 Michael believes Mia is overreacting and attempts to reconcile with her before leaving for Japan, but is hurt to find her sharing a kiss with J.P. Mia attempts to reunite and work out the distance situation but Michael decides that it is best they remain "just friends" and they begin a regular email correspondence.When Michael returns from Japan after an absence of almost two years, he flirts with Mia during her interview for the school paper.Mia notices that Michael still looks incredibly hot and realises that she does still, indeed, love him.