Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

"Absence makes the heart grow Fonder" is the tenth episode of the Sekai-Ichi Hatsukoi anime series. It revolves around the couple Yoshiyuki Hatori and Chiaki Yoshino.
==Plot==
After working through the night to finish work, Yoshino and Yuu stay behind together. Yuu prevents Yoshino from falling over the trashcan, and starts to tease him by tickling him. Hatori walks in on the scene and misunderstands. He angrily storms out as Yoshino tries to come up with an explanation. 
Later, Yoshino arrives at Hatori's house and attempts to apologize. However, he instead becomes mad at Hatori when Hatori says he doesn't want Yoshino to have physical contact with Yuu. They make up temporarily in the morning after Yoshino sleeps over. But they get into yet another dispute again when Yoshino reveals that he is going to a hot spring with Yuu, much to Yoshino's confusion. 
On the night of the hot spring trip, Yoshino is surprised to find out that he forgot that it is his own birthday on that day when Yuu brings it up. This sparks his realization as to why Hatori became upset about his going away on a vacation with Yuu. Briefly after his sudden understanding, he receives an unexpected love confession from Yuu and is unsure how to respond. He is then relieved when a phone call interrupts them, preventing Yoshino from having to answer Yuu.
When picking up the phone, he hears it to be from Hatori and goes outside to take it. After hearing a "Happy birthday" from Hatori through the phone, Yoshino suddenly decides to leave the vacation early in order to see Hatori during his birthday before the day ended. He rushes back to Hatori's house, where Hatori is surprised to see him back so soon. They make up when Yoshino lets it slip that he wanted to see Hatori before his birthday officially ended, leaving Hatori happy. Hatori then says that he got Yoshino a present. Yoshino is initially excited, only to instead see a box filled with blank paper for work. When Yoshino expresses his disapproval over such a "gift" for his birthday, remarking he could have given him something more romantic. However, he instead becomes quickly embarrassed when Hatori gives himself to Yoshino as a birthday present.
The next day, Yoshino expresses the idea of adding his personal experience with Hatori as a manga idea to his co-workers. They all laugh at the suggestion, calling such a scene overly cheesy and completely unrealistic. Yoshino silently thinks how he thought it was perfect given how flustered Hatori made him when he suggested it. Hatori then comes in to where, despite Yoshino's attempted protests, they all tell him about it and laugh. Yuu then also expresses his amusement at the idea, inciting anger in Hatori. 
== BGM Lisiting ==
The following tracks are listed in the order they are played. If a track is played more than once, it will be listed once for every time it plays.
# 	Song Title 	Romaji 	Translation 	OST
1 	忍び寄る影 	Shinobiyoru Kage 	Extraordinary Shadow 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
2 	世界で一番恋してる (TV Size) 	Sekai de Ichiban Koishiteru (TV Size) 	Falling in the Greatest Love in the World (TV Size) 	Sekai de Ichiban Koishiteru (Single)
3 	突然の出来事 	Totsuzen no Dekigoto 	Sudden Events 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
4 	静謐 	Seihitsu 	Serene 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
5 	迷走する想い 	Meisou suru Omoi 	I Think To Understand 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
6 	募る不安 	Tsunoru Fuan 	One’s Anxiety 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
7 	もやもやする 	Moyamoya suru 	It Makes Me Feel Fuzzy 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
8 	Unreleased Track 	N/A 	N/A 	Unreleased
9 	幸せな夢 	Shiawase na Yume 	Happy Dream 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
10	きらめく日々 	Kirameku Hibi 	Sparkling Cracks 	Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi Original Soundtrack
11	明日、僕は君に会いに行く。 (TV Size) 	Ashita, Boku wa Kimi ni Ai ni Iku (TV Size)	Tomorrow, I Will Go to Meet You. (TV Size) 	Ashita, Boku wa Kimi ni Ai ni Iku (Single)
12	世界で一番恋してる (Off Vocal) 	Sekai de Ichiban Koishiteru (Off Vocal) 	Falling in the Greatest Love in the World (Off Vocal)	Unreleased
== Voice Cast ==
===Japanese===
Characters listed in order of appearance in end credits.
Character 	Voice Actor
Chiaki Yoshino 	Shinnosuke Tachibana
Yoshiyuki Hatori	Yūichi Nakamura
Yuu Yanase 	Hiroshi Kamiya
Assistants 	Tomomi Betsui (別井友美)
Assistants 	Mina (美名)
Assistants 	Haruka Kudo (工藤晴香)
===German===
Characters listed in order of appearance in end credits of original Japanese dub. Unnamed characters not listed in German credits.
Character 	Voice Actor
Chiaki Yoshino 	Dennis Saemann
Yoshiyuki Hatori	Vincent Fallow
Yuu Yanase 	Benedikt Hahn
== Images==
Yuu drawing Chiaki ep10.jpg|Yuu drawing Chiaki
Yuu tickling Chiaki ep10.jpg|Yuu tickling Chiaki 
Yuu and Chiaki enjoy the hot springs ep10.jpg|Yuu and Chiaki enjoying the hot springs
Yuu and Chiaki dinner at the hot springs ep10.jpg|Yuu and Chiaki having dinner at the hot springs 
Chiaki's birthday cake ep10.jpg|Chiaki's birthday cake from Yuu
Chiaki at the hot springs ep10.jpg|Chiaki calling Hatori at the hot springs
Yuu moves on Chiaki ep10.jpg|Yuu confesses and makes a move
Chiaki apologizing to Yuu for leaving their vacation early ep10.jpg|Chiaki apologizing to Yuu for leaving their vacation early 
Chiaki visits Hatori ep10.jpg|Chiaki goes to Hatori
Chiaki's reaction to his brithday present from Hatori ep10.jpg|Chiaki's reaction to his brithday present 
Hatori and Chiaki ep10.jpg|Hatori and Chiaki
Chiaki failing to protect his dignity ep10.jpg|Chiaki failing to prevent Hatori from hearing his story pitch
Yuu throwing shade at Hatori ep10.jpg|Yuu subtly teasing Hatori
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