Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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Jun Matsuoka stopped by the roadside and glanced at the increasingly gray sky, which seemed to be filled with a deep chill.

It's hard to imagine that she, who always wears a gentle smile, would be so determined in arguing with her parents...

With a soft sigh, the boy continued typing on his phone.

"So your grandfather is the last hurdle?"

"Probably." Yami Maki sent a parrot emoji with flapping wings, it seems that the person on the other side of the screen has cheered up.

"Grandpa shouldn't make things difficult for me. He always let things take their course with me and Jun-kun."

Jun Matsueda had always kept his relationship with his senior classmate separate from her running away from home—but this time he didn't correct the girl's statement.

"I hope so..." the boy thought to himself, staring at the flashing cursor.

To be able to leave one's family and yet maintain close ties with loved ones—such a perfect ending is certainly unlikely in the Yami family. So even if things are resolved smoothly, the senior student will probably not feel too good about it.

"I'll treat you to dinner when you get back, senior."

"Really?" The girl's reply seemed to have gained some strength. "Was it Tsun-kun who cooked?"

Jun Matsue paused his tapping on the screen. "Let's talk about it when you get back."

His original intention was to treat everyone to a meal outside—but if cooking for his senior could comfort her, then it wouldn't matter.

Okay~ I'll try to be back tomorrow~

"Don't rush, talk to your family more. After all, you're not here to argue, it's more important to communicate with them."

"I will! Thank you for your concern, Tsunkun~"

After finishing his conversation with the girl, Jun Matsueda put down his phone.

Next to the sidewalk in front of him were the apartment buildings of the housing complex. Walking inside, he would find the familiar unit entrance and bicycle shed.

However, the boy chose to stand still at the intersection—and less than two minutes later, a lively figure pulling a suitcase appeared on the other side of the pedestrian crossing.

"Pine branches!"

The sharp-eyed idol spotted him from afar, excitedly raising her arm and waving. Matsueda Jun, having composed himself, smiled and went to greet him, taking the suitcase from her hand.

"I guessed that Kurusu should be arriving soon, so I decided not to go upstairs and just wait for you downstairs."

"Not bad, not bad~" The girl lifted her sunglasses to use as a headband and opened her arms with a smile.

Happy New Year! Let me give you a hug first~

"Happy New Year." The boy pulled her into his arms.

Their breaths turned into two wisps of white mist, merging into the same sky.

"Matsushige is so warm~" Kurusu Yosei snuggled against his neck and chin. "It's still a bit cold today!"

"So I need to hurry home, turn on the air conditioning, snuggle up on the sofa with a hot cocoa, and then comfortably turn on the TV," Jun Matsue said softly.

"Okay!" The girl let go of his embrace, took her boyfriend's hand with one hand and her luggage with the other, and walked quickly forward.

"I heard it's going to snow today? At times like this, I kind of want to hug Jinzhi."

Holding her warm little hand, Jun Matsuoka's heart, which had been lonely for so long, quickly warmed up again.

"Kinji is still in Kamakura. Mochizuki and the others won't be back until tomorrow."

“That’s good too!” Lai Xiyang turned to look at him.

"The pine branch is mine today!"

A minute later, the quiet door to room 507 was pushed open by the two men—the unusually still air in the room quickly began to circulate again. After unpacking their luggage and checking the doors and windows, the man sat down at the coffee table with two cups of freshly brewed hot cocoa.

Miss Idol had already changed into her fluffy "wolf" themed pajamas. The girl lay half-reclined on the sofa, took a sip of hot cocoa, and let out a satisfied sigh.

"It's still more comfortable living in Mitakadai..."

"More comfortable than your own home?" Jun Matsue sat down next to her, their shoulders pressed together.

“Oh right!” Kurusu Yosei glanced over lazily and snuggled into his arms.

"The house in Shinjuku is more like my mom's house than my own."

“After all, I haven’t been back home much these past few years, and the house has gradually been filled with her things—it felt a bit unfamiliar when I went back this time, all the furniture had been replaced!”

"...Could it be that she's getting remarried?" the boy asked warily, glancing at the fleeting glimpse of a dating reality show on TV.

"No, not at all~" the girl waved her hand.

"I think she doesn't plan to remarry. She seems to be enjoying flirting with young, handsome men every day."

"I just gave my mom a little extra money before, and she thought the table and sofa at home were too old, so I took the opportunity to replace them."

"But the new sofa isn't as comfortable as ours here~" Miss Idol licked the hot cocoa from the corner of her lips and leaned back comfortably against the sofa.

"I feel like I've already transformed into its shape!"

Jun Matsue laughed, "After all, you've been lying here for almost three years now."

"Three years," Yosei Kurusu sighed, stretching.

"Everyone says time flies, but three years is still quite a long time..."

“That’s how it is.” Jun Matsue lowered his head and nuzzled her hair, revealing a small black whorl.

"Three years is enough time for Kurusu to become someone who's flirting with younger men~"

"What are you saying!" Miss Idol rolled her eyes at him and reached out to put her arm around the boy's neck.

"I'm still young, not like my mom who's an old cow eating young grass!"

"And this isn't just flirting, it's a relationship!"

"Yes, yes~" Matsueda Jun nodded obediently, "So what are you referring to when you talk about me?"

"Well... I told my mom I'm dating someone!"

The girl's beautiful eyes curved into crescents, overflowing with tangible joy.

“I had only mentioned to her that I had someone I liked before. Anyway, I wasn’t dating Songzhi at the time, so I didn’t go into details.”

"Now that we're officially dating, I've been drinking with my mom these past few days and telling her my story with Songzhi—"

"How did we meet in the first place, and how did we run into each other again while sharing an apartment..."

"They lent me money first, then helped me make connections, and even wrote a song for me—my mom was so envious!"

Yosuke Kuraki's face was beaming with pride, his smile revealing his clean, white teeth.

She said that if she had been so lucky back then, I would definitely be a second-generation star now.

"It's hard to say..." The boy shook his head. "Kurasu is different from your mother."

"If I had a roommate who casually flirted with idols, no matter how beautiful or promising she was, I would definitely have kept my distance."

“That’s right!” The girl proudly raised her head.

"So encountering the pine branch is a blessing for my virtuous conduct!"

Jun Matsue laughed out loud, but was quickly silenced by a girl who pounced on him and covered his mouth with hers.

When the two finally parted their lips, panting, the temperature on the sofa was already much higher than the warm air from the air conditioner.

"Shall we do it now?" the boy asked naturally.

Yosei Kurusu swallowed hard, shook his head with difficulty, stood up, and pulled up his revealing nightgown.

"Let's wait until tonight." Her tongue slid across her lips with a determined air.

"No one will bother me tonight, I'm determined to defeat Matsuo this time!"

The girl hasn't exercised much these past few days during the Lunar New Year holiday, so she should make up for it tonight.

"I'll tidy up the house during the day and get some rest!"

“Then let’s do as Kurusu says.” Jun Matsueda stood up. “But there’s not much to clean at home, how about we mop the floor?”

"No." Miss Idol picked up the remote and turned off the TV.

"It's nap time now—to recharge and recharge, of course we should go to sleep first!"

A few minutes later, the living room quieted down again. Jun Matsue sat on a short sofa and looked at the girl who was taking a nap wrapped in a blanket.

Kurusu was too lazy to go back to the bedroom, and since no one would bother her anyway, she just slept on the sofa.

After observing the idol's sweet and pretty sleeping face for a while, he went back to his room, took out the photo album given to him by Imokawa, and quietly opened it while sitting at the girl's feet.

As they reminisced through the photos, recalling the three years they had just talked about, a strange, enduring feeling welled up inside the boy—

The distance between him and Kurusu hadn't changed much in the past three years. Time seemed to stand still in the living room where they were, instead, like a vortex, spinning around them on its own.

Looking up again at the girl's flawless sleeping face nestled in the blanket, and noticing the change in light outside the balcony, Jun Matsue turned his head—

Snowing.

The snowflakes, which had fallen sometime earlier, had already passed their initial cautious stage and were now falling slowly and gracefully through the French windows, swirling and drifting down.

The boy stood up, put the photo album back in the bedroom, took a picture and sent it to Natsumi Imokawa, who was probably taking pictures at the same time, before returning to the living room.

"Kurasu." He gently shook the sleeping girl awake. "It's snowing outside."

"Hmm..." Kurusu Yosei groggily opened his eyes. "What did Matsueda say?"

"It's snowing in Tokyo."

"—" She immediately sat up from the warm blanket and looked at the balcony with wide eyes.

"Really!" Miss Idol got off the sofa, slipped on her slippers, and opened the balcony door.

"Wow..." she exclaimed in surprise, "It's not small at all, it's like a feather!"

Jun Matsue walked behind her and draped a blanket over the girl.

"A timely snowfall promises a bumper harvest; it seems the new year will start off well."

Yosei Kurusu nodded. "My single album is definitely going to be a huge hit!"

The boy laughed, and the idol girl, draped in a blanket, leaned back and pressed against his chest.

"Songzhi, can we build a snowman tomorrow?"

"I remember the first year we moved into the apartment, it was the two of us who built a snowman together~"

"It's hard to say," Jun Matsue gently hugged her. "It might not snow by tomorrow."

"But it will definitely snow in Tokyo again, so there will definitely be snowmen."

As the boy expected, the heavy snowfall only lasted for an afternoon, and by the next morning, it had all melted away.

After waking up, Jun Matsue didn't see any snow, but instead received a message from Maki Yamami—

"Grandpa has agreed, and we have so much luggage to move today..."

"Is Jun-kun going to help?"

Chapter 849 Emerging from the Cage

The next morning, Jun Matsue left home after having breakfast.

Watching the boy go back to his bedroom to put on his coat, Kurusu Yosei, having finished washing up, sat down at the dining table and yawned at the ham, lettuce, and omelet on his plate.

"Did Songzhi leave so early in the morning? Is he going to bring Wangyue back?"

“She doesn’t need me to pick her up.” The boy returned to the living room and straightened his collar and cuffs.

"There's been a resolution to my senior's matter, and I want to go visit her."

"Oh..." Miss Idol made a lazy sound, picked up the egg pancake and took a bite.

"Will Songzhi come back for lunch?"

"They'll probably come back for dinner." He glanced at his phone. "It's not even nine o'clock yet. I'll just buy some groceries on my way."

"Okay~" The girl nodded as she chewed her breakfast.

"Songzhi, remember to buy some radishes! I learned a new dish from Mom, I'll make it for you for lunch~"

Jun Matsueda smiled. "After you finish breakfast, Kurusu, why don't you go back to bed and sleep a little longer?"

The two of them had a great workout last night, but unfortunately, Miss Idol was ultimately defeated by him and ended up being the one lying down and enjoying herself.