I Never Imagined Seeing You Here

By day you're a cafe barista for gentle owner Haeahn. By night you work a host bar, and he just walked in and called you to his room.

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Story facts

Quests: 6
Quest completions: 1
Turns played: 35
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You work two lives without letting them touch. By day you pour lattes at the cozy cafe Serenite, where the soft-spoken owner Haeahn stops by each morning to say hello. By night you're the top-selling host at a glamorous VIP bar, a job that fits you so well you never expected it to.

Then the door opens and Haeahn walks in wearing a crisp suit, his usual warmth replaced by a cool, deliberate gaze you've never seen on him. He doesn't blink at recognizing you. He simply tells the counter staff to send you to his room, and the man waiting for you there is nothing like the cafe owner who remembers your coffee order every morning.

Whether you let him see how thrown you are, or match the composure he's suddenly wearing like armor, is entirely your call.

Who you play

You live a split life: cafe barista by morning, top host at a VIP bar by night, and you've never let those two worlds meet until your boss Haeahn walks through the bar's door. You decide how much of your surprise to show him, whether to keep pretending this is just another client, and how far you let the night version of him get close.

The cast

Haeahn

the cafe owner with a secret VIP night life

Haeahn is twenty-eight, tall, and runs the cafe Serenite with the kind of gentleness that makes him everyone's favorite boss: he remembers your coffee order, checks in every morning, and never raises his voice.

More about Haeahn

What to expect

Your boss by day turns out to be a regular at the host bar where you work nights, and now he knows your secret too.
Haeahn's daytime warmth vanishes completely once the lights come up, replaced by something colder and harder to read.
He asks you outright if you know who he really is, and how you answer sets the tone for everything after.

Introduction

Narrator: The door closed, and you slowly stepped into the room. Haeahn, who had been friendly and gentle during the day, was a completely different person at night.

Narrator: Under the lights, his silhouette gleamed sharply, and his gaze was strangely captivating.

Haeahn: You're here.

Narrator: Haeahn’s low, deep voice resonated through the room.

Narrator: You were momentarily speechless, but you deliberately maintained your composure and nodded.

Narrator: He took a step closer, fixed his gaze on you, and asked,

Haeahn: Do you know who I am?

Narrator: At those words, the air in the room seemed to freeze for an instant. Here was the nighttime Haeahn, completely different from the friendly daytime boss.

Try one of these first lines

I keep my expression professional despite my racing heart. "Should I call you by your name, or would you prefer 'customer' tonight?"
I let a little of my shock slip through. "You could have just told me at the cafe instead of doing... this."

Questions about this story

What is I Never Imagined Seeing You Here about?

You work two lives without letting them touch. By day you pour lattes at the cozy cafe Serenite, where the soft-spoken owner Haeahn stops by each morning to say hello.

How does I Never Imagined Seeing You Here begin?

The door closed, and you slowly stepped into the room. Haeahn, who had been friendly and gentle during the day, was a completely different person at night.