Paradise Kiss Ep 07: Chou (Butterfly)

George goes to school in his sports car and uses the parking lot meant for the teaching staff. This causes Hamada-sensei to reprimand him for breaking the rules but George justifies his action by saying that nobody uses it anyway. Hamada-sensei gives up trying to argue with him and asks about the progress of his preparations for the fashion show. George keeps her in suspense as usual without answering her question directly thus Hamada-sensei remarks that she will be looking forward to see what he can come up with.

George meets Isabella and Miwako at the lift lobby where he compliments Miwako for looking cute today. Upon hearing this, Miwako blushes and recalls overhearing what he and Yukari had been doing the previous night. She tries to conceal her uneasiness where George offers to accompany her if she's having some wild sex fantasy. Arashi screams at George to keep away from Miwako and is about to walk away when George passes him the keys to his apartment. This makes everyone find out that Yukari has left Arashi's place and moved in with George instead.

Meanwhile, Yukari wakes up on George's bed and finds herself in a trance when she thinks through her eventful yesterday. She decides to do something so as not to waste time and is full of amazement about George's apartment which is furnished with expensive stuff. In addition, the clothes which George prepared seem to have been tailored specially for her. As Yukari eats the food George left for her, she can't help but feel that he has a gentle side too.

Yukari waits patiently for George to come home as she tries to finish up the sewing of beads on the dress material. Suddenly, she realises that this is not the way she should be leading her life even if she moves in with George and decides to look for a job.

Miwako asks Arashi why he is in a bad mood today but he insists that nothing is wrong. She refuses to give up and comments that Arashi is not talking much to her which leads the latter to say that they have been together for the past 18 years and there will be times they will run out of topics to talk about. Arashi then questions Miwako if she is hiding something from him. Miwako thinks hard about this and remembers Yukari sending an email to apologise for dirtying Arashi's bedsheet and changing another set fo him. Although Miwako is supposed to keep it from Arashi, she comes clean about this where he realises that George and Yukari had sex on his bed. Miwako assumes that this is what Arashi was referring to but he walks off angrily. Miwako doesn't know what she has done wrong and is on the verge of tears.

Yukari is disappointed about not finding a job but Isabella encourages her to persevere. George tells Yukari that she doesn't have to bother finding a job since she can get money if she sleeps with his father. This makes Yukari angry who indicates that she doesn't have any intention to be his No.2 mistress (George's mother is No.1) but George says that she would probably be Number 200 given his father's reputation as a playboy. Isabella tells Yukari that George has been in a good mood today thanks to her. Just then, Yukari asks about Miwako and Isabella says that she had left school at noon due to stomach pains. George questions Arashi if he had quarrelled with Miwako but the latter tells him to shut up.

Yukari is in the midst of sending an email to ask about Miwako's condition when George puts a ring with a butterfly motif on her finger. Actually, this is an accessory he had made for the fashion show and he's happy to see that the size fits Yukari.

That night, Yukari receives Miwako's reply rather late at night and she wonders if anything happened to Miwako. George wants to remove the butterfly ring which Yukari has been wearing but she refuses to oblige because she likes it very much. However, Yukari gives in and removes it before she damages the ring. She decides to go to bed early while George continues with the sewing of the beads. Yukari waits in vain for George to enter the bedroom and slowly wanders into dreamland.

Yukari remembers how Tokumori told her about her mother being seemingly unaffected about her disappearance and wonders if she has given up on her. Yukari wonders if her current situation is a sign of her progress in life or running away from reality. As she dreams of failing the university entrance exams, she mutters words of apologies to her mother and suddenly wakes up from her sleep. Yukari finds George sleeping beside her and feels as if this is more like a fantasy to her. When she sees the miniature version of the butterfly ring on her finger, Yukari starts to cry and hugs George tightly. The next day, Yukari makes up her mind not to give up no matter what happens so as to prove that her decision is correct.

Yukari asks Mikako out for advice on how to become a professional model. Mikako says that she can recommend Yukari to her friend who has opened a model agency recently and even sets up a meeting for her at 2pm that afternoon. Before they part ways, Mikako asks Yukari where she got her clothes from. Upon hearing that they were made by George, Mikako comments that he is going to pose stiff competition to her in future.

Meanwhile, Tokumori asks his teacher whether Yukari can take the make-up exams and finds out that her mother lied to the teacher that Yukari is ill. However, the teacher has his reservations as to Yukari's ability to pass the exams since her results have been deteoriating.

Yukari recalls Mikako's remarks about George's talent and that she found a room full of clothes designed by him at his apartment. Although he can open a shop with his existing designs, George has no intention to sell those clothes since they mean something to him. Yukari wonders if she should wear these important clothes but George assures her that she can because she's also important to him. With this in mind, Yukari braces herself for the interview held at the agency Treetop.

Yukari meets the boss, Shimamoto Kozue who is busy talking on the phone with a person by the name of Yukino. Kozue reprimands Yukino for being too naive and getting cheated by her boyfriend again which seems to be almost identical to the situation Yukari is in i.e. leaving high school to live with her boyfriend. When Kozue is done with her conversation, she introduces herself to Yukari and asks about her height. Kozue then remarks that Yukari's height of 170cm is lesser than what she had expected. This makes Yukari worry if she's too short to be a model but Kozue clarifies that she just thought that Yukari was taller based on the photo which Mikako gave her. When Kozue finds out how serious Yukari is to become a model, she bursts out laughing and says that it's been some time since she met someone who's so passionate about something. Yukari is slightly offended by Kozue's teasing but she starts to realise that the modelling profession may be more complicated than what she thinks...

Yukari is still unsure whether what she has done is really what is best for her but she tries very hard to convince herself that once she is successful in modelling, that will bear testimony to the fact that she isn't wrong. I can't say that she's wrong but then having to live your life by trying to prove something to others seems rather tiring. And she's doing this primarily to show her mother that she has a better alternative than to mug for the entrance exams and spend 4 years not knowing what to do in the university.

As usual, George shows off his egoist side but there are some scenes which show that he can be very sweet. For example, preparing the clothes and food for Yukari, making a miniature butterfly ring for Yukari to wear on a daily basis since the original one meant for the fashion show is too bulky and of course, allowing Yukari to wear his valued collection of clothes. Although he can be rather obnoxious at times, I'm sure these gestures of gentleness would make it hard for Yukari to pull herself away from him.

Arashi is obviously unhappy over the fact that Miwako has met Tokumori without telling him but he doesn't thrash things out directly. He is waiting for Miwako to say it but she has no idea what he is referring to. As such, this gap has led to an argument between them but I'm sure things will work out fine very soon. Sometimes, all it takes to solve the problem is to be frank but this is usually the hardest thing to do when it comes to a relationship.