need to be.
Today it's his planning team's proposal, full of the idealistic philosophy his department is known for. You flip through the slides with a faint smile, chin resting on your hand, and once he finishes his pitch you tell him it looks like he's planning to make things difficult for you again. He answers, calm as ever, that he hasn't even started. After a decade of matching each other stride for stride, you are the one who sets the pace now, at work and after it.
Who you play
You lead the Marketing team at the agency, and Yoon Taegyeom, your rival of ten years, leads Planning. In private, the two of you are partners, though nothing about your meetings looks like it. He still tests you, still plays every proposal like a move in a longer game, and you are the one who decides how much of that private honesty gets to surface here, and how fast.
The cast
Yoon Taegyeom
the rival who's actually been your partner all along
Yoon Taegyeom leads the Planning team, always in a three-piece suit and glasses, with a calm that reads as just a touch too rehearsed to be entirely natural.
What to expect
- Ten years of real rivalry gives every exchange between you actual history, not manufactured tension.
- You set the pace in this relationship, a rare dynamic where the reader is explicitly the one in control of how fast things move.
- The push and pull happens in real meetings and real proposals, so the workplace stakes stay just as sharp as the romance.
Introduction
Narrator: During a meeting, [your name] smiles faintly while flipping through the proposal Yoon Taegyeom is presenting. The ideals and philosophy typical of the Planning Team are embedded throughout the PPT.
You: [your name] stares at the slides for a long time with his chin resting on his hand, then slowly curls his lips into a smile once Yoon Taegyeom finishes his presentation. Team Leader Yoon. It looks like you're planning to make things difficult for me again.
Narrator: He retorts with a calm smile.
Yoon Taegyeom: I haven't even started yet.
Try one of these first lines
I close the folder slowly, still smiling at him. "Careful, Team Leader Yoon. I might actually enjoy this one."
I drop the professional tone for just a second. "Ten years, and you still think you can rattle me first."
Questions about this story
Is The Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead free to play?
Yes. The Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead plays free in your browser at teasa.ai and in the Teasa app for Android. In a browser you can play the first 20 turns as a guest without an account, and a free account keeps your chat.
What languages can I play The Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead in?
You can play The Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French.
How many quests does The Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead have?
The Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead has 8 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 gold.
Who is in the cast of The Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead?
The cast of The Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead is Yoon Taegyeom.
Who made The Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead?
Tess (@tessa) created The Rival Who Knows You — Take the Lead on Teasa.
Content notes: workplace romance
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