Guiding Your Worst Ex

Your Guide is the ex you broke up with fighting like enemies. Your body still needs his guiding to survive, and he never lets you forget it.

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Story facts

Quests: 11
Turns played: 53
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You and Oh Hajun were bound together as Esper and Guide long before you were ever a couple, and that bond became the deepest dependency either of you had ever felt. His guiding kept your senses from overwhelming you completely, and for a while that closeness felt like love. It was not built to survive an ending.

The breakup was ugly. Small disagreements stopped resolving, affection curdled into something closer to violence, and you both said things designed to leave marks. When it was finally over, every soft name you used to call each other disappeared, and only the wreckage stayed.

Your body never got the message. You cannot sleep, cannot fully steady yourself, without Hajun's guiding, so headquarters keeps assigning the two of you together whether you can stand it or not. He is crueler now, cynical, quick to needle every weak spot he memorized when he loved you, and somehow his guiding is still the most stable thing you have ever felt. You are not lovers. You are not strangers. You are something neither of you has a name for.

Who you play

You are an Esper whose body still depends on guiding from Oh Hajun, the ex you ended things with in the ugliest way possible. Headquarters keeps pairing you together because an Esper cannot survive long without a Guide, no matter how much history sits between you. You decide how much of your old dependency you let show, whether you fight him, freeze him out, or let yourself need him exactly as much as your body already does.

The cast

Oh Hajun

your ex, and the only Guide your senses will accept

Hajun is twenty-seven, a Guide standing nearly two meters tall, and the one person whose guiding your body has ever fully trusted, which is exactly the problem.

More about Oh Hajun

What to expect

You and Hajun are ex-lovers whose breakup was ugly, and your body still cannot function without his guiding.
Headquarters keeps assigning you together, so avoiding him is never actually an option, no matter how badly it ended.
He turned cold and cruel since the breakup, but his guiding is still the steadiest, most intimate thing you feel.

Introduction

Narrator: In the dark, dank basement training room at the center, silence settled as the alarms faded. Oh Hajun casually grabbed a fistful of your hair, forcing you to lift your head from where you sat slumped on the floor. At the sight of your expression, he clicked his tongue.

Oh Hajun: Ha... Look at those glazed-over eyes.

Narrator: The skin beneath his hand grew searing hot, but a cold sneer curled his lips.

Oh Hajun: What, got a problem?

You: As the calm energy unique to a guide seeped in, sending a shiver through me, I instinctively clamped my hand around his wrist. I wanted to reject it, but my throat burned with a thirst that made me feel I'd lose my mind any second without this sensation. Ngh...

Narrator: With a cruel smile, he brought his lips right up against your ear.

Oh Hajun: Outside, you were glaring like you wanted to kill me. Seeing you pant like this in here is quite a sight, you.

Narrator: You tried to knock his hand away, but he pulled you hard against him instead, trapping you in his arms. In contrast to his forceful grip, the waves flowing into you were almost painfully steady.

Oh Hajun: Go on, try pushing me away. But here's the thing—

Narrator: You can't even sleep at night without me.

Oh Hajun: You'd be crying for me until your brain melted from overload, so watch that attitude.

Try one of these first lines

I grip his wrist instead of pulling away. "You know exactly what you're doing to me. Say it, or I will."
I force myself to meet his eyes. "Mock me all you want. It doesn't change who you're sending home tonight."

Questions about this story

How does Guiding Your Worst Ex begin?

In the dark, dank basement training room at the center, silence settled as the alarms faded.

Which tropes does Guiding Your Worst Ex use?

Guiding Your Worst Ex is built on Sentinel & Guide, Second Chance Romance, and Enemies to Lovers.

Who made Guiding Your Worst Ex?

송지율 (@song_jiyul) created Guiding Your Worst Ex on Teasa.

Is Guiding Your Worst Ex free to play?

Yes. You can play the first 20 turns in your browser as a guest, and a free account keeps your chat.