Am I being simulated by their love affair?

Jun Matsue nodded.

Let's be together.

A few glimmers of light fell from the corner of Yamami Maki's eyes again. She closed her eyes with a sigh of relief and wrapped her arms around the boy's neck.

"This time, I belong entirely to you..."

Their bodies pressed tightly together, the warmth from the kotatsu traveling through their embrace, quickly raising their temperature.

Before he knew it, Jun Matsue lay on his back on the ground, the girl's soft and warm touch pressing against his chest through her sweater.

"Chun...Chun..."

Jun Matsue hugged his senior tightly, letting her release the surging love that had been suppressed for so long.

His legs were tightly bound—the girl's leggings were neither thin nor thick, and the soft, smooth fabric constantly rubbed against him, making him restless.

"Senior." Jun Matsueda twisted his body.

As if stimulated by his actions, Yamami Maki's breathing became heavier.

"I'm so happy." The girl sat up and smiled as she wiped her cheeks.

"But why am I still crying..."

"It's okay to shed tears." Jun Matsue sat up from the ground, hugged the girl, and licked away her tear stains.

"I will eat all of my senior's tears."

Yamami Maki's eyelashes trembled slightly as the boy breathed close to her, and the smile on her face was exceptionally pure and cheerful—unlike her previous gentleness, it seemed passionate and intense.

The girl took the large hands that were wrapped around her waist and guided them inside her sweater—

“Jun…” Yami Maki gently bit her teeth, suppressing her moan.

She hugged the fit boy tightly.

"I want to do it right now..."

Jun Matsue withdrew his hands, and under the girl's reluctant gaze, stood up while holding her.

"Let's go to bed."

The tightly closed bedroom door was opened again, and Jun Matsue strode into the room and placed the girl on the bed.

The patter of rain filled his ears. He turned around and looked out at the gloomy sky and the hazy rain lines outside the balcony.

"Should we draw the curtains?"

"Of course I want to..." Yami Maki said shyly as she sat on the bed.

The boy turned around and deftly drew the curtains.

The room was suddenly plunged into an ambiguous dimness. He climbed onto the bed and gently pushed the girl down.

With a soft "thump," Yamami Maki lay down on the bed, her body trembling. She clasped her hands to her chest and squeezed her legs together, watching her beloved approach her.

Jun Matsue gently stroked the blush on her face with his gaze.

"Wasn't the senior just being very proactive?"

"That's because I was overwhelmed with emotion... just like when I cried..." the girl said hesitantly, turning her face away.

"Besides, I have no experience with this kind of thing, so it's definitely better for you to do it..."

The boy's smile was a little weak, and Yamami Maki blinked sharply, gently cupping his face in her hands.

“This moment is very important to me, Jun-kun, you don’t need to think so much.”

"Just enjoy it with me."

"..." Matsueda Jun placed his hands on either side of the girl, lowered his head, and pressed his forehead against hers.

Their eyelashes almost touched as they gazed directly into each other's eyes, their undisguised affection silently intertwining.

All the twists and turns before this moment might make it less than perfect. But with the passage of time, the young people now understand each other completely.

Those strengths and weaknesses, strength and gentleness, naivety and vulnerability...

If they were to get together, they would never easily separate again.

"From now on, senior will belong to me?" Jun Matsue said, his tone unusually gentle.

"Mm." Yamami Maki nodded gently.

"I am willing to give my whole self to Chun."

"..." She blinked, and the boy's body naturally pressed down on her—it didn't feel heavy, but rather like a solid and reassuring embrace, making the girl want to cry again.

Jun Matsue buried his head in his senior's neck, inhaling her fragrant and sensual scent.

He kissed the alluring hollow of the girl's collarbone while reaching out with both hands—

After being freed from her restraints, lying before the boy was his former and current lover, a regret etched deep in his heart.

And I will personally make everything perfect.

Matsueda Jun suppressed his excitement, "If you feel unwell, remember to tell me, senior."

"No, not at all," Yami Maki replied with a smile.

The girl's eyes were filled with tenderness as she carefully traced his features with her gaze.

"As long as I can look at you like this, all the pain will eventually turn into happiness."

The boy stopped talking, but simply responded to her gaze, looking tenderly at his senior's face.

He slowly bent down—

An hour later, Jun Matsue sat up and looked at the soaked stains on the sheets.

"The sheets need to be changed..."

"...Let's change it then."

Yamami Maki's voice was soft and gentle as she raised her arm to cover her chest.

"I have spare sheets."

Matsueda Jun laughed, his left hand circling around her firm, voluptuous waist.

"How about we take a break first?"

"Let's go take a bath, and after we're done, I'll tidy up the room."

"Okay..." The girl nodded slowly, her delicate tone befitting a girlfriend.

So the boy got out of bed, picked up the senior in a princess carry, and carried her to the living room amidst her gasps of surprise.

"Why don't you put on some clothes?" Yami Maki blushed and patted his bare chest.

"I've never been naked in the living room before..."

"How could that be?" Jun Matsue looked at her rosy cheeks.

"What about when the senior student takes a shower?"

"Of course I'll take my clothes off in the bathroom," the girl said reproachfully, giving him a playful look. "And after showering, I'll definitely put my clothes back on as soon as possible!"

The boy smiled. Even though she lived alone and had run away from home, the senior's good upbringing remained.

The sound of running water filled the bathroom, drowning out the rain outside the small window. Jun Matsue held the girl sitting on the edge of the bathtub—both to keep his naked senior warm and to prevent her from collapsing from exhaustion after exercise.

Warm, clear water gradually filled the bathtub, and the boy lowered his head—

The girl in his arms held the showerhead, intently testing the water temperature and level, completely unaware of her lover's lingering gaze on her chest and neck.

Jun Matsueda originally wanted to fill the bathtub himself, but his senior, though gentle, stubbornly took the showerhead and declared that it would be better for her, who was more familiar with it, to operate it.

"My senior must be the perfect wife by nature..." The boy thought to himself as he watched her lower her eyes and ripple the water.

"Okay!" Yamami Maki looked up and nuzzled her boyfriend's cheek behind her.

"The bathtub is a bit small, Jun-kun, please go in first."

“No problem.” Jun Matsue loosened his embrace, took two steps to the side, and stepped into the bathtub.

He sat down carefully—at first he was afraid he would break the bathtub, but as the warm water flowed over his chest, he sighed contentedly and looked at the smiling girl beside him.

"Senior is here too."

"Okay~" Yamami Maki stood up and lifted her leg, shyly revealing her exposed cleavage.

After the two of them settled down in the bathtub, Jun Matsue hugged the smooth, delicate body sitting on him tightly and let out a comfortable sigh.

"This bathtub is way too small..."

With limited space, the boy could only slightly bend his legs and sit half-reclined in the bathtub, while Yamami Maki pressed down on him in the same position—the girl, who was used to living alone, hadn't calculated the amount of water for two people, and the rippling water was splashing against the edge of the bathtub, posing a risk of overflowing.

"It's because Tsunkun is too big!" The girl with her hair up turned to look at him, her face flushed and wet.

“And…” Yami Maki lowered her head.

"This position is so embarrassing..."

"There's nothing we can do about it," Jun Matsue said with a smile, hugging her tightly. "It's just that the bathtub is small."

"Don't move around," the girl rolled her eyes at him, "or the water will overflow."

"I'll listen to my senior."

The boy's fingertips slid across her smooth skin. Yamami Maki didn't say anything, but her delicate earlobes were tinged with a vibrant red.

After a relaxing bath, Jun Matsue carried his senior back to the bedroom.

As he passed through the living room, the chill in the air made the boy shrink his neck – relying solely on the kotatsu for warmth was clearly insufficient, and his dissatisfaction with the house grew even stronger.

As Jun turned on the air conditioner in the bedroom, he tidied up the somewhat messy sheets while watching the girl change into a cream-white fleece nightgown—clothes that his senior had left at home, which were also packed in a cardboard box and delivered over.

After changing the sheets to dry and clean, the two lay back down on the bed. Yamami Maki rested her head on the boy's arm as she watched him pick up the phone that was on the bedside table.

"You're already looking at your phone?" She pouted. "Is this nightgown not attractive enough?"

"No." Jun Matsueda turned his phone around and showed the time on the screen.

"It's already 1:30. I was just planning to come here to cook lunch for my senior, but I need to tell Wangyue and the others first."

At this point, the boy felt a little headache coming on—the current developments were completely unplanned, and he was worried about the girls' reactions when they found out.

"I see." Yamami Maki blinked, but her expression was more worried than his.

“Chun…” She leaned weakly on the boy’s shoulder.

"I don't want to be alone tonight."

“…Okay.” Jun Matsue took a deep breath to calm himself down, then smiled and nuzzled her cheek.

"Then I should tell them too."

"Mmm." The girl nodded obediently, watching him put the phone to her ear.

When Mochizuki Haruka's sweet voice rang in his ears, even someone as resilient as Matsueda Jun felt a little uncontrollable unease in his heart.

"Pine branches?"

“...It’s me.” He glanced at the girl beside him; the senior had already considerately gone to “face the wall” (a position for self-reflection).

"I have something I want to say to Mochizuki—shall I come and stay by your side?"

The girl on the other end of the line was silent for a moment.

Are you going to say that you and Yamami Maki have become a couple?

"Hmm." The boy slowed his breathing and listened carefully to the sounds from the other side.

"..." A deep breath came from the receiver. "I knew it."

Mochizuki Haruka's tone lacked some of its sweetness, and a series of footsteps sounded.

"The rain isn't heavy," she scoffed, "but you definitely won't be back anytime soon."

“I might have to stay here tonight…” Jun Matsue tried to speak slowly and gently, so as not to upset the girl.

"Sure," Mochizuki replied unexpectedly, surprising him.

"It's perfect timing, I can go see my aunt too—Laixi isn't home, she's at the company, you can inform her yourself."

"it is good."