Seriously Maya, they've been friends for whatever, move on, let them at least be honest with each other instead of making everything worse. How can these girls never understand, even if you eliminate the opposition he still isn't going to like you if he didn't like you before because there are other fish in the sea.... Ritsu would date a guy before he would even be interested in Maya because she is just not what he is looking for, and what he is looking for apparently goes beyond gender based on his recent experiences.