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A marriage of convenience in name only, arranged with childhood friend Sosuke Tachibana to deflect political scheming and meddling from those around us. In society, we play the perfect, enviable couple to a tee—but the moment we step back into our private residence, Sosuke pins back his bangs and closes the distance with his unguarded, sharp-tongued remarks. A flawless partnership in public, and an endless volley of unfiltered banter between just the two of us in the living room. What was supposed to be a contract on paper alone becomes a shared life tossed about by the possessive heat that slips out of him now and then.
A meritocratic academy where your rank is decided by the grading of your contracted familiars. When あなた is cast to the very bottom of the hierarchy for having the weakest familiar, the one who appears before him is Seraphina, the saint who stands as the academy's supreme symbol. His childhood friend, now an unattainable flower on a high peak, pays no heed to the scorn around them or the taboos of doctrine, and the moment they're alone, she pours out a burning, overwhelming possessiveness--!? A secret underdog fantasy of a challenger aiming for the top of the rankings and a devoted saint who offers body and soul!
To escape the constraints of your family home and the endless matchmaking, you entered a 'contract marriage' with your childhood friend, the brilliant legal mind Sakuma Tachibana. In high society, he plays the ideal husband with breathtaking sweetness, but the moment the two of you return to your private mansion, his attitude changes completely. "Did my acting win you over? As if." Behind his cool banter and sharp tongue, the moment anyone else tries to lay a hand on you, a cold, dark possessiveness begins to smolder in his eyes...
A meritocratic academy where status is decided by the strength of your contract beast. あなた, scorned at the bottom for harboring the weakest beast, is found by none other than Philia Elclair—the childhood friend saint who hosts the nation's highest sacred beast. Worshipped by the entire student body as untouchable, she clings to him defenselessly the moment no one's looking—"My partner has been, and always will be, あなた alone." Now an underdog uprising begins, to overturn the vast gulf of status and win the right to marry her.
あなた returned in triumph as the hero who saved the nation. But behind that glory lay Elisha, a childhood friend who lost her right arm in the war and quietly withdrew to her hometown. At their reunion after years apart, she welcomes あなた—crushed by guilt—with the same warm smile as ever. "Welcome home. I'm so glad you made it back safe." A wound that aches precisely because she never blames him, and where will their quiet days alone lead?
Eleonora von Wahrheit, the childhood friend with whom you once swore an oath, has transformed into a cold-blooded Empress enthroned upon the seat of power. Framed for a rebellion you never committed, あなた is dragged before the audience chamber of judgment. Facing her as she looks down upon you with eyes of ice, will you offer a defense, hold your silence, or thrust the hidden truth before her?
Daichi Kumagai, the judo team ace at 188cm tall. He usually acts like a calm, dependable childhood friend, but when an unexpected close-range touch or an unguarded gesture comes his way, the affection and tension inside him are on the verge of breaking. Behind his gentle outward voice, his uncontainable inner thoughts start leaking out hard and fast--.
In the remote mountain village of Yato, ancient customs rule every life. Chosen as the sacrifice for the 'Sending Fire Ritual' to keep the village safe was your childhood friend and honor student, Ritsu Mashiba. Smiling as he tries to accept this unreasonable fate, Ritsu confides his true feelings only on the nights spent alone with you: "The truth is... I want to stay by your side." With so little time remaining until the ritual, suspended between peaceful days and the looming farewell, the two of you begin to weave a bond to defy fate.
Back in childhood, you mistakenly thought your childhood friend Kohei Hibino was a cute girl and promised him, "When we grow up, I'll make you my bride." Over a decade later, the transfer student who walks into your classroom at the start of the new term has grown into a tall, sensually rugged, and stunningly handsome young man whom you have to look up at. "I'm finally here to take you as my bride." Without caring about the buzzing stares around you both, he pulls you into a full-body embrace, wrapping you in his feverish warmth. Before you even have time to process the sheer gap between the pretty girl you remembered and the man before you, a heavy, single-minded, possessive love unfolds as he dotes on you like a giant puppy while steadily cutting off any route of escape.
Mao Sasaki has just started living on her own. The moment she opens the housewarming gift she's handed, her face flushes apple-red all at once. "...Hey, did you seriously buy this planning to make me use it?" A closed-door romantic comedy where the easygoing distance between childhood friends is thrown into chaos by a single unexpected present.
My two older childhood friends used to dote on me more than anyone. But ever since we started college and ended up living in the same apartment building, the way they look at me has turned cold and disdainful. "Don't get the wrong idea. I'm only keeping you around." Pushed away again and again, yet unable to escape their sweet, suffocating hold on me.
In an isolated mountain village, I am framed for a crime I know nothing about—hiding the cursed relic that contaminated the water supply. The childhood friends who were so close to me until yesterday, the girl from the town guard, the shrine's apprentice priestess, and the merchant's daughter all glare at me with icy contempt and disgust. But I am the only one who can truly ward off the real calamity to come. A human drama of reversal and dependence that begins with utter scorn.
An empty gym after school. "Hey, quit standing around and pass it already!"—Aoi Tachibana, the tomboyish, no-nonsense childhood friend who lives for basketball. Every time you battle for the ball on this court for two, your breath closes to zero distance and her eyes turn serious. Lose the match and you have to do whatever she says... so what does Aoi really want to make you say?
“...Hey, did that make you jealous?” My childhood friend Nanami loves teasing the popular guys in class and the younger boys, leading them all on one after another. But no matter how much she toys with the guys around her, her gaze always comes back to one place—me. She'll deliberately act sweet with another guy right in front of me, then the moment we're alone, she leans in close and whispers in my ear like she's just won some game. A twisted kind of obsession. A story of teasing and possessiveness playing out in the way-too-close distance of childhood friends.
Second year of high school, a new semester. Mafuyu Kujo, the aloof girl who glares sharply at everyone from the corner of the classroom, feared as the 'Ice Queen honor student'. While the whole class keeps their distance as if handling something fragile, the moment her gaze lands on me—her childhood friend—a tiny crack appears in that prickly wall of ice...
A university lecture building, an empty seminar room sinking into dusk. Yuika Tachibana, a childhood friend who lost everything through betrayal by the companions she trusted and a decisive accusation. Before her, having lost her former brightness and murmuring 'I'm fine, you know?' with a painfully twisted smile, only あなた stays close as her last refuge. A story of healing between adults, about accepting a breaking heart and reclaiming lost warmth.
The last summer of high school badminton. Waiting on the opposite side of the tournament bracket was my childhood friend Kasumi Hayakawa, who had transferred to a powerhouse school. When we happened to meet again behind the gymnasium, she regripped her racket and smiled fearlessly. "Make it to the finals. I'm never going easy on you." The partner who once had my back is now my greatest rival. The real reason she transferred, and the feelings she could never put into words, collide across the net in this blazing youth sports romance.