Hi all! This manga is serialized in Cheese! I love it! Thought to share it with all of you.
Basically the manga is about Aiko who is a tomboy. She loves to play basketball and is good at it. However, Reo, a guy from her school is not only good at basketball, he is also very popular in school. She strives to defeat him in basketball and popularity but her plans often fail.
A perfect opportunity arises. Her brother offers her a job at his maid café. With a wig and some makeup, Aiko transforms into a startling beauty. Reo turns up at the maid café (not knowing Aiko is the maid), asks her for a date. Ai agrees to go out with him, thinking that she can get him to fall for her and she will dump him after that.
However, in the process, Aiko falls for Reo, and to her surprise, Reo knows that the maid is Aiko all along. Reo has always like Aiko but thinks she hates him. The last two chapter ended with both of them professing their affection for each other. However, Aiko is not ready to let her friends or school mates know about their relationship. Thus in school, they continue to bicker when they are with friends and in school but in private, they are very much in love.
Enters Ikumi. She is another employee in the maid café. She seems jealous of Aiko and compares herself with Aiko. And of course, Ikumi likes Reo too. However, Ikumi is unaware that the tomboy Aiko is the same as the beautiful Aiko (nemesis) in the maid café.
In the ending of the last chapter, Takumi (Ikumi’s brother) stumbles upon Aiko (the tomboy) and Reo kissing…
Let’s pick up from there…
Reo and Aiko are kissing passionately in store room. Aiko is suddenly aware of her surrounding. She asks Reo: “What are you doing? What if someone comes in…” Reo oblivious to anything but Aiko:” You look so cute…”
Aiko tries to push Reo away. She realizes that the door is ajar. She thinks she hears someone: “Who’s there?!” Reo not perturbed at all: "I wonder how the door gets opened?”
… as Reo opens the door, he tells Aiko not to worry. They look out and see no one. Reo asks whether it is Aiko imagination. Aiko asks to leave as she feels unsafe. Unknown to the two lovebirds, Takumi is in a corner and he sees and hears them.
The scene switches back to the basketball game. Aiko tries hard to get the ball from Reo but fails. Reo shoots in a goal. Aiko and one of the player quarrel over the call. Suddenly,…
…Takumi lifts Aiko up from her waist : “Hey, the game has ended, the girls have to practice isn’t it, Kasumi Chan (Aiko)?” Aiko turns red: “What are you doing, put me down!” Takumi is still holding Aiko. From the corner of her eyes, Aiko sees Reo seething… without Reo having to say anything, Aiko feels the stress… In her desperation, Aiko hits Takumi’s head and he lets her down…
… Aiko thinks that she needs to keep a distance from Takumi… She remembers the look in Reo’s eyes when he sees Takumi holding her.
Reo and Takumi exchange glances. Takumi gives him a sly look. Reo is pissed with the look on Takumi’s face.
One of the senior watching the game, shouts at them that they are too noisy should play decent ball instead.
Ikumi, standing beside the senior, sees all and wonders quietly: “Maybe Takumi…”
The spectators watching the game are also discussing what they have just witnessed. They are wondering whether the two are dating…
The scene switches to the classroom. Aiko is playing a game on her PSP while her two friends are planning for the upcoming Cultural Festival. They are planning the buy the materials for the costume. Both of them will not be free as they have their part time work. Aiko will have to go with someone else. They thought of Reo but one of them commented that he will be busy that day. As they were thinking of asking Takumi, Takumi appears in class. Before Aiko can stop them from asking, Takumi immediately agrees to buy the stuff with her: “We are from the same basketball group, we should help each other, right?” Aiko thinks to herself that even though she wants to refuse his help, she cannot think of a good excuse to do so.
The scene switches to Aiko and Reo going out on a date. Aiko doesn't know how to tell Reo about Takumi and her buying stuff for the cultural festival.
On board the train, an irritated Reo tries to kiss Aiko in public. Aiko resists: "What are you doing?!" Leo: "Kiss..." Aiko: "You are being unreasonable, there are people around..."
... They kiss. Aiko hugs him: " I understand, you idiot!"
... Leo thinks to himself that he can't mask his childishness and wonders whether Friday things will be fine...
...suddenly, Takumi enters with a maid costume. Both, Aiko and Hiroko break into laughter. They take turn to pose and take photos with him. Takumi is getting increasingly irritated: "I don't want to play!"
Takumi tells Aiko that it is ok if he can make her laugh but he is concerned of the frown and wrinkle creasing her face... Takumi reaches out his hand to touch Aiko's face. Aiko is shocked at his behaviour. Takumi turns away and says he will change out of the costume...
... Hiroko remembers that she has part time work today and bids a hasty goodbye to Takumi and Aiko. She asks Aiko softly whether she'll be ok with Takumi alone. Afraid that Takumi can hear their conversation, Aiko tells Hiroko she will be fine and that she should leave for her work quickly... After Hiroko leaves, Takumi takes the bags from Aiko. Aiko refuses his help...
Takumi: "I like you, Kasumi Aiko." ...
Shinye implied that perhaps Mari wanted to sing live as that was her new song and she wanted to improve sales of her album. Mari's assistant was upset with what Shinye was implying and told him that in actual fact Mari singing live is fulfilling to Mari and a dream come true.
Meanwhile, Aki was outside Riko's school waiting for her. His presence was attracting much attention... Riko was cleaning the classroom. 
Yuichi was trying to stall her by insisting that the classroom was still very dusty. Souta came to her rescue and told her to leave as Aki was waiting for her. Riko left to meet him much to Yuichi's fury. Meanwhile, Aki received a text message from Mari stating that she will see him...
Riko blushed when she caught sight of Aki. She spilt the contents of her bag when she greeted Aki.
Riko blushed when she found herself outside of his flat. Aki saw her expression and asked her what's wrong. She exclaimed loudly : " This is safe!!!" (Riko was thinking that Aki has other intentions... XD)
Aki seeing her reactions quickly explained that he wanted to cook a meal for her. He can cook dumplings very well and he wanted to impress her before his confession. (Aki blushed when he said that)
... Aki went to say that Riko must have considered his confession as bad because his rival was very good. (I think Aki was making reference to Shinye)
Riko wondered around Aki's flat.
She noticed the Bass Guitar and asked Aki whether he played it. He claimed that he didn't play much and couldn't play well.
Riko noticed the keyboard and asked whether he wrote song. Aki told her to find a seat near the TV. Riko sat down...
... Riko suddenly appeared before Aki and commented that Aki was indeed very skillful in making dumplings. Aki laughed and told her that she scared him by appearing suddenly. He told her to sit down... While eating the dumplings, Riko commented that Aki's dumplings were delicious. Aki:" I'm glad to hear it..."
Aki turned on the TV as he was feeling nervous. Crude Play was on the programme. Crude Play would play their new song. Riko was excited to hear that...
In the programme, Shun mentioned something about what Aki said about their music. Riko excitedly exclaimed: Nice! Aki! ..." Aki laughed and commented that she was the type that talked to TV. Aki asked whether Riko liked Aki of Crude Play? Riko replied that although Aki of Crude Play is fat but she liked him very much. Aki was puzzled as why Riko said that Aki of Crude Play is fat. Riko said that rumour has it that Aki's fat. (Bawhahahaha....) 
Upon hearing the new song, Riko commented: "The song that you hummed when we first met."
Andou sits at the eatery feeling defeated. He wonders whether Ren and Ninako have gotten together. He really wants to win Ren. As he laments, a female friend approaches him. She expresses her surprise to see Andou and tells him that she has not talked to him outside and in school for a long time. She asks who he is going out with now. Andou confides in her that he likes this particular girl. He intends to confess to her but she likes his friend and his friend likes her too. His friend is likely to tell her about his feelings. Andou's female friend is thinking that she does not want to listen to this as she quite like Andou and is not happy that he is talking about another girl. The girl suggests to Andou to spend the night together...
Meanwhile, Ren is awaiting Ninako's reply after confessing his feelings to her. Ninako thinks to herself that Ren's confession is what she has always wanted but the timing is lousy... Even though her feelings of liking Ren is something that she treasures, she has decided. She thinks of Andou's sad face and her decision is made. She tells Ren: " I'm sorry..." Saying this takes too much effort from her and she begins to tear.
... Ninako is reminded of Andou telling her to be his girl. She remembers Andou's expression when he asked her... She remembers being speechless as she did not know how to respond to his expression... Overwhelmed, Ninako tears again and blames herself for what has happened.
The next day (in school). Andou is absent from school. Ninako wonders how Andou is. Ren glances at her and Ninako quickly averts her eyes. A group of girls approach Ren's seat and ask whether he knows what happened to Andou. The girls are kind of flirting whilst talking to Ren. Ninako feels jealous and upset seeing them talking to Ren. She chides herself for doing so as she knows she has no right to feel so. Ren excuses himself from them, walks towards Ninako and asks whether she knows what happened to Andou as she was with him doing part time work. Ninako remembers that Andou told her not to tell Ren about him getting injured during the fight. She quickly denies any knowledge and excuses herself to go to the toilet. As she leaves, she thinks to herself that she must avoid Ren as she doesn't want him to see through her bad mood and know her true feelings.
Ren goes to Andou's flat. As he gets out from the lift, he sees a female leaves Andou's flat. He rings Andou's doorbell. Andou opens the door (in his underwear) thinking that his female friend left something behind. Andou is shocked to see Ren. Ren is shocked to see Andou in his underwear. Ren asks Andou to meet him outside.
At the park, Ren asks Andou why he is not in school. Andou tells Ren that it is no big deal. Trying to sound non-chalant, he tells Ren that the current him is the real him. He tells Ren that what he sees today is his real nature. ~~~ Sigh... Andou has gone back to his play boy ways. The last time he was hurt by Mao, he played the field too. He doesn't want Ren to know that he is very hurt that Ninako does not want to be his girlfriend. Although, I can understand that it is very painful being rejected, I can't help thinking that Ren too must be suffering. Ninako rejected him too...
Ren tells Andou that he has always looked at Andou from sitting behind him. (When they were young, Ren used to sit behind Andou and currently, he is siting behind him again). He has done that in the past and he wants to be able to do that always. 
The next day in school. Andou has not returned yet. The students are preparing to go home. Ninako's friends are commenting that Ninako has left without them again. Ren overhears the conversation...
Thinking everyone has left, Ninako walks into the empty classroom. She walks towards Ren's seat. As she touches his table, she thinks about her having to avoid Ren... Ninako sits at Ren's seat and thinks of him. ~~~ awww... poor thing. Not being able to tell him her true feelings, that is Ninako's way of being close to Ren
The classroom door opens. Ren is standing at the door. He tells her that he came back as he has left something behind. Without waiting for him to finish his sentence, Ninako makes a dash for the back door. Ren rushes towards her and blocks her from leaving.
Ren tells Ninako: "That's my seat..." 
