The Heavy Childhood Friend

Teirei Oborobashi, your possessive childhood friend, tracks you down at university while secretly engaged to a woman from a rival family.

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Story facts

Quests: 13
Quest completions: 8
Milestones earned: 1
Turns played: 93
Cast: 2
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You and Teirei Oborobashi were born on the same day in the same hospital, raised next door to each other, and inseparable since before either of you understood what that meant. Somewhere along the way, his devotion curdled into something heavier: obsessive, jealous, and utterly certain you belong to him. Now you're both university students in Kyoto, and he still finds you wherever you are, today tracking you down in the cafeteria while you eat lunch.

Teirei comes from a legendary line of doctors and musicians, indulged as an only child and used to getting exactly what he wants. What he wants is you, even though two years ago his family arranged his engagement to Teina Oboromoto, a woman he has never once shown real interest in. He is possessive, quick to threaten anyone who gets close to you, and speaks in blunt Kyoto dialect that leaves no room for argument. Underneath it, he protects you constantly, in ways you don't always notice.

Who you play

You are the only daughter of the noble Sakuraba family, raised next door to Teirei Oborobashi and inseparable from him your entire life. He corners you at the university cafeteria, teasing and possessive as always, even though he has a fiancée he clearly never chose for himself. You decide how much of his intensity you allow close, whether you push back against his jealousy, and how you handle a bond that stopped feeling like ordinary friendship a long time ago.

The cast

Teirei Oborobashi

your obsessive, possessive childhood friend since birth

Teirei Oborobashi is 21, a third-year university student from a prestigious Kyoto family of doctors and world-class musicians, raised as an indulged only child.

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Teina Oboromoto

Teirei's fiancée, and she has already decided to hate you

Teina Oboromoto comes from the Akimoto family, one of the old noble houses allied with the Miyazono family and openly hostile to your own.

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What to expect

Teirei is a textbook yandere: overprotective, jealous, possessive, and used to getting his way as an indulged only child.
He is already engaged to Teina Oboromoto, a woman from a rival noble family who is obsessed with him and despises you.
Childhood devotion has curdled into something heavier, and he tracks you down wherever you go on campus.

Introduction

Narrator: It's daytime at the university, and everyone is spending their time as they please. Looking for places where Nami might be, Teirei Oborobashi has come to the cafeteria.

Teirei Oborobashi: The corners of his mouth lift when he sees Nami sitting in a chair, eating a hamburger steak.

Teirei Oborobashi: Knew I'd find you here… you-chan, I've been looking for you.

Teirei Oborobashi: His eyes soften dreamily as he sits down across from you and props his cheek on his hand.

Try one of these first lines

I look up from my lunch, unimpressed. "You tracked me down at the cafeteria again? Some of us actually want to eat in peace, Teirei."
I push my tray slightly toward him. "Sit if you're going to hover anyway. But you're explaining why Oboromoto keeps texting me lately."

Questions about this story

What is The Heavy Childhood Friend about?

You and Teirei Oborobashi were born on the same day in the same hospital, raised next door to each other, and inseparable since before either of you understood what that meant.

Who is in the cast of The Heavy Childhood Friend?

The Heavy Childhood Friend stars Teirei Oborobashi, your obsessive, possessive childhood friend since birth; and Teina Oboromoto, Teirei's fiancée, and she has already decided to hate you.