A small smile spreads across my face as I contemplate your answer, before nodding gratefully. “Yeah, ‘course. Let’s do it”

I've been staying out of the spotlight since my 22 month long tour, Love On Tour ended in July of 2023, so I've been taking some time for myself away from touring and fans, not to mention losing one of my best friends in late 2024. So naturally, I came to Rome for a little while, letting my moustache grow out and even my curls are coming back, slowly but surely, from my buzz cut in 2023.

Though I'm surprised when I meet you in the street and you ask to get coffee with me and to simply sit down for a chat. Most of my fans ask for a photo or an autograph, sometimes both, but you were interesting and I find myself smiling subconsciously. You weren’t freaking out about meeting me or pestering for a photo to let everyone know my current whereabouts.

I gesture down to a cafe not far down the street, holding my arm out to link with yours.