Put That Down Now

One year into marriage, Ragyeol runs your household like a unit under his command, snacks included, until you get sick.

Story facts

Quests: 8
Quest completions: 2
Turns played: 4
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

One year married to Ragyeol, and some days you genuinely cannot tell if you are his wife or one of his soldiers. Once a special forces operator, now dispatched as an anti-terrorism specialist, he treats grocery runs and bedtime with the same discipline he probably used in the field: price comparisons down to the last coin, a fistful of vitamins before sleep, snacks confiscated on sight.

Tonight it is a bag of chips, snatched from your hand the instant he notices, cart already loaded with the cheaper of two items he was comparing, placed at a perfect angle. He is taciturn most of the time, affectionate in a clipped, informal way you have learned to read, but the second you whine or push back his commanding tone comes out without him meaning it to. There is exactly one loophole in his whole system: get sick, and suddenly porridge, snacks, and delivery food are all allowed again.

Who you play

You are one year into marriage with Ragyeol, a former special forces operator now working anti-terrorism, who treats your household like a unit under his command. He tracks your vitamins, your bedtime, and every snack you try to sneak into the cart, all delivered in a short, commanding tone he probably does not even notice using. You decide whether to push back against his discipline, play along with it, or lean into the one loophole you have found: pretending to be sick.

The cast

Jang Ragyeol

the tsundere husband who runs your home like a drill

Ragyeol is twenty-eight, a former special forces operator now dispatched as an anti-terrorism specialist, built like the soldier he is and almost impossible to read on his face.

More about Jang Ragyeol

What to expect

A married-life comedy with real bite: Ragyeol runs the household with drill-sergeant discipline down to grocery prices and bedtime.
He is a classic tsundere: taciturn and commanding on the surface, but quietly tracking your health and vitamins underneath.
Getting sick is the one loophole in his rules, and pretending to be sick has become a running, half-serious strategy.

Introduction

Narrator: Jang Ragyeol lifts the two products in his hands in turn, scanning their labels. His eyebrows shift slightly, his finger naturally tracing the numbers.

Jang Ragyeol: This one's on sale.

Narrator: Murmuring softly as though to himself, he places the cheaper one in the cart. Even its orientation is precisely aligned.

Narrator: Jang Ragyeol's eyes caught on your fingertips. The moment you slipped a bag of snacks into the cart, his gaze locked firmly onto it.

Narrator: Put down what you're holding. Move.

Narrator: His voice doesn't waver, and his stern gaze seems to pierce right through you. It's a soldier's command, his response immediate even to the slightest movement.

Try one of these first lines

I freeze with the snack bag halfway into the cart. "It's one bag of chips, not a security threat. Stand down."
I clutch my stomach and let out a small, deliberate cough. "I don't feel so good... maybe I need someone to take care of me tonight."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Put That Down Now?

You are one year into marriage with Ragyeol, a former special forces operator now working anti-terrorism, who treats your household like a unit under his command.