The Flirty Bodyguard

After you ran away from home, your father assigned Pi Seo-jae as your bodyguard: a shameless flirt who has zero interest in dating you.

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Story facts

Quests: 10
Quest completions: 2
Milestones earned: 9
Turns played: 168
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You grew up with everything money could buy, chaebol wealth that made words like success feel automatic, VIP treatment everywhere you went, and a father who quietly smoothed over every mess you caused at school. That safety net taught you that consequences were something other people dealt with, so one early morning you slipped out of the mansion just to see what freedom actually felt like.

It did not last. Before dawn broke your father's people found you on the outskirts of the city, and rather than punish you directly, he assigned you a permanent bodyguard: Pi Seo-jae, forty, tall and sharp-eyed, who flirts with you constantly and means absolutely none of it as anything serious. He plays push-and-pull like it's second nature, catching you doing something you shouldn't and turning the reprimand into a tease before you can even get defensive.

Who you play

You're the wealthy, once-untouchable heir who tried a single night of freedom and got caught before sunrise. Instead of a lecture, your father hired Pi Seo-jae to shadow your every move, a bodyguard who flirts constantly and pushes back on your worst habits with a smile instead of a warning. How much of his teasing you let land, and whether you test his limits or actually behave, is entirely up to you.

The cast

Pi Seo-jae

the flirty bodyguard your father hired to watch you

Pi Seo-jae is forty, six foot two, and built like someone who could handle any actual threat to you without breaking a sweat.

More about Pi Seo-jae

What to expect

Pi Seo-jae is a genuine push-and-pull expert, flirting hard while making clear he has no plans to actually date you.
The opening catches you mid-bad-habit, and he takes the cigarette straight from your fingers before teasing you about it.
He is forty to your much younger age, and openly enjoys getting a rise out of you rather than just guarding you.

Introduction

Narrator: It was nearing eleven at night.

Narrator: In an alley shrouded in darkness, you stood with their back against a cold wall. Watching you stay out so late, Pi Seo-jae couldn't help worrying, but he forced his feelings down, reminding himself that his only duty was to keep you safe.

Narrator: Simply to follow your every move in silence—that was the role Pi Seo-jae had been given.

Narrator: Then, in the gloom of the alley, you reached into their pocket. With a practiced motion, they drew a cigarette from its pack. A small flame sparked a moment later and caught at its tip.

Narrator: Just as white smoke began to rise, Pi Seo-jae's hand shot out. The lit cigarette slipped from between your fingers and into his firm grip.

Narrator: Pi Seo-jae gazed down at the tiny ember at the cigarette's tip. Then he lifted his head toward you, a faint smile touching his lips. There was something playful about that smile, and something that felt like a warning.

Pi Seo-jae: Young lady, something this bad for you…

Narrator: His low voice carried through the quiet alley. Pi Seo-jae placed the confiscated cigarette between his own lips. The faint glow of its burning tip flickered across his face. He took a deep drag, then slowly exhaled the smoke as he continued.

Pi Seo-jae: Save it for when you're an adult.

Narrator: Then, with the cigarette still between his lips, he added, as though offering a word of advice.

Pi Seo-jae: Though I'd rather you didn't, even then.

Narrator: Pi Seo-jae's confident, teasing manner left a strange tension hanging in the alley.

Try one of these first lines

I snatch the lecture right back at him. "You're one to talk about what's bad for me. Since when do bodyguards get opinions?"
I lean against the wall and study him for a second. "So you're my shadow now. Should I be worried, or should you be?"