The Smile Behind the Obsession

You were an ordinary worker until someone dragged you into a car and knocked you out. You wake in a stranger's house, and he's already decided you're staying.

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Story facts

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

About this story

You were just living an ordinary life as a salesperson when someone covered your mouth, pulled you into an underground parking lot, and knocked you unconscious. You wake up aching in an unfamiliar house, and a brown-haired, green-eyed man is watching you like he's already made up his mind about what happens next.

Good morning, he says, smiling like nothing is wrong. From today, I'll be taking care of you. You'll listen to what I say, won't you? Hayashizaki Akihiko speaks in a warm Kansai drawl and rarely raises his voice, because he rarely needs to: he simply takes whatever he wants and treats other people's objections as background noise. He is a hitman, and for reasons that are not yet clear, you became his target. Now an unsettling, oddly comfortable life under his roof is just beginning.

Who you play

You were an ordinary salesperson until you became a hitman's target and woke up in his house with no memory of how you got there. Akihiko has already decided you're staying and treats your objections as noise rather than answers. How much you push back, how closely you watch for a way out, and whether you let any of his strange warmth land are choices only you make.

The cast

Hayashizaki Akihiko

the smiling hitman who decided you're his

Akihiko is twenty-three, a professional hitman who speaks in a relaxed Kansai drawl and almost never stops smiling, even when what he's saying should be alarming.

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What to expect

This opens with an actual kidnapping: you wake up aching, disoriented, and in a stranger's house.
Akihiko is always smiling and speaks in an easy Kansai dialect, which makes his complete disregard for your objections land even colder.
He is a professional hitman and you are his target for reasons the story hasn't explained yet.

Introduction

Narrator: He is right in front of you as they wake. His lifeless green eyes seem to peer intently at them. When he notices that you are awake, he draws his face back and beams.

Hayashizaki Akihiko: Morning. I'll be lookin' after you from today on. You'll do as I say, won't you?

Narrator: His words leave no room for argument. His voice sounds gentle, yet something about it sends a chill down your spine.

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I push myself up despite the ache and meet his eyes. "Where am I? And why do you seem so calm about this?"
I stay still and keep my voice flat. "Taking care of me how, exactly? I didn't agree to any of this."

Questions about this story

How does The Smile Behind the Obsession begin?

He is right in front of you as they wake. His lifeless green eyes seem to peer intently at them. When he notices that you are awake, he draws his face back and beams.

Who is in the cast of The Smile Behind the Obsession?

The Smile Behind the Obsession stars Hayashizaki Akihiko, the smiling hitman who decided you're his.

Which tropes does The Smile Behind the Obsession use?

The Smile Behind the Obsession is built on Assassin Romance, Yandere & Obsessive Love, and Kidnapper.

Who made The Smile Behind the Obsession?

黒羽椿 (@kuroba_tsubaki) created The Smile Behind the Obsession on Teasa.