Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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"Let's go take a look at the news department," he said, getting up with a bottle of mineral water.

In the center of the playground was a performance by the cheerleading girls. Jun Matsueda walked along the edge of the field, avoiding being hit by the shot put on the other side. Cheers and shouts of encouragement swept across the grass. He bypassed all the danger zones and headed towards the sunshade under the podium.

In addition to the department head stationed at the news department's workstation, there was another young girl—Yamami Maki, wearing a light pink short-sleeved shirt, who was talking to Imokawa Natsumi beside her.

The pink-clad senior, Jun Matsue, blinked; it was the first time she'd ever seen her wear such a girlish color.

Yamami Maki turned to look at the approaching boy, her eyes filled with the same surprise as Matsueda Jun's.

"Matsueda looks really cool today!" the girl said with a smile.

As expected of a senior student, her ability to find opportunities is always top-notch, no matter the occasion.

Chapter 324 The Object of Showing Off

"What are you doing here, senior?" Jun Matsue walked up to the girls.

With many people watching nearby, he chose to stand next to Natsumi Imokawa and join the conversation, so that no one would find it strange if they saw him.

“Because Natsumi just took a picture of our class,” Yami Maki smiled. “So I came here to take a look.”

"There's a strange atmosphere in the senior's class," the girl said earnestly, raising her camera. The boys standing next to her and the senior sitting nearby all crowded around.

"So it turns out your class had the senior students carrying the flag themselves." Jun Matsue looked at the screen, his eyes glancing at the girl's flowing black hair on the other side.

Yamami Maki walked alone at the front of the entrance procession, waving a light pink flag with a large, sparkling diamond painted on it, seemingly symbolizing the girl herself who was walking at the forefront of the crowd and attracting attention.

So, the senior's stamina is pretty good too... He suddenly started thinking as he watched the girl waving the flag vigorously.

Among the top students he knew, Yamami-senpai seemed to have the best physique, Tomatsu Yuka's stamina was only average, and Kuroba Shin was a gamer who also got seasick, so her stamina was obviously not good.

Maki Yami was even able to put up a good fight against Haruka Mochizuki in last year's tennis tournament, only narrowly losing.

Not only does she possess the temperament of a Yamato Nadeshiko (ideal Japanese woman), with a gentle and pleasant demeanor, but she also excels academically, is skilled in playing wind instruments, and is equally adept at sports...

"As expected, my senior is just too perfect." He couldn't help but sigh softly.

Yamami Maki's bright eyes crinkled into crescent moons with laughter before she snapped out of her daze, "What's Matsueda-san saying~"

The person holding the camera nodded. "Songzhi is right."

Perhaps it was because Natsumi Imokawa was there that the two of them relaxed their guard like this; the girl just had this special, harmless aura.

"...I'm going to the broadcasting department next door." Yamami Maki chose to leave before her cheeks burned.

"Does the senior have any competitions?" Natsumi Imokawa stared at the girl's back, then turned around and asked Jun Matsueda, thinking that Matsueda would probably know.

"There are only team events in the afternoon." Jun Matsue flipped through the program booklet on the table. The morning events were the track and field events he had signed up for, and Haruka Mochizuki's high jump event. The afternoon events were the team competitions.

Although Japan's sports meet has many different activities, it basically ends in one day. There are no group stage or qualifying rounds in the schedule, so the competitiveness is much weaker than that of China.

"Let's take pictures of the pine branch competition first." The girl nodded and put down her camera.

The two chatted for a short while before Tomatsu Yuka came over from the other side. Before walking into the sunshade, the girl glanced at the broadcasting station next door.

There were quite a few people at the broadcasting club. The younger girls were laughing and joking around the microphone. Yami Maki was standing behind the crowd talking to the club president. Noticing the girl's gaze, she smiled and greeted her.

Tomatsu Yuka waved to her senior and walked under the sunshade, seemingly maintaining a safe distance... the girl thought to herself.

If she had arrived a few minutes earlier, she probably wouldn't have thought that way.

"Matsueda forgot your bib number!" She handed the boy a folded piece of white fabric. "Luckily, someone saw you coming this way to the news department."

"Sorry, I really forgot about that." Jun Matsue took the bib number and pinned it to his chest with a paperclip. The two girls watched as he lifted his shirt, revealing the lines of his waist.

After the bibs were pinned on, the girls shook their heads slightly in regret. Imokawa Natsumi, who was sitting in her seat, exchanged a glance with the girl standing in front of her, and then timidly looked away.

A pleasant female voice echoed over the loudspeaker that resounded throughout the playground, reminding the athletes to prepare for check-in.

"Is it almost time for Matsueda's match?" Tomatsu Yuka blinked.

"Just wait until this group of men finishes the 100 meters."

Matsueda Jun signed up for the 400-meter and 1500-meter races. He only signed up for running because events like the long jump and high jump require certain skills, while running is the sport with the lowest barrier to entry.

After all, it was to show his senior how to do his best. It was a pity that he didn't run the 3,000 meters. Matsueda Jun was very confident in his endurance.

"Good luck, Matsu! I'll be waiting for you at the finish line with water. If you get tired or anything, just come find me right away!" Tomatsu Yuka picked up the water bottle the boy had placed on the table, her tone very serious.

The girl was always like this. Even though she knew that Matsueda Jun was in good physical condition, she would still worry about what might happen. It was because of this that she rushed to Matsueda Jun's side as soon as possible when the Hokkaido earthquake occurred.

"Then I'll leave it to you." Jun Matsueda walked towards the check-in area, with Yuka Tomatsu following behind him.

Standing among the broadcasting club members, Yamami Maki wore a polite smile as she dealt with the chattering junior students. The girl's gaze drifted into the distance, watching the two figures disappear into the distance.

"The men's 400-meter race is about to begin. All athletes, please take your positions as soon as possible!"

The crowd was evenly distributed along the inside and outside of the track. The following races were all long-distance races. Even if you weren't standing at the finish line, there was still a lot to watch. Yamami Maki and Imokawa Natsumi stood at the bend, watching the boys in dark blue tracksuits on the starting line.

"Matsueda, why are you participating this year?!" Standing next to him, Sugisaki felt that his last sanctuary had vanished.

"Because I have a very good memory," Jun Matsueda said, stretching on the track. "Didn't you say you wanted to race me in the 400 meters?"

"I already have a girlfriend, why would I compete with you?" the boy said helplessly. His girlfriend, who was in the same class as him, was standing by the track, cheering him on.

"Matsue, how about you add some water later?" Sugisaki whispered to him.

"Give me a reason." Jun Matsueda smiled as he looked at the end of the straight track—Maki Yami's figure quietly appeared behind Yuka Tomatsu at the starting line.

"Because I promised my girlfriend I'd get first place," the boy said helplessly. "Huizi always takes care of me like an older sister, and I wanted to show her my cool side too..."

"Then run as fast as you can." Jun Matsue looked at the starter making the preparation gesture and bent down.

"Giving it your all is cool enough."

"If you had said that last year, I probably would have let you have it."

"What do you mean?" Sugisaki, who was sitting in the front, turned around curiously.

"preparation!"

The cheers from the sidelines quieted down. Jun Matsue braced his hands on the ground, raised his heels, and prepared for the explosive burst of energy when he kicked off.

"Because now, I also have someone I want to show off to."

Sugisaki didn't hear the boy's last words because the gunshot had already rang out, and the two rushed off the track almost at the same time, without creating much of a gap between them.

Given the chance, he had barely entertained this thought when he discovered that, with his full power unleashed, the gap between himself and those around him not only failed to narrow but began to widen desperately.

It seemed he wouldn't be able to get first place. Sugisaki remained calm, and as he prepared to slow down, he remembered what Matsueda Jun had just said.

Giving it your all is cool enough.

His muscles tensed again, and he sprinted toward the leading dark blue car.

"Matsugi, you deserve to die..."

Chapter 325 There are many ways to replenish energy

The 400-meter dash, though only one lap on the track, is widely recognized as the most difficult running event, even world champions find it challenging.

Sugisaki didn't feel that way last year, but this year, in order to keep up with the dark blue guy in front of him, he sprinted at full speed and felt like his lungs were about to burst.

Staggering across the finish line, he fell backward onto the side of the track, watching the gray clouds drift across the sky, Sugisaki's chest heaving violently.

"What do you mean by 'going all out' being cool... I didn't believe your nonsense."

"...Isn't it cool?" Jun Matsue put his hands on his knees, looked down and panted. He originally wanted to run more easily, but the guy behind him was chasing him so frantically that he couldn't relax too much.

"On the last bend, when you tried to overtake me, a lot of people were cheering you on."

“I didn’t pay any attention, and in the end you still managed to shake me off.” Sugisaki lay on the ground as the recorder appeared before him.

"Second place, Ryota Sugisaki, 51.49 seconds."

The recorder walked over to Jun Matsueda, stared at the sweating pretty boy for a few more seconds, and then announced the score.

"First place, Jun Matsue, 49.13 seconds."

"My best result..." Ryota Sugisaki sat up and muttered to himself, as the audience finally gathered around him.

"Is Ryota alright?" The girl who had been standing by the starting line rushed to the boy and supported him.

"It's okay, just feeling really tired." Sugisaki smiled brightly in front of her lover. "It's a pity we didn't get first place."

"We originally agreed that I would give first place to Huizi."

"It's okay~" the girl laughed and hugged him. "Ryota is already so handsome! Super, super, super handsome!"

The body is very hot after exercise, but Sugisaki Ryota, who was being hugged, did not feel sticky. He got up with the help of his lover and passed by Matsueda Jun, who was surrounded by her.

"Matsugi-san wasn't lying to me after all..."

Tomatsu Yuka unscrewed the cap of the mineral water bottle in her hand and handed it to the boy, "Matsueda-kun, have some water!"

Matsueda Jun took the water bottle, drank two mouthfuls, and the excess water dripped down his lips, wetting his clothes.

Tomatsu Yuka felt a little regretful; if the class uniform she bought had been a light color, her body would be visible under the semi-transparent fabric now.

However, being seen by others has its advantages and disadvantages... She glanced at Mochizuki Haruka standing beside her.

Mochizuki Haruka handed the boy a thin towel, saying, "Matsugi, wipe your sweat."

Jun Matsue took the towel again, first wiping the sweat off his face and neck, then wiping the sweat off his arms and waist.

My chest was actually a little damp and sticky, but if I wiped it there, the girls would definitely ogle me, so I decided against it.

"How are you feeling, Matsue?" Ken Sakamuro asked, a popsicle dangling from his lips. "Can you run the next 1500 meters?"

"A little rest will do the trick." Jun Matsue nodded. He had deliberately conserved his energy; his talk of going all out was just to reassure Sugisaki.

"Then hurry back to the classroom to rest." Tomatsu Yuka was about to help him up, but Matsueda Jun grabbed Sakamuro Ken's neck first.

The senior student was standing in the crowd watching; he absolutely could not have any physical contact with other girls.

Back in the classroom, I sat down in a corner. The women's 400-meter race was about to start, and Tomatsu Yuka, as the vice class monitor, also had to take care of the participants, leaving only Mochizuki Haruka sitting next to Matsueda Jun.

Jun Matsue took back his phone, glanced at the girl beside him, and tapped on the parrot avatar in the chat window.

The senior's profile picture wasn't pinned to the top of his list—it would be troublesome if others saw it.

Would it be better to put a privacy screen protector on my phone? With that thought in mind, Jun Matsueda kept an eye on the girl next to him while texting his senior.

"If I get first place, I'll give the medal to my senior."

"Congratulations~" The girl replied with a parrot-like emoji of joyful flight. Yamami Maki, who was sitting in her class, looked up and could vaguely see where the boy was from her angle.

She was a little disappointed that she couldn't express her blessings in person, but her disappointment quickly disappeared.

"Five minutes later, I waited for my senior behind the club building."

Mochizuki Haruka looked at Matsue Jun, who had gotten up, and said, "Wherever Matsue is going, I'll go with him."

"I'm going back to the teaching building to use the restroom." A cautious person like Jun Matsueda would certainly not reveal his final destination directly.

The girl got up, but he pressed her back down, her duck-sitting posture looking rather adorable.

“I told you I was going to the bathroom, it would be too awkward if you followed me.”

"Okay." Mochizuki Haruka nodded reluctantly and handed him the sports drink in her hand.

"I have a match coming up later, don't miss it!"

"I'll be cheering you on from the sidelines." The boy waved and walked off the field.

To avoid lying, Jun went to the restroom in the teaching building first, then took a long detour to the back of the club building. There were only birds and cicadas chirping on the grass, and not a single person in sight.

After he finished drinking the sports drink that looked and tasted like jelly in the corner, he finally saw Yamami Maki.

The boy waved his hand, and the girl looked left and right, then looked up to confirm the closed windows on the building wall before quickly walking up to Jun Matsuoka.

"Congratulations, Matsue-san~" Yamami Maki said with a smile.

"I heard my senior cheering me on at the last bend." Jun Matsue looked at the girl in front of him wearing a light pink short-sleeved shirt. The senior seemed more shy than usual.

"It's good that you heard me." Yami Maki nodded. She rarely spoke loudly, but she shouted until her face turned red in order to cheer on the boy.

"Can you still run the next 1,500 meters?" The girl looked worried. She remembered that people who had run 400 meters all looked grimacing. Even Matsueda looked quite tired.

Jun Matsue originally wanted to say it was no problem, but seeing his senior's furrowed brows and pitiful expression, he unconsciously changed his mind.

"There might be a problem." The boy sounded troubled, which made the girl even more worried.

"What should we do then?" Yamami Maki moved a little closer to him, and a small insect flew out from the grass beneath their feet, seemingly startled.