"Hello Po, nice to see you again" Thame said in a voice that was nothing more than a whisper. Po was waiting for him in the airport hall, looking around trying to spot him right after they announced that the plane from Korea had landed, however he was unable to recognize him before he was very close to him.

Following the company's instructions, Thame was wearing a fairly anonymous outfit and concealed his identity with a hat, sunglasses and a mask. Po was about to exclaim the singer's name, but he stopped just in time before someone could notice them.

"Hello there, here... let me take your luggage" Po said and reached for Thame's suitcase. He inadvertently brushed against the singer's hand. The young assistant felt like he had just achieved a previously unreachable result, while Thame barely noticed how much that meant to Po's poor heart. However, he did notice that Po seemed to be in his own world for a moment.

"Shouldn't we get going?"

"Oh yes, sorry, I've parked nearby. Follow me, please" Po replied. He hurriedly turned away to hide his blush from Thame , then he headed to the exit. They both remained rather silent until they arrived at the singer's home. There Thame could finally remove the hat, the mask and the glasses.

The idol looked around, noticing that everything in his apartment had already been cleaned and prepared for his arrival. He turned to Po, who was standing close to the door with his hand clasped in front of him and close to his body, his posture like that of a shy servant.

"Thank you very much for everything, Po. You may leave now if you want"

"Are you sure there is nothing I can do for you? Mick told me to work from here so that I can more easily tend to your needs, but if you feel uncomfortable, I can just give you my phone number" Po replied, expecting someone as cold as Thame to just tell him to go away.

"Oh, that's quite considerate... you can stay if you want. I think I'll take a shower and then rest a bit, I'm feeling drained. Make yourself at home" Thame responded with a smile, then he left for the bathroom.

It was only after Thame mentioned it that Po realized that there was something wrong. The Thame he had in front of him wasn't the same one he had met for the first interview: he looked exhausted and pale. While Thame was in his room, Po wondered how much of his change was due to the foreign management and how much to Thame's own choices.

After dismissing those thoughts, Po took his laptop and started working at the table in the living room, thinking that Thame was probably already asleep. After almost an hour, Thame came back to the living room.

"Po, sorry to interrupt you, do you have a moment?"

"Sure, I'm here for you. How may I help you?" Po closed his laptop and smiled brightly.

"How many people exactly know that I'm back?"

"Not many, only Pemika, Mick, Tae and..."

"And?"

"And Jun. He came to me a few days ago to tell me that Tae had already told him everything to him after he got drunk. I know that you two didn't have a very good relationship, but he gave me his word that he wouldn't tell anyone about it" Po explained.

"I see..." Thame replied. He seemed a little disappointed as he turned to go back to his room.

"Thame"

"Yes?"

"Have you changed your mind?"

"What do you mean?" Thame asked visibly perplexed.

"Last time we met, you refused to open up during the interview, are you still sure of your decision?"

"Po, I know that your intentions are genuine, but I warn you... this is already the second time you have done something like this. I won't allow a third time to happen. If you need me, I'll be in my room"