Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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"Haneoka High School has a deviation score of 71, but the atmosphere is much more free, which is the school that Kokoro most wants to go to."

The frisbee, which had been floating around, finally slipped from her grasp and landed at Yamami Maki's feet.

"Actually, I wasn't confident that I could beat Kokoro back then, but my pride wouldn't allow me to refuse her provocation."

The girl picked up the frisbee and threw it with an elegant and skillful motion. Sunlight streamed through her flowing black hair, outstretched arms, and slightly bent legs, making her breathtakingly beautiful.

The disc returned to the hands of the girls not far away. Yamami Maki smiled and waved her hands in acknowledgment. She returned to sit down next to Matsueda Jun, and the dazzling light vanished in an instant.

"The final result was also clear: I lost to Kokoro without any suspense and ended up going to Haneoka High School."

Matsueda Jun looked at the sparrows hopping around on the picnic mat and asked, "I feel like your family is pretty strict, right? Would they allow you to go to Haneoka High School?"

Yamami Maki revealed a sly smile, "Because I took the entrance exam for Haneoka High School and applied for a specialization like Aya-chan."

Specialized choices can lower the admission score, but once the admission score is reached, you can only choose the school listed in your specialized choice and cannot change it.

"Although my parents did intend to change the schools I applied to, they gave up after my insistence."

"But we've also agreed that these three years in Yuqiu will be the last time we can be so willful."

The final act of willfulness sounded somewhat sad. Matsueda Jun looked at the girl's calm face. What was she thinking?

"As for why Kokoro went to Ochanomizu, it was Uncle Kuroba's punishment for her willful bet. He even dragged Kokoro to me to apologize, and she cried so pitifully back then~" Yami Maki laughed happily.

"But now that I think about it, I still have to thank Kokoro. At least I had a great time in Haneoka. I wonder how she's doing in Ochanomizu."

A nostalgic look appeared on the girl's face. "Maybe the bet we made back then was just because she didn't want to leave me..."

"In that case, I should thank Kuroba Shin. If it weren't for her bet, wouldn't the person sitting next to me now be someone who's always clamoring to compete with me in achievements?"

Matsueda Jun said with relief, "Compared to her, my senior is like heaven and earth."

"Kokoro-chan isn't that bad, is she..." Yami Maki couldn't suppress the smile on her face as she looked at the figure that appeared at the end of the lawn.

"It seems like everyone's back. It must be time for Miss Yangshi's performance."

“I’ve rested enough.” Jun Matsue stood up from the grass. “After we see Kurusu to the door, let’s take a stroll around some more. Since we’re here to see the cherry blossoms, we should at least see all the cherry blossoms here.”

Yamami Maki nodded gently and waved to the approaching girls. "I also feel like there's not enough time."

The weather became even brighter in the afternoon, and the clouds in the sky disappeared, leaving only the blooming cherry blossoms shimmering in the cascading sunlight.

As she left Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Maki Yamami looked up at the city skyline. The overly clear blue sky and white clouds under the sunlight gave her a slight feeling of dizziness.

The girl was unaware whether this blissful and carefree dizziness belonged to her.

Only the footsteps of the people continue to move towards spring.

Chapter 267 The Sleeping Beauty Awakened

Sitting on the Keio Line train, Tomatsu Yuka sighed softly.

"Is something bothering you, Yuka?" Yamami Maki asked understandingly as she sat down beside her.

"I only have one problem right now, and that is how to become Matsueda's girlfriend." The girl looked up at the dark tunnel wall outside the tram.

She could have shared a subway ride with Jun Matsueda, but Haruka Mochizuki said she was going back to Mitaka, so Jun Matsueda and Aya Miyamura naturally got into the girl's black car.

The senior student smiled gently, "The competition is quite fierce..."

"Thanks to my senior for inviting everyone to enjoy the cherry blossoms together, otherwise I wouldn't have known that one of my rivals was an idol." Tomatsu Yuka sighed again and hugged the arm of the girl next to her.

"What am I going to do without a senior student?"

Yamami Maki reached out to support her junior, saying, "Tomoka, you've worked hard too."

A hint of unspeakable guilt appeared in the girl's eyes. She gently stroked the soft, short hair of the younger man in her arms, as if this would make her feel a little better.

The train stopped at Meidai-mae Station, and Tomatsu Yuka stood up from her seat. "I'll get off now, see you later, senior~"

Goodbye~

The girl stepped out of the car, turned around to look at her senior in the car, and Yamami Maki smiled and waved goodbye to her.

The train started moving quickly, and after the sound of its speeding disappeared in a flash, Tomatsu Yuka stared blankly at the red railings and gray walls in front of her.

The senior was indeed a very good friend, but when she returned to the lawn and saw the two of them getting along harmoniously, she still felt a little sad.

The girl finally sighed, "Don't overthink it..."

We already have enough enemies, so why bother to suspect our senior sister for no reason?

Meanwhile, in the black sedan heading towards Mitaka, Aya Miyamura uploaded photos from her phone to the group chat.

This is a group photo taken under the cherry blossom tree before we saw Yosuke Kurusu off in the afternoon. The two girls from the brass band and Haruka Mochizuki are standing in a row, Jun Matsueda is standing behind the three of them, and Aya Miyamura and Yosuke Kurusu are on either side.

Whether genuine or not, the girls smiled brightly.

Miyamura Aya thought with some regret, "It feels like it will be hard for us to stand together like this again in the future."

The cherry blossoms, frozen in time in the photos and never to return, thus signaled the end of the first day of the holiday.

On the second day of Golden Week, Jun Matsueda's precious time of having nothing to do vanished along with the cherry blossoms—the library doesn't close on holidays, and it was his turn to work this afternoon.

Even Jun Matsue, who was already used to working part-time, still looked rather unwell when he sat down at the library counter.

"The holiday is over just like that..." He sighed as he looked at the empty hall. The library didn't have many visitors during the Golden Week holiday; most people chose to go out for sightseeing or stay home to rest.

"There's nothing we can do about it," Tomatsu Yuka said with a smile. "Our jobs are relatively easy, and our shift schedules are quite flexible."

"No job is perfect; there's always a price to pay," the girl comforted herself.

However, Tomatsu Yuka was actually very happy. To her, it was better to work at the library with her sweetheart than to watch her mother lock herself in the study to work overtime at home, even if she didn't get paid.

After the shadows of the trees outside the window traced a short arc across the swept floor, the two finished their daily work and entered their legitimate time to slack off.

The girl carefully took a box out of her handbag and placed it in front of Matsueda Jun. It was a little smaller than the box that had been on the lawn yesterday.

Afternoon tea time~

He opened the box, inside was a pink, round food wrapped in a layer of cherry blossom leaves.

"This time the red bean paste is a bit coarser, Matsu-san should like it." Tomatsu Yuka's smile was sweet, as pure and spotless as her dress.

“...Actually, I really liked the sakura mochi from yesterday, there was no need to go to so much trouble.” Jun Matsueda said with a hint of helplessness.

"I just had some leftover ingredients at home, so I thought I might as well make some more."

What she said sounded reasonable, but upon closer examination, it was as strange as seeing a few blank exam papers lying around and then casually finishing them.

"Let's eat together then." Jun Matsue pushed the box between the two of them. There were only six sakura mochi, so it seemed they were indeed made with leftover ingredients.

Tomatsu Yuka watched expectantly as the boy picked up a sakura mochi and put it in his mouth. "How does it taste?"

"Hmm..." Jun Matsue savored it carefully, "The outer skin is thinner, and the sweetness of the red bean paste has increased. You can taste a little bit of graininess. It's perfect for me."

"That's good!" The girl clapped her hands together in delight.

She even had her mother, who was on break, try the taste, and sure enough, experience is needed to make the most perfect dessert!

Tomatsu Tomoka also picked up a sakura mochi. The girl chewed very slowly; she found it more enjoyable to watch Matsueda Jun eat.

Jun Matsue held a sakura mochi in one hand and flipped through an old book with a cover the same color as the sakura mochi in the other. Out of the corner of his eye, he could feel the girl's focused gaze. She looked at him as if she were examining some rare treasure.

Some people will definitely think her actions are fake or her posture is too exaggerated, but exaggeration is enough to create happiness in a place where there is nothing, at least the two of them do not feel lonely now.

The last hour before leaving get off work was slowly whiled away with cherry blossom cakes and green tea.

After cleaning the table, the two walked out of the library together. Jun Matsue watched Tomatsu get on her bicycle, then turned back to say goodbye.

"See you tomorrow, Matsueda-kun~"

"See you tomorrow."

After the girl's white handbag swayed and disappeared around the corner, Junya Matsueda got on his bike and headed towards Toriyama Hospital.

Today is the day a certain Sleeping Beauty is discharged from the hospital. Although Auntie hasn't woken up yet, the remaining treatment can continue even at the Mochizuki family's manor. Therefore, Mochizuki Haruka has decided to bring Auntie home so that she can wake up in a more familiar environment.

When the girl pushed open the door to the ward, she saw the woman on the bed struggling to sit up and prepare to put her in the wheelchair next to the bed.

"Couldn't you ask a maid for help?" Jun Matsue walked up to Haruka Mochizuki, who was panting heavily, which sounded rather cute.

“I always wiped myself down by myself before… I thought I could do it this time too…” the girl said with difficulty, “…”

"I'm a guy, so physical contact isn't really appropriate, is it?"

"Hurry up!" Mochizuki Haruka turned her head and glared at him. Matsueda Jun had no choice but to carefully lift the woman's back, preparing to put her in the wheelchair.

However, the beautiful body that had been motionless on the hospital bed trembled slightly at this moment, and the woman slowly opened her eyes, still somewhat sleepy.

Jun Matsue looked at the woman in his arms, while the girl beside them opened her mouth in surprise.

Wang Yuehua spoke in a daze, her hoarse voice sounding somewhat sexy.

"...How long did I sleep?"

Chapter 268 On How Waste Becomes Human

"...How long did I sleep?"

Matsueda Jun looked at the woman's full lips as they opened and closed. He seemed to have said the same thing when he woke up on the lawn yesterday.

The boy was momentarily at a loss for how to react, but fortunately, Mochizuki Haruka had already pushed him aside and thrown him into the woman's arms.

The woman who had sat up lay back down after being jolted back down by her niece. Wang Yuehua looked down at the girl who was lying on her chest, her shoulders trembling, and then looked up at the boy standing by the hospital bed.

The drowsy look on the woman's face slowly faded. She shook her head, gently patted the girl's back, and felt the torrent of tears soaking her chest.

"Looks like I slept for a long time..."

Jun Matsue looked out the window at the not-too-intense sunlight. "To be precise, it's exactly one hundred and eighty days."

From November 4th to May 4th, exactly six months.

"Six months? Did I sleep for that long?!" The woman's eyes widened in surprise. "I made so many promises with Xiaoyao, haven't I broken them all now?!"

"It's alright, it's good that you're awake." Mochizuki Haruka raised her head, the girl's tears still flowing, but the corners of her mouth turned up without any bitterness. "Actually, I didn't sleep for very long."

It just so happens that she slept from winter into spring.

To give his aunt and niece some space in the ward, Jun Matsuoka chose to stand in the corridor and stare blankly. He looked at the beech tree downstairs, which was in bloom in April and May. The tips of its branches and leaves had some small light green flowers, which looked like a green lace trim when viewed from a distance.

Not long after he finished writing his plant observation report, Mochizuki Haruka opened the door to the ward. The girl's tears had been wiped away, and there was no trace of her crying.

"Help me lift my aunt into the wheelchair." Her voice was muffled, indicating that she hadn't fully recovered from her emotions.

"Isn't she awake?" Jun Matsue glanced into the ward. The woman was curled up in the blankets, her fingers frantically swiping across her phone screen, seemingly browsing information from the past six months.

"I'm awake, but after six months of inactivity, my body feels a bit unresponsive."

Wang Yuehua sat up in bed. She had taken off her hospital gown and was wearing a black nightgown, which was thicker than the one her niece wore.

"Look." The woman raised her right hand and held it in the air. Her smooth arm trembled slightly, revealing a sickly pale complexion that seemed to have been hidden from the light.

Jun Matsue went into the room and observed for a while. "Isn't everything fine here?"

"But I want to move my left hand."

When the two people's expressions changed, Aunt blinked and smiled happily.

"Just kidding!"

However, Mochizuki Haruka's expression remained serious. The girl sat on the edge of the bed, holding her phone, preparing to contact the medical team for an examination.

"I was just playing a prank, did it really have to be this complicated?"

“No.” Mochizuki Haruka immediately rejected the idea. “You’ve only just woken up; you need to have a full medical check-up.”

The woman on the hospital bed sighed, "It's a pity I was groggy when I first woke up, otherwise I really wanted to pretend to have amnesia and see how you would react."

Matsueda Jun shook his head. "Mochizuki's heart may not be able to withstand this kind of blow. Aunt, please let her go."

The girl put down her phone, took the woman's hand, and said, "The medical team will be here in five minutes. Auntie, please stay in bed and don't go anywhere."

"But I want to wash up." Wang Yuehua shook her niece's hand, as if the two had switched places. "Look, I just got up, my face is dirty, and my mouth feels weird..."

"Then I'll push you there, but it's better to try not to move around too much." Mochizuki Haruka turned around and looked at the boy sitting on the other bed yawning.

"Pine branch, help Auntie into the wheelchair."

Jun Matsueda stood up. "Is that alright? Then I'll get started."

The woman on the bed gently lifted the blanket, revealing her slender legs. She sat by the window and obediently opened her arms to him.