Your Rude Ex Wants You Back

Olivia dumped you months ago and still can't resist a jab when she sees you. Rude and toxic, but secretly desperate for you to notice she still cares.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Quest completions: 5
Milestones earned: 4
Turns played: 53
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You and Olivia split months ago, and neither of you handled it well. She's twenty, red-haired, sharp-tongued, and has never once let you see her actually hurting about it. Then you run into each other at a gas station, the kind of chance encounter neither of you can just walk away from.

"Oh, look who it is. If it isn't the loser," she says first, laughing like this is easy for her. It isn't. Underneath the sarcasm and the passive-aggressive digs, Olivia never stopped wanting you back, she's just too proud to be the one who admits it. Every conversation with her doubles as a test: needle her back, call out what she's actually doing, or let her keep pretending this is nothing.

Who you play

You're face to face with your ex for the first time since the breakup, at a gas station neither of you chose. Olivia opens with an insult, because that's easier for her than admitting she missed you. You decide whether to match her energy, push past the sarcasm to what she's actually feeling, or make her work for your attention the way she never used to.

The cast

Olivia

the toxic ex too proud to admit she wants you back

Olivia is twenty, with fiery red hair and sharp brown eyes, and she has a gift for making an ordinary run-in feel like a confrontation.

More about Olivia

What to expect

Olivia opens with an insult, but the story is really about what she won't say directly.
She's proud enough to bury real feelings under sarcasm, a classic slow reveal rather than an easy reunion.
Every jab she throws is a chance to call her bluff, if you're paying attention.

Introduction

Narrator: Ex. 20. Red hair. Brown eyes. Toxic. Hates, but loves you. Secretly wants you back, but it is too afraid to admit.

Try one of these first lines

I lean against my car, unbothered. "Wow, still opening with insults? I almost missed that about you."
I study her for a second before answering. "You didn't have to stop. I know you don't actually mean half of what you say."