Baow: Thank you and I'm glad that you like it. Well.. it's not really what you expect to see in Love Hina. He's really not gay and there isn't any decent guys to paired him up with. Seta? They're too alike. His friends? They're really acted like his annoying brothers. Kentaro and Lamba? I haven't seen too much of anime to know them. With the girls in the dorm, yeah I know. I'm not fan of them and Mutsumi paired with him. So sorry Mutsumi fans, I like her but she don't deserve him. She's bit of flake.

Motoko was sitting, half lotus position in her room to think about her situation; the feelings that she has for Keitaro. 'Should I tell him or not?' She need someone to talk to but who? Naru was definitely out of question. She was denial about her own feelings about Keitaro. 'I can't be like her. She was insulting Keitaro so she can feel better about herself.' She wondered why did she looked up to her in the first place.

'What about Kitsune?' She thought about it and she was against it. Even though she value Kitsune's friendship, she does question her morals sometimes. 'What about Haruka?' She could ask her. Haruka is wiser than Kitsune and her knowledge about life is trustworthy but she's Keitaro's aunt. It would be awkward to tell her about her love for her relative. 'Maybe I should ask one of my own relative about it.' She glanced at her sister's picture on her desk. 'Is it right to ask to her about it?' Then it dawned on her that she was wrong about Tsuruko's marriage. 'But first, I need to make an amends with her and her husband.' "After all it takes courage to realized that you love him, not a moment of weakness. I hope you can forgive me, Tsuruko." She whispered.

Motoko stood up and starting to pack her things for few days. Lucky for her, she was ahead of her schoolwork so she don't have to worry about that. 'I hope Aneue don't mind the surprise visit.' The next morning, she left a note on the dinner-room table, stating that she went for quick trip to her home.

Su was disappointed that she don't have her friend for awhile as all the older tenants and even Shinobu cringed on who has to be with her. They know how she acts like without her and especially at nights.

Naru and Kitsune was trying to figure on who should stay with the hyper while both Su and Shinobu were at school. But Naru didn't bother to ask Keitaro to be in their little meeting. She was still angry at him.

Keitaro rolled his eyes at her immaturity as he watched two girls chatted with each other but he had enough of it. 'I'm out of here.' He walked into his bedroom so he can have some peace. He was studying on his major until his mind was tired of it. So he grabbed his drawing pad and started to sketch random things in his room but soon, he end up drawing his boyfriend's face. He sighed as he stopped for a second to stare at the hand - drawn picture. 'I miss you….' After that, he went back to it. He was so focused on his pad that he nearly jumped when someone knocked on his door. He opened the door to see slightly sleepy Kitsune.

"There's someone by front door for you." Kitsune yawned.

"Who?"

"It's one of your friends, I forget which one." Kitsune shrugged and then, she went back to her room.

Keitaro slowly walked to the front entrance, hoping it would be Shirai. He hasn't see him for awhile. 'I'm not sure if I wanted to see Haitani….' When he opened the door, his face turned sour as he saw who it was."Oh, it's you."

Haitani nervously waved. "Hey….."

'I have the worst luck ever….' "What do you want?" The landlord just glared at him as he was fighting the urge to slammed the door in his face.

"Keitaro, I know you're still angry at me." Haitani spoke up. "But please listen to me."

"Go on."

"Look, I get it! Naru may be hot but she's also an unreasonable person to deal with. Remember we all spend that one summer together. I tried to apologize to her for my behavior afterward but she didn't spare me a moment to talk." Haitani stated. "Then there is the way she abuses you, part of me regrets to not drag you out of her clutches. But I was hoping that you could stand up for yourself. How can you when there is nobody supposing you? I'm surprised that you didn't swear off all women from all that bullshit."

Keitaro shrugged. "I'm surprised about that, too."

"It's going to take awhile for me to fully accept that you're dating a guy or the fact that you're bisexual but he's doing something to you that Naru didn't before, he gave you the courage. All she did was berate and punished you whenever she pleased. That day, you defend for yourself and Azumi. I guess I'm grateful to him for that." Haitani scratch the back of his head.

"Thank you…"

"You really have to thank Arisu for pointing out that. She was the one who saw that. I was too shocked from the news to notice."

"I'll thank her later." Keitaro felt somewhat relaxed. "I'm sorry and I was going to tell you and Shirai soon."

"Yeah…."

"But thank you and your girl for your support, even I'm still amazed that I'm dating him. But I really do like him. He's one of kind person and I'm thankful that he's in my life."

"Hang on, how long have you been dating this guy?" Haitani wondered.

"That was our first date ever." Keitaro chuckled.

Haitani blushed. "Oh, I'm sorry that I ruined your first date."

"Look at this way; if it wasn't you, it's probably be someone else."

"Like your grandmother?"

"Please don't joke something about that." Keitaro winced.

Haitani chuckled but his eyes held different emotion. "I'm also sorry for throwing bread at your boyfriend. I was really angry about the news that I couldn't control myself."

"I should punch you or something for that." Keitaro crossed his arms.

"Don't worry about that, Arisu already punished me for it. She had sentenced me to sleep on the couch for a week."

"Really? I didn't expect her to do that."

"Yeah, same here. I could argue with her on this. But it doesn't change the fact that I fucked up on how I react."

"I do understand why you did it. I'll be confused and angry if you or Shirai ever decided to date a man as well but I am more upset that you place your rage at the wrong person. My boyfriend didn't do anything wrong to you. When you have the chance, you should to apology to Azumi instead of me." Keitaro stated.

Haitani burst out laughing.

"What's so funny?"

It took awhile for Haitani to calm down. "It's still so weird to see that side of you. I mean you're so wishy-washy before but now… are you sure that you're Keitaro Urashima?"

Keitaro just glared at his best friend. "Masayuki Haitani…."

"Don't worry, I will do it and I also need to treat him to a drink. He deserve it." Haitani was still laughing softly. "If he manage to get you out of this toxic place, I'll buy him dinner too. Hell, Arisu would love to bake him a cake."

"Thank you."

"Not really…" Haitani sighed. "If you have some free time, how about three of us hang out next week like we used to in high school?"

"I would like that." Keitaro smiled. "I have some free time. Do you want to get a cup of coffee at Haruka's?"

"Nah, I have to go but it's nice to see you again." Haitani held out his hand. Once his friend took it, he grabbed him into a hug. "I'm sorry… but remember this hug is just a hug."

"It's okay." Keitaro pulled away, laughing. "I know. Then again, you're not my type."

"I'm still getting used to it." Haitani chucked. "I'll see you later, Keitaro."

Keitaro watched his friend left but can't help wonder on how his other friend would react to the news. 'I hope it's better than Haitani….' He slowly walked back to his room.

When Haitani got home, he saw Arisu sitting on the couch with a book in her hands. She didn't acknowledge him until he spoke up. "Hello, I'm back!"

Arisu nodded but her focus was still on her book.

"I went to Hinata Dorm to see Keitaro today."

"You already talk to Keitaro?" Arisu stared at her boyfriend.

"Yeah, I went over to asked him his forgiveness."

"What did he say?"

"Well….. Keitaro want me to apology to his boyfriend, not him." Haitani chuckled. "I can't believe I actually say that."

"Say what?" Arisu smirked.

"Keitaro has a boyfriend, not sure that I'm comfortable saying it. But he makes Keitaro happy so I can't complain about it."

"You will, it takes time." Arisu smiled at him.

"Lucky for me, he's a forgiving guy." Haitani looked at his girlfriend. "I'm sorry about it."

"Thank you but you didn't have to apologize to me."

"I know, I still want to apology for my behavior on that night."

"You're forgiven, Masayuki." Arisu kissed his cheek.

"What's with the punishment?"

The half Japanese was bit hesitant to speak up. "Oh that, it's silly."

"Please tell me. I want to know."

Arisu blushed. "On that night, I looked calm but I was so angry when you pulled that childish stunt."

"Why?"

"To me, you're a great guy who help me to open up to other people. To see you acted like that, I was shocked and angry."

"I'm really sorry." Haitani kissed her forehead. "Am I still being punished?"

Arisu thought of it. "We'll see but right now, I'm glad that you and Keitaro make up."

"Who knew that he can get angry?" Haitani laid down on the couch, his head on her lap. "I still can't believe that Keitaro's dating a guy."

"It threw me off too." Arisu played his hair with her fingers. "But Naru wasn't good for him. I don't know why some people says that she's nice person and Keitaro don't deserve her. For me, she's a spoiled brat don't deserve someone like Keitaro. He's a good guy

Haitani didn't expect to hear that from his girlfriend. "Arisu, I didn't know that's how you feel about her."

"I'm sorry, I know that you like Naru. You try your best to push her and Keitaro together but I can't stand her and her attitude toward men. Do you know what's her problems about it?"

"I never asked but I'm planning to hang out with him and Shira sooni."

Arisu looked at her boyfriend. "Can you ask Keitaro when you see him?"

"Yeah, I will." Haitani nodded. 'Something tells me that I'm not going to like it.'

A/N: Azumi will be in the next chapter.