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Yoon will NEVER kiss a guy like that, lol.

My mouth literally dropped open in that "naked" moment. (Yet in the tub, they had their underwear on--wtf?)

My opinion is the ep kind of sucked, but the scenes with Ice/Tee during the final 20 minutes or so were HOT and better than anything Nine an Daonuea put out.

Recap! I watched Special Episode 13 so you don't have to!
Today's special episode begins with...a commercial for Asian Air app starring Tee and Boat. But what's Tee doing in the office? Last we saw, he was going to hop a flight to Singapore. I'm sure it's just a case of the director not reviewing the script or something.
No matter. We're used to it by now.
Boat deserts Tee--he's flying somewhere--so Tee is alone in the office and feeling sorry for himself. The note from Ice (I think. I can't read Thai) is still on his desk, but he must have chewed the gum.
Tee decides to go out to eat and sits alone, looking at all the happy couples around him. It's truly depressing.
Tee has a daydream about Ice coming to sit down and eat with him. Ice gives Tee a sniff kiss and they put food on each other's plates. Tee tells Ice he misses him. The dream dissolves, and Tee wonders if he should resort to another blind date. (What was wrong with Oab? Oh, yes. Oab wanted to be the dominate one. This is my speculation, as no way is the director going to explain it to us.)
Back at LODESTAR PRODUCTIONS (because we'd never know they were at work if they didn't show us this sign every time), I guess it's the next day because Tee has on a different shirt. Suddenly, Ice shows up at the office, wincing and holding his head. What's happening? Is Tee daydreaming again? Hell if I know. After we get a flash of product placement (because Tee keeps collagen on his desk), Tee holds a towel of ice to Ice's head.
Ice says he can do this himself and takes over. He is evidently real and not a dream. He explains he hit his head on the door because his phone rang and he wasn't paying attention. Tee asks what he's doing there, and Ice says Boat told him to apply for the job. Tee takes him on even though Ice can't be full time because he's still in school and Tee wants a full-time employee.
Later, still at the office (the sign again), Tee practices holding out a cup of coffee. I don't know what he says because my subtitles suddenly stop working. Ice comes in and says something. After that, my subtitles kick back in as Ice thanks Tee for helping him with his bag. Who knows what diamond of a moment I missed there.
Tee gives Ice the coffee, which Ice says tastes sour. (Boy, I'm glad we're getting this special episode so we can see these sweet moments between them.)
Tee watches Ice take photos of some Anti-virus soap arranged on some straw. Tee yawns. So do I.
I think it's Christmas break and that's where everyone else is. Ice asks Tee what he's going to do, and Tee says nothing. Ice suggests a couple of things. Tee shoots them down.
Some more product placement. Back at their desks, Tee gets up and gets RIGHT IN ICE'S FACE. Then he asks him to dinner, telling Ice they'll go to the restaurant where he meets people from the dating app. Ice lets it slip that he knows about Tee and Oab's kiss there, but he says he heard people talking about it, not that he actually witnessed it. Then he tells Tee he looks weird. He hints Tee looks old. (This is just too romantic!)
Ice's ride arrives and he leaves, having forgotten about Tee's invitation to dinner 2 seconds ago. Tee looks disappointed. He goes to his favorite restaurant to eat alone, and Ice is there eating with another man.
Tee orders spicy spaghetti without taking his eyes off Ice laughing with his friend/date. When Ice sees him there, he is surprised and asks why Tee didn't tell him he was going to be eating there--they could have shared a car. (Uh, he did tell him?) The date looks annoyed. His name is Nice and he's a friend Ice met while in Singapore (Nice/Ice, another great name combo). When Ice reveals that Tee owns the production company, Nice asks for the full-time job. Tee watches them joke around like he feels five million years old.
Earlier in the episode, when Tee was looking at the note Ice left him before going to Singapore, there were two reddish blotches on the front of the card. The following day at work, when Ice brings Tee some cultured milk with a straw to "relieve his stress," Ice gets a glimpse of a picture of these spots on Tee's computer screen. Tee quickly closes his computer. (At this point, I am just about ready to quit and let you guys fend for yourselves. Did Tee and Ice sleep together before Ice went to Singapore? What the hell is going on?)
Tee grumpily approves Ice's stunning pictures of the Anti-virus soap. Ice asks if he can send Nice's profile to him, since Tee probably wants to fill Daonuea's position. Tee has a quick daydream of Nice sitting in Daonuea's chair and Ice bringing HIM cultured milk with a straw, which Nice sips seductively while Ice bites his bottom lips and stares. Then Ice shoves at him in a play fight, spilling the cultured milk on Nice's slacks. Of course, Ice has to wipe this up off Nice's crotch.
Ice interrupts the smutty scenario in Tee's head, and Tee tells him his friend can start work right away. (He privately castigates himself for being such a wuss and hiring Nice.)
The next day (shirts are different) Nice is impressed with the office. Tee reminds him he is on a trial run, but assures that if he gets the job, he'll be paid well. Nice stares at Tee in a way that makes me wonder if he likes Tee.
Later, Tee returns to the office to find someone has put out Christmas decorations. He has a flashback of decorating the office for Christmas with Daonuea. Ice comes in, admits he bought the tree to brighten the place up since Tee isn't going anywhere, and asks Tee if he's okay because he's acting stressed. He puts the back of his hand to Tee's forehead, and Tee jerks away, telling him he'll catch his cold.
This statement makes Ice really happy. He blurts out that this must be why Tee hasn't been talking to Nice or helping him settle in. He runs off to tell Nice this is the case and that Tee isn't actually mad at him.
At this point, over half the episode is over and nothing's happened.
Another day, another shirt. Tee has made Nice angry. After Nice stomps out, Ice demands Tee tell him what he argued with Nice about that made Nice so angry. When Tee shows him the photo on his computer of the product Nice photographed, Ice can't see anything wrong with it. He tells Tee he's weird, and then he tells Tee that he needs to know that Nice wanted this job because Nice likes Tee.
(Good grief, is Ice this clueless about how Tee feels about him? Does he think that night when Tee kissed him, Tee was only drunk and didn't remember or something? But, how could that be? Tee tried to hold his hand the next day.)
Tee tells Ice he's acting like he's Tee's own personal dating app and to knock it off. Ice says he was only trying to help because Tee was obviously sad after Daonuea dumped him for Nine. And he doesn't want someone he LOVES to be sad. Instead of taking this moment to clearly state his feelings for Ice, Tee tells him again to stop doing it. Ice, visibly upset, jumps up and leaves, knocking over the box of Christmas decorations he'd brought in earlier.
Later, after dark, with the stupid clownish music usually reserved for Boat and Candy's scenes playing in the background, Ice peeks into the office where Tee is typing at his desk. He has left his phone in there and is too embarrassed to go in after it. Ice hears him talking to himself and knows what he's doing. Ice's phone is on Tee's desk, so Tee gets up and walks away so Ice can sneak in and get it.
I'm beginning to seriously worry there's going to be a Check Out 2 for Ice/Tee, as the plot isn't moving forward at all.
In the interim, while Ice was gone, Tee has decorated the office with the stuff Ice brought. Ice comes in and gets his phone, but as he's leaving, Tee stops him by wrapping his arms around Ice's waist from the back. Ice apologizes for earlier, and Tee tells him that the reason he doesn't want Ice pushing dates on him is because he already has someone he loves. "I love you, Ice."
Ice looks shocked and pleased at this admission. Tee explains he's loved him since Ice went to Singapore. (I guess Tee didn't go after him, then.) Ice stops Tee from saying anything else with a kiss. A pretty hot kiss. Definitely hotter than any kiss Nine and Daonuea shared during their underwear commercials. I even think I see Tee slip Ice the tongue.
Tee really did do some decorating, because there are two trees on the back patio, too. They've ordered food and tease each other with it, pretending they're going to feed each other and then not doing it. (As couples do. You think I'm going to give you this bean sprout? Well, I'm not! ha ha) Ice is a little worried about telling Nice about what's happened between him and Tee, but Tee brushes it off. They sexily nibble a long noodle between them a la Lady and the Tramp. Then they eat blue Popsicles.
Ice gets the office guitar and plays a song he wrote. It's about Tee. It's in English. The lyrics are something like, "Tee is the greatest. He makes me feel so good." While he's singing, we are treated to a sequence of flashbacks, including the kiss at the bonfire. In the middle of Ice literally singing Tee's praises, Tee suddenly stops him and kisses him. This is a relief because the song is terrible.
Also, the kiss is hot. They keep making out, and then suddenly they're TAKING OFF THEIR CLOTHES. I stop filing my nails and learn that Tee has a tattoo of Atlas holding up the world. Ice also has a tatt on his leg, but I couldn't tell what it was.
OMG, the damn NC-17 we thought we weren't going to get (Maybe Tee and Ice have an onlyfans) is for the last ten minutes of the special episode! Who would've thunk? The clothes completely came off, and Ice straddled Tee in a way that looked utterly uncomfortable, (and made me wonder how exactly they filmed it) with one of Ice's legs in the air. Whew! These two are much hotter together than the other two. (No sarcasm intended. They really are!)
Back inside, Ice is buttoning his shirt--the t-shirt he was wearing under it earlier has disappeared--when Tee decides to rip it open again, shooting a button onto Boat's desk just like Nine did to Daunuea's shirt months earlier. Ice and Tee make out some more. They have done more kissing in this scene then Daonuea and Nine did the entire series, I swear. We assume they have sex on the desks. (These desks see a lot of action.)
A new day, and Boat returns and says, "Whose butt print is this on my desk?"
Okay, I'm lying. He finds the button from Ice's shirt on his desk. Deja vu. Tee makes up something about the maid, but Ice lets the cat out of the bag. Then Boat breaks the fourth wall and tells viewers there's a special scene after the credits.
The scene is Ice and Tee in a little bathtub, in bubbles, with pink water that looks bloody but I'll ignore that. Oddly, they are both wearing their underwear. They're at a resort (possibly THE resort). Tee says something, Ice says something, then Tee says something that's obviously a sweet compliment and starts with the word "No." Lol. (My subtitles failed me again, sorry.)
What I imagine is this:
Tee: Do you know what's really beautiful?
Ice: (looking above them) The trees and those birds.
Tee: No. You are really beautiful, my darling.
Then they start making out AGAIN while a song plays--best one of the show, imo. (Please let me know title and artist if you know it.)
Question: Why was Tee staring at his computer screen earlier with the front of Ice's note uploaded on it? Not the words inside, but the two pink blotches on the outside.

Well, that's THE END for real.

I enjoyed Kieta Hatsudoi, too. :)

But it isn't different from other Japanese series, at least not the ones I've seen. Maybe Takara's extreme reserve puts them off? That's part of what I like.

I don't understand why people don't like it. I love it!

This is so cute. It seems to have a little conflict in every episode, but the communication stays open, so it doesn't leave me grinding my teeth and wishing they'd just talk. The two leads are adorable. One's a goof, and the other's very reserved. There's some sexual tension, too, which doesn't always happen in Japanese bls. I'm loving it.

Kamol knew that Kim knew Day. So, why didn't he figure it out before? I think Cherry was forced by her brother to shoot at Kim and Baiboon.

I kept saying, Why don't you tell your mafia bf so he can send some people to protect them???!

True. And I agree about the director. He's dropped the ball on several accounts. I would definitely believe if someone told me it was the same one from Check Out, lol.

I was also wishing the bodyguards would keep Danil out, but I remember in the book I think it was all because Danil was Kamol's bosses brother. I guess it's the same reason here. They have to treat him with a little respect, and that's probably why Kamol doesn't punch him, but I'm so tired of Danil after that episode. Lol.

I can't stand Danil. I can't stand the way he looks or acts. And Kamol pisses me off! He should have shoved the hell out of Danil the very first time he dared to touch Kim, and what the hell is he avoiding Kim for? He knew he was involved with someone before him. I could see where he might not want to be around De, but not Kim! Stupid mafia bastard.

That's for sure. ;)

Ooo...one of my favorite tropes--underappreciated best friend. :)

Kind of a side note, but I swear I feel like I saw the exact same comforter on the bed of the last bl I was watching before I went to watch this one...Love in the Air, maybe? I think several bedrooms have used it. (It's gray with lines through it.) Of course, we usually see the same little wooden, segmented man, too, lol.

There was only one time I felt that--in Ep 2 when he kept saying Cake's name over and over again in a whiny tone. But on the whole, I don't find him irritating. I agree with the person above's take on it, and I think they're cute together. Does anyone know if Earth and Santa played in anything together before this? I've seen plenty of their videos together on Instagram.

You would think he would have figured it out when he realized that Tee and Daonuea had been dating.

Not trying to defend this mess, but I think they tried to make it appear that Nine was worried Praew would hurt herself. Candy said it, and also Praew had marks all over her arms that resembled self-harm. But the way they set it up sucked. I mean, why not let Nine have a conversation with Candy about it instead of just making us try to figure it out ourselves and then announcing it way later after they'd broken up? Daonuea should have told Tee off when Tee told him the truth in ep 12. And I wondered about your question, too--why didn't Nine directly approach Daonuea? And why did he not look him in the face at the amusement park incident? And why didn't Nine realize a long time ago what Tee did, as Tee wound up with Daonuea?

Oh, I totally agree. He's so cute, but his character is boring and a liar. And then, at the end with Ice, he gets creepy--guilting Ice about leaving and then following him! Ice's letter to Tee (with the half pack of gum, lol) didn't sound like he regretted leaving at all. Well, guess what, Ice? Tee is coming after you!