I like it, ERode. Sounds good enough, and with the whole musical thing it would be easier to expand the relationship from there. 

A lot of your character interactions gave me something of an idea. I'm trying to play off Gaku's own self-doubt, so I think I could expand it into Izzie's characteristics, and how she's liked by a lot of the characters because of her happy joker attitude. Have Gaku go through something like a "How can someone so liked be good friends with someone who turns people away?" phase he can go through later in the story. 

But maybe I'm just planning too far ahead per usual. I'll just plant the seeds and see where they go.

And on that note, I just finished updating Gaku's profile with the last few character profiles.