Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 245 Head-to-Head and Exclusive Time

So, did you end up joining a club?

After geography class on Saturday morning, Jun Matsue asked Haruka Mochizuki, who was slumped over her desk, a question. The girl was starting to get sleepy, so he decided to chat with her to keep her awake.

"No, I went to the hospital later." The girl turned her head to look at him, her eyelids already beginning to droop.

Haruka Mochizuki did consider joining the newspaper club where Jun Matsueda was, but then she thought about it again. This guy wouldn't be going to the newspaper club often anyway, so she might as well go to his apartment to find him instead of joining the club.

When the topic of clubs came up, the girl suddenly perked up a bit. She got up from the table and asked Matsueda Jun in a nonchalant manner.

"By the way, it seems like Matsueda went to watch the brass band's performance on the day of the club recruitment?"

"Is that so? What's wrong?" Jun Matsue took out the world history textbook he would use for the next class from the drawer, without looking at the girl.

"Many people are talking about your interactions with Tomatsu Yuka." Mochizuki Haruka's face moved a little closer to him, and the deep pool in the girl's eyes rippled.

“Uh, didn’t you go to the hospital? Some things become less true as they’re passed down.” He flipped through his world history textbook.

For example, the interaction didn't even exist. He was just watching Tomatsu Yuka walk around him. How did that become an interaction?

Mochizuki Haruka held her phone up to Matsueda Jun. On the screen was a video taken by an unknown person. A girl in an orange skirt moved lightly, dancing and playing a flute around a boy. Even though her eyes were not clearly visible in the video, one could feel the boundless affection in the girl's movements.

What's more, the people in the video are singing "I love you baby~"

“Matsueda, some girls look innocent, but they’re actually quite cunning. Haven’t you already experienced that?” Mochizuki Haruka left her seat and walked to Matsueda Jun’s side, placing her hands on his shoulders.

"Don't let your guard down just because she's become well-behaved now."

With a crisp, loud "smack," Tomatsu Yuka slammed her Japanese history textbook onto the table.

"What are Mochizuki-san and Matsue-san talking about? May I listen?"

The girl's previous class was Japanese history. She didn't choose geography, so she had to go to another classroom for class. As soon as she returned, she heard Mochizuki Haruka talking badly about her.

“I was telling Matsue that although some of the Tomatsu are behaving very well now, their dark nature can’t be erased.” Mochizuki Haruka seemed completely unaware that she was speaking ill of them.

"Even so, you still want to study Tomatsu's notes, don't you?" Tomatsu Yuka said with a smile. "Before, I don't know which Mochizuki was, but he kept pestering Matsu-san and caused him a lot of trouble."

Both girls' tones became emotional, and in their banter, they seemed to forget that they themselves were not exactly innocent and cute creatures.

"Before you arrogantly accused me, did you forget one thing—without my cleanup, you might still be being harassed by some disgusting landmine woman." Mochizuki Haruka took out a notebook from her bag.

"Here you go, whoever wants to watch it can watch it!"

“Of course I’m grateful to Mochizuki-san.” Tomatsu Yuka’s smile became even brighter. “So if you still have any missed lessons, you can come to me and I can continue to lend you my notes.”

"After all, I'm a relatively kind person. Even if you're insulting me while imitating me, I can still forgive you."

"Class is about to start, you two." Jun Matsueda tapped his desk. "Could you please go back to your seats?"

Mochizuki Haruka glared at Tomatsu Yuka, then returned to her seat and lay down to sleep.

Tomatsu Yuka returned to her seat with a smile, holding her recovered notebook, though the girl's smile didn't look very friendly.

From the start of this class, the atmosphere in the back of the classroom became tense, with the girls' hostile gazes flying back and forth over Matsueda Jun's head, continuing until after school.

The bell rang, and before the two girls on either side could speak, Jun Matsue stood up first. "I have to practice the experimental procedures for the biology competition after school today, so I won't be available for anyone, that's all."

He grabbed his schoolbag and quickly walked out the back door, leaving the unsuspecting girls in the classroom.

As he left the classroom, the wind from outside swept into the corridor, carrying the slightly damp smell of earth after the rain. The fresh air made his body relax unconsciously, and Jun Matsue exhaled.

Sure enough, having too many girls is a hassle. He walked upstairs, starting to think about how to make them behave.

After spending the entire journey, Jun Matsue still couldn't come up with an effective method. He pushed open the door to the biology lab.

Who told him his heart couldn't harden anymore?

The dark laboratory felt somewhat cold. Jun Matsueda changed into the lab coat by the door and walked towards the girl in the center of the room.

"Matsueda-kun is here." Yami Maki didn't look up, her eyelashes fluttering under the cold white light as a greeting.

"Is the senior doing a new experiment?" He stood behind the girl, watching her put two centrifuge tubes into the centrifuge.

"Hmm." Yamami Maki's voice was soft and gentle. "DNA extraction experiments are so troublesome to perform."

The girl hesitated in front of the machine's buttons, trying to recall the settings she had made.

A few seconds later, she turned to look at the boy behind her, "12,000 revolutions per minute, five minutes of centrifugal force?"

“Bingo~” Jun Matsueda nodded, the girl turned around and pressed the button, then sat down on the chair next to the control panel to wait.

Three days have passed since Yami Maki suggested to Matsueda Jun that they increase tutoring time. Only after the girl obtained permission to use the high-end equipment through her homeroom teacher was she able to have this laboratory where the two of them were alone after school.

The girl was looking down at the experimental instructions when Jun Matsueda's gaze shifted from the running centrifuge to his senior's profile.

"It's definitely more peaceful when there are fewer people," he couldn't help but sigh.

"What?" Yamami Maki looked up, casting a curious glance at her.

"I just feel like there are too many people in the classroom, and I can't calm down." Jun Matsue walked to the workbench next to the girl to prepare the consumables for the enzyme activity assay experiment.

As a high school, Haneoka High School only has one instrument for most of its molecular biology and biochemistry experiments, so the two people have to take turns operating it. Yamami Maki watched as Matsueda Jun added leaves, quartz sand and buffer solution to the mortar and began the grinding process.

"It feels like I'm making matcha powder," the girl laughed.

"Would the young lady like to have a taste?" Jun Matsueda raised the mortar and pestle with both hands and respectfully presented it to Maki Yami.

"No, no, no~" the senior student waved her hand with a smile, "Eating this would definitely cause health problems."

The boy shook his head regretfully and continued grinding. The girl leaned forward, placing her hands on her lap and supporting her chin with her right hand. Although she didn't leave the chair, she was now closer to him.

She preferred this space after school, which belonged only to the two of them, to the classroom where lectures and exercises were held.

“I’m so glad that Matsueda-san thinks so too.”

The girl looked at his profile, her voice so soft it was almost inaudible.

(End of this chapter)