Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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It took Jun Matsueda over an hour just to explain to his close friends. As for the comments from those he didn't know, he couldn't be bothered with them.

Anyway, his explanation spread very quickly, and the three years of his life were left with only this faint tail end—he was too lazy to waste energy arguing with other people's opinions.

When the school bell rang, Kominato Shoko walked through the front door, and the quiet chatter in the classroom finally subsided.

"The classroom is a bit empty," she remarked as she stood on the podium.

"There are about two weeks left until the second round of exams for national and public universities. I hope that everyone who has passed the common exams will not slack off and will continue to focus on their studies."

"The remaining classes, except for the morning session which will remain the same, will mostly be changed to self-study sessions..."

Another meaningless lecture session began. Jun Matsue rested his chin on his hand, his gaze silently drifting to the right.

Tomatsu Yuka was already working on her problems when she looked up at the boy with a knowing smile.

The girl quickly handed over a sticky note—judging from her neat and fluent handwriting, her mood didn't seem to be affected much.

"Tsun-kun must have been quite busy last night, right? Quite a few people have been asking me about it too."

The boy glanced to the other side out of the corner of his eye, and the petite figure by the window silently lowered her head again—perhaps she was overcome with sleepiness after breakfast and had no desire to resist gazing at the moon.

Only then did he pick up his pen to reply to the sticky note—

"That's right, it wasted a lot of my time. Yuhua probably has even more to explain, right?"

The note that had been handed out was quickly returned to him, and Jun Matsue opened it again.

"Yes, it's really annoying to be asked so many questions."

"But since Jun-kun still calls me Yu-ka, these things aren't really troublesome anymore."

The boy smiled at the sticky note.

His breakup with Tomatsu was, in the end, just a change in their relationship on the surface; privately, they could still call each other whatever they wanted...

Jun Matsue looked out the window—

As long as Mochizuki doesn't hear it, that's fine.

Before leaving the classroom, Kominato Shoko gave one last instruction:

"The grade leaders have already compiled the statistics on the students who stayed on campus during this period."

"To make it easier for teachers to manage students and for students to ask questions, we will merge with Class 5 next door after lunch break..."

The female teacher posted the form in her hand on the notice board next to the blackboard.

"Everyone's seats don't need to be changed. For those students who are confirmed to be unable to attend, their seats will be temporarily 'inherited' by students from Class 5."

Hmm? Jun Matsueda looked up at the notice board by the door.

Doesn't that mean Imokawa is coming too?

After watching Ms. Kominato leave the classroom, the boy went up and glanced at the notice board—

To his disappointment, the newly posted seating chart only had empty seats and no names of students from Class 5.

"Matsueda—" On the way back to his seat, Ken Sakamuro, who was sitting by the window in the corridor, stood up and put his arm around Jun Matsueda's shoulder.

"What's wrong with you?" he whispered in the boy's ear.

"Weren't you having a good chat with Tomatsu? Why did you suddenly break up?"

"..." Matsueda Jun glanced at him, then pulled Sakamuro Ken out of the classroom.

"Didn't I tell you yesterday? Tomatsu and I broke up, but we're still good friends."

"What does it mean to be good friends after breaking up?" a tall, muscular guy asked, standing in the corner of the corridor, puzzled.

"Both you and Tomatsu said that, how am I supposed to know if it's just a polite way of saying you broke up?"

Jun Matsueda couldn't help but chuckle. "You actually thought of that?"

"What are you saying!" Ken Sakamuro punched his arm.

"I'm just not interested in dating, as if I don't know what dating is like!"

The boy smiled as he looked towards his classroom—through the corridor window, he could see Tomatsu Yuka and the girls walking out the back door together.

"In short, I'm dating Haruka now, but I also have a good relationship with Yuka."

"Who I date doesn't affect my feelings for them," he added.

Ken Sakamuro's eyes widened.

"Really? You're not just bragging, are you?"

"You can interpret it that way if you want," Matsueda Jun said, too lazy to elaborate. "Just don't spread what I said."

But this attitude only made it more convincing, and the boy blinked incredulously.

"You actually managed to take care of them... Pine, you're really something."

"That's true." He shook his head slightly with a sigh.

"Your face doesn't look like someone who only has one girlfriend."

Jun Matsue gave him a look, "You know it yourself."

"Don't worry, don't worry." Ken Sakamuro zipped up his mouth. "I'm very tight-lipped."

"And I won't be coming to school much after that, because I have to prepare for the final interview for the sports recommendation."

"Keep it up." The boy patted his arm.

"Waiting for your good news, Sakamuro."

When Jun Matsueda returned to the classroom, Tomatsu's seat was still empty—Haruka Mochizuki, who was by the window, sat up and was stretching in the sunlight.

The classroom was warm enough that the girl took off her coat. Even as she stretched, her knitted vest and shirt looked more refined than the others'. The boy walked over and smoothed the strands of hair that were clinging to her cheek.

Now that Mochizuki is his official girlfriend, they can openly and legitimately engage in these intimate gestures.

"Why do you fall asleep as soon as you sit down in the classroom? What's the point of you coming to school like this?"

"The point is just to accompany you to class." Mochizuki Haruka lazily rolled her eyes at him.

"To be honest, now that I've left Yuqiu High School, I can receive targeted coaching from the team my aunt found. The rest of my time is just for relaxation."

“But Songzhi still has to come to school…” She picked up the pen on the table and poked the boy’s waist with the cap end of the pen.

"I'd rather be with Songzhi than rest alone at home—it's that simple."

Matsueda Jun pinched her little face. "You must have had a hard time, Haruka."

"That's why I need to take a nap," the girl said, swatting his hand away. "I'll leave after lunch."

"Oh, right." The boy's hand was quickly grasped again.

Mochizuki tilted her head back, her clear eyes capturing Matsueda Jun's gaze.

"Don't forget, I'm having lunch with you today."

During lunch break, under the gossipy gazes of the surrounding diners, Jun Matsue ate lunch with Mochizuki and then accompanied the girl to the school gate.

There were quite a few people on the street; the gradual departure of the third-year students didn't seem to affect the atmosphere of the main campus avenue...

However, the sunlight reflected off the paving stones was indeed much less—the boy glanced at the thick clouds overhead and gently shook his clasped hands.

"Xiaoyao should know what those looks were like just now, right?"

Mochizuki Haruka, who was texting her aunt, put down her phone and turned to look at him.

"Is Songzhi referring to those people in the cafeteria just now?"

"uh-huh."

"Of course I know." The girl's expression remained unchanged as she looked towards the school gate at the end of the avenue.

"Curiosity, wanting to watch the show, wanting to join in the fun... these are basically the kinds of gossip-loving motivations."

“Oh, and a little bit of anger and a tiny bit of blessing.” She curled the corners of her lips.

"It's probably because Tomatsu is popular, while I'm not."

"Mmm." The boy squeezed her hand.

"After all, no matter how well we explain, it's hard to change the fact that it seems like you 'stole her away' and I 'seated seamlessly'."

From the moment they entered the cafeteria until they left, he took the initiative to hold Wangyue's hand the entire way.

—It wasn't just to announce their relationship, but also to express his support for the girl and show his love to others.

This is a responsibility that Jun Matsuoka should bear.

Wang Yueyao, who hadn't stopped walking, glanced at him and gave him a sweet smile.

"Actually, I don't care."

“I know that many people at school will think that I shamelessly stole someone else’s man, and then they will hate me and spread rumors about me.”

“But I don’t care,” the girl said arrogantly.

"There was a saying in Kurisu that was quite good—"

She looked at the boy and imitated the funny face her idol had made at her.

"I just want to get what I care about."

"Everyone thinks you belong to Tomatsu Yuka, but you also belong to me—but others don't know that, so I'll let them know."

Gazing at the moon with her neck craned upwards—in the not-so-bright sunlight, the girl resembled a shimmering swan.

"I wanted to sit in the position of Songzhi's girlfriend, so I achieved it, it's that simple."

"Actually, I'm used to this kind of thing—some things that others can only dream of, but I can have easily, so I'm destined to be hated."

Jun Matsue blinked, and the girl, like a well-behaved kitten, took his arm, asserting her ownership to the students on the way.

"Everyone thinks you and Tomatsu Tomoka are a match made in heaven, a perfect couple who will stay together forever and no one can break you up..."

As Mochizuki Haruka spoke, she nuzzled the boy's shoulder—her smugness was impossible to hide.

"But I can still break you all up~"

Matsueda Jun couldn't help but laugh. He reached out and ruffled the girl's hair, following the oncoming wind.

His cat may seem well-behaved, but it's actually extremely mischievous at heart.

Realizing that Mochizuki was still the same willful and self-centered girl, the boy sent his new girlfriend into the black car outside the school gate.

The unassuming black sedan rolled down its window—Wang Yuehua, sitting in the driver's seat, poked her head out and glared at him fiercely.

"Don't think that just because Xiaoyao did well on the exam, your matter can be settled so easily!"

Before he could say anything, the woman started the car, revving it loudly in a defiant manner, and then drove away.

"..."

Jun Matsue waved to the car's rear in the distance, then turned and started walking back to the classroom.

Having been threatened by his aunt so many times, he's not so nervous anymore.

Things will work themselves out, and besides, Auntie isn't Matsueda Jun's ship.

Just like the girls said, he only needs to get what he cares about first.

When they returned to the teaching building, lunch break was almost over. The boy followed the unfamiliar faces into his classroom and found his familiar back seat.

"Have the students from Class 5 moved in yet?"

"Yes," Tomatsu Yuka, who had also returned to her class, said with a smile.

"I saw Imokawa-san at lunch today—shouldn't she be free from class by now?"

Jun Matsue looked at the students from Class 5 who were walking into the classroom one after another. "There are still final exams to come, and it's not like she's the type who doesn't care about grades."

"I see~~" The girl beside her nodded meaningfully.

"I thought she wanted to stay at school so she could be closer to Tsunku~"

"..." The boy was speechless.

"I think the temporary merging of classes is probably not something Imokawa expected."

“That’s true~” Tomatsu Yuka smiled as she looked at his empty front seat.

"I wonder where Imokawa-kun will sit later?"