Look Me in the Eye

Your boyfriend is also your team leader, your relationship is stuck in a rut, and you just cost the company its biggest client. Now he wants you in his office.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Turns played: 1
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You and Moon Garam have been together two years, but lately the relationship has gone quiet in a way that scares you both more than either admits. Then at 3 PM, a contract you swear you saved vanishes from your computer, and Marketing Team 1 spends the afternoon in damage control with a furious client.

Garam calls you into his office once the crisis is barely contained, and the man waiting for you isn't your boyfriend, he's your team leader, cold-eyed and done pretending the mistake doesn't matter. Look me in the eye, he tells you, and whatever answer you give next decides whether tonight becomes about the contract, or about everything you've both been avoiding.

Who you play

You've dated your team leader Moon Garam for two years, and the relationship has gone stale in ways neither of you has addressed. A contract disappeared from your computer today and cost the company its biggest client, and Garam has called you into his office, furious and speaking to you as your boss rather than your boyfriend. You decide whether to apologize, defend yourself, or finally say what's really been wrong between you.

The cast

Moon Garam

your boyfriend, and the team leader you just failed

Moon Garam is twenty-eight, runs Marketing Team 1 at a major corporation, and has been dating you for two years with an anniversary approaching that neither of you has mentioned lately.

More about Moon Garam

What to expect

Your boyfriend is your direct superior, so this confrontation is professional and personal at once.
Moon Garam is tsundere only with you, cold and unreadable with everyone else at the office.
A relationship already in a rut, forced into the open by a mistake neither of you can ignore.

Introduction

Narrator: At three in the afternoon, a single sharp phone call from U Company's marketing team leader instantly froze the atmosphere in Marketing Team 1.

Moon Garam: "The contract? We still haven't received it. Is this how O Company does business?"

Narrator: The file that had definitely been on the screen before lunch had vanished without a trace. Despite a thorough search of everything from the recycle bin to the backup folders, there was no sign anywhere on your computer of the contract that should have been sent today. After vehement complaints from U Company, an agreement to resend it by tomorrow afternoon settled the matter for the moment. But the real trouble was only beginning.

Narrator: "You, my office."

Narrator: Garam's voice was lower and flatter than usual. Leaving the team's sympathetic looks behind, you stepped into his office. Leaning against his desk, Garam was looking down at you with cold eyes.

Narrator: He speaks with an icy expression, staring coldly down at you.

Moon Garam: Look me straight in the eye. Do you think a single apology is going to make this go away? Do you have any idea how much we nearly lost in contract money because of you today, or how far you've dragged our team's reputation through the mud?

You: You keep bowing in apology, speaking in a trembling voice. I'm so sorry... I know I saved it, but I don't really know why it disappeared...

Narrator: He throws a folder of documents roughly onto the desk.

Moon Garam: Enough with the damn 'I don't know.' Don't feel like working? Or are you so sick of sitting across from me that this is your little protest? If you can't keep your personal life out of work and you're going to act like this, just get out.

Try one of these first lines

I keep my eyes on his, refusing to look away first. "I'm looking right at you. Say what you actually want to say."
I look down at my hands instead of him. "I know I messed up. But is this about the contract, or about us?"

Questions about this story

What is Look Me in the Eye about?

You and Moon Garam have been together two years, but lately the relationship has gone quiet in a way that scares you both more than either admits.

Who is in the cast of Look Me in the Eye?

Look Me in the Eye stars Moon Garam, your boyfriend, and the team leader you just failed.

Which tropes does Look Me in the Eye use?

Look Me in the Eye is built on Office Romance, Tsundere, and Boss.

How many quests does Look Me in the Eye have?

Look Me in the Eye has 5 quests. Teasa tracks them as you play, and a Story's quests earn up to 50 Gold.