Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 546 His and Her Song

Amidst the clamor of voices and the surging crowd, Jun Matsueda watched the girl on stage, her body swaying to the rhythm of the song's intro, her face radiating a cheerful and energetic smile.

Unexpectedly, the idol noticed the boy's one-sided gaze very quickly.

Yosei Kurusu turned his gaze to him in the crowd. The girl waved, her smile becoming even brighter, revealing her clean, white teeth—all of this was projected onto the building screen above the stage, making the fans below even more excited.

Matsueda Jun couldn't help but feel a little superior—who Kurusu's smile was for was a secret between the two of them. Perhaps when he walked into the crowd, the girl was already secretly looking for his presence.

The melody that had been hyping up the atmosphere echoed in the square for a few seconds before suddenly stopping. The drummer's arm holding the drumsticks froze in mid-air, and the guitarist's fingers, which were strumming the strings, also remained motionless. The restless crowd paused and looked at the girl holding the microphone in the center of the stage.

Yosei Kurusu's stage style today is different from the past. Her silver-white dress is not monotonous. The whole dress is made of fabric and tulle, decorated with lace and laser-shimmering ribbons, which is more elegant than lively.

The stage lights dimmed slightly, allowing the orange-red hues of the sky to sweep across the square. As the first golden rays of the sunset touched the hem of the girl's skirt, Yosei Kurusu took a soft breath and began to sing.

"Day after day," the drums and electric guitar sound simultaneously, "waiting for you."

The girl's singing style was exceptionally simple, like a gentle confession, and Jun Matsue watched as the heads of the people around her nodded slightly in rhythm.

"I am already very satisfied with just this."

After singing this line, Yosuke Kurusu glanced at the boys in the audience again, and the emotions in his voice gradually rose—

The traffic light changed from red to green.

"At this moment, I meet you~" The girl's voice was a little playful, as if it carried a certain expectation.

In this city, called—

She looked up, the setting sun casting its light on her entire body, making her eyes sparkle with golden light.

"Tokyo--"

The original singing turned into a drawn-out shout, and the guitar, bass and drums accelerated as if the gas pedal was floored. Yosei Kurusu's soaring voice and the stormy melody blended together, creating a huge wave in the crowd.

"Tokyo—" the girl shouted again, and this time the fans in the audience shouted along with her—it was a song from the new album, which they had heard many times before.

After the shouts ended, the rhythm of the instruments remained unrestrained, but then Qi Yangshi's ethereal humming rang out in the square. The melody finally slowed down, accompanied by distorted noise, dragging people back into the illusory time of the girl's lonely murmurs.

It rained on a Sunday in December~ I was stuck in my room with nowhere to go~

"The sound of rain stopped as evening fell. Emerging from my dream, I simply gazed at the setting sun."

"How I wish I could make a random phone call—"

Holding the microphone, Yosuke Kurusu looked down at the audience once more, searching for the person she wanted to call.

Upon noticing that Jun Matsueda was also looking at her, the girl secretly winked at him, tilted her head slightly, and sang even more brightly.

"I paint your image in my heart day after day~"

"Just this way I can keep breathing~"

Her silver-white dress was tinged with the color of the sunset, and the sashes on her body reflected golden-red light. In front of the bustling crowd, Yosei Kurusu below the tower seemed to be the spokesperson for the sunset. Her beauty was otherworldly, like a dazzling illusion.

"Although it's foolish, although it's like being a idiot~"

"But I still found you~"

"In this city called Tokyo—"

The fans below the stage sang along with their idol, their diverse voices overlapping and blending into a massive sound. Jun Matsueda did not speak, but simply watched the girl on stage with quiet, focused attention.

After scanning the square, Yosuke Kurusu's gaze settled on the boy once more.

"A Sunday in March ~maybe it's all just a dream in a beer can ~"

"Passing through the station's ticket gates~ before embarking on my journey home~" "Thinking aimlessly—"

The melody became wild again, the roar from the audience reached its peak, the girl gripped the microphone tightly, and with an air of abandoning everything, she jumped high on the stage and sang to the orange-red sky that covered the city.

"day to day--"

"Waiting for you~" the crowd chorused for her.

"Just this is enough for me!"

The girl jumped and sang on stage, and the crowd below rose and fell with her movements. Jun Matsueda watched as a drone suspended in mid-air captured the scene.

"As the setting sun shines through the city and falls on each other's shoulders~"

"At this moment, I reunite with you~"

In this city, called—

"To-kyo!!!"

As the rhythm of the music intensified, the final chorus pierced through the evening glow. Looking at the girl on stage waving vigorously at him, Junji Matsue couldn't help but smile.

This is a song about a boy in Tokyo and a girl who left Tokyo.

He had known all along that this was a story between the two of them.

The performance continued, and the next song was "Say So," the most popular song from the new album. The enthusiastic fans became even more excited. The boy, who stood like a pillar in the crowd, seemed a little out of place and walked towards the edge of the square.

Taking a light stick from a girl on the street, Jun Matsueda stood in a corner cheering for the idol on stage. Drones flew around the square, but deliberately avoided the corner where he was.

The crowds, buildings, sky, and young girls were all bathed in the afterglow of the sunset. Everything before their eyes was so romantic that it could spread rapidly through Tokyo's virtual network.

The boy thought to himself, "This show is sure to be a hit." He put down his light stick and took out his constantly vibrating phone from his pocket.

“We just finished filming here.” Mochizuki Haruka’s cool voice rang in his ear.

"Pine branch—" The girl's words were interrupted by the sound coming from the microphone.

"Why is it so noisy? Where are you right now?"

"Uh." Jun Matsue crawled into the building behind him. With an extra layer of walls separating them, the surrounding environment became much quieter.

He glanced at the stage outside the window; Yosuke Kurusu was still walking and singing on stage.

"I'm at Tokyu Tower right now."

"Kabukicho Tower?" Mochizuki Haruka asked, somewhat puzzled. "Weren't you with Aya-chan this afternoon? Why did you go there?"

Songzhi would never go to such a frivolous place that is only for pleasure.

"Hmm..." Jun Matsueda pondered how to explain, "Because there are free performances here?"

"..." Mochizuki Haruka sensed something was wrong. "You wait there, I'll be there in a bit."

Twenty minutes later, Jun Matsue saw the girl in the black dress with a stern face in the dispersing crowd.

“No wonder you came here.” Mochizuki Haruka crossed her arms and glanced at the stage that hadn’t been taken down at the tower entrance—the screen on the building’s exterior was still playing a promotional video for Kurusu Yosei’s new album.

“Every time you’re not careful, you’ll be seduced by another woman.”

She walked up to the boy and poked his chest with her index finger, her expression full of resentment.

"Do you have to tie us together to make me feel at ease?"

　The original song for this chapter is "Tokyo" by Mushroom Empire. You can give it a listen if you're interested!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)