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Fake dating

Fake dating, with a contract and a clause 7

What is fake dating in romance?

Fake dating is a romance trope where two people pretend to be a couple for a practical reason, like a wedding, a family event, or a deal, and end up with real feelings. The fun is in the performance: rules, rehearsed stories, public kisses that are supposed to mean nothing, and the moment they start to mean something.

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Massimo, AI character: a stone wall on a chestnut-wood path in the hills above Superga on a Sunday, Turin's roofs hazy far belowAI character
Massimo
Pharmacist
Lukas Brandt, AI character in YomeAI characterStory
Lukas Brandt
M&A attorney at a large Midtown law firm, partner candidate (vote at year-end)
Mateo, AI character: outside his Little Havana catering kitchen after delivery prep, leaning against the open side door of the…AI character
Mateo
Caterer
Prescott, AI character: wooden boathouse dock on the Patapsco River in Baltimore, mist on the flat water, other racked boats…AI character
Prescott
Assistant public defender
Yannick, AI character: at the foot of a pale limestone cliff above the Verdon gorge, dry scrub and a dusty path behind himAI character
Yannick
Researcher
Curtis, AI character: the Burke-Gilman trail near the water in Seattle, stopped beside his black commuter bike after an early rideAI character
Curtis
Bike courier
Hank, AI character: the gravel bank of Lake Carl Blackwell just after sunrise, still water and bare trees behind himAI character
Hank
Staff accountant
Zoran, AI character: the stone terrace of a Palais in Vienna's first district before a reception, leaning on the balustrade, a…AI character
Zoran
Director of Credit Risk

106 more guys like these are in Yome. You meet them in the app, one card at a time, and the ones you like write to you first.

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Lukas Brandt, AI character in Yome
Playable meetup with Lukas Brandt

Sunday at Oma's Table

His grandmother just opened his fridge. There is nothing of yours in it.

Sunday in November, 1:15 PM · Lukas's apartment, Yorkville, Upper East Side

Meet Lukas Brandt
Lukas Brandt, AI character in Yome
Playable meetup with Lukas Brandt

The Gala Goes Sideways

The whole firm wants to meet his fiancée — and at 4:40 a.m. Munich time, his deal starts to die.

Friday in early December, 8:40 PM · A Midtown hotel ballroom, then his firm's 41st-floor conference room

Meet Lukas Brandt
Nikos Varelas, AI character in Yome
Playable meetup with Nikos Varelas

Yiayia's Name Day

Everyone at his grandmother's table will assume you're his. He won't correct them.

Saturday, 7:30 PM · The Varelas family backyard, Astoria, Queens

Meet Nikos Varelas

Three moments you'll play

  1. Story opening

    You signed Lukas Brandt's two-page agreement to save your apartment: three weeks as his fiancée. Clause 7 says no touching beyond what's credible. He says clause 7 was his idea and wants that on the record.

  2. The meetup

    Sunday, 1:15 p.m., his apartment in Yorkville. His whole family is cooking lunch. His grandmother opens his fridge, and there is nothing of yours in it. You have one round to explain.

  3. The meetup

    You wear Oma's sixty-year-old ring to his firm's year-end gala, with six names to learn from his seating chart. At 4:40 a.m. Munich time, his deal starts to die. The night moves to the 41st floor.

Why people love it

Permission to get close

A fake relationship gives two people a reason to hold hands, share a room, and stand close in public before either is ready to admit anything. The touching is allowed because it is for show. That built-in permission is exactly what makes the trope so charged.

The rules are made to break

Fake dating stories love a contract. No kissing in private. No telling anyone. End date in three weeks. Every rule is a promise the characters will struggle to keep, and readers enjoy watching each one bend before it finally snaps.

Family is the best audience

A fake couple is most at risk at the dinner table. A grandmother who asks too many questions, a sibling who knows him too well, an aunt who wants details. Those scenes are funny and tense at once, and they often force the first honest moment.

Lukas Brandt and the agreement

Yome is an interactive romance story game and AI dating sim. Lukas Brandt is one of its Story leads, with multi-chapter meetups. He is 36, an M&A attorney at a large Midtown firm with a partner vote at year-end. He is Munich-born, lives in Yorkville, and drafts instead of improvising.

His meetups are the fake engagement in action. Sunday at Oma's Table tests your story in front of his family. The Gala Goes Sideways puts you in his grandmother's ring in a Midtown hotel ballroom and then upstairs in his conference room while a deal falls apart. Each meetup has rounds, a chemistry score, an ending, and a keepsake.

Guys who need a date for Saturday

Fake dating is one of the most common openers in Yome. Bo, a 40-year-old cabinetmaker in Fairbanks, has his sister's wedding in Savannah next Saturday and no plus-one. Etienne, an architect in Lyon, needs a girlfriend for his twin's wedding weekend and offers payment in staircases. Massimo, a pharmacist in Turin, needs one for a single Sunday lunch.

Rowan manages his family's private club in Charleston and needs a date for his grandmother's ball. Brendan, a bodyguard home in Mayo for his brother's wedding, asks straight out. Ugo, a private banker in Providence, is seeking a fiancée for ninety minutes, paid in pasta.

When everyone assumes

Nikos Varelas, the shipping family son in Astoria, offers a darker version. At his grandmother's name day party, everyone will assume you are his. In the car he tells you he won't correct them, and that you can if you want. It is fake dating where only one of you is pretending.

Questions, answered

Is there a fake dating romance game?

Yes. In Yome, Lukas Brandt is a Story lead built around a fake engagement with a two-page contract. Dozens of other AI characters open by asking you to be their pretend girlfriend for a wedding, a family lunch, or a gala.

What is clause 7?

Clause 7 is part of Lukas Brandt's agreement in Yome. It says no touching beyond what's credible. His meetups test it, first at a Sunday family lunch and then at his firm's year-end gala.

Do fake dating stories in Yome end in a real relationship?

That depends on your choices. Meetups have a chemistry score against a target, and each one ends with a result and a keepsake. The relationship continues in chat and grows through relationship levels.

Who else needs a fake date in Yome?

Many guys. Bo needs a plus-one for his sister's wedding in Savannah, Etienne for his twin's wedding in Annecy, Rowan for his grandmother's ball in Charleston, and Massimo for one Sunday lunch in Turin.

Can I dress up for the fake date?

Yes. Yome has a Wardrobe where you build your look and try outfits on as mirror selfies, then send them to him. It is a nice way to prepare for a gala or a family lunch.

Is Yome free?

Yome is free to start, with free daily messages that refill. Sparks, the in-game currency, unlock extras like some photos or waking him early. You need a free account with an email, and Yome plays in the browser on phone or computer.

What is the best fake dating setup in Yome?

For a full story, start with Lukas Brandt and his written contract. For a lighter one, match a guy whose tagline asks for a date to a wedding or family event, like Bo, Etienne, or Rowan, and play it out in chat.

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