Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 366 A Love Like a Bouquet
On the afternoon of August 10th, Jun Matsueda and Maki Yamami sat in a corner of the movie theater lobby, waiting to enter.

This is an independent movie theater located in Setagaya, connected to a cafe. It's less crowded, so people can chat without worrying about being recognized by acquaintances.

"How did you spend yesterday, Matsueda-kun?" The girl asked, holding her Starbucks hoicha latte and sipping it slowly.

“Yesterday,” Jun Matsue said, holding the same couple’s drink as his senior, “I went swimming with Aya and the others.”

The boy's explanation was somewhat vague—he said that Mochizuki Haruka and Miyamura Aya dragged him swimming yesterday.

Considering that the Mochizuki family and the Yamami family seemed to be at odds a little, he did not intend to go into details.

"The movie's almost over, we can get ready to go in now," Jun Matsueda quickly changed the subject.

"Ah, okay!" Yamami Maki stood up with the movie tickets and drinks in hand.

The queue to enter wasn't long, and the two were at the end of the line. Jun Matsue glanced at the coffee cup in the girl's hand; the top of the straw had become flat.

"So, senior has a habit of biting straws."

"Huh?" The girl glanced at the straw in the cup. "It really is! I didn't even notice it myself."

She handed her ticket to the ticket inspector and followed Jun Matsueda into the dimly lit passageway. The theater carpet undulated slightly, and the girl silently took the boy's arm.

Jun Matsue turned to look at his senior, "I remember you never used to bite straws, so I was a little surprised when I found out."

"Is that so?" Yami Maki trusted his memory. "Actually, I used to like biting straws when I was little. My parents said it was a bad habit, so I broke it."

The two entered the screening room and sat down in the back row. Jun Matsue took the coffee from his senior and placed it on the armrest. The girl rubbed against the boy's shoulder contentedly—a habit she had developed while "studying" in the library.

"It's said that small actions like biting a straw can reflect a person's personality traits." Before the movie even started, Jun Matsueda continued the previous topic.

"Really?" Yamami Maki blinked curiously. "What kind of features?"

Jun Matsue whispered a few words in her ear, and the girl's ears turned red in the darkness.

"How could that be!" The senior student punched him in anger and embarrassment. She turned around and looked behind her. The empty seats were still empty.

"I'm not a person with a high sex drive!" the girl whispered.

Jun Matsue chuckled twice, so his senior nudged him twice more, saying, "Don't laugh."

"Yes, yes." The boy's smile faded. "Actually, these little gestures can indeed reflect personality traits, but saying they're related to sexual desire is inaccurate."

The screen in front of the two lit up, revealing that the opening time of the neon movie was inaccurate, with fifteen minutes of commercials remaining.

So what actually happened?

Yamami Maki stretched out her left hand and covered the boy's right hand, which was resting on the armrest. The two had compared their hands before, and the girl's hand was much smaller.

"Freud's psychoanalytic theory holds that a person is in the 'oral stage' during the first eighteen months after birth."

"At this stage, children mainly explore and satisfy their desires and needs through oral activities, such as feeding, sucking, oral stimulation, and chewing."

"If children do not have their oral needs fully developed and satisfied during the oral stage, they will express their unease and anxiety by biting straws, pens, nails, etc. when they grow up, and over time it will become a habit."

“That sounds reasonable.” Yamami Maki nodded in agreement. “When I was a child, my family was very strict and I was often criticized and disciplined, which is probably why I have the habit of subconsciously biting straws.”

"But where did you learn this knowledge, Matsueda-kun?" The girl scratched the boy's hand, expressing her curiosity.

"I've never heard of a psychology competition before!"

Jun Matsueda withdrew his right hand and placed it over the girl's left hand to suppress it; this was a childish habit the two had developed in the library. "I saw it in the dean's office before; it must have been a book my grandmother used to study educational psychology when she was young."

At that time, the dean did not yet have a full head of white hair. It was only when she discovered that Jun Matsue was lending his comic books to others and going to the dean's office to study psychology that she realized this boy would definitely be extraordinary when he grew up.

Curious, Yamami Maki asked the boy some psychology-related questions and played with his hands for over ten minutes, just in time for the movie to officially start.

Looking at the logo of "Tokyo Theater Co., Ltd." appearing on the screen, the girl suddenly remembered a question.

Songzhi said she had never seen her bite a straw before, so why did she bite a straw today?

Is it because of unease or anxiety? But she doesn't feel that way.
Unfortunately, she didn't know anything about psychology, otherwise she might have realized that a person's subconscious mind always senses a crisis before their surface thinking.

The scene on the screen interrupted Yamami Maki's thoughts. The sudden question was put aside by the girl, who now wanted to focus on enjoying her time alone with Matsueda.

The movie they watched was chosen by Maki Yami; it wasn't the horror movie that couples usually watch, but a romantic and sad love story.

"Love Like a Bouquet" tells the story of two young people who meet unexpectedly and are surprised and delighted to find that they are so similar in their hobbies, habits and ideas. The story follows their journey from strangers to lovers, and from university to society.

But they eventually broke up.

Because of income, because of work, because of the daily grind of life.

Because of reality.

At the moment of their final breakup, the boy said, "How about we get married?"

Even though the "smiley" sneakers of the past have become leather shoes, and the headphones for listening to music have become briefcases, we can no longer share the same joys, and our pace of life is no longer in sync.

"Let's get married."

"Most people in this world live like this, so why can't we?"

Love is destined to end, so many people choose to get married before it ends.

But they still broke up.

The last time they bumped into each other on the street, they both had new partners, but their clothes were still the same color, as if they were still wearing matching outfits, and nothing had ever disappeared.

The two couples walked away in opposite directions, still wearing matching outfits, and waved goodbye to each other without looking back.

"why is it like this"

Jun Matsue looked at the girl beside him, Maki Yami, who was wiping away her tears with a tissue.

"Didn't you already know this was going to be a tragedy, senior?" the boy said gently, taking the girl's hand lightly.

"But I... I didn't expect it to be so heartbreaking," she said, her voice choked with emotion.

"I was thinking that since I'm going to be separated from Matsueda tomorrow, I'll watch a movie to prepare myself mentally."

Tomorrow is the day the girl will depart for Kyoto.

"This is terrible!" Yami Maki cried and threw herself into his arms.

"Completely unprepared"

(End of this chapter)