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First Off I am so flattered that you think that I am knowledgeable enough to answer these questions. Second off welcome!! As for the absolute must watch I would recommend checking out

-Theory of Love: which stars offgun from not me,

-Until We Meet Again: this one comes with a suicide warning

-Together With Me

-Dark Blue Kiss: This is a spinoff series from the dramas kiss and kiss me again in which the main couple from DBK were a side couple in them, Now I don’t really think you need to watch kiss and kiss me again to fully understand the story of DBK because that's what everyone told me so personally I didn’t watch them and I don’t really think I missed out on much but you can if you want to, you know it’s up to you, kiss and kiss me again shows the origin of them and DBK is the continuation also if you like Dan from not me, the actor who plays him is also in this as part of a side couple pairing

- I told Sunset about you and I Promised you the Moon: these Series go together I told Sunset about you is first and I promise you the Moon is the continuation of the story

-Tale of 1000 stars

-Bad Buddy: Now for bad buddy I do recommend watching this one alot but I recommend watching some other bls before you go to this one because This ones pretty new it just came out not too long ago and it really flips the whole way of doing BLs on it’s head and I think if you watched it too early on in your bl watching Journey I think it will honestly set your expectations too high and make everything you watch after it kind of “disappointing” I just think you need a baseline of what bls are normally like before going to the exception that is bad buddy I mean hopefully we get more shows that are more like bad buddy in the future but like in my opinion at least its like the rarity so I just recommend watching a good handful of different series before jumping on this one but it’s really good and I highly highly recommend it but ultimately it’s up to you

Also You mentioned you liked Why R U and I think if you like Why R U I think you’ll also like

-Gen Y: which is a wild ride just a warning and it also has a sequel but the first is better you can watch the second one but it’s just not going to be as good as the first

-My Engineer: which is one of my many favorites

-2moons2: Now this one is a “sequel” to 2moons but no it’s not it’s more of a remake of 2moons because 2moons2 is just literally the same story from 2moons just redone with mostly different actors and in my opinion redone better you really really really don’t need to watch 2moons in order to watch 2moons2 you will just be watching the same thing over and over again I promise you won’t be missing out on anything

Now I stuck with Thai because you said Thai but let me know if you do you wanna venture out of thai because I do have recommendations for some non-Thai BLs, also more Thai stuff too

As for the dos and donts I’m not super versed on the community “rules” I mean I guess I know like the general stuff from being in the community but I don’t think I know enough to really speak on it too much I mean I guess the obvious one that comes to mind is like respect the actors and their private lives you know just as a rule be generally respectful I think @absolutebl is a good person to ask for any do and donts if there are any and maybe correct me if I said anything wrong or missed anything lol they are also just like genuinely a good person to ask on all the stuff for a new person coming into the world of bl, they’re super knowledgeable on so much including Thai language stuff too, also another blog I would recommend is @heretherebedork are also a great person to ask questions to and to follow of course

Thanks for the ask and thank you for trusting me on giving you recommendations if you have any more questions or anything like that feel free to ask or message me or anything of the sort :) I hope this is to your satisfaction

Attempt 4:

As the sun set one evening, Teh and Oh-aew walked along the water at their favorite beach. The light was barely peaking over the horizon, and the sky was almost completely black.

“Wait, wait, wait, so you’re telling me,” Oh-aew laughed, holding out a hand to make Teh stop talking, “That as soon as we had that fight as kids, you hated the smell of coconut?”

“Yeah!” Teh laughed, his eyes wide as he told the story. “I just started hated the smell and taste of coconut. My mom would try to make me drink from a coconut for good luck on exams and stuff, but it always grossed me out and I didn’t even know why!”

“That’s honestly pretty hilarious,” Oh-aew snorted, his face contorted in laughter. “You were just a little baby gay!” he cackled.

Teh laughed along with him, punching him in the side and making him stumble towards the water. They continued to shove each other back and forth until they found their way to a patch of trees.

Oh-aew grabbed his wrist and pulled him over. “Come on,” he said with a wide grin.

They laid down on their backs next to each other underneath the trees, laughing as they looked up at the stars as they started to become visible.

“When did you realize that you liked coconut again?” Oh-aew said softly, his arm resting under his head.

Teh stared up at the sky and thought about it for a moment before he said, “That day when I met you on the boat. I asked you if you had changed your shampoo.”

Oh-aew’s eyes widened. “Ooooh I remember that!” He giggled slightly as he added, “You did seem a bit freaked out.”

“I had never put the pieces together until then,” Teh admitted. “As soon as it clicked,” he let out a small, breathy laugh through his nose, “I couldn’t stop thinking about it.”

After a while, Teh glanced over and saw that Oh-aew was looking at him with an expression that he hadn’t seen in a while. It was the one he wore that day when Teh first realized that he might like him as more than a friend. That day when they watched Sword Over the Moon together at Teh’s place.

At the time, he didn’t know what that face meant. Now that some time had gone by, he understood it clearly. He wanted to be closer to him.

And for the first time, Teh had no doubts in his mind.

“Hey,” Teh said quietly to get his attention.

When Oh-aew nodded, Teh moved closer to him, draping an arm over Oh-aew’s waist. Teh rolled him over on his side so he could spoon him from behind. As he snuggled up against Oh-aew’s back, his hand snaked down from his waist to his chest, splaying his fingers wide as he pulled him closer.  

Oh-aew didn’t say anything for a moment. Then, he snuggled into the curve of Teh’s body and sighed softly. Even though Teh couldn’t see his face, he could picture the peaceful smile on Oh-aew’s face right now.        

Oh-aew’s hand snuck up to where Teh’s was resting on his chest. He placed his hand on top of his, threading their fingers together and holding him tightly.

Listening to Oh-aew’s content breathing gave Teh chills, and there was nothing that he wanted more in this moment that to be closer to him. He slid his other arm through the space under Oh-aew’s neck and wrapped it across his chest to rest his hand on his shoulder.

Oh-aew immediately reached up and held his wrist, pulling his arm tighter.

Teh buried his face on the nape of Oh-aew’s neck, smiling against his skin. He took a deep breath, taking in the scent of coconut from Oh-aew’s hair, and snuggled in even closer.

They were holding each other so tightly that it wasn’t possible to be any closer, and this is exactly what they had wanted.

After some time, Oh-aew spun around in his arms so he could face him. He tucked his arms against his chest and rested his forehead in the crook of Teh’s neck. He lightly held Teh’s shirt between his fingers, tugging it gently to pull him closer.

As Teh moved in, he rested both of his hands on Oh-aew’s back, softly running his fingers along the length of his spine.

He pressed his nose to Oh-aew’s forehead and closed his eyes. It’s funny how even the smallest things can feel so nice. He brought a hand up to the back of Oh-aew’s head and slowly ruffled his hair. He felt Oh-aew sigh against his neck, and it gave him goosebumps.

Oh-aew glanced up and stared to smirk when he saw the expression on Teh’s face. “What?” Oh-aew giggled. “You look so serious!”

Teh combed his fingers through Oh-aew’s hair. “Your hair is really soft,” he whispered, his gaze fixed on the strands of hair between his fingers.

Oh-aew quickly buried his face in Teh’s chest as he giggled, hiding the huge smile that had appeared on his face.

Teh really wanted to kiss him. The feeling of his breath against his chest and the way he was beaming and how he had suddenly gotten shy… it was the sweetest thing he had ever seen!

As he combed his fingers through Oh-aew’s hair, he slid his hand down to Oh-aew’s cheek and tilted his head up.

Out of nowhere, Oh-aew’s nose scrunched up in the way it always did when he had an itch on his back. He stretched up to scratch it, but he couldn’t quite reach it.

“Here,” Teh hummed, reaching over and itching between his shoulder blades for him.

When Oh-aew nodded at him in thanks, Teh remembered the last time they were in this situation. How he had wanted to kiss Oh-aew but didn’t.

I want to make up for last time. This time, I want to do it right.

Teh cupped Oh-aew’s cheek again and pressed his nose lightly against his. “Can I kiss you?” he whispered, eyes half-lidded as he stared at Oh-aew’s lips.

In just a few seconds, Oh-aew slid his fingers though Teh’s hair and gently captured his lips. They both sighed into the kiss, breathing each other in over and over again.