Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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"What are you thinking about, Jun-kun?" Noticing the boy's expression, Yamami Maki asked with a smile.

"It's nothing." Jun Matsueda put down his coffee cup.

"Just thinking about having to consider everyone's tastes when cooking in the future doesn't seem like an easy task..."

The girl smiled silently—and as she smiled, she suddenly realized that all eyes were on her.

Tomatsu Yuka licked the caramel sauce from the corner of her lips.

"Senior has already called him 'Tsunku'~"

"So this is your undisguised relationship status?" Mochizuki Haruka looked at her with a hint of mockery.

"I feel like I'm no different from a young girl."

"Hmm?" Kurusu Yosei looked up at the two girls opposite him, then looked at the girl beside him.

"You all seem to have a lot of opinions about Moji?"

The eldest daughter of the Mochizuki family snorted—the distance between her and Tomatsu Yuka had unknowingly closed a little.

"After all, it's a mix of old and new grudges."

"That word is awful," Jun Matsue interjected from the side, failing to interrupt the girls' conversation.

"Hmm, I know about the old grudges." Miss Idol swallowed her milkshake. "And what about the new grudges?"

Mochizuki Haruka glanced at Yami Maki—the sweet smile on her face was gone, as if she had left the state of being in love.

"If she hadn't climbed into Songzhi's bed yesterday, we wouldn't be having this meeting right now."

"Just because of that?" Yosei Kurusu blinked, puzzled.

Unlike the hypocritical young lady, she was genuinely uninterested in anything outside of her relationship with Songzhi.

"Haven't all of us sitting here slept with pine branches?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the faces of the other three girls turned red one after another—the previously tense atmosphere in the room became somewhat awkward and ambiguous.

"Alright." Jun Matsueda coughed twice. "We're not here to talk about this kind of thing today."

He placed his hands on the table and glanced at the girls on either side of him.

"Because of my willfulness, our relationship has developed to this point—everyone must have some worries and questions in their hearts."

“I’m very grateful that everyone can sit together like this. Please feel free to ask any questions you have, and we can discuss them together.”

In Jun Matsueda's view, the girls' big actions were not necessarily a bad thing—an occasion like today's was also an opportunity to foster their relationship.

"...So, senior will be living with us from now on, right?" Tomatsu Yuka asked first.

The boy looked at Yamami Maki, who nodded to her junior across from her.

“Yes, I also want to live with Jun-kun.” The senior didn’t mention his previous invitation to live together, but put it another way.

"Are you planning to move after graduation?" the girl asked the boy.

"I currently rent my place on a monthly basis, so it should be relatively easy to move when the time comes."

Tomatsu Yuka smiled and said, "If we had two three-bedroom apartments, we might have argued about who would live alone with Tsun-kun."

"Now that the senior is here, there's no need to argue anymore—it's just that we're missing a storage room..."

Her words carried a subtle sense of belittling. Yamami Maki smiled, picked up her black tea, and took a sip.

“It’s not a real storage room,” Jun Matsueda explained to her. “We haven’t even found a place to live yet.”

"It's just that one of the two three-bedroom apartments was going to be empty anyway, so we used it for storage."

"So that's how it is~" The girl's smile became even sweeter.

"So how exactly are the rooms assigned?" Mochizuki's gaze, which had been fixed on the window, returned to the room.

"Aside from the pine branches, who lives with whom?"

"I don't care~" Yosei Kurusu said while sipping his milkshake.

Then the girls' gazes converged on one place—Jun Matsue gazed at the slender river outside the window, lost in thought for a moment.

"Raise your hand if you're planning to find your own place to live, besides cohabiting or renting a place together?"

Miss Idol raised her hand and looked at Mochizuki Haruka, who was also raising her hand.

"How about senior and Yuka share a room, and Kurusu and Mochizuki share a room?" the boy asked tentatively.

"Separating long-term and short-term residents would be better, as it would synchronize their lifestyles, right?"

"..." Mochizuki Haruka lowered her head and took a sip of hot cocoa, which was taken as an admission of the proposal.

Compared to Tomatsu Tomohana and Yamami Maki, she gets along a bit better with Kurusu Yosei—after all, they are roommates now.

"Is this alright?" Yamami Maki asked, clenching her hands together.

“I can accept it, but…” Her gaze drifted to the other side.

“I’m fine with it,” Tomatsu Yuka said with a smile.

"On the contrary, I'm quite happy to be roommates with my senior."

“…I see.” Yamami Maki’s expression was somewhat surprised, but her eyes held a hint of comforted joy.

"Thank you."

Tomatsu Yuka smiled with pursed lips, but did not respond to her thanks.

The girl certainly didn't mean to ease tensions, but since she was choosing someone to live under the same roof with, Yami Maki's personality was definitely better than the other two.

Moreover, if it were a combination like her, Tsunku, and Yamami-senpai—since her dear senpai felt guilty towards her, she would definitely be able to gain some advantage.

"Let's agree on this for now." Jun Matsue took out his phone and glanced at it.

"I'll add my senior to the group chat, and then we can discuss the rental location again."

"...There's a group chat too?" Yami Maki blinked in surprise.

The cup of hot cocoa landed on the table with a "thud".

"Just a harem of pine branches."

"Don't talk nonsense." The boy glanced at Mochizuki Haruka, who had a stern face.

"This is a rental discussion group."

"So, is that about it for the discussion about renting a place?" Tomatsu Yuka steered the conversation back on track.

"Mochizuki and I want to talk about something else—about the more distant future."

"About the university?"

Jun Matsue picked up his iced latte and took a sip.

It was rare to see Mitomatsu and Mochizuki standing to one side—their positions were definitely not chosen randomly.

“Yes~” the girl smiled, “We are a little worried about Tsun-kun’s university life.”

"It refers to your luck with the opposite sex," Mochizuki Haruka added.

"...I know that myself." The boy nodded. "I don't plan to expand my social circle in college."

"Apart from necessary interpersonal interactions, I will not participate in any other activities, nor will I make any new friends, regardless of gender."

Yosei Kurusu, who was drinking a milkshake, turned his head and looked at him in surprise.

"Isn't this too exaggerated?"

“I think so too.” Yamami Maki frowned slightly, her expression somewhat worried.

"Was it necessary for Jun-kun to go to such lengths?"

“I personally think it’s still necessary.” Jun Matsueda looked at the girls on either side of him.

"It's not just about reducing interactions with the opposite sex, but about narrowing your social circle—"

"Because I didn't choose the life of a normal person," he said frankly.

"I already have four lovers whom I choose to spend every day with."

"In order to spend more time with you, I must try to reduce the amount of trivial things in my life."

A quiet stillness fell over the long table, broken only by the aroma of coffee and tea mingling together—Kurasu Yosei smiled as he took a sip from the straw, while Yamami Maki's eyes softened, seemingly convinced by his words.

“I don’t think that’s enough,” Tomatsu Yuka said again.

"Because Tsunkun is too kind-hearted," she said with a smile.

"You can certainly make up your mind to socialize in a way that keeps people at arm's length..."

“But if a girl falls down in front of Tsun-kun, or is injured, or is crying because of failure—if you two are alone together, you will definitely want to help her.”

"..." Jun Matsue did not refute.

"Someone like you, even if you leave just a small mark on an ordinary girl's life, is enough for her to never forget it for a lifetime," Mochizuki Haruka said in a calm tone.

“Although we are able to be with you because of Songzhi’s personality, but…” She glanced at the girls at the table.

"We must prevent this from happening now, to stop you from getting entangled with all sorts of shady women."

"Because there are already enough messy women, right?" Yosei Kurusu chimed in with a smile.

"So what should we do?" the boy asked the girl who had made the suggestion.

“My idea is very simple.” Tomatsu Yuka gently met his gaze.

"When we're out, we should try to avoid letting Jun-kun be alone with others."

“Isn’t this surveillance?” Yami Maki couldn’t help but say.

There was a moment of silence in the private room. The two people opposite looked over, and the gentle-natured girl straightened her chest.

“I don’t think this is right; it’s an invasion of Jun-kun’s privacy,” she said firmly.

“Surveillance does sound a bit strange,” Kurusu Yosei nodded in agreement.

"People in my line of work hate this kind of thing the most!"

"..." Jun Matsue blinked, holding his coffee cup.

The girls sitting in front of him were divided into two groups, one group wearing school uniforms and the other group wearing casual clothes. At first glance, it looked like a dispute between the "student group" and the "adult group".

"I don't think this counts as surveillance, right?" Tomatsu Yuka looked at him and asked in a tone that sought his opinion.

"We are all Tsunkun's lovers, we're just doing things with him—"

"For example, on the University of Tokyo campus, I'll be with Jun-kun, but once we're outside the school, it can be Yo-sang or a senior student..."

"This way, I can spend more time with Tsun-kun, and it can also prevent those unexpected 'fate' encounters from happening."

"I think it's okay," the boy finally agreed.

He didn't feel much resistance, after all, the people who would be by his side were the ones he loved.

Moreover, Tomatsu probably brought this up because he was worried that the unscrupulous system would take the opportunity to choose a partner after he entered university.

"Does that mean someone has to be with Jun-kun 24/7?" Yami Maki asked worriedly.

"Hmm..." Tomatsu Yuka smiled and looked at the boy.

“That would definitely be difficult.” She didn’t deny the idea. “In short, we should try to keep someone by Tsunkun’s side at all times.”

“We can try it after the holidays.” Jun Matsue nodded.

Are there any other questions?

"Yes." Mochizuki Haruka raised her little hand.

"Natsumi Imokawa, what do you plan to do?"

The boy paused for a moment—he had finally encountered a problem he wasn't prepared for.

Upon hearing a familiar name, Yosuke Kurusu put down his milkshake and looked interested.

"Actually, I wanted to ask that too..." Tomatsu Yuka and the girl next to her looked at the boy.

"But what I want to ask is, does Tsunkun plan to find a new lover?"

“…Four is already a lot.” Jun Matsue smiled faintly. “If I don’t look for more, two apartments won’t be enough to accommodate them all, and I won’t be able to find someone I like.”

"That's why I asked about Imogawa." Mochizuki Haruka pursed her lips.