You know, we joke that Nakhun and Phatsa seem to believe they’re in two different love stories but they kind of are, in their own minds.
Each grew up with wildly different expectations of what a long lasting romantic relationship would look like and now have to find a way to reconcile these two visions together into one.
Nakhun might seem callous on the surface but to him it makes perfect sent to satisfy physical pleasures with others when necessarily and then stop and be only with his mate once he finds one. He understands what a bond is and what it means. Yeah he doesn’t have a type because his type is literally just whoever his mate ends up being. He is extremely loyal to that vision and now to Phatsa because Phatsa is his mate and what’s more is that they are fated mates. Nakhun didn’t know it but his type was always Phatsa. This knowledge allows him a certain amount of freedom because he knows he’s going to fall in love with Phatsa, even if he hasn’t exactly yet. What he does know right now is that he likes Phatsa and wants to know more about him. He wants to make up for losing control and biting him.
Phatsa meanwhile was raised with an expectation of falling in love that looks a lot more like one might have irl. That you like each other and get to know each other and choose each other every single day. That you fight and make up and allow things to happen organically. He knows he likes Nakhun and he wants to at least try and make things work with him, but his insecurity flares when he hears Nakhun speak so matter of factly about their relationship. He feels insecure because does Nakhun actually like him? Or is it just because of the bond? He simply doesn’t know how to trust that Nakhun is genuinely falling for him because he’s so far out of his element that everything feels surreal.
It’ll be interesting to see where their relationship will take them from here as they continue to figure it out.
