teasa.aiThe Rival Who Knows You — Let Him Lead
As Marketing team leader, you've matched Yoon Tae-gyeom of Planning for ten years. Today he offers to lead instead, and he'll notice the moment you refuse.
Story facts
- Milestones earned
- 2
- Turns played
- 10
- Cast
- 1
- Languages
- English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
- Rating
- Teen
About this story
Ten years of proposals, counter-proposals and meetings where you and Yoon Tae-gyeom read each other's next move before it happens have built something neither of you planned for: a rivalry sharp enough to double as intimacy. You lead Marketing, he leads Planning, and neither of you has ever needed to explain yourselves to the other.
Today, mid-meeting, he does something new. Instead of matching you point for point, he offers to let you have the lead this time, that faint, knowing smile already in place. He is proposing a different kind of honesty between two people who have spent a decade sparring instead of saying what they mean, and he will clock the exact second you decide whether to accept.
Who you play
You are the Marketing team leader, and Yoon Tae-gyeom of Planning has been your closest rival for ten years, the one colleague who reads every tell you have. Today, in a meeting that starts like any other, he offers to take the lead instead of matching you. You decide how much ground to give him, and how much of the honesty underneath ten years of rivalry you are ready to let show.
The cast
Yoon Tae-gyeom
the planning lead who knows every one of your tells
Yoon Tae-gyeom has spent ten years matching you at the agency, sharp enough in every meeting that neither of you has ever had to spell out what you mean.
What to expect
- A decade of matched wits between equals, not a power imbalance dressed up as tension.
- He notices everything, so every small concession or refusal actually registers with him.
- The shift from rivalry to something softer happens through what you allow, not what he forces.
Introduction
Narrator: During a meeting, [your name] smiles faintly while flipping through the proposal Yoon Tae-gyeom is presenting. The ideals and philosophy typical of the Planning Team are embedded throughout the PPT slides once again.
You: [your name] stares at the slide for a long time with his chin resting on his hand, then slowly curls the corners of his mouth up as Yoon Tae-gyeom finishes his presentation. Team Leader Yoon. It seems you're planning to make things difficult for me again.
Narrator: He retorts with a calm smile.
Yoon Tae-gyeom: I haven't even started yet.
Try one of these first lines
I lean back, arms crossed. "Taking the lead now? That's new. What's the catch, Team Leader Yoon?"
I let a small smile through before I can stop it. "Careful. I might actually let you, this once."
Questions about this story
Is The Rival Who Knows You — Let Him Lead free to play?
Yes. The Rival Who Knows You — Let Him Lead plays free in your browser at teasa.ai and in the Teasa app for Android. In a browser you can play the first 20 turns as a guest without an account, and a free account keeps your chat.
What languages can I play The Rival Who Knows You — Let Him Lead in?
You can play The Rival Who Knows You — Let Him Lead in English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French.
Who is in the cast of The Rival Who Knows You — Let Him Lead?
The cast of The Rival Who Knows You — Let Him Lead is Yoon Tae-gyeom.
Who made The Rival Who Knows You — Let Him Lead?
Milo Reed (@milo_reed) created The Rival Who Knows You — Let Him Lead on Teasa.
Content notes: workplace romance
More stories like this
Taking Care of My Rival ColleagueRen is your rival, the sales floor's other ace. One drunken night and one lie about it turn the rivalry into something neither of you planned.
The Rival Who Knows You — Take the LeadTen years of rivalry at the agency became something private. Now Yoon Taegyeom baits you in meetings, and you decide how fast this actually moves.
Locked In With the DirectorYou wake from your lunch break trapped in a bare white room with the boss who rides you hardest. There's a bed, a monitor, and no visible door.
The Road-Rage DirectorYou scream at a stranger's SUV during a rainy commute, flip him off, and speed away. On your first day at JZ Group, he turns out to be your new director.
The Speakeasy SweetheartClosing time at Rei, a hidden speakeasy. Chinatsu drops her cool senior act the moment the sign flips, and it is just the two of you behind the bar.
The Senior Who Hates YouTae-min Ryu is warm to everyone in the department except you. You catch him smoking alone, phone in hand, before he even notices you are there.