Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 167 The First Girl's Gift
"It was an easy win." Jun Matsueda looked at Ken Sakamuro who returned to the sidelines to drink water.

"Our goal is the main arena, how could we fall here!" Sakamuro Ken high-fived his teammates who were leaving the field.

"National-level competitions are so exciting, Matsueda. You won't have a chance to play next time." Shiroo Jō said to Matsueda Jun with a smile. He is a classmate of Tsushima Kou, and Matsueda Jun would occasionally play against him during training.

After the game, the players from both teams shook hands, and the girls in the stands blew the Haneda school song.

"Beside the window in April, waiting for the wind of freedom~"

The boys sang in unison, shoulder to shoulder. Only the winners could play the school song on the field.

In the audience seats across from them, the girls from Tottori Johhoku High School put down their golden instruments and wiped away their tears silently.

Even by plane, it takes three or four hours to get from Tottori to Tokyo, and many students even took buses and transfers all the way here. And now, after just less than an hour in the auditorium, they were on their way home.

They are not even qualified to play the school song.

"Sports competition is such a cruel thing." Tomatsu Tomoka put down the saxophone and looked at the backs of the people leaving the audience.

At noon on the 24th, the last exam was over. The afternoon sun shone through the windowpanes, leaving behind dazzling circles of light. The teaching building was bustling with activity, like a fin-de-siècle carnival. The corridors were bustling with people, and from time to time, someone would brush against Jun Matsueda's shoulder as they ran past.

It was not until the door to the rooftop was closed that the noisy sounds finally faded away.

"How did Matsueda-san do in the exam?" The girl on the rooftop turned around in the golden sunlight.

“Try hard to get a scholarship.”

Jun Matsueda walked to Yamami Maki's side. This was the place where he and another girl had stood during the trilateral talks. The trash can pattern on the concrete fence was still there.

The girl had her hands behind her back and her body swayed slightly, looking in a good mood.

"How are you planning to spend Christmas Eve, Matsueda-san?"

"Just spending it like any other normal day. I'm not one to care about Christmas. Maybe a cake?"

He leaned against the railing and looked down at the campus. Students, bags in hand, were leaving the school gates in groups. With the holiday and Christmas Eve coming up, everyone was planning to get together and relax. The karaoke bars around the school should be doing good business this afternoon.

"It seems that I have to add a sense of ceremony to Matsueda-san's Christmas." The girl handed the bag on her back to Matsueda Jun.

The red and white striped bag was simple and exquisite. Jun Matsueda reached out to take it, and the girl's hand holding the rope moved away from his in tacit understanding.

The weight was neither light nor heavy. He took a look inside the bag and found that there was more than one box.

"Should I open it now?"

"I just like watching my friends open their gifts in person." Yamami Maki nodded with a smile, and the green knot in her hair shook a little.

He took out the first flat, square box and opened it carefully. A black woolen beanie lay in the white box.

Jun Matsueda breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately the senior student didn't give him anything particularly expensive.

"Didn't we meet a lot of boys wearing beanies riding bikes when we were in Shimokitazawa before?" the girl explained.

"Some time ago, I noticed that Matsueda-san didn't wear a hat when riding his bike. Every time he arrived at school, his hair was messy. If he wore a hat, he wouldn't have this problem."

Although it's also very cool that way, Yamami Moki said to herself.

"Besides, it's cold now. If I'm exposed to the wind too often, my ears will get frozen red." The girl touched her small, delicate earlobe. "The wind is even stronger when I ride a bike. It would be troublesome if I get frostbite on my ears. Wearing a cold hat can protect my ears well!"

"Thank you for your concern, Senior." Matsueda Jun looked at the hat in his hand and felt it was warm. "I will wear it when I ride my bike next time."

"Show me how to wear it now!" Yami Maki looked at him expectantly. "...That's not how you wear it."

Although the boy in front of me is still very handsome, he looks like a patient with terminal cancer.

"There's a way to wear a beanie. You can't just put it on your head!"

Matsueda Jun looked at her with a confused expression, and Yami Maki sighed, "First, use both hands to open up your hat, and remember to align the center line with the back of your head."

If possible, it would be easiest for her to put it on him herself, but the girl knew that this was forbidden as it was too intimate.

Just like the gift she originally considered was a scarf, but then she thought that giving a scarf as a Christmas gift between opposite sexes might seem ambiguous, so she decided to give a hat.

"That's right." Yamamiya Maki looked at the boy in front of her with satisfaction. The cold hat left a little bangs, which made the boy's facial features and skin beauty more prominent.

The girl took out her cell phone and took a picture to show him, "Remember to wear it like this in the future!" Matsueda Jun nodded.

Without taking off his hat, he took the second and final gift from his bag.

A slender wooden box with a black background and gold lacquer.

"Could it be a magic wand? Holly wood, phoenix feather, eleven inches, flexible and pliable!" Matsueda Jun became inexplicably excited. Magic is much more interesting than systems or something.

"No." Yamami Moki laughed, "You'll know when you open it."

Gently opening the heavy lid, a pair of drumsticks appeared in front of Jun Matsueda. They were a very textured black with green patterns wrapped around them, like vines or thorns.

"Although I like it very much, I really didn't expect that my senior would give this to me." He was a little surprised.

"Because Matsueda-san is the drummer." The girl said as a matter of course.

"I don't think I've ever played drums seriously in front of my senior." Jun Matsueda thought for a moment.

Timpani certainly don't count.

"That's why I want to see Matsueda-san play the drums even more~" There were stars of anticipation in Yamami Maki's eyes.

"If I give a pair of drumsticks to Matsueda-san, when you play the drums in the future, you will remember that someone is looking forward to your performance."

"Be sure to tell me before you play the drums next time. I'll be waiting!"

There was a sly hint in the girl's gentle smile.

Jun Matsueda walked into the chaotic and noisy corridor again, recalling the words left by Yamami Maki when they parted.

"Don't worry about returning the favor. Matsueda-san already gave me a gift."

"The amulet's blessing can last for a whole year~"

The senior sister's kindness was impeccable. He looked at the bag in his hand and walked into the classroom.

Tomatsu Tomoka sat in her seat. The girl kept looking at the back door through which he came in. She was as quiet as a reef in the noisy classroom.

"Matsueda-san," the girl called out to him, "I've been looking for you for a long time since the exam."

"where did you go?"

(End of this chapter)