Kore Ha Akumade, Mamagotodakara. (Dengeki Bunko) [Light Novel]

[Machine Translation] For some reason, Aoichiro has to leave his parents' house and live with his relatives. There, he reunites with his childhood friend, Fukabeni, who is a distant relative. When he was a child, he was forced to play "make-believe" with her. She proposed to him with the same flirtatiousness as before. I was so excited that she suggested that we play lovers for the first time in a long time. At first, we were just having fun playing the silly couple game. At first, they were just having fun playing the silly couple game, but it gradually became more and more extreme. They get so involved in "playing make-believe" that they soon lose the ability to distinguish between their true intentions and their pretensions. They are both in love with each other only for the sake of pretense, so they can never say "I really love you. What are their hidden feelings that are shaken by their never-ending love games?

とある事情で親元を離れて親戚の家に身を寄せることになった蒼一朗。そこで再会したのは遠縁にして幼なじみの深紅。小さい頃、「おままごと」に強引に付き合わされた仲だった。そんな彼女から昔と何一つ変わらないノリで提案されたのは―。「久々に恋人ごっこ、してみたくならん?」「お、やろうやろう」最初はただ楽しくバカップルを演じるだけだった。だけどそれは徐々に過激さを増していき―。「ままごと」にのめり込み、やがて本音と建と前の区別がつかなくなっていく。お互いにとってはあくまで「ままごとの好き」だから、決して「本気の好き」は口にできないまま。終わりのない恋愛ごっこによって揺れる、二人の隠された想いとは。