Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 745 The Feeling of Being Caught in the Middle

The next day was the last Saturday of October.

As the bell rang to signal the end of the last class of the morning, the teacher on the podium walked out the front door, and the students of Class 6, Grade 3 immediately began to lower their heads and pack their things, leaving the classroom as quickly as possible.

Day after day of reviewing, testing, and preparing for exams, they now have no lingering attachment to escaping this rigid framework.

However, soon, three or four months later, when the boys and girls walk into this classroom again, the emotions in their hearts will be so complex that they are hard to describe...

However, Mochizuki Haruka, sitting by the window at this moment, was not thinking about any of these things.

Unlike before, the girl didn't sit upright in her seat and secretly watch the boy next to her out of the corner of her eye. Instead, she stood up and walked straight towards him.

"Is Songzhi going to buy materials for the cultural festival after school?"

The boy who was tidying up his desk paused and looked up.

"Did you need something from Mochizuki?"

Mochizuki glanced out of the corner of his eye at the girl on the other side who had also raised her head.

"I want to go with you to buy the materials."

Jun Matsueda blinked. Actually, he and Tomatsu had agreed to go shopping for materials and props together the next day to make contingency plans for the cultural festival.

However, before he could speak, Tomatsu Tomohana stood up and walked over.

"Sure," the girl smiled gently. "If Mochizuki-san is planning to help, Tsunku and I would be very happy to do so~"

"..." Matsueda Jun turned his head to look at her.

Tomatsu Yuka placed her right hand on his shoulder and gently patted it, meaning, "It's okay, this is fine."

The boy's head was quickly turned back, and Mochizuki Haruka stared into his eyes.

"We're not going on a date."

"I know, are we leaving now?"

A few minutes later, the three carrying uniform bags stepped onto the school avenue and headed towards the school gate.

Feeling the gazes directed at him on the street, Jun Matsue felt a long-lost sense of unease—

Although the distance between them was neither too far nor too close, he was indeed sandwiched between Tomatsu Tomohana and Mochizuki Haruka.

This kind of scene hadn't occurred for a long time since his relationship with the girls deepened.

After leaving the school gate and walking away from the crowd of students leaving school, the three of them quickly closed the distance under the roadside trees.

Mochizuki Haruka glanced down at the bag the boy was carrying in his right hand—it was blocking her view.

Where are you going to buy the materials?

The girls' hair on both sides wafted out a faint fragrance, one a slightly sweet floral scent, the other a cool, woody pine scent. Jun Matsue blinked.

“…Kichijoji, please.” He said the location he and Tomatsu had agreed upon beforehand.

"There are many grocery stores over there, which can meet your needs in terms of both variety and quantity, and it's also convenient to get there by tram."

“No need to take the tram.” Mochizuki Haruka’s tone left no room for refusal. She picked up her phone, and a black sedan quickly emerged from the alley.

"It's more convenient to ride in my car."

"..." Tomatsu Yuka smiled and pursed her lips as she looked at the approaching car.

Although she welcomed Mochizuki Haruka, she wasn't too happy about this arrangement that wasn't part of her plans.

However, the girl did not object, but instead got into the Mochizuki family's car with the two people beside her.

The car door closed with an unusually gentle sound. After watching her young mistress settle into her seat in the back, the maid in the rearview mirror couldn't help but glance at the three people in the back.

"Let's go to Kichijoji," Mochizuki Haruka said casually, tossing her and the boy's backpacks aside.

"...Yes!" The maid nodded somewhat flusteredly.

The low-key engine sounded, and Jun Matsueda looked at the road stretching ahead, his gaze quickly turning to his side.

"Why did you suddenly change your plans?" he asked softly. "Weren't we supposed to go shopping together tomorrow?"

Tomatsu Yuka stuck out the tip of her tongue and playfully licked her lips.

"If we buy it together with Mochizuki Haruka today, we'll have more time tomorrow, right?"

"..." The boy was about to speak when another girl's voice suddenly came close to his ear.

"Who told me I wasn't going on a date?"

Matsueda Jun turned his face away, and Mochizuki Haruka had already pressed her shoulder against his, coldly watching Tomatsu Yuka unknowingly take the boy's arm.

"Is this what you call a date?" Tomatsu Yuka hugged the arm of the person next to her, smiling as she met her gaze.

Isn't it normal for couples to do this?

Mochizuki Haruka didn't speak again, but responded directly with her actions—

She shifted her position, pressing her thigh against Matsueda Jun, and then pulled the boy's other arm into her embrace.

Tomatsu Yuka's eyes flickered. She simply reached out and took Tsunku's arm, but Mochizuki Haruka wrapped her entire upper body around his arm.

Looking at the cold, defiant face in front of her, the girl's expression became even more amiable.

I might as well just film some videos of myself lying under Tsunuk tomorrow and send them to Mochizuki Haruka...

Seemingly sensing her dangerous thoughts, Jun Matsueda leaned forward, blocking the view of the two clashing in mid-air.

"That's enough." He looked at the girls one after the other. "Don't argue over such a trivial matter."

"We're almost at Kichijoji. Don't stand too close to the bus after you get off, or it'll be troublesome if people at the school see us."

Tomatsu Yuka smiled and nodded, her tone exceptionally obedient.

"I know~"

Mochizuki Haruka didn't say anything, but silently turned her face back to look at the road in front of the car.

However, the girls did not let go of his hands, and Jun Matsueda did not resist at all.

The boy breathed a sigh of relief. He thought for a moment, then turned his face and whispered in Mochizuki Haruka's ear.

"Once you move back into your apartment, won't you be able to kiss and hug me whenever you want?"

The girl with a cold face turned her head and glared at him fiercely.

When she opened her mouth, her words were light and airy, carrying a sweet fragrance that brushed past Jun Matsuoka's nose.

"shameless!"

Ten minutes later, the black sedan drove past Inokashira Park and stopped on the side of Kichijoji Street.

Tomatsu Tomoka was the first to open the car door, followed by Matsueda Jun and Mochizuki Haruka. The three of them parted ways, their hands clasped together, in the cool autumn breeze.

"It's almost 1 a.m.," the girl in the lead glanced at her phone. "We should fill our stomachs first before buying the materials."

"What should we do for lunch?" She turned to look at the two people behind her.

The petite girl ignored her and turned to give instructions to the driver in the car. The boy next to her walked over and looked around, quickly spotting a yellow "M" shaped icon not far away.

"Let's eat at McDonald's? It's more convenient."

Jun Matsue wanted to get through lunchtime as quickly as possible to prevent the girls sitting at the same table from starting to fight amongst themselves again.

Mochizuki Haruka walked to his side. "I don't care."

“Then let’s go to McDonald’s~” Tomatsu Yuka nodded obediently.

A few minutes later, Jun Matsue stood in front of the vending machine in the McDonald's store, watching the girls' slender index fingers tap the screen.

"Have you ordered everything?"

"Yes!" Mochizuki Haruka and Tomatsu Yuka said in unison. After ordering, the two exchanged a glance and tacitly distanced themselves from each other.

"Then you guys go find a seat first." The boy added another order of fries and other snacks on the screen before paying.

"I'll go line up to pick up my food."

"Okay~" Tomatsu Yuka smiled, while Mochizuki Haruka, who was standing next to her, had already turned around and walked towards the empty seat.

The petite girl settled into a seat on the leather sofa in the corner of the hall, and the aloof aura surrounding her melted away a little.

Tomatsu Yuka sat down opposite her. She first wiped the chair next to her before looking up and meeting the eyes of the girl in front of her.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" She still had a smiling expression.

"Don't treat me as an enemy. I am now Tsun-kun's most obedient girlfriend. If you go against me, you are essentially going against him."

Mochizuki Haruka let out a disdainful snort and looked away, focusing on the tall, straight back of the boy in front of the food counter.

Tomatsu Yuka turned her head and looked at her for a while before suddenly speaking.

"Guess which side Jun-kun will sit on when he comes over later?"

Mochizuki Haruka paused for a moment, then her gaze fell on the profile of the girl opposite her.

"I think it's me." Tomatsu Yuka maintained her gazing posture, her confidence calm and even.

"Because Jun-kun is a fair person, and I am the most obedient child, of course I should be given some favoritism."

She turned around and met the gaze of the girl, whose expression had turned cold once again.

"Want to try your luck with a bet?"

Mochizuki Haruka remained silent.

As the boy carried two plates of food toward a seat in the corner, the girl sitting against the wall suddenly stood up and walked toward another seat.

Tomatsu Yuka's eyelashes fluttered as she watched Mochizuki Haruka sit down beside her.

"It's just pretending to be good, what's so great about it?" The doll-like girl had a cold expression as she lowered her head to smooth out the hem of her school uniform skirt.

"Before, no one was competing with you, which allowed you to enjoy a carefree life as a couple—if you really didn't feel any sense of crisis, why would you say these things to me?"

Tomatsu Yuka pursed her lips again; this time, she didn't laugh.

"If you have any thoughts about being the 'real' or 'queen,' you'd better put them away as soon as possible." Mochizuki Haruka looked up at the boy who was approaching.

"I won't let you have such a dream, and Songzhi certainly wouldn't agree either."

"Do you think you're the only one who can please Songzhi?"

"Once I move back to the Mitakadai housing complex, I'll put on cat ears and stockings, and eat your share..."

The girl's voice gradually softened as Jun Matsueda sat down in front of them with his plate.

"...What were you talking about just now?"

The boy looked around; he hadn't expected the two of them to suddenly sit together.

"It's nothing." This time, it was Mochizuki Haruka who spoke first, glancing sideways at the girl beside her.

“I told her that my food order wasn’t enough and that I was going to steal her burger.”

Jun Matsue smiled and said, "I ordered extra triangle pie, fries, and chicken nuggets. Anyone who wants some can have them."

The boy unwrapped the hamburgers one by one and handed them to the two of them, finally stabilizing the triangle on the table for the time being.

From the corner came the sounds of girls taking small bites of their hamburgers and sipping their cola. Jun Matsueda, while tearing into his own giant hamburger, kept an eye on the two of them to prevent any "accidents" from spilling cola or squeezing sauce onto the clothes of the person next to him.

"Pine branch." Mochizuki Haruka looked up and licked the sauce from the corner of her lips, her bright red tongue glistening.

"I want to eat chicken nuggets."

The boy looked at the cardboard box in front of him and took out the most beautifully shaped chicken nugget.

What kind of sauce would you like?

"Black pepper lemon," the girl said without hesitation.

Jun Matsue dipped the golden, hot chicken pieces into the sauce container and handed it to her.

But Mochizuki Haruka didn't reach out to take it; instead, she held the cola and stared at him longingly.

"..."

The boy first exchanged a glance with Tomatsu Yuka, who was chewing a hamburger next to her, and then fed the girl a chicken nugget to her lips.

Mochizuki Haruka opened her mouth with satisfaction, revealing her bright red, moist inner oral cavity and clean, even teeth, and elegantly bit off a piece of chicken with a lemon-yellow coating.

"We're out of sauce," she mumbled, chewing on the chicken. "Just a little more pine twig."

Since he had already been fed, Matsueda Jun obediently dipped his finger in the black pepper lemon sauce again.

It took Mochizuki Haruka three bites to finish the chicken nugget. By the time the boy withdrew his hand, Tomatsu Yuka had already put down her hamburger and was also looking at him expectantly.

Matsueda Jun naturally picked up the largest chicken nugget from the box again. "What kind of sauce does Yuhana want?"

The girl shook her head. "I want fries."

"OK." Jun Matsueda picked up the prettiest fry again. "Standard ketchup, please?"

"Hmm~" Tomatsu Yuka smiled sweetly.

French fries are a bit easier... The boy held up a crispy French fry smeared with ketchup.

However, he soon realized he was wrong, because the girl in front of him had only taken a small bite of the fries.

Tomatsu Yuka smiled as she ate her fries—Mochizuki Haruka had taken three bites, so she would also have to finish hers in three bites.

A girl under the table gave Jun Matsueda a light kick. He blinked, then continued dipping the fries in sauce without changing his expression.

Mochizuki Haruka's expression wasn't as composed as Tomatsu Yuka's had been. The girl, with a stern face, lowered her head and chewed her hamburger vigorously, as if she were chewing on someone's flesh.

So she didn't see that Tomatsu Yuka, after finishing the last bite of fries, immediately stuck out her tongue and deftly and quickly circled the boy's index finger.

The warm, slippery sensation was particularly vivid on his fingertips. Jun Matsue blinked in surprise, looking at the audacious girl in front of him.

Tomatsu Yuka straightened up and slowly swallowed the food in her mouth. She winked at the boy in front of her, the seductive meaning self-evident.

"This guy..." Jun Matsue withdrew his right hand, wiped it with a tissue on the table, and spoke first before the girl next to him could look up.

"We're out here this afternoon to do serious business, so let's not waste too much time."

"Okay~" Tomatsu Yuka nodded, licked the ketchup off her lips, and showed no sign of guilt.

But Mochizuki Haruka was not satisfied; she frowned.

"Then how about wiping your mouth?"

"..." Matsueda Jun sat up straight and looked at the busy shop space. "It would be troublesome if someone at school who knows us saw us."

"At worst, we can just say it's acting," the girl said without hesitation. "With 'White Line Flow' being so popular, they'll definitely believe it."

“I’ll listen to Jun-kun,” Tomatsu Yuka said with a smile.

"..."

So the boy finally picked up a tissue and wiped the lips of the girls who were obediently tilting their faces up.

After finishing their meal, the girls tacitly took out lip balm and applied it, briefly restoring the triangular arrangement on the table to its former harmony. Jun Matsueda crumpled a tissue in his hand, biting the straw of his cola as he pondered.

Although we've smoothed out Wangyue's hair, if his aunt finds out, will she be so angry that she'll grab a whip and rush straight to his house?
...So what if he was angry? The boy took a big gulp of cola.

Although Aunt's whip was cold and merciless, Wangyue's lips were sweet and soft.

No matter how you look at it, he's the one who profited.

(End of this chapter)