Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 14 Crisis in the Brass Section

"Excuse me, is Matsueda-san here?"

A soft and gentle voice sounded from the back door of Class 2, Grade 1.

Jun Matsue looked up and put down the national geography competition practice questions in his hand. A girl stood outside the door, wearing a dark green second-year student's scarf tied around her sailor uniform.

"Senior, what do you want to talk to me about?" He walked out the back door.

He wasn't very familiar with the second-year students, only remembering that the girl in front of him had appeared in the Yuuki recruitment video he had seen before.

"I'm Yamamiya Maki, the leader of the school's wind orchestra." The girl introduced herself to him with a calm expression, lifting the hair that fell by her ears.

The girl was neither tall nor short, with long, smooth hair that shone with a black luster. She had no special decorations on her body, but she gave off a restrained temperament.

"Hello, Senior Yamami." Jun Matsueda thought that she seemed very similar to Tomatsu-san.

"Um, Tomoka isn't in the classroom, right?"

Tomatsu Tomoka is also a member of the wind band. Although he didn't know why the senior asked him, Matsueda Jun still looked into the classroom.

"She's not here. Senior, do you need help with her?"

"No, no, no, I'm glad you're not here." Yamami Maki patted her chest, looking relieved. "Actually, the wind band has been having some problems lately, and I think only Matsueda-san can solve them, so I came here specifically to ask for your help."

"Does this question concern me?"

The girl looked up, her rosy lips slightly pouting, as if she were thinking. "Hmm, it has a lot to do with it."

"There's a wind band practice this afternoon after school, and I hope Matsueda-san can come and see it." Yamami Maki clasped her hands together in front of her chest and bowed her head in a plea. "I know Matsueda-san is very busy, with being the class monitor, participating in competitions, and juggling club duties, but I still hope you can spare some time to visit the wind band!"

Jun Matsueda thought for a while, but before he could answer, another girl appeared behind him.

"Matsueda-kun, who are you chatting with?" This was Tomatsu Tomoka's voice, gentle and soft.

"Ah, Tomoka, good afternoon!" Yamami Maki's face turned pale, and she greeted Tomatsu Tomoka hurriedly with a somewhat flustered tone.

"So it's Senior Moji." Tomatsu smiled, but Jun Matsueda couldn't tell what the smile was. "What do you want to talk to Matsueda-kun about? Can I listen? I'm quite interested."

"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 brass band were all focused on practicing, and no one noticed the two heads at the door. "Is everything alright?" he asked Yamami Maki.

"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 Matsue realized why Yuka Tomatsu thought the brass band was fine; it turned out 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.

(End of this chapter)