Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 161 The Determination to Tame

"Matsueda, I'm going to be on TV!"

At dinner time, Kurusu Yoshi said excitedly at the dining table for three people.

Mochizuki Haruka was still eating with her head down, and Matsueda Jun only raised his head after swallowing the scrambled egg in his mouth.

"When did you debut?" The girl had never told him this.

"I haven't debuted yet!" Kurusu Yoshi shook his head, holding the spoon in his mouth. "After this TV show, I will officially debut."

"It seems that this program is very unusual?" Matsueda Jun calculated that it has only been a month since she left the group.

"Of course~" Kurusu nodded, picked up the remote control on the table and changed the channel on the TV, "It's this show!"

Jun Matsueda turned his head to look at the TV, and a big logo appeared on the screen: "The Birth of Idols Theory".

"This looks like a PK type of variety show?" He took a closer look and chose to continue eating.

"Simply put, it's a stage for all kinds of artists who are making their solo debuts. Usually, singers or idols participate, and it's jointly organized by various agencies and management companies. It's very popular!"

Looking at the excited girl in front of him, Matsueda Jun put down his chopsticks and applauded her. Mochizuki Haruka on the side glanced at him, put down her chopsticks and applauded as well.

After a brief celebration, dinner time continued. "Why does it feel like the quality of ingredients has been so good lately? Even the vegetables are so fresh." asked Jun Matsueda.

Their previous criteria for purchasing ingredients was to prioritize cheapness, but these past few days, when Jun Matsueda entered the kitchen, he no longer saw any rotten leaves picked from the trash can.

"Mochizuki bought all the food these days." Kurusu Yoshi bowed in Mochizuki Haruka's direction. "She said she was eating at 507, so it's my duty to provide her with food."

"Is that so?" Jun Matsue looked at the girl beside him. Haruka Mochizuki kept her head down and ate without saying a word.

After Matsueda Jun's gaze moved away, the girl looked up and glanced at him out of the corner of her eye.

Mochizuki Haruka has been concentrating on recording Matsueda Jun's eating habits recently. Although he eats everything, he always has preferences for food.

She looked down at the boy's chopsticks picking up a piece of salmon. "He picks up salmon the most often, so he likes meat more," the girl thought.

I wonder which type of fish he likes best? With bones or without? Next time, I'll try buying saury; maybe he'll use his chopsticks more often then.
Love the shredded cabbage.

I don't like burdock and have hardly ever eaten it.

I love scrambled eggs, and I've been eating them much more often this time, even though the preparation method is the same as in Yosuke Kurusu. What could be the reason?
"By the way, today's scrambled eggs seem to be particularly fragrant. Is it another secret recipe of the Kurusu family?" Matsueda Jun scooped another spoonful of scrambled eggs.

Kurusu winked at him, "The butter and milk we used this time are both from Hokkaido~"

"I see."

Mochizuki Haruka repeated Matsueda Jun's words in her mind, and she wrote down all these preferences in her notebook.

Kurusu Yoshi put his face in front of her and said, "Mochizuki, how about we get a cow from Hokkaido? You see, Matsueda likes it too."

"Ignore her."

Matsueda Jun pushed the girl back into her chair and said, "Eat your meal well and stop thinking about Hokkaido."

It doesn't seem impossible. Mochizuki Haruka gazed thoughtfully at the golden scrambled eggs in the bowl.

Before bedtime, Matsueda Jun once again sat beside Mochizuki Haruka's bed.

"Where were we talking about before?"

"The little prince passed by a garden."

"Well, it's the fox's turn to make an appearance then."

"Fox?" Mochizuki Yao, who was wearing thin pajamas, hugged the quilt and looked at him quietly.

Matsueda Jun cleared his throat and said, "At this time, a fox appeared."

"'Who are you?' the little prince asked. 'You look beautiful.'" "I am a fox," Jun Matsue said softly, trying to imitate a fox's voice.

The girl immediately laughed, and for the first time in a long time, he saw the clear blue in her eyes again. It was the water of Lake Akan, where cranes lived and reflected the wavy clouds in the sky.

"'Come and play with me,' the little prince suggested. 'I am very sad.'"

“‘I cannot play with you,’ answered the fox, ‘for I am not yet tamed.’”

"Taming? What does taming mean?" Mochizuki Haruka let go of the quilt she was holding. An inexplicable impulse drove her to ask the question that originally belonged to the little prince.

"This is something that people often forget," said Jun Matsueda, speaking for the fox. "It means 'building relationships.'"

"Establish a relationship?" Mochizuki Haruka moved a little closer to him.

"That's right," Matsueda continued, "to me, you're just a little boy."

"Just like a million other little boys."

"I don't need you, and you don't need me. To you, I'm just a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes."

The girl clutched the quilt beneath her.

"But if you tame me, we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in the universe, and to you, I shall be unique in the world."

"Then what should I do?" Mochizuki Haruka asked anxiously.

“It takes a lot of patience.”

"First, you have to sit a little further away from me, like that, on the grass over there."

The girl leaned towards the head of the bed.

"I'll glance at you out of the corner of my eye. Don't say anything then. Words can lead to misunderstandings."

"Then you can get closer to me day by day."

"It would be better if you could come at the same time every day, for example, at 4 pm."

"Then from three o'clock on, I begin to feel very happy, and as the time approaches, I feel happier and happier."

“By four o’clock, I’m restless because I’ve discovered the value of happiness.”

Mochizuki Haruka suddenly realized why Matsueda Jun usually left school at around five o'clock, and why she would push her bicycle at four o'clock and wait silently in the alley where she could see the school gate.

"So it was you who tamed me," the girl said softly.

As soon as Mochizuki Haruka said this, Matsueda Jun shut up. It was not appropriate to continue telling tonight's story.

After saying good night, he closed the bedroom door.

The girl lay in bed in a daze for a while. She turned on the light and crawled to the bedside table. There were two books there, one was her notebook and the other was "The Little Prince" bought in Otaru.

She opened the book "The Little Prince" and looked for the part that Jun Matsueda had omitted.

"Please, tame me!" the fox said to the little prince.
The little prince said goodbye to the fox.

The little prince said to the roses in the garden.

"People passing by might think my rose looks like yours, but just one of her is worth more than all of you, because she is the rose I watered; she is the rose I placed under the glass dome, where I protected her from the wind and killed caterpillars for her; because she is the rose I am willing to listen to when she complains, brags, or even remains silent."

"Because, she is my rose." The girl leaned against the head of the bed and cried.

"I don't want to be a fox, I want to be a rose." Mochizuki Haruka kept repeating this sentence before going to sleep.

The girl decided to tame Matsueda Jun.

　The update time tomorrow will still be uncertain, but it should resume the day after tomorrow.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)