Parallels that made my heart skip a beat (ThamePo episode 3):
Thame tries to get Po's phone number 3 times, right?.
If something urgent comes up, call me.
The first time, he doesn't ask for it, he just adds his own number to Po's phone. He doesn't give Po much of a chance to choose. It's more like a matter-of-fact thing, we need to do this because it is necessary for our plan. Po just hands him the phone with no second thoughts (though he gets flustered once again *heart eyes*).
I gave you my number but you didn't give me yours. Give it to me. Give me your number.
But the second time, Thame's so distressed and worried for Po that he gives him his phone so Po can type his own number on it. It is becoming much more personal now.
I don't have your number. You gave it to me but I forgot to save it.
Give me your phone, I'll type it for you.
It's all right. I'm afraid I'll forget to save it again. So, tell me your number. I'll remember every single digit. I don't want to forget it.
The third time, after all the ordeal with Jun, when Thame asks for Po's number again, Po offers to type his number onto Thame's phone once more, but Thame asks him to tell him out loud. Thame literally wants to learn Po's number by heart, so he won't forget it under any circumstance.
It's Thame telling Po that their relationship has became so important for him that he needs to keep him in his mind (and heart?) forever.
Then, where's the parallel I mentioned in the title of this post?
Thame's connection to Po becames more and more personal during the episode, and it is shown to the audience through the whole phone number exchange. But it is not only Thame who's starting to get emotionally closer to Po.
Did you clear things up with Jun?
After Thame goes to patch things up with Jun, Po is worried and, thinking that Thame has his phone number now, tries to send him some messages. The first one he writes is a follow-up of their recent conversation, polite and direct to the point. He deletes it though.
But the second one, though it seems to be less detailed, comes from Po's worry specifically about Thame, probably because he remembers the confrontation Jun and Thame had in the office: "Is everything going to be ok? Are they going to fight again?". He doesn't send it either.
By the third message he types, Po is so worried that he forgets boundaries and directly wants to ask Thame if he's ok. Thame's well-being goes over his sense of duty, he forgets he is not Thame's friend, not even his colleague. Now the message he wants to convey to Thame is "hey, I'm worried sick about you, how do you feel? I'm here for you if you need me". He erases it too and then types a fourth one when he asks directly about what Jun told him about Thame's contract. And he doesn't send it because Thame bursts in. Would he have dared to send it though?
Both of them are getting closer to one another in their own ways, forging a bond that will soon take their relationship further than they could have ever imagined.
And I'm so here to watch it unfold.
