After their initial meeting, Mika and Yuu kept in contact as they lived their separate lives. Yuu was busy with his classes and assignments while Mika was working full time as a model. Sometimes, he wondered how much free time Mika had on his hands because his replies were either almost instantaneous or naught for hours.

It was nice as they would each talk so casually as if they have been a part of each other's life for past 7 years. Yuu talked a lot about his life while Mika would respond to them. As much as he wanted to learn more about Mika, the blond kept saying he had nothing interesting to share.

Despite their constant texting, Yuu liked seeing Mika in person. As useful as technology was, it didn't feel the same as seeing the person.

But it still amazed him how much of a difference a single person could make in one's life. Yuu never felt happier to see his long-time crush again. At first, he wasn't sure about his feelings when Mika moved away, but he knew that what he felt was love when the blond came back into his life.

Yuu wasn't surprised at all that no one recognized the famous model since Mika used a female persona. However, the blond was pretty famous in his own way.

"Are you here by yourself?"

"If you're not busy, why not hang out with us?"

Yuu sighed as he returned from buying popcorn. No matter where they went, Mika was always being hit on by people. He wished he could just walk in between the two girls and claimed the blond as his. But his relationship with Mika was friends, best friends at most.

Maybe they were Mika's type. Yuu wouldn't know.

"Yuu-chan!" Yuu looked up again to see Mika excuse himself from the two and walked to him. "What took you so long?"

"There's a huge line so you should be thankful that I even decided to get popcorn for us," Yuu retorted.

"Ah, but isn't it you who wanted the popcorn more than me?" Mika asked as they walked off.

"Shut up."

~ The Cross-dressing Model and The Artist ~

The movie was a great choice because Yuu never laughed harder in his life. Mika had a great time as well despite being quieter with his clear amusement towards the movie.

The popcorn was unfinished by the time the movie ended because they spent more time laughing than eating. But it didn't matter as Yuu ate the rest during the credits as they played bloopers. They couldn't decide if the original scenes were better or the bloopers since they were both really funny.

It wasn't until they left the theatre, that Yuu's phone rang.

"Girlfriend?" Mika teased when Yuu groaned at the caller ID.

"I've been single for a while now. And it's Guren," Yuu said and then he looked up at Mika in panic, scaring the blond as well. "I totally forgot that Shinya wanted me to invite you over for dinner!"

"Um, did they have an idea of when I can come over? I won't mind seeing them again," Mika said and Yuu smiled sheepishly at him.

"It's today…" Mika laughed and Yuu slapped him on the arm for being inconsiderate of his possibly death by Guren's hands as he missed the call from his scary father.

"Sorry sorry," Mika said when he saw the dread on Yuu's face. "I'm free all of today so I can come by."

"That's something. Let's head to my house before Guren chews me," Yuu said.

On their way back to his house, Yuu checked to see he missed five calls from Shinya, two from Guren, and many text messages. However, most of those texts were from his friend group where Shinoa and Kimizuki were having some kind of face off.

Yuu's phone went off again as they got to the driveway of his house. He decided not to answer anyways because he was home.

"You didn't move," Mika said after Yuu pressed the decline on the incoming phone call.

"Yeah, it's a nice house after all," Yuu said and unlocked the front door. "It's filled with memories. You know the rules-"

"YUUICHIROU ICHINOSE, YOU-"

Guren paused when he saw the mortified expression on his son's face and surprised look on the blond's.

"Um, it's nice to see you again, Guren-san," Mika said and bowed in respect.

"Oh yeah, this is Mika by the way," Yuu said nervously. He was practically walking on eggshells with Guren as he missed so many of his parents' calls.

He was lucky that the topic was quickly forgotten when Shinya walked out of the kitchen and pulled Mika into their house. His parents were happy to see Mika again, though Guren didn't look the part. Shinya wouldn't stop embarrassing him in front of Mika as he told the blond how Yuu got pretty down when he came to terms with the fact that Mika was gone.

But by the topic died down when Guren asked about Mika's life. Both his parents were surprised when Mika gave the big news that he was now with his biological mother. Mika was suspiciously skillful at hiding certain parts of his life like his modelling job when talking about his mother's career in fashion.

Yuu kept quiet for most of the dinner as he watched Mika converse with Shinya mostly. He noticed Guren was also observing Mika silently.

Guren was never one to really talk anyways. It was mostly Shinya that Mika talked to. It was also obviously Shinya's idea to invite Mika over when Yuu accidently mentioned that Mika was back. It wasn't that he was keeping it a secret from his parents; he wanted to surprise them and surprised them he did.

"Thanks for coming over tonight," Yuu said as they arrived at Mika's house.

"It's nothing. I wanted to see your parents again, after all. They did help take care of me when I was younger," Mika said as he unclasped the seatbelt. "Thank you for driving me back. Have a good night Yuu-chan."

"Yeah, good night," Yuu said and Mika closed the car door. Yuu watched as Mika unlocked the front door and waved at him before entering his house. Yuu only left when he saw Mika closed the door.

~ The Cross-dressing Model and The Artist ~

Yuu sighed at the messages blowing up his phone. Only when he read the more recent messages, he realized why there was insane amount of texting going on in their small friend group.

Valentine's Day was coming up.

He was just skimming the messages when something caught his eye.

Shinoa: Let's face it, cherry boy would never have the guts to ask his crush out

Mitsuba: As if Yuu would even have one

Yoichi: I think that Yuu-kun has someone he likes.

Shinoa: See! Yoichi agrees with me!

Mitsuba: He's the least romantic guy I've seen

Shinoa: That's because you're not wrong lol

Yuu growled at the messages and turned off his phone. He didn't care if his friends figured out that he had a crush on his childhood best friend, but there was nothing they could do to make him ask Mika out on a date.

As much as he wanted to, Yuu simply was not ready. He feared of losing Mika again and that's the last thing he wants to do.