Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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"Does that mean I'm heavy?"

A small fist landed lightly on his back, and Jun Matsue shrugged his shoulders.

"That's not what I meant, but you're already taller than Mochizuki, so it's normal for you to be a little heavier."

This time, the fists turned into two hands, scratching and clawing at his waist. The boy washing dishes could only try his best to twist his waist and dodge.

"It's not really a difference in weight, it's more about your different styles—"

"Wangyue's footsteps were always light, with the lazy tapping sound of slippers heels."

"In Kurusu, the sound of footsteps is basically solid, which doesn't make sense, but it sounds cheerful."

The girl stopped, satisfied. "Pine branch's ears are so sharp!"

"It's because I care about you all too much."

With a soft laugh, Yosuke Kurusu walked over to the boy and watched him wash the dishes with practiced ease.

"Was dinner delicious tonight?"

"Hmm, the butter and wine clams are delicious. I'll try to learn how to make them next time." Jun Matsue, who was busy rinsing off the foam, glanced at her.

"So why didn't Kurusu go to take a shower?"

The girl looked at his profile with a smile, and spoke after a while.

"Ten million views in five days! That's probably the best achievement outside of top-tier singers!"

"..." Jun Matsue turned his head to look at the idol's smiling eyes, which were like bright new moons.

"Oh, so you were just too happy."

"Of course I'm happy!"

Overwhelmed with a desire to share, Yosei Kurusu, wearing slippers, lightly twirled around on one foot, like a ballet dancer.

“Every day now, Sister Ju tells me how much the data on various platforms has increased, what media people are saying, and how many music programs and TV stations are inviting me to participate…”

"My songs will be playing in the shopping street in Susukino tonight~"

"That intersection in Susukino?" The boy turned off the tap. "We went there during our school trip before."

“That’s right!” The girl put her hands on her hips and puffed out her chest.

"Happy End was released less than a week ago!"

"Moreover, 'Tomorrow's Me and Yesterday's You' will be released on the 10th, and the theme song 'Happy End' will definitely see a surge in popularity then..."

As he spoke, Kuriki Yosei's initially high-spirited demeanor gradually faded away—

Her speech slowed down, as if she had suddenly fallen into thought.

As Jun Matsue stuffed the clean dishes into the cupboard, he turned to look at her.

Why are you looking at me like that?

"..." The idol girl crossed her arms in front of her chest, looking weak and helpless.

"I feel like a mudskipper caught in a net, waiting to be eaten by pine branches as soon as I get ashore!"

The boy blinked, and his tongue quickly and affectedly licked the corner of his mouth, cooperating with the expression of a predator.

"A bet is a bet, does Kurusu intend to back out?"

Pretending to be frightened, Kurusu Yosei took two steps back and braced himself against the doorframe.

She couldn't help but laugh soon after, sticking out her tongue.

"I'm going to take a shower~"

Jun Matsue took off his apron and walked out of the kitchen.

"So why mudskipper?"

The idol, who had just turned the corner, smiled and turned back.

"Because I saw the sign on my way home~"

"They say it's the best fish to eat in winter!"

"Is it the best tasted...?" The boy wiped the water off his hands.

It seems that the obsession with becoming the "sun" still lingers in Lai Xi's heart and has not dissipated.

"You two seem to be having a good chat?"

Jun Matsue turned his head, and Haruka Mochizuki pushed open the door, carrying the golden cat into the entryway.

"...Has Jinzhi gained a little weight?" The boy naturally switched to another person to chat with.

The girl patted Jinzhi's belly in her arms, making a loud patting sound.

"Winter is here, so it's normal to gain a little weight."

She walked over to the sofa, sat down, and changed the food program that the idol star liked on TV to an evening drama.

"Where's Kurusu? Did he go back to his room?"

"She's taking a shower." As soon as Jun Matsueda finished speaking, the sound of running water from the bathroom drifted into the living room.

"Oh." Mochizuki Haruka threw away the cat in her arms, raised her feet and put them on the legs of the boy sitting next to her, and comfortably shrunk into the sofa.

The girl took her cat paw pillow, hugged it to her chest, and closed her eyes contentedly.

She didn't care what Kurusu was doing, as long as it didn't interfere with her and Matsue's peaceful time.

The boy gently touched his small feet, which were encased in pure white cotton socks, and naturally reached out to massage them softly.

As the evening drama entered its commercial break, KFC's Christmas fried chicken family bucket appeared on the TV screen. Jun Matsueda watched as the cat lying on the ground raised its head, looking on with a envious expression.

He recalled the girls who had asked him the same question just two days ago.

"How are you planning to spend Christmas, Mochizuki?"

The cotton socks, revealing the shape of her toes, twitched slightly as Mochizuki Haruka's gaze drifted over.

"I haven't decided yet." Her answer was remarkably simple.

The girl changed her position, lying on her side with her back against the sofa, and Matsueda Jun's small feet on her legs also turned over.

“Every Christmas in the past, my aunt would eat strawberry cake with me. She said I must not leave her this year either.”

"..." The boy gently pounded his calves and began to think.

It seems that Auntie is still sulking and wants to compete with him for Wangyue?

It's not that I can't understand it; in her eyes, my behavior must make me a complete and utter scumbag...

"So you'll spend Christmas with your aunt?" he asked tentatively.

"Anyway, it will be holiday time by then. If Mochizuki doesn't mind, we can spend Christmas Eve together."

This way, coordinating the timing would actually make things a bit easier, Jun Matsuoka thought to himself.

"..." Mochizuki Haruka looked up at him and picked up her phone.

"Then I'll tell my aunt."

A few minutes later, Mochizuki's phone didn't ring, but the boy's phone rang instead.

"Matsueda Jun, do you not care about Haruka anymore?!" The message from Auntie was full of anger.

"You didn't spend your first Christmas together with her? Did you make plans with another woman? Your feelings for Xiaoyao have faded!"

"..." Matsueda Jun felt speechless for the first time in a long time.

He glanced at the girl lounging lazily on the other end of the sofa, petting her cat, and then started replying to messages on his own.

"It was Xiaoyao who told me first that Auntie, you're going to spend Christmas with her."

“That’s no reason for you to abandon her!” Wang Yuehua replied quickly.

"You decide what to do!"

The boy glanced at the unread messages on his phone and couldn't help but sigh.

"What did Auntie say to Songzhi?" Wangyue asked leisurely.

Jun Matsueda put down his phone. "My aunt said she wants to spend Christmas with you, and she also said I can't leave you out for Christmas..."

"Oh~" The girl's tone was not surprised. She rubbed Jinzhi's head beside her.

"She just wants Songzhi to come and stay at our house."

"Hmm." The boy looked at the evening drama that was still playing on TV.

It seems to be Auntie's scheme, but Mochizuki might think so too—just like Tomatsu, who started testing the waters early on, the girls have many thoughts on their minds.

The sound of the shower coming from the corridor behind them subsided. Jun Matsue tickled the soles of the girl's feet in his arms, watching them twitch adorably.

"Going to Mochizuki's house for Christmas is fine too," he said finally. "But I definitely can't stay there all day."

Mochizuki Haruka kicked the boy's hand that was scratching her itch.

"We'll talk about that later."

Jinzhi, who was pinned under her arm, cried out, and Laixi Youse returned to the living room in her warm cotton slippers.

"Taking a bath after dinner felt so good, I almost fell asleep..."

Miss Idol tossed her half-dry hair over her shoulders and sat down on the sofa with a sigh, like an old man.

"Hey you, stop lying down and make some room for me!"

"..." Mochizuki Haruka glanced at her.

For someone who knows nothing, taking a bath with pine branches afterward is the most comfortable thing!

Feeling superior, the girl moved her legs off the sofa, letting the idol sit down on the other side of the boy.

"Was Matsugi just massaging Mochizuki's legs?" Kurusu Yosei lifted his bare little feet.

"Then give me a foot massage too—they smell wonderful, fresh from the bath!"

Mochizuki Haruka sat up and smiled disdainfully.

When will Songzhi write a song for me too?

Her words were clearly meant to provoke the idol, so Kurusu Yosei immediately withdrew her foot, sat up straight like a large dog with its fur standing on end, and glared at the girl who was petting the cat on the other side.

“I can write songs, that’s fine,” Jun Matsue said, standing up. “But with my current mindset, I’m probably only capable of writing saccharine love songs.”

"I didn't say now." Mochizuki Haruka watched the boy walk towards the refrigerator and take out fruit.

"I'm very considerate. Songzhi should focus on studying now, right? Let's talk about it after the exam."

Yosei Kurusu's tense little face finally relaxed, then he frowned again.

Are you saying I'm inconsiderate towards pine branches?

The girl holding the cat turned her face away, "That's your interpretation, it's none of my business~"

Before the two could ruin each other's good mood, Jun Matsue brought back the washed fruit and sat down between them.

"The cherries and strawberries are very sweet, so please eat as many as you like."

The idol girl ate cherries, the young lady ate strawberries, and the living room quieted down again, nodding in satisfaction.

As Kurusu ran back to her bedroom to change into her pajamas, Jun Matsue ate a cherry and then a strawberry, looking at the girl with bright red lips.

"Speaking of which, didn't Mochizuki say he'd take me to see the renovations at the Meguro apartment at the end of the month? It's already December, why hasn't anything happened yet?"

Mochizuki swallowed the strawberry and pursed her lips demurely.

"My aunt and I went to see it, we just didn't invite you."

The boy blinked in surprise.

"There wasn't much in the apartment last time, so I didn't bother to bring you along."

"Next time, I'll probably arrange furniture and other decorations, and I'll definitely invite Songzhi along."

He nodded. "Then I'll wait."

However, Jun Matsuoka did not expect that he would only wait for less than half a day.

The next day, Saturday, with one class period before school ended at noon, he, sitting in the back row, received a note from the girl by the window.