Am I being simulated by their love affair?

"It's nothing important!" Yamami Maki waved her hand. "The school said they're going to shoot a promotional video for next year's enrollment. The News Department is planning it, and Tsushima-san asked me to contact Matsueda-san about filming the wind band."

"Is that so, Matsueda-kun?" Tomatsu took this opportunity to look at Matsueda Jun and kissed his face with his eyes.

"Yeah." Although he didn't know why the senior sister lied, there was no need for him to expose her.

"We've discussed the filming, Matsueda-san, I'll take my leave now!" Before leaving, Yamami Maki gave Matsueda Jun a look. For some reason, he understood that it meant "Please be sure to come!"

Returning to his seat, Matsueda Jun casually asked Tomatsu Yuka, "What's going on with the wind band recently?"

"No?" The girl replied absentmindedly at first, then realized that this was a rare breakthrough, and responded excitedly.

Jun Matsueda listened to Tomoka Tomatsu for ten minutes. The girl's voice was pleasant and not annoying, but he didn't find any clues.

Thinking about his image at school, Jun Matsueda decided to visit the wind band after school and canceled his original plan to move goods to the Mitaka Forest Convenience Store.

After school, when Jun Matsueda arrived outside the wind band's practice room, they had already started practicing. Even in the hallway, he could hear the melodious and lively wind music, a relaxing piece.

Yamami Maki waved to Matsueda Jun and instead of practicing indoors, she stood outside the door waiting.

"Matsueda-san, there's no need to go in. Just watch from the door."

Matsueda Jun imitated Yamami Maki, holding onto the door and looking inside through the glass. The two of them looked like peeping Toms.

The members of the wind band were concentrating on practicing and no one noticed the two heads at the door.

"Is everything okay?" he asked Yamami Mochi.

"When you're on break, keep an eye on Youhua."

The music stopped and the girls sat on the chairs to rest and exchanged opinions on performance coordination with each other.

Jun Matsueda discovered it.

"Tomatsu doesn't seem to be communicating with others much. She just sits in a chair by herself?"

"That's right." Yamami Maki looked at the girl sitting on the chair. "It's been several days. It's not the members who isolated her, but she chose this herself."

"I think Tomatsu-san is becoming less and less interested in the wind band. Maybe you can't hear it, but her previous performances were much more moving than this." Yamami Maki pointed to the golden instrument in the girl's hand. It was a saxophone.

"She used to only use her favorite bakelite mouthpiece, but today she uses a metal mouthpiece!" A worried look appeared on Yamami Mochi's gentle face.

"And I heard that she wants to withdraw from our originally planned summer training. Tomoka is in charge of saxophone instruction!" The Hanqiu High School Wind Ensemble has good results and won the national gold medal two years ago. It seems that they want to give it a try this year as well.

"Hmm..." Jun Matsueda knew why Tomoka Tomatsu thought there was no problem with the wind band. It turned out that she was the biggest problem.

"What's the reason?" he thought as he listened to the sound of the flute.

Yamami Moki stared at him.

"What's the reason?"

Keep staring.

"Because of me?" Matsueda Jun pointed at himself.

The senior sighed, "Think about how she looked when we met her at noon. Tomoka's mind is now filled with Matsueda-san, and she can't think of anything else."

Jun Matsueda thought about it and realized that Tomatsu Tomoka was almost surrounding his campus life recently.

"So here's the thing. I'd like Matsueda-san to summon Tomoka's soul back to the brass band."

"If you don't plan to accept her, the wind band will distract her and stop her from pestering you. I think Matsueda-san will feel more at ease too."

"If Matsueda-san needs any compensation, you can tell me!"

Yamami Maki, who was able to become the leader of the wind band, is indeed a smart person. She asked Matsueda Jun to solve this matter, which is beneficial to both parties.

After explaining the situation to Jun Matsueda, Yamami Maki entered the training room. She still needed to point out the problems with the orchestra's ensemble.

Jun Matsueda stayed outside the door and did not leave.

Tomatsu Tomoka's all-pervasive encirclement did not cause Matsueda Jun much discomfort, which was probably the reason why the girl continued to increase her strength.

But Jun'ya Matsueda doesn't like it very much, so this may be an opportunity for Tomatsu Tomoka to change.

Matsueda Jun looked back at the girl in the room. The summer sun sets late, but even then, the golden light shone on the girl's profile. Her black hair, the delicate tip of her nose, the instrument in her hand, the fingers dancing to the rhythm, all shimmered in a dreamlike brilliance.

Jun Matsueda would rather see her like this than the madly in love Tomatsu Tomoka.

"You want me to return to the wind band's summer training? No way!"

This was the first time the girl rejected him.

Chapter 15 Conflict

There were less than two weeks left until the final exams, but the atmosphere at school was anything but tense. Class 2, Grade 1, was filled with laughter.

But this is normal. If you stop a high school student on the roadside in a small city, he may not even know that there is such a thing as homework.

The bell rang for class. Tomatsu Tomoka sat in the classroom, looking at the empty seat on her right.

Jun Matsueda is being examined in Mr. Kashida's office. Thanks to the geography competition, he doesn't have to attend geography classes in the near future.

While working on his homework, he was distracted by thinking about Tomatsu Tomoka's problem. Two days ago, Tenjima Kou also came to him and said that the wind band was one of the focuses of the promotional video shooting, and asked him to ensure the normal activity of the wind band.

It seems that Yamami Maki has also come to Tsushima Kou. No matter how you consider it, it is necessary to persuade Tomatsu Tomoka to change.

However, he was not surprised that Jun Matsueda's first attempt failed.

This is Tomatsu Tomoka, it’s not easy to convince her.

Because of his attempts, Tomatsu Tomoka has been looking at him with resentful eyes whenever she appeared recently, like a wife who is unwilling to divorce her husband after knowing that he has an affair with a mistress.

"Matsueda, they say that every time you participate in a competition, you bring a few girls back to school. Is that true?" Teacher Kashida interrupted his thoughts.

"Not always." His tone was humble, as if he was saying that he didn't always get perfect scores in liberal arts. "Does Mr. Kashida also gossip?"

"I'm human, and as humans I'm curious." The man pushed his glasses up. "And every time I hear other teachers talk about the Succubus Matsuji during the competition meeting, it feels really amazing."

"Succubus Matsueda?" Upon hearing this name, Jun Matsueda stopped writing.

"The nickname they gave you."

Jun Matsueda didn't like creatures that relied on beauty and bodily fluids to survive, so he decided to explain: "Teacher, although there are girls who come to my school after meeting them in competitions, it's for learning and exchange purposes, and they will be exchanged back after a while. There really aren't many who stay in my school."

"It actually exists." Even Kashida teacher's calm face showed surprise.

Feeling that he was making things worse, Matsueda Jun stopped talking. He quickly finished the questions, handed in the paper and walked out of the office.

As he walked into the classroom, he felt Tomatsu Tomoka's gaze on him the first time.

Maybe it's time to have another good chat with her, Jun Matsueda waited for lunch break to come.

The bell for the end of the fourth class rang, and Jun Matsueda came back from the bathroom and found that Tomatsu Tomoka was missing.

He waited another ten minutes, then went out to look for it.

From the first floor to the second floor, and then from the second floor to the third floor, there was no sign of the girl in the corridor.

Jun Matsueda began searching for empty classrooms and finally heard a sound near the end of the fourth floor.

"Why did Mochizuki-san ask me to come to a place like this?" Tomatsu Tomoka's voice was faint.

Mochizuki Haruka? Matsueda Jun heard an unexpected name; he had never seen these two people communicate.

Jun Matsueda walked over quietly and stood against the wall.

"I'm not doing anything, I'm just telling you not to hang around Matsueda Jun like a fly all day long." It was indeed Mochizuki Haruka's voice.

The two voices sounded very far away, as if they were at opposite ends of the classroom.

"Jun-kun hasn't rejected me yet, why are you expressing your opinion here, an outsider?" This was the first time that Jun Matsueda heard Tomatsu Tomoka speak in such a sarcastic tone.

Mochizuki Haruka actually laughed, "Chun Jun? When you called him that, did he ever pay attention to you? You are the most shameless woman I have ever met."

Tomatsu Tomoka took a few deep breaths and spoke again.

"It's better than you. He used to call me Tomoka, so at least we used to have a good relationship. Unlike Mochizuki-san, who showed up out of nowhere the first time. He spent the whole day looking for opportunities to peek at Jun-kun from corners, investigating his background, and pretending to be uninterested in him. Do you think he's wary of you?"

Mochizuki Haruka's breathing became noticeable. After a while, she said, "I'm different from you. I didn't approach him because I liked him. I have my reasons. I'm not as disgusting as you."

Jun Matsueda leaned against the wall and thought.

Mochizuki Haruka fired back: "Did you know that Matsueda Jun used to work as a hostess just to pay a large sum of money to hire a private investigator to find out who was spreading rumors about him?"

"You clearly wanted to get closer to him, but you pushed him further away. Were you angry about him drinking with you? It was clearly your own fault!"

There was a sound of chairs moving in the classroom. It sounded like Tomatsu Tomoka lost her balance and sat on the chair next to her.

"He didn't tell me..." The girl's voice sounded muffled, as if she covered her mouth.

"Your love is an ugly puddle of mud, and you still expect the person you've hurt to tell you about it?" Mochizuki Haruka taunted mercilessly. "Everything you do is just self-satisfaction. Driven by hidden desires, you want to assert your sovereignty over all potential rivals through your actions. Does Matsueda Jun's silence mean he agrees? He simply doesn't care what you do!"

Tomatsu Tomoka slammed the table hard.

"Does judging others bring you joy, Mochizuki-san? Ultimately, you're just a coward without courage. You've never admitted your feelings for Jun-kun, and you've only been doing sneaky little things in secret to hinder and attack me. Isn't it great to be a high-ranking lady, knowing and controlling everything with money and power? You're nothing more than a squeaking rat in a dark corner!"

"I told you, I don't like him! I only care about him because he's useful to me!" Mochizuki Yao's voice was like a wolf choosing its prey. "If you don't stay away from him, your mother's company will be lost."

Then Jun Matsueda heard the footsteps of Tomatsu Tomoka. She walked straight forward, and then there was a "pop" sound.

It seems that I have returned the slap.

Jun Matsueda opened the door and went in. The two people who were pressed together turned to look at her.

There was no palm print on Mochizuki Haruka's face, but there was a red spot on her left arm. It seemed that she blocked the slap. Matsueda Jun even had the mind to think about such things.

Seeing that it was Matsueda Jun, Mochizuki Haruka's face looked very pale and her lips trembled. Then she forced herself to put on her usual cold expression and said nothing.

Tomatsu Tomoka spoke: "Why is Jun-kun here?" Her eyes looked a little weak, and she didn't dare to look directly into Matsueda Jun's eyes.

"I had something to ask Tomatsu-san, so I wanted to see where you were." Matsueda Jun's tone was very normal, and Tomatsu Tomoka breathed a sigh of relief.

"I've never seen you two talk before, but it turns out your conversations are so heartfelt." He sighed, "I know you're doing this for my own good, but is it necessary to have such a quarrel?"

He then said to Mochizuki Haruka, "Thank you for your concern, Mochizuki-san. Let's resolve the matter between Tomatsu-san and me on our own. We're all classmates, there's no need to be so hostile."

Matsueda Jun added, "I'm grateful for the Mochizuki family's financial support for the orphanage, and for helping me get suspended from school. Mochizuki-san, you don't need to pay so much attention to me and solve my problems behind the scenes. I'll help you, too."

"Yeah." Mochizuki Haruka uttered a word and watched Tomatsu Tomoka follow Matsueda Jun out of the classroom.

Tomatsu Tomoka's lips moved slightly as she passed by her.

"outsider."

She walked out the door and watched the two figures disappear at the stairs, talking to herself.

"Didn't you say you didn't like it?"

"Why does my chest still hurt so much?"

"It turns out that if you like him, you'll get hurt, and if you don't like him, you'll also get hurt."

Mochizuki Haruka took out her cell phone and sent a message to Matsueda Jun.

"are we still friends?"

Chapter 16: Jun Matsueda's First Love

"are we still friends?"

Jun Matsueda looked at the message sent by Haruka Mochizuki on his phone and felt a little confused.

"Of course."

The cat avatar immediately replied to him: "You didn't lie to me?"

Of course, Jun Matsueda knew who was good to him. No matter what Mochizuki said, he had not discovered that the girl had done anything bad to him.

"Mr. Mochizuki, you told me not to fake smile or say anything hypocritical in front of you. I still remember that."

Wangyue Yao put down her phone and stopped sending messages. She touched her chest and still felt a dull pain.

"It's so uncomfortable to feel that all my joys, sorrows, anger and happiness are tied to other people..."

Jun Matsueda and Tomoka Tomatsu did not return to the classroom, but went to the rooftop.

Jun Matsueda likes to go to the rooftop to tell stories. The rooftop is lonely and all you can see when you look up is the sky. It makes people feel free and happy and they can say anything.

He put down his phone. Tomatsu Tomoka looked at him dimly. The girl asked, "Are you comforting her?"

Matsueda Jun asked back: "Are you jealous?"

The girl nodded, and Matsueda Jun immediately retorted: "You're not even my girlfriend, what right do you have to be jealous?"

The light in Tomatsu Tomoka's eyes went out. She lowered her head and spoke in a voice so low that it seemed as if she was talking to herself: "Did I do something wrong?"

Even if I'm wrong, I won't regret it, she thought to herself. Because it really worked, she drove away all the threatening women.