The voice was familiar to his sense of hearing, and if he had a choice, he would rather not hear that voice anymore for the rest of his life.
The grip on his phone tightened as he gulped his saliva roughly.
"I will call you later, Felice."
"Huh? But I haven't finished my―"
Tut tut tut.
The female manager couldn't even finish her speech because Azren had hung up the phone call. He knew that it wasn't polite, and he probably would get a scold or two from the pink-haired manager later, but he could care less as he slipped his phone back into his pants pocket.
He then turned his body around, and a pair of green eyes met blue eyes right away. Michy was glaring at him, and it was beyond dangerous. It looked like a fierce shark was targeting a small anchovy in the sea.
The silver-haired idol walked over toward him, and he tried to nail his feet on the ground so that they wouldn't step backward on their own. He must not show that he was intimidated right now.
Michy was the one who interrupted his phone call with Felice earlier. He even called him by his name, and that fact alone was enough to give him goosebumps.
"I've been searching for you, but you were busy calling someone behind my back, huh? Where's your responsibility as my assistant?"
It felt like he just cheated on Michy, and he could feel a hint of guilt in his heart.
"I'm sorry, Michy," he apologized in a sincere tone. "Felice was calling me, and I needed to answer her call, right? If I ignored the call, she might feel worried about you."
It wasn't like he cheated on the idol for real, but he still felt that he was in the wrong because he indeed left Michy's side to answer the phone call earlier. He was the idol's personal assistant, and he was supposed to be with the idol all the time just in case the idol needed something.
Now the idol was still glowering at him, and he could only wait for the idol to say something. The blue-eyed idol was silent for a minute before his heavy sigh broke the silence.
"The director of the music video wanted to see you. Let's go back to the tent," Michy finally spoke again, and this time he used a lower tone to speak to his useless assistant.
That was such a miracle because Azren thought that Michy would continue his lecture, but perhaps something urgent happened in the tent that the idol chose to let him go.
It was a good thing for him, and after heaving a sigh of relief, the blonde followed his boss to go back to the white tent.
Azren just realized that Michy's appearance this time was very different from usual. The stylist gave the idol a set of bright clothes, his silver hair was styled, and… it looked like he saw a piercing on Michy's left ear just now?
As far as he remembered, he had never seen the existence of a piercing in the idol's ear. Now that the idol was wearing a piercing, the idol looked a little... naughty? The idol had the bad boy aura now. However, he still looked cute because of the bright outfits.
Azren was a bit overwhelmed by Michy's fresh appearance, but he still managed to bring his long legs to follow the shorter boy's steps. Michy indeed led him to go back to the tent.
Inside the tent, some people seemed to be waiting for them while plastering a worried expression.
"Ah, you finally come back, Michy!" A man, who looked like in his 40s, greeted Michy enthusiastically upon seeing their arrival.
Azren didn't know what happened, but it seemed that the man was happy to see him. Yes, instead of fixating his gaze on Michy, the man kept gazing at him since he just entered the tent.
Michy stopped walking when they arrived in front of the man, and Azren squirmed uncomfortably under the man's gaze.
'Is he another perverted human? And now I become the target?' He panicked inwardly.
He still remembered the incident with Reno, and he decided to remain vigilant in front of the man now. It was not only Gizach that could act nasty, but some humans had the same tendency to do perverted things as well.
Azren had learned from his mistake and wouldn't let his guard down in front of the strange man.
"This is Ramon, the director that will be responsible for my music video. And Ramon, this is my assistant, Azren."
Unexpectedly, Michy introduced him to the man like a cultured person. Yes, Michy was originally a cultured person, but he rarely spoke like a cultured person in front of Azren. Usually, he acted like someone who had lived in a cave for so long that he didn't know anything about manners.
"Ah, so Vienna didn't lie when she said that you have such a handsome assistant, Michy."
Azren didn't even know who Vienna was, but the corner of his eyes caught a glimpse of a girl laughing at the side. The girl was the one who helped Michy with his makeup earlier. She was a makeup artist.
"He's not that handsome, but I don't think he's that bad either."
He could hear Michy speaking, and his emerald eyes widened right away. 'Did Michy just praise my look?' He thought to himself.
The indirect compliment made him blush, but he tried to brush off the thought because it sounded so stupid. Michy was a good actor, and praising him in front of the director was, of course, just another act of the young idol.
Others did call him handsome, but Michy was probably too blind to notice his good looks.
Ignoring Michy, the next thing he felt was a pair of eyes scanning his body from head to toe. He felt like he was being scanned naked under the gaze.
"You said he's not handsome, but his looks are above average, Michy. Even his body won't lose if we want to compare him to a supermodel. Your assistant can easily become a celebrity if he wants to."
It was a direct compliment this time, and Azren blushed again. His human face wasn't much different from his demon face, but no demon had ever praised him for his appearance. They hated him to the core, and they didn't bother to admire his appearance that could be compared to Apollo, the Sun God in Greek mythology.
"So, you will be willing to help us today, right?" Ramon suddenly asked him a question, and Azren furrowed his blonde brows because he couldn't grasp the meaning of the question.
"Pardon?" The demon politely asked back.
Ramon giggled at the handsome man's innocent reaction. "We should have started filming by now, but one of the talents that were supposed to be performing with Michy in the music video got into a car accident on the way here. His condition wasn't too bad, and he only broke his leg due to an accident."
Breaking his legs was not that bad? How could the director take the accident so lightly?
Azren wanted to protest, but he held his protest in his mouth as the director continued his speech.
"That's why we need another talent that will support Michy in the music video. Do you want to appear in the video with Michy and other talents? Don't worry, we will pay you for your work."
The pair of emerald eyes enlarged upon hearing the offer, and when he peeped at Michy, the latter avoided his gaze.
What should he do now? Michy didn't seem to care about his decision, so how should he decide by himself? Money was indeed attractive, but was he ready to be a celebrity too? Appearing on a music video meant that he would be a celebrity, right?
Azren's thoughts were too innocent, and he was confused now that unnecessary thoughts were running through his mind.
"If you don't want to accept my offer, then we can't continue our filming today, and the release of Michy's mini-album might be pushed back."
The young demon was surprised again. If that kind of thing happened, then Michy probably would kill him! The silver-haired boy remained silent, but it was probably just because of the tsundere character that didn't let him beg for help.
Azren should have known it, but he was clueless when he saw Michy's careless attitude just now.
The demon finally decided, "Alright. I'm willing to support Michy."
He finally agreed because he didn't want to lose his job as Michy's assistant. That was the only option he had now.
He could see the director's eyes shining brightly, and when he peeked at Michy again, he seemed to see the pair of azure eyes turned brighter as well. It seemed that he made the best decision―
"That's good! All you need to do is a dance with Michy!"