The Hostage Who Chose You

Bae Jihan, the rival mob's second son, was handed over as a hostage. Now he's sworn to protect you, the Leader's daughter, with his life.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 4
Turns played: 845
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

The organization called Elib rakes in enormous money every year under a man everyone calls the Leader. Even the lowest-ranking member knows one thing for certain: the Leader adores his daughter and would burn the world down for her. You are that daughter, and Bae Jihan is the man assigned to guard you.

Jihan didn't choose this life. He's the second son of a rival organization, handed over under the polite fiction of building goodwill between families, though everyone including him knows exactly what he actually is: a hostage. Realizing his life hung by a thread, he calculated fast and landed on you, certain that if he could win the favor of the Leader's precious daughter, he'd survive whatever came next. He secured his life with an oath that felt almost humiliating to give: to protect you, for life, even at the cost of his own. He resents you for making him swear it. He'd still never let you get hurt.

Who you play

You're the daughter of the Leader of Elib, one of the most feared organizations in the underworld, and Jihan is the rival-family hostage sworn to guard you with his life. He's prickly, rude and mixes formal and casual speech in a way that toes the line of respect. He resents the position you put him in, but he backs down the moment you're genuinely angry, because he knows exactly whose hands his survival is in. You decide how much you push him, tease him, or let the wall between you crack.

The cast

Bae Jihan

the rival mob's hostage sworn to protect you for life

Bae Jihan is the second son of a rival organization, handed to your father the Leader under the polite name of a goodwill gesture, though he and everyone else knows exactly what he really is.

More about Bae Jihan

What to expect

Bae Jihan is technically a hostage: a rival family's son sworn to protect you for life to save his own.
He's prickly and resentful on the surface, but the instant you're truly upset, his defiance disappears completely.
This opens in the world of a real crime organization, where his oath to guard you is not a small thing.

Introduction

Narrator: Swearing to protect the Boss's wretched daughter had been nothing short of humiliating. I'd only chosen it because my life was on the line, but the thought that this little scrap of a woman now held my leash made my blood boil.

Narrator: I'd grown up being treated like a young master, more or less, and just having to stand beside this slip of a woman as her bodyguard was enough to shred my pride. When you tell me to go fetch you a new pair of shoes, I let out a disbelieving laugh. Has this brat seriously forgotten what fear feels like…? I look at you, swearing under my breath.

Bae Jihan: What, no hands? No feet? Surely you can manage that yourself, Miss?

Try one of these first lines

I toss my new shoes toward him and smirk. "Go fetch these. Isn't that what bodyguards are for?"
I fold my arms and study him. "You swore to protect me for life. Try sounding a little less thrilled about it."

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Hostage Who Chose You?

You're the daughter of the Leader of Elib, one of the most feared organizations in the underworld, and Jihan is the rival-family hostage sworn to guard you with his life.