Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 331 The Afterglow of the Sports Meet
After the sports meet ended, the cicadas chirped even louder at Haneoka High School, as if announcing that summer in Tokyo had only just begun.

The girls in Class 6 of Grade 2 sat in the shade by the pool, watching the girls who had just changed into their swimsuits walk out of the changing room.

Those were girls from Class 5; they sometimes had PE class together.

"So big." Mochizuki Haruka looked at Imokawa Natsumi passing by the skylight of the swimming pool. The sunlight cast shadows, making the outline of the girl's chest appear even more three-dimensional.

She looked down at her chest, which was covered by her dark blue swimsuit. Although it seemed to be a little bigger than last year, no one would care about the slight bump in the small mound in front of the towering mountain.

Mochizuki Haruka turned her head and glanced at Tomatsu Yuka sitting not far from her. The girl was silently hugging her bent right leg, staring blankly at the shimmering water in the sunlight, completely lost in thought.

"This guy's figure is better than hers," Mochizuki Haruka said with dissatisfaction.

"What? You finally discovered your senior betrayed you, and now you're all alone?"

Tomatsu Yuka, snapping out of her daze, glanced at her, stretched out her legs, and looked at her fingernails, which shimmered in the sunlight—a healthy, fleshy pink.

"It's just borrowing something to run a race with Matsueda-kun, it can't be considered a betrayal."

The girl, who has a particularly large appetite, recalled what her senior had said on the playground. Was this really what her senior had drawn?

After returning home yesterday, Tomatsu Yuka kept thinking about this question. She hadn't even looked at the slip of paper she drew—from the moment she became the fourth runner in the relay, she had already figured out what to do.

No matter what she draws, she always says "the person I like".

Regardless of what the senior student drew, she never said "the person she likes" in the end.

That's enough, the girl told herself as she lay in bed last night.

But she knew very well that the doubts in her heart were like bread crumbs crushed into powder, and were difficult to disappear.

From then on, whenever Matsueda and her senior were present, it would emerge from its hidden corner and churn deep within her heart, constantly emphasizing its presence.

"Even though it's hot now, you still need to warm up before getting in the water, okay? Otherwise, you might get cramps," the PE teacher, wearing sun protection clothing, gently reminded everyone.

Natsumi Imokawa stood by the pool and turned around, shyly tugging at the hem of her swimsuit—since the warm-up exercises began, she had felt several eyes on her back.

"Imokawa, hurry up and get in the water!" the female teacher next to her reminded her.

"Ah, okay." The girl sat down by the pool and slowly slid into the water. The cool touch made her body tremble cutely.

She kicked her legs against the pool wall and swam towards the other side in a backstroke. Her movements were surprisingly graceful, drawing gasps of amazement from the shore.

"How spectacular!" the girls said enviously. The girl swimming on her back seemed startled by the crowd's voices and thrashed about in the water.

Ken Sakamuro turned around and looked at the pool on the other side. The layers of blue swimsuits were not very clear, and only a faint sound came through the air above the pool.

"What are the girls saying?"

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with us." Jun Matsue stood up, touching the pool wall, and wiped the water off his face. Soaking in the pool in the summer is indeed a very refreshing thing.

"So, is the race with borrowed items yesterday just over like that?" Ken Sakamuro climbed ashore and winked at him.

"What else do you want?" Jun Matsueda splashed water on the boy's face. "Instead of worrying about my love life, you should worry more about yourself."

"How's that girl who confessed to you doing now?"

“We’ve lost contact.” Ken Sakamuro shook his head decisively. “She always tries to call me out during my training time. What woman is more important than basketball?” Jun Matsueda pursed his lips and looked at the pool on the other side, offering no comment.

"Why are you making that face?" Ken Sakamuro asked, displeased. "Didn't you support me back then?"

"Back then it was all in the past," the boy said vaguely. "Now I think it might be good for you to get to know her better."

After all, the Matsueda Jun of the past was focused on working to earn money, not the Matsueda Jun who is now having a secret relationship with his senior.

"Matsue, you're becoming as fickle as a girl now."

Sakamuro Ken let out a disappointed sigh, his voice gradually fading away on the turbulent water.

After the fourth period of physical education class, it was lunch break. Tomatsu Yuka rested on her desk. When the chair to her left was gently moved and the boy's footsteps disappeared outside the door, the girl, who was trying to fall asleep, raised her head and opened her eyes.

She knew that Songzhi had gone to a meeting, and the girl's lingering sleepiness vanished completely, her heart stirred with emotions unlike anything she had ever felt before.

Is Matsueda having another meeting with her senior?
Will they sit together and chat? Will they talk about topics related to the meeting?
Sometimes when Songzhi comes home late, is it because he went to other places after the meeting?
I really want to go and see for myself!
Tomatsu Yuka glanced at Mochizuki Haruka, who was fast asleep on the other side, picked up her water cup, and quietly left the classroom.

The girl walked at a moderate pace, passing through the stairwell, when that all-too-familiar figure appeared at the end of the long corridor after the corner.

She hesitated at the crossroads of the corridor, the swirling hot air blowing across her neat plaid skirt, seemingly urging the girl's restless heart to catch up.

Tomatsu Yuka sighed, took a step, and walked towards the water dispenser on the other side.

"Don't do things that Matsueda hates," the girl told herself.

Having finally won back Songzhi's affections, she couldn't be willful anymore. She gripped the water glass tightly, putting a rein on her overflowing desires.

"Is Yuka here to get water too?"

A familiar voice rang out in front of her. Tomatsu Yuka looked up and saw Yamami Maki, who was also holding a water cup. The senior's expression was one of surprise and delight.

She breathed a sigh of relief, relieved that she hadn't lost track of Songzhi. Seeing her senior here put her mind at ease.

"Yes." The girl nodded. "Summer is here, and I'm drinking water more often."

“Is that so?” Yamami Maki smiled, and the two stopped in the corridor to chat about the band’s debut performance that night.

"Remember to arrive early, senior! We want to grab front-row seats together."

"Okay!" The senior student wiped the fine sweat from her neck with a tissue. "Then I'll go back to the classroom now."

Tomatsu Yuka waved her hand, turned around and walked towards the water dispenser. She pressed the water dispensing button on the machine and stared blankly at the lawn outside the window.

"It's so hot." The corridor without air conditioning felt like a sauna, and the girl couldn't help but sigh.

Back in the classroom, she glanced at the empty seat next to her. Of course, Songzhi hadn't returned yet. She took out a tissue from her drawer but found that she wasn't sweating at all.

Although the corridor was hot, it wasn't hot enough to make you sweat while getting water.

Tomatsu Yuka recalled the girl wiping her sweat in the corridor a few minutes earlier.

How long did the senior student stay outside the classroom?
(End of this chapter)