Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 572 Mochizuki Haruka's Temper

May 21st, Wednesday.

With ten days left in May, Jun Matsue walked arm in arm with Kaori Mochizuki in a park in Suginami Ward.

The two walked slowly, their footsteps rustling on the deserted grass. The boy looked up at the loneliest new leaf in the shade of the tree, a drop of raindrop hanging from its swaying tip.

It suddenly rained on Monday, and the temperature dropped for two days. The cloudy sky turned gray and gloomy until it cleared up today.

“Cut!” Natsumi Imokawa, who was walking alongside the couple, put down her camera. “This take is good.”

"Matsueda acted very well this time. In this scene, Kashiwabara Hikaru had this absent-minded feeling—although he was in a relationship with Matsu Yuko, he didn't really like Yuko that much."

The girl's satisfied evaluation was like savoring a delicious meal. Matsueda Jun smiled helplessly, and his aunt beside him released his arm and fanned him.

"So this game is over?"

Natsumi Imokawa nodded. "Ms. Matsue and Ms. Hana, please take a rest."

The woman stretched and walked to a park bench not far away, where she sat down. A maid standing by held an umbrella over her, and the sunlight filtering through the trees was quite intense.

Jun Matsueda walked over to his director and looked at the video that had just been filmed. Natsumi Imokawa moved a little closer to him so that the boy could also enjoy the cool breeze from the small electric fan hanging on her chest.

"Are we going to continue filming later?" he asked, staring at his own melancholy reflection on the camera screen.

"Hmm..." The girl glanced at the time on the camera, then looked up at the sky outside the woods. "Let's shoot one more shot and then we'll be done. It's getting late."

They arrived after school, and although the filming went relatively smoothly, it was already past five o'clock.

"Okay." The boy looked at the sparkling water droplets among the trees. "Speaking of which, has the Tokyo University of the Arts information booklet that Imokawa ordered arrived?"

“They just arrived yesterday!” Natsumi Imokawa’s expression became excited. “The film department is recruiting forty people this year, two more than last year.”

"I thought the number of spots would be reduced, which would be more troublesome..." As the girl spoke, the excitement in her tone disappeared, and Jun looked at her in confusion.

"I'll tell you another day." She picked up the small fan hanging around her neck and pointed it at the boy's face.

"Because Songzhi has been preoccupied lately."

Jun Matsueda blinked in surprise. He didn't deny what Imagawa said, but turned his head to look at the woman sitting on the bench.

Today was supposed to be a scene between him and his aunt, but a certain girl who had promised to inform him in advance parted ways with them at the school gate after school.

"Is it because of Mochizuki-san? Or is it because of Tomatsu-san?" Natsumi Imokawa asked, blinking.

"Actually, it's about one thing." The boy smiled.

"Oh..." Natsumi Imokawa stared at his bangs, which were ruffled by the fan. "Can't you tell me this time?"

Jun Matsueda shook his head. "I have to make the decision myself, so I'll tell Imokawa after everything is over."

"Oh..." The girl suddenly felt at a loss. Her mouth opened and closed, and finally she uttered a sentence.

"Hey, keep it up! Songzhi, you can come to me anytime you have any troubles."

The boy smiled again, "Luckily, Imokawa has always been there for me."

Seeing that he did indeed have a happy smile on his face, Natsumi Imokawa felt relieved.

Twenty minutes later, the filming of the last shot was completed, and the boys and girls got into the Mochizuki family's black car.

Natsumi Imokawa's house was nearby. The car stopped at the intersection of Nishi-Ogikubo. The girl with the camera slung her backpack over her shoulder, turned around, and waved. "Goodbye, Miss Hana. Goodbye, Matsue."

"Bye-bye~"

Sitting in the back seat, Wang Yuehua waved with a smile. She watched the boy next to her looking out the car window. Only after the girl's figure disappeared at the apartment entrance did he turn around.

"Songzhi doesn't seem very happy today," the woman said bluntly.

Jun Matsue sighed, "Because Mochizuki has been unhappy these past few days, I'm unhappy too."

It has been three days since Yosei Kurusu left the apartment, but Haruka Mochizuki's mood has not improved.

The girl didn't seem too angry in front of him, but she kept her head down and didn't speak while eating, and she rode her bike silently to and from school, like a kitten going through a rebellious phase—she would still respond to her owner's calls, but her expression was somewhat cold and unwilling.

The woman took out her phone. "Xiao Yao didn't come to the film set today."

The boy nodded. "Does Auntie know the reason?"

"Didn't she walk home from school with you? Why are you asking me?" she said with a half-smile.

“She said she was going shopping with her friends.” Jun Matsueda looked out the window again, where dark clouds were flying by on the horizon. “But she’s probably angry with me.”

"Since that's what you think, then try to calm her down."

The aunt looked completely at ease when her phone rang. The woman looked down, a hint of surprise on her face.

"Xiaoyao said she's going home tonight."

Jun Matsue's gaze paused for a moment. The "home" that Mochizuki would talk about with his aunt was, of course, referring to the manor, not the apartment.

"Looks like she's really angry~" Wang Yuehua looked at the boy, but her tone didn't show any anger.

"Matsueda-kun, Haruka really likes you, you know?" The woman's expression became a little more serious. "Even when she's angry, she runs home alone instead of taking it out on you."

Jun Matsueda looked at the road ahead of the car; the Mitakadai Group's apartment building was already in sight.

"I don't want to let her down."

"You can't just talk the talk," Wang Yuehua said as the boy got off the bus.

"I know you're carrying the feelings of several girls on your shoulders. There's nothing you can do about it; outstanding guys always have this kind of trouble when they're being pursued."

"But you can't keep hesitating like this." The woman winked knowingly. "You always have to make a choice, don't you?"

The sound of a car engine starting came from behind. Jun Matsue walked into the apartment building. The rain from the previous two days seemed to have dampened the motion-activated lights on the first floor, leaving the hallway pitch black.

A vibration came from his pocket. The boy took out his phone and saw a message from Tomatsu Yuka.

"My mom told me that my dad has decided to date that colleague."

"She has to reduce the number of times she goes to see Dad with me, otherwise it will be awkward for him..."

Jun Matsueda sighed, put his phone back in his pocket, and went upstairs.

The motion-activated lights on the second floor quickly turned on, but they couldn't illuminate the twilight hanging over the corridor.

In any case, a decision must be made before the end of May.

(End of this chapter)