Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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A mouth stuffed with food couldn't answer questions, of course. The girl lifted her little foot and pressed it down on his thigh angrily.

All you ever do is eat!

After finishing the remaining pizza, Jun Matsueda threw the box into the trash can. When he turned around, Haruka Mochizuki was checking the bag he had left on the sofa.

"There were only three albums and some merchandise that Kurusu forced on me."

The girl took out a Polaroid photo, a group photo of Yosei Kurusu standing on stage with the audience after one of his tours, but there was an extra heart drawn for the boy in the photo.

"What a narcissistic guy," she said disdainfully, pinching a corner of the photo. "You're not going to put these things on your bedside table and desk, are you?"

Jun Matsue shook his head. "I don't have that habit. Just leave it in Kurusu's room for now. Consider it my responsibility to keep it safe for her."

"Also, why did you buy three identical albums?"

"For personal use, collection, and missionary work." He opened an album signed by a young girl. "Want to listen to it? Just use it as background music for your studies."

Mochizuki Haruka gave an ambiguous look. The boy picked up the record and put it into the record player on the coffee table. The light and cheerful intro filled the room.

Accompanied by Yosei Kurusu's melodious singing, the two sat at the dining table. Jun Matsueda looked at the open exercise book, which had many fewer crosses on it.

"You're making rapid progress, so why do you always have such a unhappy expression on your face?"

"Because the remaining problems are getting more and more difficult." Mochizuki Haruka said with a straight face, "I used to be able to understand many difficult points in a day, but now I'm lucky if I can solve one or two."

"That's normal, you have to be patient," the boy comforted her gently. "Take it slow."

"Okay." The girl nodded obediently. "Pine Branch, could you take a look at this last question for me?"

“Hmm…” Matsueda Jun thought for a while, and Mochizuki Haruka looked at his focused expression, and the girl’s originally tightly pursed lips softened.

However, Yosei Kurusu's voice rang in her ears at an inopportune moment.

"We're together day and night, inseparable~"

Why were you unmoved despite all the hints I gave you?

"Don't you realize I'm completely at a loss?"

Wang Yueyao's face darkened, and she strode quickly to the record player on the coffee table, her slippers making a clattering sound.

With a "snap," the girl forcefully lifted the hands on the record, the music stopped abruptly, and the boy, who was deep in thought, looked up.

"what happened?"

"It's nothing." Mochizuki Haruka turned around, smiling sweetly.

"It's just that this guy sings terribly."

Chapter 523 The girl's grades were not ideal

In late April, as spring reached its peak, Jun Matsuoka walked out of the cafeteria alone, inhaling the faint fragrance of flowers and grass along the road.

The two girls walking ahead were talking about the latest popular songs, and unsurprisingly, he heard the name Yosuke Kurusu.

"Yoshi-chan's new song is really good! I'm planning to buy her new album after school today!"

"Hey~ how about I go shopping with you..."

"Weren't you going on a date with your boyfriend?"

"We just broke up yesterday..."

As Jun Matsueda listened to the girls' plans after school, he walked up the stairs.

The girls turned and disappeared into the second-floor corridor. He walked alone up to the somewhat secluded fourth floor and pushed open the back door of the classroom.

The classroom was bustling with activity during lunchtime. Several girls in the front row pushed their desks together and chatted while eating their bento boxes. The boys were playing some kind of game, and Sakamuro Ken was clearly having a great time.

Jun Matsue walked past Tomatsu Yuka. The girl was holding chopsticks. She hadn't finished her lunch yet. She just turned around and nodded to the boy. Her slightly puffed cheeks made people want to poke them with their fingers.

The boy walked to his seat and sat down. Tomatsu Yuka picked up her water cup, took a sip, swallowed the food in her mouth, and then looked at him.

"What did Chun-kun have for lunch?"

"Spaghetti bolognese." Jun Matsueda glanced at Haruka Mochizuki sitting on the other side, who was still pouting as she did her homework.

"Hmm..." the girl blinked, "The cafeteria portions probably aren't enough, right? How about some more chicken?"

The boy placed a tissue in his hand, and she picked up the remaining karaoke chicken nuggets from the bento box and placed them in his palm.

Jun Matsue put the whole piece into his mouth, chewed, and nodded. "The chicken is very tender and tastes good."

"It tastes even better when it's hot!"

Although the girl said this, she didn't look very happy. The boy thought it might be because they no longer ate lunch together—back then, she still had the right to have food fed to her directly.

Tomatsu Yuka stared blankly at the empty bento box for a while, then picked it up and left the classroom to wash it in the restroom.

Jun Matsue sighed inwardly as he watched her retreating figure, then picked up the paper bag he had just put in the drawer.

He walked over to Mochizuki Haruka's seat and placed the paper bag on top of her workbook. "Here's the rice ball you wanted."

"The sakura shrimp flavor is a spring special. Forget about the quiz, just eat it while it's hot."

The girl put down her pen, stretched silently, took a rice ball from the paper bag in front of her, and took a bite.

"The seasoning is pretty good."

Mochizuki Haruka chewed slowly. In addition to sakura shrimp, the rice ball also contained salted kelp and shredded cabbage, which suited her taste quite well.

"Aren't you thirsty if you only eat rice balls?" Jun Matsue sat back down in his seat, admiring the way she ate her food in small bites.

“I have coffee.”

The girl took a can of coffee out of the drawer, and the pull tab made a crisp sound as it was opened.

"Black coffee and rice balls..." The boy looked at the words "Extra Strong!" on the metal can, "It doesn't seem like a good combination."

"As long as it's edible, that's fine." Mochizuki Haruka held the rice ball while still looking at the questions on the paper, causing Matsueda Jun to frown slightly.

Isn't she studying a little too hard...?

Tomatsu Tomoka and Kominato Shoko, who was holding her report card, returned to the classroom together. The girl put her clean lunchbox into her drawer and watched the female teacher walk up to the podium.

"The results of the last mock exam are out!" The woman waved the report card in her hand, and a chorus of voices mixed with joy and fear came from below the podium.

Ms. Kominato called out each student's name and distributed the report cards. Just then, the class bell rang, and she looked at the students sitting in the classroom.

"Everyone did quite well in this mock exam. Keep it up! Those who have shown significant decline, please reflect on your performance."

"I won't take up your lunch break. Remember to take breaks when you're studying!"

After watching his homeroom teacher leave the classroom, Jun Matsuoka first carefully looked at his report card—the deviation values ​​of each subject had not declined much, and his math score had increased by 0.5, which was considered a mediocre result.

He looked up to his right, where Tomatsu Yuka was also looking at her report card. Her expression was indifferent, without even a smile.

Ms. Kominato said that some students' grades have dropped significantly. Could it be that Tomatsu was affected by the breakup?

"How did Tomatsu do this time?" he asked, moving closer to the girl.

"Nothing has changed." She handed over the report card in her hand.

Jun Matsue glanced at the results and saw that his grades hadn't changed much; he was still first in the entire grade.

"You performed consistently well." He breathed a sigh of relief. "The math exam was quite difficult this time, and Yuka still managed to get this score. It seems I can confidently ask you for help with questions from now on."

“Mathematics is mainly time-consuming…” Tomatsu Yuka smiled, “so it’s definitely better to communicate with each other more.”

"Yuhua, here are the English reading comprehension questions from the mock exam—"

Mimi Mizushima, who was sitting at the table in front of the girl, turned around and asked a question. Jun Matsueda turned his gaze to the other side, where Haruka Mochizuki was drinking coffee with her head tilted back, her expression not very pleasant.

"Did you fail your exam?"

The girl put down her coffee with considerable force, the metal can hitting the table with a dull thud, and a few drops of coffee splashed onto her report card.

"Look for yourself." She handed over her report card, and the boy looked at it again.

"Weren't your grades pretty good?"

"You scored so high yourself, how can you say my grades are not bad?" Mochizuki Haruka rolled her eyes. "I'm still a long way from getting into Tokyo University."

“At least the gap is narrowing, isn’t it?” Jun Matsue comforted her gently.

Tomatsu Yuka, who was behind him, was still teaching the girls a math problem, but her gaze had already drifted over to him.

"It's shrinking too slowly." The girl's tone was somewhat irritated. "It feels like my grades haven't improved much lately."

"Because you've been learning increasingly difficult material lately," the boy said gently. "Of course, you can't expect to see results as quickly as before."

Mochizuki Haruka still had a tense expression. After a while, she stuffed her report card into the drawer, took another sip of coffee, and then started working on her problems again.

Matsueda Jun looked away, tidied his desk, and was about to take a nap when the girl handed him her black cat pillow.

"I haven't been taking afternoon naps lately, so you can use this pillow."

"Aren't you afraid I'll drool?" he joked deliberately.

Mochizuki Haruka shook her head. She was still staring at the practice questions, with only her arm holding the pillow hanging in the air.

"You never drool in your sleep."

"...Then I'll give it a try."

Jun Matsue took the pillow and placed it under his arm. It was soft, fluffy, and very comfortable to lie on.

If things continue like this, it might not be good for Mochizuki... He thought to himself, staring at the black cushion.

Chapter 524 "Deception" and Audition

So the next day at noon, Jun Matsue stood in front of the girl who was focused on her studies.

"Mochizuki, haven't you gone out to play in a long time?"

Mochizuki Haruka looked up at him with a strange expression. "With grades as bad as mine, where would I find the time to go out and play?"

“…If failing to get into Tokyo University means you have bad grades, then there aren’t many good students at Haneoka High School.” Jun Matsue sat in the empty seat in front of the girl and stared at her.

"I overheard Rion and the others chatting in the cafeteria at noon. They were saying they were planning to go shopping in Shibuya after school."

"It has nothing to do with me." The girl lowered her head, the pen in her hand making a scratching sound on the paper. "There are still two self-study periods after school."

"That's an elective course, you should go out and relax once in a while."

The boy's voice was exceptionally gentle, and Mochizuki Haruka stopped writing. "What about the progress I've fallen behind on?"

"Anyway, you feel like you haven't improved much lately, right? Why don't you work a little less hard today and go shopping with them?" Jun Matsue looked at the girl with sincere eyes.

"When you're stuck in a rut, just trying your best might not be very effective. Instead, try changing your mindset and doing something else. When you come back, the problem might just be solved."

"Really?" Mochizuki Haruka blinked.

"Anyway, it will definitely help your studies. You're just too tense right now, you know?"

The boy felt like the Big Bad Wolf in a fairy tale, trying to lure the innocent and naive Little Red Riding Hood in front of him.

“…Then I’ll go ask Rion.” The girl got up from her seat and walked towards the glamorous girl by the window in front of her.

Jun Matsue finally breathed a sigh of relief. He returned to his seat and looked at Rion, who nodded with a look of surprise on her face.

A few minutes later, Mochizuki Haruka walked back to the back row, holding the ice cream that the girl had given her. Her complexion looked much better.

"Rion said she'd go to Shibuya 109 after school because the shops there have recently stocked a lot of new clothes."

The boy nodded. He actually had no idea what Shibuya 109 was. "Just have fun."

"Hmm~" The girl made a reserved sound. Slightly relaxed, she looked at the boy's other seat, which was empty.

"Where did Tomatsu go?" Mochizuki Haruka had been focused on her studies lately and hadn't paid much attention to her rival's affairs.

"It seems like he had lunch with Mizushima."

The girl raised an eyebrow in surprise. "You two broke up?"

"not yet."

So she pouted again, "That's boring."

Since we agreed to go shopping after school, we couldn't rest at noon, so today Jun Matsue once again lay on her exclusive black cat body pillow.

When he woke up, the sunlight outside the window was just right, and the wind blew the off-white curtains, which complemented the girl's black hair hanging down.

As Mochizuki was still pondering the problem, the boy stared quietly into her eyes, the depths of which rippled slightly.