Can you make an active state component stay active even whilst traversing through the app?

Is there a way an active state component can be still in its active state even while the user is traversing through the app. and to turn it back to its default state, an [action:remote] must be done again.

so i'm trying to make a follow button:

I have action remotes on both states. when a user presses the green follow it does turn into the blue following. But when I leave the page and then come back, it reverts back to its green default state.

so is there a way to keep it in its active state semi-permanently, and it can only revert back to its default state if a user presses on the blue following btn to unfollow?