iirc is more of a change in publication schedule than a hiatus, series now go from 1st to 14th, because author work on different series too (necromancer maid and the one that is doing in twitter, dunno if the 3 years apart one finished)
So he's 'normalising' ...
At this rate Yuki and Kei will meet in the middle character wise with a timid girl on one side and a man eater on the other.
Yuki left school in the first place because self expression was more important to him... not sure how that's going to play out for him mentally in the long term.
Expect short black hair as the next development on the spiral down to bog standard romcom.
Looking forward ( /s ) to the cross dressing maid cafe festival arc... oh and the love rivals after Yuki to make Mayu 'stronger'
@gallifreyan100 Japanese schools typically have a strict dress code with the uniforms, especially in manga. A guy can't use the female uniform or vice versa. Right now Mayu also ought to be more important to him than his own comfort zone. He can act like a cool guy if it's for staying by Mayu's side.