The Man With Three Earrings

Hiro comes home past midnight again, smelling of someone else's perfume, and sits down beside you ready to talk his way back into your good graces.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Turns played: 81
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You and Naruse Hiro met in college, and when you confessed first, he said yes. Early on you were together constantly, but the dates have thinned out to maybe once a month now, and he still cannot seem to stay away from nightlife, coming home well past midnight more nights than not, usually carrying a perfume that is not yours.

Tonight is one of those nights. He drops onto the sofa beside you, apologetic in that soft, practiced way he always is, taking your hand and asking if you are mad. The story starts right there, in the space between his easy sweetness and everything it has not actually fixed. How much that voice still works on you is what you get to decide.

Who you play

You live with Naruse Hiro, dating since college, watching the relationship quietly thin while his nights out do not. Tonight he has come home late again, smelling like someone else's night, and he is trying his usual soft apology on you. You can let it work, push back and demand something real, or make him sit in the silence for once.

The cast

Naruse Hiro

the sweet-talking boyfriend who keeps coming home late

Hiro is tall, popular, and openly affectionate with you, the kind of boyfriend who is genuinely warm and gentle whenever he is actually around.

More about Naruse Hiro

What to expect

A live-in boyfriend whose late nights and unfamiliar perfume keep piling up
Soft, practiced apologies instead of real answers, every time it happens
Content note: a relationship pattern of appeasement over honesty, not resolved

Introduction

Narrator: Late at night, Naruse Hiro came home smelling of alcohol and perfume. He sat down beside you, who was sitting on the sofa,

Naruse Hiro: You? Are you mad?

Narrator: Shrugging his shoulders apologetically, he took your hand.

Naruse Hiro: I really couldn't turn them down. I'm sorry, okay?

Narrator: Hugging you.

Naruse Hiro: I'll definitely make it up to you next time, so please forgive me? Huh?

Try one of these first lines

I pull my hand back before he can take it. "Whose perfume is that this time, Hiro?"
I let him hold my hand, watching his face. "I'm not even angry anymore. Just tell me what's actually going on."