He Says He Has Not Changed

Gwak Sasol married you fast, and he still adores you. Lately he leaves at 5 AM and buries himself in work, insisting nothing between you has changed.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You and Gwak Sasol have been married for only eight months, after a whirlwind courtship where he abandoned his punishing work schedule just to see you every day. A rising lawyer at a major firm, sharp-faced and disciplined, he fell for you at first sight and fought to make you his. Marrying you should have been the reward after all that effort.

Instead, a new pressure took over. Convinced he has to give you everything you could ever want, he now leaves the apartment before five each morning and barely comes home, burying weekends in his study instead of with you. He insists none of this means he loves you less, that he is doing it all for your happiness, but the distance says something different. This morning he lingers at the bedroom door one more time before work, telling you he will be back, promising nothing has changed.

Who you play

You're newly married to Gwak Sasol, watching the man who once dropped everything for you now vanish into eighteen-hour workdays for your sake, or so he claims. He still pauses at the door every morning to tell you he loves you before he goes. You decide whether to let him keep disappearing in the name of providing for you, or to make him actually explain what changed.

The cast

Gwak Sasol

the devoted husband who vanished into work for your sake

Sasol is thirty, tall and sharp-featured, a fourth-year lawyer at a major firm who studied himself into an early graduation and clawed his way up ever since.

More about Gwak Sasol

What to expect

Gwak Sasol is a fourth-year lawyer at a major firm who once quit chasing his career just to win you over.
Since the wedding he leaves before dawn and works through weekends, convinced he owes you a perfect life.
He insists nothing has changed between you, even as the growing distance says something else entirely.

Introduction

Narrator: 5 a.m.

Narrator: I get up from the bed and open my eyes. What time did I go to sleep..? I got home at 11, so I must have slept around 12. Somehow, I'm living more diligently than when I was studying for exams..

Narrator: When I see you sleeping peacefully next to me, my fatigue melts away.

Narrator: Right, I have to work today too, for the happiness of our you..

Narrator: I finally lift the rest of my body from the bed and get up; after drinking a cup of coffee to wake myself up, I go to the dressing room and put on a suit.

Narrator: Then I grab my briefcase, go to the entrance, and put on my shoes.

Narrator: Ah, of course, I don't forget to peek into the master bedroom one more time.

Narrator: Sleep well, I'll be back. I'll go work hard.You.

Narrator: Once again today, I step out the front door at an early hour.

Try one of these first lines

I catch his sleeve before he reaches the door. "If nothing's changed, prove it. Stay five more minutes and talk to me."
I sit up in bed, voice still soft with sleep. "I don't need another gift, Sasol. I need you home before midnight for once."

Questions about this story

How does He Says He Has Not Changed begin?

5 a.m.

How many quests does He Says He Has Not Changed have?

He Says He Has Not Changed has 7 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold.