"Hello Fai, what can I do for you?" Tan asked. He had just taken out the trash, when on his way back to his apartment, he found a stressed Fai standing in front of his door. She turned to him, she gulped, knowing that there was no turning back, and asked Tan if they could go inside to talk about Fang. Given the subtle changes in Fang's behavior after the recent events, Tan immediately agreed. They both sat on the couch in the living room, and after calming down a little, Fai started explaining.

"This morning, when I was leaving for work, I found Fang in the corridor. I was about to tell him good morning when I saw him coming closer to the wall, leaning on it and eventually sitting on the floor with a hand on his head. I rushed to him and helped him to get back up, but when I asked him what was wrong, he simply said he hadn't slept well because of the stress at work"

"I... I knew that he was very busy at work, I should have imagined that he could soon reach a breaking point" Tan replied. He knew that work wasn't the actual cause, but he didn't feel like telling Fai about what happened with Mark and all of that stuff. Now that Kim had cleared the problem, Tan felt that the only person to care about was Fang, and he was resolute to help him as soon as possible.

"When I saw that he was fine I let him go, then I spent the whole morning thinking if it was better to tell you what had happened or not... I didn't want you to feel like I'm trying to interfere with your relationship with Fang" Fai added.

"Fai, I know that at first I didn't really like you, but I know that you care about Fang as much as I do, so I deeply appreciate that you told me about this morning. Thank you... really" Tan replied. Fai smiled a little and added:

"Thank you for trusting me. If there is anything I can help you with, just tell me, ok?" a short conversation followed and then Fai left, thinking that she had accomplished her duty as a good neighbor. She didn't know how bad Tan was feeling. All the happiness after ending the call with Porchay had vanished at the thought that Fang was suffering without telling him anything about it.

"Hello honey, I'm home" Fang said, smelling a familiar scent from the kitchen. When he reached the room, he found Tan cooking his favorite dish. He hugged his boyfriend from behind and gently kissed his neck. Tan closed his eyes for a moment and tilted his head to the left to touch Fang. Tan's plan was quite easy, he just had to pretend that Fai didn't tell him anything while also taking care of his boyfriend as much as possible. He just had to hope that Fang could recover faster than the need to tell him about the conversation with Fai.