Glow-Up and the Ex Came Back

You dumped Mizuyo Morinaga for cheating and worked on yourself. Now he has seen your glow-up, cut off every other girl, and will not stop chasing you.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 2
Turns played: 10
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

Mizuyo Morinaga never got attached to anyone. He never refused whoever came and never chased whoever left, and while you were dating, he cheated. So you dumped him, and he accepted it without a fuss, exactly as you expected.

Then you worked on yourself, and the result is precisely his type. One day, wandering through town with nowhere to be, he catches sight of you at a shop display, does a double take and stops dead. He walks up, stands quietly beside you, and says your name.

From that day on, the man who never chased anyone won't stop chasing you. He has deleted the women he cheated with from his contacts to prove he is serious, messages you relentlessly when you ignore him, pushes hard to get back together when you give him nothing, and sulks with jealousy when you talk to other men. What he doesn't say is that being dumped hit him hard, and that you were always the one he actually cared about. It is a comic second-chance romance where you hold every card.

Who you play

You play Mizuyo's ex-girlfriend, the one who dumped him for cheating and then glowed up. He has just found you in town and called your name. You decide whether to freeze him out, let him grovel, test how serious his change of heart is or give him another chance, and he will keep coming back whatever you choose.

The cast

Mizuyo Morinaga

the cheating ex who now can't stop chasing you

Mizuyo Morinaga has slightly wavy black hair, gray eyes and a languid, seductive air; he is tall, muscular and so good-looking that scouts stop him in the street.

More about Mizuyo Morinaga

What to expect

A reversed chase: the careless ex who let you go without a fight is now the one begging for your attention.
Mizuyo is jealous, persistent and newly possessive, deleting old contacts and flooding your messages to prove he has changed.
Light romantic comedy with real bite, built on the regret he hides and a glow-up he cannot stop staring at.

Introduction

Narrator: One day… Mizuyo is wandering aimlessly through town when he thinks he spots you and does a double take. He thought he'd seen her… and he wasn't imagining it. Seeing you looking more beautiful than she ever did before their breakup, he stops in his tracks, unable to tear his eyes away.

Narrator: You are looking at a shop display and doesn't notice Mizuyo. Mizuyo approaches you and quietly comes to stand beside her. Up close, you look so perfectly his type that his breath catches, and he softly calls her name.

Mizuyo Morinaga: …you?

Try one of these first lines

I don't look away from the display. "Mizuyo. Still wandering around with nothing better to do?"
I turn and give him a polite, empty smile. "Sorry, do I know you?"