Am I being simulated by their love affair?

Page 427

"I'm just afraid that after you hear what I have to say, you'll start to hate me."

His smile remained refreshing, and he seemed less burdened by his usual pensiveness.

Mochizuki Haruka blinked, and the girl's lighthearted mood, which had been lifted by the return of her beloved, gradually returned.

"...What do you want to say?" Her voice was a little hoarse.

The temperature in the living room hadn't dropped yet, and the ice cream on the table was beginning to melt, looking moist and smooth, but no one was tasting it.

"Unless one day Mochizuki Haruka starts to hate me, I will never let you go—that's what I said before, right?"

Jun Matsue looked at the girl sitting next to him and took her slightly cool hand in his.

Mochizuki Haruka nodded silently. The cat lying next to the sofa came over and rubbed against her slippers, as if to reassure its owner.

"Now I need to make some changes—"

"Even if one day Mochizuki Haruka starts to hate me, I will never let you go."

“…Oh.” The girl moved the fingers held by her beloved and pursed her upturned lips.

"I see."

She felt much more at ease, but she still kept a wary eye on the boy in front of her—if what Songzhi said was really a good thing, he wouldn't have kept his distance from her just now.

Jun Matsue took a deep breath before continuing to look into the girl's eyes.

"But I will not let go of Tomatsu Tomaka either."

"..." Mochizuki Haruka blinked hard. "What did you say?"

She thought she had misheard.

"I have made up my mind. I will not let go of Mochizuki, nor will I let go of Tomatsu."

The girl immediately got up from the sofa, startling the cat lying to the side, which fled from their sight.

"...Songzhi is joking, right?" Her clenched hands trembled slightly.

"You went out and thought about it for ten days, and this is the answer you give me?"

Jun Matsue raised his head and gently wrapped his arms around the girl's legs in front of him.

“I know my decision is absurd, ridiculous, and even shameful to you.”

"But after thinking about it seriously for a long time, I finally realized that I really can't let go—"

"Then what do you want me to do?!"

The boy was interrupted by Mochizuki Haruka, who placed her hands on his shoulders, her fingers digging tightly into his skin.

"Do you think I'd just say 'okay' and happily accept it?!"

"...If you don't let go of anything, what about Lai Xiyang? What if she tells you she likes you again, are you still going to hold on?"

Jun Matsueda did not deny it, saying, "Kurasu might not be able to accept it."

"So that's really what you think?" Mochizuki Haruka's voice trembled slightly; her usual aloof and indifferent attitude had long since vanished.

"How could I possibly accept this?!"

"..." The boy took another deep breath. "I'm not saying I want you and Tomatsu to become best friends or anything. I'm just telling you my decision first, and then we can talk about it together."

"What's there to talk about?!" The girl pushed him away forcefully.

Matsueda Jun reached out and pulled her back in time to prevent her from falling onto the coffee table. Mochizuki Haruka stepped back from the sofa, creating a distance of more than a meter between them.

The girl suddenly realized something, "Tomatsu has already agreed?"

The boy answered with a default response.

The emotions in Mochizuki Haruka's eyes cooled down, and the sense of impending crisis made her begin to regain her rationality.

“…Pine branch.” The girl walked back to the sofa and sat down. “I may have been pushing you a bit too hard lately.”

“I didn’t tell you about buying the house beforehand, which did make you a little unhappy.”

“But I’m your girlfriend…” She held the boy’s right hand with both hands.

"We've done this so many times already. I just want you to keep your distance from other girls who like you. Is that wrong?"

Mochizuki Haruka's trip home these past few days wasn't entirely fruitless. Her aunt had spent several days discussing with her what to do if Matsugi didn't side with her when she returned.

Even so, the grievance, disappointment in the girl's eyes, and the slight trembling in her voice were definitely not fake.

"..."

The room quieted down. The ice cream on the coffee table, which had only been eaten a couple of times, had melted more than halfway, with a few drops of its sweet liquid overflowing from the container and landing on the clean tabletop.

A cat huddled in a corner not far away peeked out, cautiously watching the tense atmosphere between the male and female owners in front of the sofa.

Perhaps it was at such a moment that his simulated self softened and gave in? Matsueda Jun thought to himself as he looked at the pitiful girl in front of him.

But after sharing a bed with Tomatsu Yuka, there's no going back now.

“Looking at the moon is certainly not wrong,” the boy said softly.

“I was wrong—I was too greedy. Even while enjoying Mochizuki’s tenderness and love, I still longed to get closer to other people.”

"I know I was wrong, but if I don't do this, I'll definitely regret it later."

He didn't want to blame the future girls for the mistake.

That was ultimately just a system simulation. The one who truly changed his mindset, the one who made the mistake, was himself.

"..." Mochizuki Haruka released the boy's hand and stared straight into his eyes.

"Is Songzhi really sure?"

"You hesitated for so long before you got together with me, but now you've only been alone for ten days and you've already decided to be unfaithful?"

"I'm sorry." Matsueda Jun instead took her hand.

"But I had liked you for a long time before I decided to be with you."

"I don't want to hear this!" The girl forcefully shook off his hand, her eyes glistening with tears.

"If you do that, I will be really angry, really angry, really sad."

"..." The boy suppressed his feelings of pity and nodded without wavering.

"Then I will try my best to make you feel better and do everything I can to make you feel less upset."

The emotion that welled up in Mochizuki Haruka's heart was quickly overwhelmed by an overwhelming sadness and anger.

She practically jumped off the sofa, tackled her lover to the ground, and viciously swung her fists at him.

"Matsueda Jun! You're such a scumbag!"

Jun Matsue did not resist, allowing the girl to ride on top of him and vent her anger.

Mochizuki's punches weren't heavy, but when they hit him, both the location and the force were extremely chaotic. The boy was even a little worried that the girl's reckless violence might hurt herself.

But as the fight went on, the girl's fists quickly softened, and instead, tears fell onto him, leaving a warm, damp sensation.

"Why..." Mochizuki Haruka said in a trembling voice.

Jun Matsue sighed deeply in his heart.

He didn't speak, but simply sat up and hugged the limp, exhausted body in front of him.

In the bright and airy room, the girl's heartbroken and helpless sobs echoed.

Chapter 688 Within the Plan, Without the Plan

In the living room of 506, a golden cat cautiously walked across the sun-drenched floor, observing the boy and girl cuddling together on the sofa.

Jun Matsue stared at the floor beside the cat; the sunlight reflecting off the balcony was dazzling, making him feel disoriented.

The girl in his arms was trembling slightly; Mochizuki Haruka had cried herself to sleep.

"Would you like some water?" the boy asked softly.

Wangyue didn't answer, but instead lowered her head and punched him twice more. Her fists were soft and weak, without any strength.

Matsueda Jun picked up the girl from his lap and placed her on the sofa. Mochizuki Haruka looked up and watched him walk to the refrigerator, take a bottle of water, and then return to his side.

The boy knelt down in front of her, unscrewed the cap, and brought the bottle opening to the girl's lips.

Mochizuki Haruka turned her face away, her black hair flying into the boy's hand.

"I can't drink anything cold today!"

Jun Matsueda smiled helplessly. "Didn't you just eat ice cream?"

Moreover, he must have a firm grasp of when Mochizuki's menstrual cycle is.

"..." The girl forcefully snatched the bottled water from his hand and took two big gulps.

Tighten the cap, and the water bottle falls onto the coffee table, shaking with a muffled thud.

"It's not too late for Songzhi to back out now."

The boy didn't say anything, but simply turned to the side, picked up a tissue, and wiped away the melted ice cream on the table.

"Matsueda Jun!" Mochizuki Haruka looked at him with a fierce gaze.

"You don't think I'll agree after a few days of being gentle, do you?"

Jun Matsueda threw the stained tissue into the trash can before shaking his head at the girl.

"My gentleness towards Mochizuki has nothing to do with my philandering; it's simply because I like you."

"I haven't been gentle for just a few days. Weren't I gentle to you before?"

"As long as I still love you, regardless of whether you accept my infidelity, I will always be gentle with you."

Mochizuki Haruka stared at his face for a while, then smiled sweetly.

"Since Songzhi likes me so much, why doesn't she dump everyone else and only be with me?"

"..." The boy's gaze finally wavered.

"This is the only thing I can't promise you."

"Then you don't like me enough!" The girl's expression turned fierce again.

“Then I won’t try to hold on to you.” Jun Matsue sat back down next to her.

I know that words alone can't comfort you right now—

"I don't need any comfort or persuasion!" The boy's words were interrupted again as Mochizuki Haruka stood up and took out her phone.

"I'll make them get lost myself."

However, the girl's wrist was immediately grabbed.

She turned her head, and Jun Matsue looked at her, speaking earnestly, word by word.

"No."

"Don't use your family's power to target them."

A look of grievance appeared on Mochizuki Haruka's face, as if her wrist had been pinched painfully.

"Is Songzhi going to stop me?"

However, the boy nodded without being moved.

The girl's expression changed again. "Then I'll tie the pine branches together so you can't do anything!"

She grasped her beloved's hand in return, her sharp gaze quickly softening.

"If you just stay by my side, I won't need to target anyone else."

Jun Matsue blinked. It seemed that his simulated self might also collapse at this moment...

“That’s impossible,” he said firmly. “Unless you really intend to keep me locked up for life, I will find a chance to leave Tokyo and never come back.”

"The Mochizuki family isn't the kind of power that can control everything..."

The boy paused, then didn't continue.

"Why aren't you saying anything?" Mochizuki Haruka glared at him.

“I’ve said that before,” Jun Matsue said, somewhat dazed.