Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 643 Waiting and Seeing
At 11:00 a.m. on July 19th, a bell that sounded completely different from usual rang out in the teaching building of Haneoka High School.

The exam was rushed, tense, and serious, signifying its end and the conclusion of the test. Jun Matsue picked up the black pen lying diagonally in the center of the exam paper and stuffed it into his old, faded pencil case.

This was a world history exam. The boy finished answering the questions early as usual, but he checked his answers one less time than before.

It's unclear whether the inspection was slow or if he was distracted during the process.

The students in their seats stood up, like a birch forest rising from the ground. Only after the most anxious group left the classroom did Jun Matsuoka stand up.

"The world history questions this time were a little difficult," said the girl who walked up to him.

The boy nodded. "The test was indeed a bit tricky."

"It seems that the difficulty of all subjects has increased this time, probably because they don't want everyone to relax too much during the summer vacation."

"The teachers are a little mischievous~" Tomatsu Yuka smiled and bent down to smooth the hem of her sailor uniform.

"Does Jun-kun remember the last multiple-choice question? The one about historical wars in South America. I'm a little unsure of the answer."

"..." Jun Matsueda looked at the air conditioning vent on the ceiling and recalled for a moment.

"It should be C - during the Falklands War, Britain occupied the Falkland Islands by prior occupation and was the first to claim sovereignty over them."

"That's good." The girl patted her chest in relief. "I chose this one too~"

The two walked out of the classroom with their stationery. The sweltering air made the girl wrinkle her nose, but the crowd of people in front of them, like a birch forest, did not dry up. Instead, they swayed with vitality.

"it's over--"

"Hurry home, I want to sleep in the air-conditioned room all afternoon!"

"Let's go get a cantaloupe sundae! A new dessert shop just opened near Kugayama Station, it looks really good!"

"Finally, it's a holiday..." Tomatsu Tomoka said with a sigh.

"Are you tired?" Jun Matsue turned his head and picked up the folder from her hand.

"Hmm~" The girl raised her arm and stretched a little.

"Although it wasn't that difficult, I still feel quite tired after writing so many test papers."

"I just want to go home right now, collapse onto the bed and do nothing but quietly space out."

"Why don't you go back first?" The boy looked at the homeroom teacher who was waving to them at the classroom door. "I can arrange the cleaning by myself."

“That won’t do!” Tomatsu Yuka immediately shook her head, denying what she had just said.

"I'd definitely be happier spending time with Tsunku than just going home and spacing out~"

Jun Matsue smiled and walked into his classroom with the girl, their noisy chatter drowning them out.

Kominato Shoko, who entered the classroom first, was already surrounded by students. She cast concerned glances at the two approaching students.

"How are Matsue and Yuka feeling? They both say this world history exam is quite difficult."

The boy and girl nodded in unison, and Tomatsu Yuka spoke first.

"It's definitely harder than before. I also have some questions I'm unsure about. I was just asking Tsunku a question."

"Which question?" someone asked curiously.

"The last multiple-choice question is about the correct option regarding the history of South America."

"Ah, the answer is D! I ran into my history teacher on my way back and asked him about it!"

“…D?” Tomatsu Yuka opened her beautiful eyes slightly and looked at the boy next to her.

"Tsun-kun and I both chose C."

"Huh? But the teacher told me it was D..."

The girl's expression became a little less confident—given the academic abilities of the two people in front of her, if their answers were the same, it was not impossible that the teacher had made a mistake.

"Let me see." Jun Matsueda returned to his seat, took out his world history textbook, and precisely turned to the corresponding page. He raised an eyebrow.

"C does have a problem. The first half of the sentence is correct, but Argentina, not Britain, was the first to claim sovereignty."

"I knew it!" the girl breathed a sigh of relief. "The teacher clearly said it was a D."

"Then we'll lose two points." Tomatsu Yuka's face showed a hint of regret.

"So even pine branches can make mistakes!" The surrounding students started to jeer.

The boy looked helpless. "I'm not a computer, of course I'll make mistakes sometimes."

"Alright, alright!" Kominato Shoko clapped her hands in the crowd. "Let's get ready to clean the classroom."

"There are parent guides, holiday instructions, and summer mock exam schedules for various tutoring centers on the podium. Everyone should take one. After you finish cleaning, you can go home for the holidays!"

"Yes—" came the excited response from the students in the classroom.

When Mochizuki Haruka returned to class, the cleaning tasks had just been assigned. The girl placed her black pencil case with cat ear stickers on her desk and searched for her crush among the buckets, brooms, and messy chairs.

She soon spotted Jun Matsue, a boy wiping the top edge of the blackboard with a rag, his tall and straight figure clearly visible.

The girl walked behind him, blocking the view of the others in the classroom, and poked the boy's lower back with her slender index finger.

"Songzhi can't go home until they finish cleaning?"

Jun Matsue turned around, his two braids draped over the shoulders of the girl in front of him, the ends tied with blue ribbons, making him look exceptionally pure and charming.

“I’m the class monitor.” He nodded. “Last time, Mochizuki was assigned to clean up, so you can go home first.”

Mochizuki turned his head to look at Tomatsu Yuka's back as she wiped the doors and windows not far away.

"No!" Her braids swung cutely back and forth. "I'll wait for you."

"Then why don't you spend some time with Lingyin and the other girls?" The boy said, glancing at the giggling girls in the hallway. "The classroom will be a bit noisy."

The girl pouted, "Then I want to work too."

"..." Jun Matsue glanced at her, then looked at the busy classroom.

"Tomatsu arranged the girls' cleaning duties, didn't he?"

"I'm going to find her." Mochizuki Haruka turned and walked towards the girl by the door.

The dust and stains on the small window were wiped away one by one. Tomatsu Yuka, who was holding the door, put down the rag in her hand, looked at the outline of her reflection in the clean glass, and showed a satisfied expression.

"Is there anywhere else that needs cleaning?"

A sweet voice without warmth sounded behind her. The girl turned around and saw Mochizuki Haruka's slightly cold face.

"...Would you like to help, Mochizuki-san?" She gave a gentle smile.

Mochizuki Haruka nodded. "I'll help."

Tomatsu Yuka shifted her gaze slightly and met Matsueda Jun's eyes, who was looking in their direction. Her smile became even more friendly.

"No problem, the more people do the work, the faster we can finish cleaning and go home."

"How about you clean the doors and windows for me, Mochizuki?" The girl held out a rag. "Some classmates haven't returned yet, so I need to put the notices on their desks first, so they don't forget."

"..." Mochizuki Haruka stared into her eyes for a few seconds, then took the rag and vigorously wiped the small window on the door that she had just wiped.

Tomatsu Yuka smiled and walked towards the podium. "Remember to wipe the windowsills too."

Twenty minutes later, the cleaning was nearing its end, and the students in the classroom started playing with their tools. Mochizuki Haruka stood by the back door. Her task was complete, but she looked absent-minded, seemingly finding the conversation of the girls around her rather boring.

When Tomatsu Yuka, who was standing next to the podium, picked up the remaining notices and held them in her arms, and walked behind Matsueda Jun, who was tidying up his locker, Mochizuki Haruka's eyelashes fluttered and her expression became focused.

The girl said something, and the boy nodded. The two then walked together towards the front door.

Before leaving, Jun Matsue turned around and clapped his hands in the air.

"Thank you all for your hard work. You can go home now—remember to check that you haven't forgotten anything. See you next semester."

A final cheer erupted in the classroom. He looked past the group of students carrying their backpacks at the girl in the back row, raised his right hand, spread two fingers, and made a walking gesture, indicating that he would be back soon.

Mochizuki Haruka nodded slightly, and Matsueda Jun and the people around him walked out of the classroom together.

Their figures floated on the gleaming windowpane. As they passed the open back door, the girl inside blinked. She leaned out and watched their figures disappear into the distance.

Actually, Mochizuki Haruka wanted to follow them, but after hesitating for a moment, she didn't do so.

Anyway, I've already given Matsugi a deadline... the girl said to herself.

As she walked past the bustling stairwell, the number of people ahead quickly decreased. Tomatsu Yuka turned around and looked at the back door of the classroom in the distance—the doorway was empty, and the sunlight reflecting off it at the end of the corridor was somewhat dazzling.

Mochizuki Haruka's hostility towards her suddenly intensified... The girl turned around and looked at the profile of the boy beside her, thinking to herself.

Or rather, she has become more vigilant—since yesterday, she has been able to feel Tsunku's unusually clear gaze whenever she gets close to her.

Was it because of the matter of coming to Kiyoshi? Tomatsu Yuka recalled the trending topic she saw the day before yesterday and the anxious face of the boy.

The post wasn't edited afterward, and Tsun-kun didn't say much the next day. Considering Mochizuki Haruka's reaction and the changed atmosphere between the two, it seemed that Yosei-san had put aside his career and started making advances.

The girl thought it over carefully and realized that this was much more important than the final exam.

"Do you want me to get your notification slip for you?" Jun Matsue asked the girl who was slightly frowning.

"It's alright." Tomatsu Yuka smiled as she came back to her senses. "I was just thinking about what to have for lunch. I don't have much of an appetite because of the hot weather."

"Is Chun-kun planning to cook when he gets home? Or will he buy something to eat on the way?"

"..." Jun Matsue glanced at his phone.

Lai Qi You Se didn't send a message about cooking, and he didn't know if she was still asleep or if something else was going on—the boy knew she had gone to bed very late last night, and it seemed she had been on the phone with her company the whole time.

"I'll buy something on the way." He put away his phone. "I'll go home, have lunch, take a shower, and then I want to just collapse into bed and take a nap."

With summer vacation just around the corner, Jun Matsuoka felt a heavy weight in his heart. Even when he was focused on cleaning, he couldn't calm down.

The night before last, he first had dinner with Kurusu Yosei, and then took Mochizuki Haruka's portion to the next room and fed the girl bite by bite, which melted away the grievances and sadness on her face.

Fortunately, there was an exam the next day. When she got home in the afternoon, Qi Yangshi wasn't home either. She went to the company to handle some matters and didn't return until after nine o'clock.

However, now that the final exams are over, he and the girls have more time, and the various emotions that have been building up in their hearts are about to have a chance to be released.

Thinking about it this way, it seems like it's not so bad that Mochizuki said she wouldn't go to 507 on her own initiative... Matsueda Jun thought, staring at the shadow in front of him.

At least they see each other less often, so conflicts between them are less likely to erupt.

The shadow on the ground suddenly stopped. He looked up at the girl who was holding his wrist.

"Don't go too far, Jun-kun!" Tomatsu Yuka said with a sweet smile, pushing open the door beside her.

"We've arrived at the archives."

The two placed the extra notices on the table piled high with papers and quickly left the archives.

The girl shook the keys in her hand. "Next, we can go to the home economics class, right?"

The boy nodded. "Just make sure it's clean before putting the key back to Ms. Kominato."

In addition to their own classrooms, each class at Yuqiu High School is responsible for cleaning the toilets, classrooms for various subjects, and the flower beds and bushes downstairs. Class 6 of Grade 3 is currently responsible for cleaning one of the home economics classrooms.

The home economics classroom, which was not air-conditioned, was much hotter than the classroom. In order to improve the efficiency of the inspection, the two of them tacitly split up and moved towards the center one after the other.

As Jun Matsueda looked down at the space under the table, a girl's question suddenly came from not far away.

"What is Chun-jun worried about after he finished the exam?"

He straightened up, and Tomatsu Yuka stood beside a sewing machine, smiling at him.

"It can't be because you got one question wrong on the test, can it?" the girl asked gently. "Is it because Yang Shi-sang's condition isn't very good?"

"...Kurasu needs to rest for a while." The boy replied in an ambiguous tone.

"Then it's not because of her?" Tomatsu Yuka said with certainty. "It seems the main reason is Mochizuki Haruka, isn't it?"

"What did she tell you?"

Jun Matsue lowered his head, reached out and ran his hand across the table, looking at the non-existent dust on his fingertips.

“I don’t plan to go back to my hometown with Wangyue during the summer vacation, and she’s a little unhappy about it.”

The boy smiled. "Finished with the checkup? Let's go back then."

"..." The girl continued to gaze at him.

Her gentle gaze, like a perfectly tailored garment, landed comfortably on the boy.

"Hmm~" Tomatsu Tomohana nodded with a smile, "Let's go home."

She turned and walked towards the door, with Jun Matsue following behind. The girl took his hand, and the two of them closed the door to the home economics classroom together.

On the way back to the classroom, the boy glanced at Tomatsu Yuka's profile a few more times, while the girl walked briskly, seemingly unaffected by anything.

Feeling his gaze, Tomatsu Yuka's smile widened as she looked down into the corridor.

"Mochizuki Haruka is a spoiled child who has never suffered. If Jun-kun continues to indulge her wishes, he will only make himself more and more miserable."

Matsueda Jun blinked in surprise. He turned around and saw Mochizuki Haruka standing in the empty corridor outside the classroom, carrying two schoolbags, watching them walk towards them.

The girl with double braids tiptoed, looking as if she had been waiting for a long time.

"Can I go home now?"

Jun Matsue smiled at her, took his schoolbag, and said, "Let's go."

"See you during summer vacation, Tsun-kun, have a good rest." Tomatsu Tomoka walked through the back door of the classroom and waved goodbye to the boy.

"Next time I go to work, I'll bring some jasmine tea with me. It has a refreshing and calming effect, and I think Jun-kun will like it."

Matsueda Jun nodded, and then was led downstairs by the girl beside him.

"The midday sun is very strong. Did you apply sunscreen to the pine branches?"

"I'm not that particular."

"I'll apply it for you later..."

Watching the two figures walk away, Tomatsu Yuka smiled and returned to her seat to pick up her schoolbag.

The girl had a strong premonition that the decisive day was fast approaching.

(End of this chapter)