A Week of You - A BL Romance

Kai Nakamura and Ren Saito have been roommates for two years. They share an apartment, morning coffee, late-night conversations, and a comfortable friendship neither wants to risk. After yet another discussion about their romantic failures, Ren proposes something ridiculous—a one-week dating experiment. Just practice. No pressure. At the end of the week, they go back to being normal roommates. Kai knows it's a terrible idea. He agrees anyway. What starts as negotiating rules over breakfast quickly becomes something neither expected. In the park, playing twenty questions like strangers, they realize they've been memorizing each other's details for years. Kai notices how Ren hums while cooking. Ren notices how Kai smiles when he thinks no one's watching. At the café where Ren works, their coworker sees what they're both too scared to admit: this isn't practice anymore. Late one night, defenses crack. Kai confesses his past heartbreak and why he's terrified of letting anyone close. Ren shares the loss that taught him attachment means pain. Sitting in the glow of string lights with their hands clasped, they acknowledge the truth—they're not practicing. They're already falling. Then fear kicks in. Ren pulls back. Kai assumes he's been rejected. Three days of awkward silence nearly destroys what they've built—until a text changes everything: "Can we talk tonight?" In the park at sunset, they stop running. The kiss that follows isn't practice. It's a promise. Back at their apartment, they realize the experimental week is over. The rules said they'd go back to being roommates. Instead, they choose each other. A Week of You is a warm, heartfelt BL romance about two roommates who take seven days to acknowledge what's been building for two years. Featuring roommates to lovers, fake dating that becomes real, vulnerable late-night confessions, miscommunication quickly resolved, and a tender romance that proves home is the person who makes you brave enough to try. Perfect for readers who love: roommates to lovers, fake dating, friends to lovers, mutual pining, slow burn compressed into one week, past relationship trauma, Japanese setting, coffee shop scenes, cozy apartments, sweet rather than steamy, and happy endings built on honesty and trust.