I have a life simulator.

"You clearly said you wouldn't lie to me."

Over the years, Kitagawa Ryo has always been an overly sensible little boy. He is used to encouraging and comforting himself, and he is used to silence and understanding.

He cooks for himself and makes a good friend named Karuizawa Megumi. He transfers schools for her sake and even writes to her when he's in England, making sure to sneak back to see her whenever he gets the chance.

Because his parents didn't teach him how to be kind to others, he only knew how to be kind to others in the most clumsy way. He gave Karuizawa Kei all sorts of things, from food to clothing, and his gifts were never limited to holidays.

If Karuizawa Megumi really wanted a star, Kitagawa Ryo would really try his best to climb up to the starry sky.

The light blue dress he gave her in spring was a specially made, thicker and longer version to prevent her from catching a cold. The white sleeveless dress he gave her in summer was a cool and beautiful version that looked great when she twirled around. Because Karuizawa Megumi liked sweets, he taught himself how to make cakes for a year. He could even give away his white cat, Kitagawa Ryo, without a second thought.

Kitagawa Ryo would never abandon Karuizawa Megumi under any circumstances; at times, he could even be unexpectedly stubborn, shameless, and meddlesome.

but……

The flames in my heart burned fiercely and wildly, scalding my chest.

Kitagawa Ryo didn't want to hear Karuizawa Megumi lie to him.

In the six months since finding his biological parents, Kitagawa Ryo has met many more people and made other friends, but undeniably, he only harbors pure feelings for Karuizawa Megumi.

During Kitagawa Ryo's loneliest years, only Karuizawa Megumi was willing to play with him and build sandcastles together in the sand, which they had to start all over again every day.

Like The Little Prince, Kitagawa Ryo felt that his story with Karuizawa Megumi should also be a fairy tale.

Why lie?

Kitagawa Ryo heard Karuizawa Megumi's voice, her tone trying to remain calm but still trembling slightly:

"sorry."

She almost begged to speak:

"sorry."

But in the end, all he could do was mutter this sentence over and over again.

Karuizawa Megumi seems to have lost the ability to express her feelings with words, and she has begun to use actions more directly.

By the time Kitagawa Ryo reacted, Karuizawa Megumi's lips were already biting his.

He smelled a familiar metallic scent of blood from the corner of his mouth, and for a moment he couldn't even tell whose lips were bleeding.

Kitagawa Ryo clenched his teeth stiffly, while Karuizawa Megumi's long eyelashes brushed against his eyelids.

"cold."

Karuizawa Megumi released Kitagawa Ryo, her lips still stained with blood, exuding a bewitching aura beyond her years.

"……I am here."

Kitagawa Ryo was already feeling a bit dizzy, and he subconsciously responded with a reply.

Seizing the opportunity, in the next second, Karuizawa Kei gently pried open his teeth with her tongue.

I need to adjust my schedule and take a day off.

My sleep schedule has been a bit irregular these past few days, and I've been updating very late. I'm taking a day off today to adjust my schedule, and I'll update earlier tomorrow. After that, I'll go back to updating during the day. Actually, for the first 100,000 words of this book, I updated at a fixed time of 1 PM. At that time, I felt comfortable with the frequency and didn't feel particularly tired. Later, due to things like ranking and going on sale, my update time and sleep schedule were completely messed up, which led to me writing late at night every day, and the chapter quality wasn't good. So I'm taking a day off today to adjust.

I apologize, and I wish every reader good health.

One more thing, this book will not be abandoned. After all, its success has exceeded my expectations. It's the best book I've ever written. I started writing this book because the second season of the Classroom of the First Class anime was going to be released in July. I was thinking of riding the wave of that popularity, so I released the book in April. I didn't expect that so many readers would be reading this Classroom of the First Class fanfiction even before the anime started. I bow again to thank every reader. Thank you all for your continued support.

Here's another bonus image as an apology.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Horikita Suzune's Defeat

Kitagawa Ryo had fantasized many times about the scene of his first kiss with Karuizawa Megumi. Perhaps it was a moonlit walk together in college, or perhaps it was during a grand fireworks display in the night sky. Kitagawa Ryo was indeed a boy who longed for love. In his mind, love should be the image of a girl's long dress and the fragrance of her hair, the two of them holding hands and walking through a tree-lined path, whispering to each other with their foreheads touching... In short, it was definitely not like this.

When Karuizawa Kei leaned closer, Kitagawa Ryo felt a deep sense of fear on one hand, and an overwhelming feeling of pity on the other. Without any emotional buildup, Kitagawa Ryo's lips were even dry, but Karuizawa Kei still desperately moved closer to him, as if trying to moisten his parched lips with her own.

Kitagawa Ryo smelled the blood again. Karuizawa Megumi's tears slid down her face and onto Kitagawa Ryo's face, but her lips seemed to be smiling.

Hotaru meowed a few times, and Kitagawa Ryo seemed to wake up from a dream. He finally reached out and pushed Karuizawa away. The heat from Karuizawa's shower had completely dissipated, but the tear stains on Kitagawa Ryo's face still carried a trace of warmth. His face was flushed from the kiss, and his nose was filled with Karuizawa's scent.

"..."

Kitagawa Ryo took two deep breaths, then reached out to wipe his mouth, leaving a small but clear bloodstain on the back of his hand.

He couldn't speak, and Karuizawa Kei didn't speak either. Time seemed to freeze between them. They were both breathing rapidly, and their exhaled air formed a huge yet empty wall between them.

"I'll go get you some cotton swabs."

Kitagawa Ryo shook his head as he looked at the still-bleeding wound on Karuizawa Megumi's lip. There was nothing wrong with what he said, but it only made Karuizawa Megumi more nervous.

So Karuizawa Kei could only nod, her lips slightly upturned, as if trying to give him a smile.

"I already asked Mr. Izaki while you were taking a shower. He's not staying at the hotel tonight; he's going to visit an old friend."

Karuizawa Kei heard herself swallow loudly, almost choking. Then she heard her own voice, but it sounded strange, as if someone else was providing a voiceover for her from behind.

"Liang... what does 'liang' mean?"

She could see that she was trying to struggle, and Karuizawa Kei keenly noticed the change in Kitagawa Ryo's attitude.

"I'll go sleep in the next room. I think it's fine for Hui to sleep here alone."

Kitagawa Ryo pulled out cotton swabs and iodine from the drawer, walked over to Karuizawa Kei, and gave her instructions in a serious, almost strange tone.

Karuizawa Megumi happened to meet his gaze, a gaze identical to that of Horikita Suzune, whom she had confronted earlier that day, causing her to shudder and feel a chill in her heart.

"Sit down, I'll apply the medicine for you."

Kitagawa Ryo pressed Karuizawa Megumi's shoulder to help her sit back on the sofa, while he himself sat on the other side and unwrapped a cotton swab.

A faint sense of fear lingered on Karuizawa Megumi's nose. She turned her head somewhat nervously, just in time to see Kitagawa Ryo extend a cotton swab already soaked in iodine.

"Don't move."

Every word Kitagawa Ryo said felt like a meteorite crashing into her body, choking her from her heart all the way down her throat to her lips. Karuizawa Megumi couldn't utter a single word now. She was like a puppet being manipulated by Kitagawa Ryo, stiffly cooperating with him as he applied the medicine.

"Does it hurt? Just bear with it."

Kitagawa Ryo's tone remained unchanged, and his movements were as gentle as possible. Karuizawa Megumi sat there helplessly, suddenly recalling the past ten years. No matter how much she deceived herself, the effort between the two of them was unequal. She accepted his kindness time and time again, and enjoyed the clothes, warmth, and care he gave her without restraint. She was no longer as apprehensive as she had been at the beginning; she had long since taken it for granted.

However, in the past, these unnoticed points were taken for granted and veiled by memories. She calmly enjoyed everything that Kitagawa Ryo brought to her life, but the ultimate result of such short-sightedness was destruction.

Karuizawa Kei even buryed her head in the sand many times, thinking that her purpose was simply to be by Kitagawa Ryo's side, which was already a kind of comfort and reward for Kitagawa Ryo, who was always alone.

After applying the medicine to Karuizawa Megumi, Kitagawa Ryo left her side without looking back. He placed the remaining medicine on the most conspicuous table in the living room, where there was also a rose.

"Go to bed early, it's late."

As Kitagawa Ryo closed the door, Karuizawa Megumi turned her back. She seemed to be putting the red rose back into the vase. Karuizawa Megumi's shadow, with Kitagawa Ryo behind her, looked thinner and more delicate than ever before. But Kitagawa Ryo still closed the door and gave her a final word of advice.

"Ah."

Karuizawa suddenly realized that her right hand, which was holding the rose, was trembling, making it impossible for her to put the rose back in the vase properly. Then she heard her own voice trembling as well:

"I see."

"Good night."

"Good night."

Then came the clanging of the door closing and the sound of footsteps gradually fading away.

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"So, that's why you came here in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

Horikita Suzune, dressed in a light black casual outfit, looked at the pile of fried chicken in front of her with a hint of disdain, and carefully placed a sundae in front of her.

"And why this kind of fried chicken fast food restaurant?"

"Because this is the only place near your home that's open 24 hours. As for bars? I don't think we can get in yet."

Kitagawa Ryo took a piece of grilled chicken wing and angrily took a bite. It was almost midnight.

"Do you know that this behavior has disrupted my schedule?"

Horikita Suzune herself didn't know why she actually changed into her pajamas and came to this fast food restaurant as soon as she received the other party's contact before going to bed, and why she had listened to a long, incoherent, and illogical rant for the past half hour.

"Isn't it because Horikita went to see Megumi today?"

Kitagawa didn't even wipe his hands, and took another big gulp of iced cola. He was currently in a state of letting loose, and his terrible behavior made Horikita Suzune frown.

“I’ve already heard from the receptionist that you and Hui talked for almost two hours this morning.”

"It was after that that Hui became the way she is now."

Horikita Suzune ate her sundae in tiny spoonfuls, completely unfazed by Kitagawa Ryo's questioning, and replied:

"I think I was right and I did nothing wrong."

"Then why not take a gentler, more tactful approach?"

"Because this direct approach is often more effective."

"...You deserve to never have any friends."

Upon hearing Kitagawa Ryo's words, Horikita Suzune smiled first. Perhaps because he hadn't seen Horikita Suzune smile like that in the past few days, Kitagawa Ryo was also a little surprised.

"Didn't you just announce this morning that you wanted to be friends with me? Or rather, to establish some kind of taming relationship?"

Horikita Suzune spoke with a smile, sticking out her tongue and gently licking the ice cream around her lips, as if she had finally found an excuse to outmaneuver Kitagawa Ryoichi.

"Have you already forgotten?"

“If it weren’t for this, I wouldn’t have waited for Karuizawa Megumi there in the morning.”

Kitagawa Ryo looked at Horikita Suzune speechlessly, even ignoring the half-eaten fried chicken in his hand:

"Horikita probably doesn't see this as a way to help a friend."

"I just think that Kitagawa will have a conflict with her sooner or later, and what I said today is just stating the facts."

"If you could state these facts less often, you might have a better chance of making friends, really."

"Friends? One or two are enough, more is useless."

Horikita Suzune lowered her eyes. Compared to her previous belief that she didn't need friends at all, she had at least come to a realization now. If it had been three days ago, she probably would have been spouting her strange theories to Kitagawa Ryo again.

"Horikita."

Kitagawa Ryo seemed to have eaten his fill. He hadn't even finished the shrimp dumplings that night because he didn't have much of an appetite, but now he had a rare bit of an appetite.

"You have no dating experience, right?"

"How could I possibly have that?"

Horikita Suzune cast a cold, disdainful look at Kitagawa Ryo as if he were an idiot.

"That's why Horikita thinks it's okay to be alone, because there's no one she likes and no one she wants to be with, hahaha."

Kitagawa Ryo started laughing first. He laughed very happily at first, and then laughed very sadly.

"Perhaps Horikita's idea of ​​avoiding contact with people isn't wrong."

Horikita Suzune really couldn't understand what Kitagawa Ryo was thinking. Just two days ago, this person was trying to help her make friends, but now she was agreeing with her past ideas. It was simply incomprehensible.

"You've broken up with your boyfriend?"

Horikita Suzune suddenly recalled some heartbreak scenes described in books she had read before.

"I've never been in a relationship, so how could I have experienced heartbreak?"

This time, it was Kitagawa Ryo's turn to give Horikita Suzune the look of someone who was an idiot.

"Love isn't that important. Look, if we don't put up a fight, what will happen in a few years?"

Kitagawa Ryo spread his hands, looking somewhat helpless, and said:

“We might not have any feelings for each other at all, but suddenly we become a legally married couple, the kind where we have to say ‘I do’ in front of the pastor.”

"..."

Horikita Suzune got goosebumps from his words, and like Kitagawa Ryo, she wouldn't accept this inexplicable marriage agreement.

"So you didn't come to see me tonight to talk about Karuizawa Kei after all."

"of course."