George, Arashi and Miwako are working on the dress in the atelier when Isabella brings roast beef sandwiches for lunch. George suggests eating lunch at the park since the weather is fine which leads Arashi to comment that they are so relaxed despite the deadline of the fashion show approaching. Isabella remarks that it is unlike Yukari to be so late when coming to the atelier on Sundays where Miwako reveals Yukari's intention to tell her mother the truth so Yukari might have been grounded by her. George doesn't know about this and says that Yukari should have told him beforehand. Isabella assumes that George wants to save Yukari but he jokes that he enjoys to tie people up i.e. he will assist in tying Yukari up.George feels that it's logical for Yukari's parents to be angry at her for lying to them as if he doesn't care about the outcome of the revelation. Miwako says that Yukari plans on leaving home if her mother objects to what she's doing. As the gang prepares to go out for lunch, Isabella worries about Yukari not finding them while they are out. Thus, George tells Miwako to call Yukari while Arashi doesn't think Yukari is someone who dares to leave home. Just then, Yukari appears before them with her bags as she has left home. Arashi can't believe what he is seeing while George seems more concerned about the mismatch of shoes with Yukari's dress.
At the park, Yukari reveals what happened last night where her mother slapped her in anger after hearing the truth. As such, she decided to leave home until her mother accepts her views. Everyone except George voices support for Yukari's actions which leads George to remark in jest that she has a group of bad friends. Miwako states that she will clean up the guest room for Yukari but Isabella expresses concern about doing this since Miwako is staying with Mikako and Tsutomu (her sister and brother-in-law) and it wouldn't be nice for her to bring another person into the house. Yukari asks if she can live in the atelier for the time being but George disagrees, saying that she should not bring mundane concerns into the atelier which is meant for creation work. Even though the rest are agreeable to let Yukari stay there if she pays her share of the utilities, George still refuses to budge since this is not an issue about money. Yukari says that she's quitting school and will be getting a part-time job since it is of no use attending school if she has no plans to enter an university. Arashi tells George to do something about Yukari's plans which is going too far but the latter says that this is entirely up to Yukari and he doesn't wish to interfere in this.
Despite George offering to let Yukari stay in his apartment, Arashi offers his apartment to Yukari instead as he doesn't think it is a good idea for her to live with her boyfriend after leaving home. He also passes her the clothes from Happy Berry which Miwako got from Mikako. In the meantime, he will stay with Miwako until Yukari moves out. Arashi says that as long as Yukari is happy, he thinks that there's nothing wrong with what she's doing. However, he warns her that George is not a man who can bring happiness to a woman and it's better if she doesn't get too deeply involved with him. Although Yukari feels that Arashi's words make sense, it is too late as she's already head over heels in love with George.
The next day, Miwako brings breakfast for Yukari as they settle down for a chat. Miwako asks Yukari if she wants to work in Happy Berry since there's a salesgirl vacancy there. Yukari is worried whether she can be up to this job so Miwako assures her that she can do well. Miwako tells Yukari to go for the interview this afternoon and that she will help the latter to dress up during the noon break. Meanwhile in school, Tokumori is concerned over Yukari's absence...
Yukari goes to meet Mikako at Happy Berry's office where she can't help feeling Miwako and Mikako bear a strong resemblance to each other. Actually, Mikako had thought that Yukari was a Caucasian since Miwako kept calling her Caroline. Yukari misunderstands that Mikako is conducting the interview when she is asked about her figure and thinks that this could mean salesgirls should not put on too much weight. Mikako tells Yukari that the position of the salesgirl has been filled which makes the latter very disappointed. Yukari reveals that she has left school and needs to find a job. Just when Yukari prepares to leave, Mikako asks if she's free tomorrow...
Tokumori asks Yukari's friend about why she is absent but the latter doesn't know anything and seems unconcerned. She guesses that Yukari might have ran away with a guy since Yukari has become stylish recently and skips tuition school frequently.
Yukari goes to the atelier and says that Mikako asked her to be a model for Zipper's Happy Berry fashion spread tomorrow. George reveals that this is because the original model got injured so Yukari is the replacement model. In addition, the stylist for this assignment is Seiji so this is how he knew about the matter. Arashi wonders why George knows so much about Seiji which leads George to ask if Arashi's interested to know the reason. However, Arashi refuses to hear anything about this. Miwako reminds Yukari that Seiji is the hairdresser who cut her hair for her. Yukari knows that this is just a once-off assignment so she has to find a job. She doesn't have any faith in herself as a professional model but George says that she won't succeed if she feels this way. Everyone tries to encourage Yukari as she is picked by them so she won't pale in comparison to other models.
On her way to the studio, Yukari receives a call from Tokumori who is concerned about her absence from the exams. Yukari reveals that she has left home and says that she is going to do something which is an opportunity once in a lifetime. Despite Tokumori asking her to come to school, Yukari refuses to do so and heads to the studio in high spirits...
Actually, I do not feel that leaving home is a good way to show that you are serious about something. In the end, it creates more conflict and doesn't help in the resolution of the issue. With regards to Yukari's problem, no doubt her mother may be angry at her for lying, I feel that there can be a better way to persuade her to see Yukari's point. Although Arashi and Isabella were initially in favour of Yukari leaving home, they felt that quitting school was going overboard though. In this sense, I feel that they are quite logical and do not support people blindly without thinking of the consequences. As for the other two, Miwako supports whatever decision Yukari makes while George is washing his hands off the matter since he doesn't want Yukari to blame him if things do not turn out nicely. Going to extremes is not the best way in this case.
As for Arashi's advice to Yukari about reining in her feelings for George, I am very impressed. And he's really kind to let Yukari stay at his apartment while he bunks in with Miwako. Arashi could have allowed Yukari to go and stay in George's place but he knows this will not reflect well on Yukari. I think he knows George well enough to understand that he's not someone who cares for others wholeheartedly as if he's afraid of emotional involvement so Arashi means well. And it's not easy for a friend to speak of another friend in this unfavourable manner which may be misinterpreted by Yukari in a bad way. Of course, this advice is of no use since Yukari cannot stop herself from loving George. They may have met recently but the intensity of their relationship is so strong that nothing seems to be stopping them.
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