Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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"Pine branch? Why are you staring at your phone instead of eating?" the girl sitting across from you asked.

"I saw your photo in the notification."

Jun Matsue casually switched to another app and showed the girl a magazine cover featuring her.

"Really?! Has the new episode of 'Mina' already been released?"

Yosei Kurusu excitedly reached out to take the boy's phone to look at it, but Jun Matsueda dodged it.

"Use your own phone to look."

He put his phone back in front of him and continued eating his fried rice with egg, which the girl had made with yesterday's leftovers—Kurasu Yosei had recently entered a period of free time, so Matsueda Jun could cook less often.

After Yosuke Kiyoya looked at his phone, Jun Matsueda continued to tap the screen and send a message to his senior.

"Is the senior about to board?"

Yamami Maki sent another picture; she had already exited the terminal, and there was a huge plane in front of her.

The girl took photos in very short intervals, and there were no other passengers around, so it seems she was receiving special treatment.

That's probably why the senior students chose to fly... Matsueda Jun put the last bite of fried rice into his mouth. After all, if you include the waiting time, the plane might not even be as fast as the Shinkansen, which takes less than three hours.

"My phone's about to turn off. I'll contact Songzhi later."

Yamami Maki sent a parrot taking flight emoji as a final message, and Matsueda Jun put down his phone and carried the empty plate into the kitchen.

After breakfast, neither of the two from room 507 went out. Yosuke Kita had no plans, and Jun Matsueda's reason for going out in the blazing sun was that he was about to leave Tokyo.

The girl sitting on the sofa turned on the TV. "Matsue, want to play games with me?"

"Wait a moment." Jun Matsue walked into the bedroom. "I need to clean my room."

Twenty minutes later, Jun Matsueda sat on the sofa with the controller in his hand, watching the Kirby icon flashing on the screen.

"I haven't finished playing with Aya-chan yet, so let Matsu-chan be my teammate this time!"

Yosei Kurusu patted him on the shoulder, her proud expression like that of a queen awarding medals to knights.

"Is this your first time playing this game, Pine Branch? Let me show you the controls first~"

"Look at that little ball of a ball with bandages up ahead! It'll chase after you if it sees you..."

Twenty minutes later, looking at the completion screen in front of him, Yosuke Kurusu slammed the controller onto the sofa.

"Stop playing!"

"Why?" Jun Matsue turned his head in confusion. "Wasn't the fight going quite smoothly?"

"It went smoothly, huh?" The girl pouted. "The boss was chopped down like a vegetable by pine branches. It makes me look so weak!"

Isn't that right? Jun Matsue originally wanted to say that, but seeing Yosuke Kurusu's pitiful pout, he decided to change his mind.

"Then I'll play a little worse."

"It's not that you're bad at the game!" the girl corrected him. "It's that you've been playing so intently for so long that your concentration has dropped. Now it's my turn to recharge and take the lead!"

“Yes, yes, yes…” Jun Matsue shoved the handle that had been flung to the corner of the sofa back into her hand. “Please, Ms. Kurusu, take over my burden.”

"Watch me fight to my heart's content!" Yosei Kurusu crossed his legs, adopting a "I'm getting serious" posture.

Twenty minutes later, she threw down the controller again. "I'm done playing, I need a break!"

"What is it now?" Jun Matsue struck a pose like a useless person, comfortably shrinking into the sofa.

"Songzhi's actions are infuriating!"

"Because I was distracted and my concentration dropped." Jun Matsueda chose to stick to the persona the girl had given her.

I must say, it seems that it's quite interesting for Qi to outwit and outmaneuver the monster all by himself.

"Is this your reason for remaining unmoved by the boss after eating the stone?" The girl kicked him in anger.

"They even imitated my way of dying! Isn't that blatant mockery of me?!"

"Then I have to find something to do." The boy picked up the barley tea on the table and took a sip.

"Go and clean my room!"

Jun Matsueda glanced at her, put down the controller, and went into the girl's bedroom.

Yosei Kurusu's bedroom wasn't very dirty, just a bit messy. Two vests and shorts were thrown on the blankets, probably because the girl was thinking about what to wear when she got up.

He swept up the scraps of paper and trash under the bed and on the floor, and wiped away the dust on the bedside table and dressing table. As for the scattered bottles and jars, Jun Matsue did not touch them.

Everyone has their own preferred way of storing things. Perhaps it's because of Kurusu that she can accurately find her powder compact among a bunch of small boxes?

Just as he stepped out of the bedroom, there was a knock on the living room door. Jun Matsueda looked at the girl on the sofa, and Yosuke Kurusu hummed twice.

“Matsue doesn’t play games like a team at all. I want to call Aya-chan over to play together.”

"Okay then." The boy put the broom back in its place and went into the kitchen to pour tea for the guests. The sound of Yosuke Kurusu skipping and jumping past him was followed by the sound of the door opening, greetings, and the girl's surprised exclamation.

"Why did Mochizuki come over too?" he heard Kurusu Yosei ask from the entrance.

"Well, when Yoshi sent me the message, I was shopping with Haruka, so I came over together..." Miyamura Aya's voice sounded a little guilty.

Jun Matsue poured another cup of tea in the kitchen.

Didn't this guy used to call Mochizuki "Mochizuki-neechan"? How did it become "Haruka-neechan"...?

"Excuse me—" Mochizuki Haruka said emotionlessly, then opened the shoe cabinet with practiced ease, put on her slippers, and walked over to Yosuke Kishi, searching for Matsueda Jun's figure in the room.

"Please have some barley tea~" Jun Matsue placed two cups of barley tea on the coffee table and said in a tone as emotionless as Haruka Mochizuki.

"Please forgive me, Yosei-nee, since I brought shaved ice~" Miyamura Aya carried a large bag of shaved ice in one hand and linked arms with Kurusu Yosei as they entered the living room.

"Don't do it again!" Yosei Kurusu quickly moved to the other side of the boy and, together with Haruka Mochizuki, monopolized Jun Matsueda.

The girls naturally played around for a while, and then Jun Matsue took advantage of the chaos to escape to the small sofa on the side and took four servings of shaved ice from the bag to the table.

"Yang Shi Jie, what games are we playing today!"

Now, Mochizuki Haruka and Miyamura Aya are surrounding Kiyoshi. The girl thought for a moment and decided to play a new game.

"How about 'Mischief in the Kitchen'? Four people can play, but I don't know if someone will be willing—"

She glanced at Mochizuki Haruka beside her, and the girl gave her a cold look, as if to say, "Bring it on."

"I think it would be better to eat the shaved ice first." Jun Matsueda found the matcha red bean shaved ice in front of him a little too tempting.

Just as he was about to take out the spoon, his phone, which was lying next to him, vibrated; there was a new message.

Jun Matsue's first thought was that it was sent by his senior, but the girl should still be on the plane at this time.

It should be Tomatsu or Imokawa... He picked up his phone with the spoon in his mouth, then put the spoon back down.

It was a message from my older sister.

Chapter 369 The Second Bad News

While eating matcha red bean shaved ice, Jun Matsue admired the lavender field on his phone screen.

"I don't think I've messaged Matsueda-kun yet. Does that mean the contact information I asked for before is useless?"

As she said this, her older sister sent him several pictures of Furano's scenery.

“It looks much more comfortable than Tokyo,” Jun Matsueda replied, putting a spoonful of shaved ice into his mouth.

"This shaved ice tastes really good, it's so creamy." He looked up at the girls sitting on the other sofa.

"I'm glad you like it." Mochizuki Haruka nodded slightly, a spoon in her mouth. "I picked it out on purpose. The shopkeeper said they used premium matcha from Uji."

The girl wore her hair in pigtails today, giving her a sweet, girl-next-door vibe. Her simple black short-sleeved shirt had a graffiti of a blue plaid hair tie on it—Jun Matsue had seen her wear this hair tie before.

"Isn't Songzhi going out today?" She glanced at the boy who was eating shaved ice and playing on his phone.

"Today's plan is to stay home." Jun Matsue didn't look up; he was still checking to see if his older sister had any new messages.

It seems the Yamami family has indeed set off... Mochizuki Haruka picked up the handle on the table and casually rubbed it on her lap.

She went out with Aya Miyamura specifically because she knew this news today—even if Yosei hadn't called, she would have found a way to come to the apartment with Aya.

"I guess shaved ice is the only thing to eat in summer~" Yosei Kurusu licked the mango sauce off his lips and let out a satisfied sigh.

Aya Miyamura nodded in agreement, "When you talk about spring, you think of sakura mochi; when you talk about summer, you think of shaved ice; when you talk about autumn, you think of sweet potatoes; and when you talk about winter, you think of steaming hot taiyaki."

"Isn't autumn for chestnuts?" Yosei Kurusu raised an eyebrow.

“I think apple pie is more suitable for winter,” Mochizuki Haruka also expressed her doubts.

As Jun Matsueda watched the arguing girls, he became pessimistic about the impending chaotic kitchen adventure.

Sure enough, half an hour later, Jun Matsue, who hadn't made a single mistake, was kicked out of the game.

"What's the reason this time?" He slowly put down the handle.

"It's so boring to play with Chun-ge!"

"Exactly, exactly, it's like he's carrying a human robot!" Kurusu Yosei rolled his eyes at him.

“I think Matsueda is pretty good.” Mochizuki Haruka moved a little closer to Matsueda Jun without making a sound.

"How dare you say that!" Kurusu Yosei was even more dissatisfied. "All you do is serve food to Matsue. Don't you see that Aya-chan and I are too busy to keep up?"

The girl with twin ponytails blinked innocently and secretly rubbed her foot against Jun Matsue's calf.

This guy… Jun Matsueda glanced at the girl moving closer to him and decisively chose to leave the sofa.

"You're staying here for lunch, right? I'll go buy groceries." He went back to his bedroom to change his clothes. "Is there anything you'd like to eat?"

The living room was filled with chatter again until the head chef, Yosuke Kurusu, made the final decision.

"Let's have chirashi sushi for lunch! Everyone can add whatever they want."

"I'll send the ingredient list to Songzhi later." The girl held her phone in one hand, her fingers tapping rapidly on the screen.

“OK.” Jun Matsue opened the door and picked up the black umbrella that was placed on the shoe cabinet—this was the umbrella that Yosei Kurusu had asked him to take with him when he went out, to prevent him from getting a tan.

The sunlight on the street was exceptionally bright. Jun Matsue opened his parasol, and hurried pedestrians passed by him.

The boy walked slowly, not in a hurry. After stopping at the traffic light, he glanced at his phone. The message he sent to Yamami Ikuka showed as read, but there was no follow-up.

Is it really true that my older sister is just posting two travel photos as a formality?

After thinking for a moment, Jun Matsue took the initiative to send another message.

"Does Miss Yuxiang know my address in Kyoto?"

"Make a phone call?" My older sister replied quickly.

After crossing the zebra crossing, Jun Matsueda put on his headphones and made a call to Ikuka Yamami, who was far away in Hokkaido.

"Why are you asking this, Matsueda-kun?" The woman spoke directly, her tone languid, suggesting she was enjoying her vacation.

"Because I wanted to know if I could give my senior a surprise."

The boy looked up at the street. The supermarket sign in the distance was distorted in the hot air, like a mirage, out of reach and unattainable.

"Surprise?" the woman repeated his words.

A man's voice came from the other end of the phone; it must have been my sister's husband. The sound from the receiver was muffled for a moment before becoming clear again.

"Do you want to go to Kyoto to find Maki?"

"If it's feasible." Jun Matsueda walked into the supermarket and placed the parasol on the shelf by the entrance.

"Hmm..." The woman thought for a moment, "It's possible, but you can't stay near her. That area isn't a hotel open to the public. You need to have identification and make a reservation."

"And my father and grandfather might notice, so it's obviously unlikely that you'd like to travel to Kyoto with Maki."

"At most, we'll bump into each other in public."

"That's fine too." Jun Matsueda had already entered the fresh produce section and was purchasing items according to the list sent by Yosei Kurusu.

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone. He took the opportunity to check the ingredients in the basket: eggs, cucumbers, shrimp, beef, and mushrooms...

"You really like Maki, don't you?" Ikuka Yamami suddenly asked a question that wasn't really a question.

Jun Matsueda was paying at the cashier when he said, "I feel like it's presumptuous to talk about my preferences in front of married people."

"My senior and I watched a romantic movie with a tragic ending yesterday, so she's definitely not in a good mood before we leave today."

"I just wanted to make her happy, that's all."

After paying, he left the supermarket with his parasol, the woman's voice in his earphones no longer languid.