Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 384 Yesterday Reappears
The next day, Monday, after getting up, Jun Matsueda sent a message to Maki Yami.

But when he finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, his senior had not replied to his message. Their chat history was still at the "goodnight" from the night before.

When Yosei Kurusu walked out of his room, he saw Jun Matsue standing in the living room with a furrowed brow.

The girl yawned. "Why does Songzhi look like that so early in the morning?"

"The weather doesn't seem too good today." Jun Matsueda straightened his school uniform collar and looked out the window at the overcast sky.

The girl glanced at her phone; a typhoon warning was already displayed.

"Another typhoon is coming." She looked at the boy who had pushed open the security door. "Be careful on Songzhi Road!"

"No holiday, what a disappointment!"

Jun Matsue rode his bike a little faster than usual, and when he arrived at school, he quickly realized something was wrong.

Tomatsu Yuka was not in the classroom.

Normally, no matter how early he arrived at school, he would see a quiet and well-behaved girl sitting in the classroom. However, today, Tomatsu Yuka's seat was empty.

Jun Matsue first took out his water bottle from his schoolbag, went to the corridor to get water, and glanced at the classroom of Class 4, Grade 3 as he passed by.

My senior classmate isn't here either.

The clouds outside the window hung low, just like the ominous premonition growing in his heart. When Matsueda Jun returned to his classroom, Mochizuki Haruka was already sitting in her seat.

"Good morning." The girl's greeting was still as simple as ever.

"Good morning." Matsueda Jun was a little surprised. "Why are you here so early today?"

"I can't sleep." Mochizuki Haruka blinked. She came today hoping to see more of the drama, but she only saw Matsueda Jun.

The two, each lost in their own thoughts, remained silent until the bell rang for the morning meeting, when Tomatsu Yuka, who arrived late, broke the silence in the back row.

"Sorry I'm a little late today." The girl hurriedly sat down and hung her schoolbag next to the desk.

Jun Matsue observed Tomatsu for a while before speaking, "Didn't Tomatsu sleep well last night?"

"Oh, yes." The girl's smile was somewhat forced.

In fact, Tomatsu Yuka did not sleep poorly; rather, she barely slept at all throughout the night—her eyes were noticeably swollen, and red marks from tears could be seen at the corners of her eyes.

If the girl wanted, she could certainly use makeup to cover up these signs of exhaustion, but she chose to show them instead.

Tomatsu Yuka is using this method to tell the boy that she is very hurt.

Things are getting complicated. Jun Matsueda sighed inwardly; his intuition from yesterday had indeed been correct.

The clattering of women's leather shoes echoed in the corridor as Kominato Shoko, dressed in a formal suit, walked into the classroom.

"It's Monday today, don't look so down, cheer up!"

The female teacher frowned her delicate, beautiful eyebrows, and a chorus of sighs rose from the students below the stage.

"Alright, alright," she sighed, "Classes are cancelled this afternoon due to the typhoon warning. Are you all satisfied now?"

The gloomy atmosphere in the classroom immediately brightened up, but these changes had nothing to do with the three people sitting in the back corner.

After the four classes in the morning, the classroom quickly became empty, with only the students on duty doing a simple cleaning and the class monitor and vice monitor conducting a safety check before the typhoon arrived.

"Thank you for your hard work." Jun Matsue politely thanked the student on duty standing in front of him and accompanied him out of the classroom.

After watching the boy's back disappear into the corridor, he took out his phone to check his messages—his senior had replied after the second period in the morning, saying that the girl had a low-grade fever and was feeling unwell, so she hadn't come to school.

"Thank you for your concern, Matsueda-kun." Matsueda Jun read the message in the chat box softly. He hadn't seen his senior send a message in such a tone for a long time.

"Matsueda-san."

The girl's voice sounded behind him. The boy turned around and saw Tomatsu Yuka standing at the back door of the classroom with a weak smile on her face.

"The doors and windows have been checked. Would you like to take another look, Pine Branch?"

The boy shook his head. "No need, let's go to the archives."

They also have the task of organizing the class log and the notice board, after which they can leave the school.

The two walked one after the other down the empty corridor, neither of them speaking. Jun Matsue walked ahead, looking at the approaching sign for the archives room, his extraordinary memory starting to kick in again.

At that time, his suspension had been lifted and he had just returned to school. He had once walked along the corridor with the girl like this, but now the scene before him was even more silent and empty.

After classes were suspended, the classrooms were empty. Only the girl and his footsteps echoed in the corridor. The rolling dark clouds in the sky foreshadowed the coming storm, and the windowpanes began to tremble slightly.

The sound of the wooden door sliding on its tracks led the two into the archives. It was Jun Matsueda who closed the door, just as he remembered.

However, Tomatsu Yuka did not sit down in her usual spot opposite him, but stood in front of the boy, her sickly face appearing unusually calm.

"Were you thinking about Yamami-senpai on the way here?"

Jun Matsue blinked. The girl's way of addressing Maki Yami hadn't changed, but the intimacy in her tone had completely vanished.

He shook his head. "I was recalling what happened when I first returned to school last year."

Tomatsu Yuka tilted her head, signaling the boy to continue.

"Back then, we walked through the corridor just like we do today to get to this archive room."

The girl understood what he was talking about. She turned around and looked at the half-height window on the wall, where traces of rain began to appear.

"I even said I was going to jump off from here back then," Tomatsu Yuka said with some emotion.

However, she didn't intend to do that now. The girl turned around and continued to look at the boy in front of her. The distance between the two in this small space was not far, but it wasn't close either.

"I can understand Matsue-kun now."

The girl's emotions were very complex; the bitter flames of regret and jealousy burned quietly within her.

"Being deceived and betrayed by someone you trust and love is indeed a very painful thing." Her tone was like a confession.

"Moreover, both the weight of the emotions and the pain of betrayal were much more profound for Matsueda at the time."

"I was really awful back then."

When the girl said this, she was already swaying slightly, but she still managed to stay upright and did not sit down. Instead, she slowly walked closer and took Matsueda Jun's right hand in both hands.

In most human cultures around the world, the right hand represents an oath.

"So now I'm starting to not understand it."

"Matsueda-kun is someone who values ​​promises so much, would she really break her own promise?"

"Do you like her that much?"

A flash of lightning streaked across the window, illuminating Jun Matsueda's face, while the girl's expression remained in the darkness.

Then came the thunder.

(End of this chapter)