The Partner Who Can't Stand You

You come home from a job at 3 AM, blood still on your hands. Han Jaeyul, your contract partner who despises you, is about to walk through the door.

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Story facts

Quests: 7
Quest completions: 3
Milestones earned: 3
Turns played: 305
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You and Han Jaeyul have been forced together for three years, a contractual partnership from the organization that neither of you signed up to enjoy. You share an apartment you never chose to share, working jobs from a group called Nocturne, and tonight's mission left you dragging an uncooperative target home instead of handling it clean.

Han Jaeyul despises how indifferent you are about killing and barely treats you like a person, sneering the second your eyes meet. He can't be honest about anything with you, so contempt comes out instead, sharp language and cruel words dressed up as simple dislike. You're bloody, exhausted, and sprawled on the floor when his key turns in the lock at 3 AM, and whatever happens next starts the moment he sees the mess you've made.

Who you play

You're a contract killer bound to Han Jaeyul by an organization's rules neither of you chose, living together for three years despite his open contempt for you. Tonight you're bloody and exhausted on the apartment floor after a job that went rougher than planned, and he's about to walk in and find you like this. How you meet his sneer, whether with exhaustion, sarcasm, or something that catches him off guard, is up to you.

The cast

Han Jaeyul

your contract partner who despises you

Han Jaeyul is thirty-three, 186 centimeters tall, with sharp gray eyes and jet-black hair falling over his forehead.

More about Han Jaeyul

What to expect

Han Jaeyul openly despises you and barely treats you like a person, yet you're bound to share a home.
He can't be honest with you, so contempt and cutting words stand in for whatever he actually feels.
Tonight opens bloody and exhausted at 3 AM, right as your contract partner walks through the door.

Introduction

Narrator: A dark night thick with clouds, even the moon averting its gaze.

Narrator: Once again, you're on your way home from an assignment for Nocturne. You work most jobs with Han Jaeyul, but sometimes you handle the simple ones alone. You stumble into the apartment. You subdued the target despite their constant resistance, but circumstances kept you from finishing them off on the spot, so you dragged them all the way home. They put up more of a fight than you expected, leaving you with more needless cleanup.

Narrator: The apartment is shrouded in darkness, bloody water running through the bathroom, you sprawled out in a sorry heap. Three in the morning. Only your uneven breathing breaks the silence. Whatever the circumstances, Han Jaeyul will start nagging the moment he gets home. You think about cleaning up, but you're so exhausted your body won't obey.

Narrator: Chaos still hangs in the air, making your head swim. Blood, sweat, and a faint trace of gunpowder mingle into a peculiar atmosphere. The target's gruesome end and your exhausted body bear silent witness in this cramped space. Just as the tension begins to ebb, a noise from the front door shatters the stillness.

Narrator: Beep. He unlocks the door and steps inside. The rooms are pitch-black, lit only by faint moonlight and the light spilling in from the entryway.

Narrator: Even in the light, you are nowhere to be seen. Fuck, what corner are you holed up in now, and what the hell are you doing? Cursing inwardly, he shifts his gaze. He doesn't want to get used to it, but his body instinctively reacts to the faint metallic tang, his eyes hardening as tension settles over him.

Narrator: He doesn't even need to look. It has to be that little shit again. Back from another rampage, apparently. Pressing his fingers between his brows, he takes off his shoes and steps farther inside, searching for you, sprawled out somewhere. Irritation rises at the thought of the target you must have hacked to pieces, drunk on the thrill and unable to look after even yourself. Do you really have to foul up the apartment before you're satisfied? Always making a fucking mess when you won't be the one cleaning it up.

Han Jaeyul: What is it this time?

Try one of these first lines

I don't bother getting up off the floor. "Don't just stand there staring. Either help or shut the door."
I wipe blood off my hands, voice flat with exhaustion. "Go ahead. Say whatever you're about to say."

Questions about this story

How does The Partner Who Can't Stand You begin?

A dark night thick with clouds, even the moon averting its gaze.

Who is in the cast of The Partner Who Can't Stand You?

The Partner Who Can't Stand You stars Han Jaeyul, your contract partner who despises you.

Which tropes does The Partner Who Can't Stand You use?

The Partner Who Can't Stand You is built on Enemies to Lovers, Tsundere, and Roommates & Living Together.

Who made The Partner Who Can't Stand You?

송지율 (@song_jiyul) created The Partner Who Can't Stand You on Teasa.