[manga] ささめきこと(Sasameki Koto)
What Sumika doesn't realize until later is that Akemiya notices Sumika's insecurity to a great extent because he was a girl Sumika saw in a store the previous day and wanted to emulate because she looked like the type Ushio would crush on. Akemiya developed feelings for Sumika, but, once he realized that Sumika was in love with Ushio, his younger sister, amused, convinced him into cross-dressing to gain her attention. She sent a photo of him dressed as a girl to a magazine. The magazine hired him, and, before he knew it, his pictures of him modeling as a girl were published and distributed. Akemiya found the entire situation embarassing and went around confiscating copies of the magazine, but did so dressed as the model, too prideful to buy the girly magazine as a boy. He saw Sumika in the store upon doing so.
He confesses to Sumika, after she discovers his true gender, who likewise agrees that she has feelings for Ushio. Akemiya asks if he's not good enough for her, but Sumika says simply that her feelings are for Ushio and that she can't bring herself to give up on her.
Aoi is a gushing fan of the yuri light novels penned by Ushio's brother and a member of his fanclub (though she believes the author is a sensitve, beautiful woman and has no idea of his real identity. Sumika and Ushio desire to keep it that way). Aoi draws doujinshi for his books, but is inspired to create her own original yuri romance and wants to do so with Sumika. She becomes extremely saddened when Sumika at first is reluctant, to the concern of her parents, but ends up helped and again comforted by her in the end.
