It's shoujo manga themed so well it is XDDD
I'm not sure what that has to do with the point I was trying to make, except perhaps shoujo being more cliché and predictable than yaoi/shonen ai (but not even sure that's true). What impressed me in ch. 2 was the uke's realization that the seme was referring to him as his crush, a nice change for once, only to argue himself out of it in ch. 3. Aside from it just seemed like the uke had little reason to really believe his own counterargument, not knowing of any other friend and having been told that the crush was a guy, he still invents some mythical girl of the past.
I suspect this was as much about creating plot obstacles for our couple. I just wish the mangaka had found a slightly different way, aside from the interfering friend that already is present, perhaps also the uke actually met his ideal girl so that it is the uke who had to decide what it is he wants. But who knows, early days yet and ideal girl may yet be waiting in the wings to trouble our love birds.
This is good, cute and enjoyable. But IMO it suffers a somewhat from clichéed and predictable storylines, despite having created an interesting backstory.
Also, just as I expected the story not to be cliché, (ré uke not realizing seme liked and was talking about him = being in denial), it goes ahead and does it anyway. I had just given this manga a mental award in ch. 2 only to have to take it back as we got the same old tropes in this ch.
What saves it all is that it is well done. I do feel for these boys, and want them together. So, provided it keeps this emotional integrity, I'll keep enjoying this.