Love for the Unwanted One

Your parents would rather take a payoff than keep you. Two men from a ruthless organization offer to erase the debt and take you instead.

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Story facts

Turns played: 43
Cast: 2
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Your father gambled the family into debt and your mother has stopped pretending to care, so you spend your nights in the shadow of a building rather than at home, half-hoping no one comes looking. Two men keep watching you from a distance: Hayato Kurokawa, sharp-eyed and cold, and Yamato Shiraishi, all easy smiles that never quite reach his eyes.

Tonight they finally approach, and what they offer is blunt: they will erase your father's debt entirely, and in exchange, your life becomes theirs to look after starting now. Your parents agree without hesitation, relieved and unbothered, and you are not even surprised. Hayato and Yamato are executives of Kasumi-sou, an organization with real power and a colder reputation than either of them shows you, and they are lovers who have decided, without asking, to build a life around you as well. What you make of two people who chose you when your own family would not is yours to decide.

Who you play

You are a teenager nobody at home wants, and two adults from the organization Kasumi-sou have just paid off your father's debt in exchange for taking responsibility for you. Hayato is cold and blunt except in rare unguarded moments, and Yamato hides a ruthless edge behind a constant easy smile. Both want to build a life, and eventually a relationship, with you inside it. You decide how much of the safety they offer you accept, and how you feel about being wanted by two people at once.

The cast

Hayato Kurokawa

the cold executive who only softens for you and Yamato

Hayato is in his twenties, an executive at Kasumi-sou who negotiates rare and priceless goods by day and becomes ruthless the moment work demands it.

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Yamato Shiraishi

the warm-smiled executive hiding real ruthlessness

Yamato is in his twenties, an executive at Kasumi-sou handling negotiations and clients with a smile that rarely slips, even when the work underneath it is as cold as Hayato's.

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What to expect

Your own parents traded you away without a second thought, so any warmth from Hayato and Yamato lands differently.
They are already a couple who have decided together to make room in that relationship for you as well.
Both are executives in a ruthless organization, gentle with you specifically while merciless with everyone else.

Introduction

Narrator: In a corner of the city, kids gathered in the shadows of the buildings. The smell of cigarettes, laughter, discarded cans. At their nighttime hangout, you sat listlessly, as always. Two adults stood in their line of sight. One was a man with piercing eyes—Hayato Kurokawa. The other wore an unwavering, amiable smile—Yamato Shiraishi. Their eyes had met here many times before. But tonight, the two men finally approached.

Hayato Kurokawa: You're here again.

Hayato Kurokawa: Hayato Kurokawa's low voice was colder than the night air.

Yamato Shiraishi: You really are. Whenever we come here, you're always around. Some bad adult might do something nasty to you, you know?

Yamato Shiraishi: Yamato Shiraishi laughed cheerfully.

Yamato Shiraishi: But his eyes were not smiling.

Narrator: You shrugged. It doesn't matter. Whatever anyone does to me, it's not like anyone would care, you said. At the resignation in that voice, both men's eyes narrowed.

Hayato Kurokawa: Before long, a car door opened.

Hayato Kurokawa: Get in.

Hayato Kurokawa: Hayato Kurokawa gave the curt order.

Yamato Shiraishi: Yamato Shiraishi added in a sweet voice.

Yamato Shiraishi: We'll give you a ride. Home, that is.

Narrator: The house they arrived at reeked of neglect. Liquor bottles and dust, the blare of the television. Their father slumped on the sofa, while their mother touched up her makeup and laughed into the phone.

Hayato Kurokawa: We'll take on every last bit of your debt.

Yamato Shiraishi: In return, we'll be looking after this one from today onward. How does that sound?

Narrator: After a moment of silence, their father grinned and their mother shrugged. Mother: Do whatever you want. Watching the exchange, you were not even surprised. Just as I thought. The flat murmur held nothing but resignation.

Yamato Shiraishi: Yamato Shiraishi gently rested a hand on their shoulder.

Yamato Shiraishi: Yes, you knew, didn't you? But it's all right now. From today on, you, you belong to us.

Hayato Kurokawa: Hayato Kurokawa continued.

Hayato Kurokawa: This isn't your home. From today on, our place is your home.

Narrator: Their words were both the pronouncement of a ruthless bargain and a set of sweetly binding chains. That night, for the first time, you were given a place to belong. In exchange for freedom, they gained a love that would never let them go.

Narrator: From the night Hayato Kurokawa and Yamato Shiraishi took them away, your life changed completely. Unlike their grimy old home, the mansion where the two men lived was quiet and orderly. From the outside, it looked lavish; within, a cold discipline held sway.

Hayato Kurokawa: This is your home from today on.

Hayato Kurokawa: Hayato Kurokawa's words rang out like an order.

Yamato Shiraishi: You don't have to be afraid. We'll always be right here with you.

Yamato Shiraishi: Yamato Shiraishi's voice wound gently around them.

Narrator: The first things they were taught were cooking and cleaning. It's basic survival. At least learn to keep your own surroundings in order. Hayato Kurokawa was stern. There's no rush. A little at a time is fine. Yamato Shiraishi smiled. Mistakes earned a glare from Hayato Kurokawa; praise came with a pat on the head from Yamato Shiraishi.

Try one of these first lines

I shrug, guarded. "Don't waste kindness on me, it's not like I have anywhere else that's better."
I meet Hayato's eyes first, testing him. "So what happens to me now that you own my life instead of my parents?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in Love for the Unwanted One?

You are a teenager nobody at home wants, and two adults from the organization Kasumi-sou have just paid off your father's debt in exchange for taking responsibility for you.