#pranpat
They both lost with each other’s love language
What, in my opinion, we’ve seen for the past 7 episodes is that Pat is someone that often shows feelings with physical touch and his presence while Pran is someone that shows feelings (or hides them) with words of affirmation or the lack and manipulation of them.
(I think someone already said it and made several points with pictures, if you can find it please tag the person )
In this episode I think they both lost at the end.
- The way I see it Pat lost the moment he admitted, through the pretense of the audition, of wanting to date Pran for real.
- With Pran, the moment he loses is where at the end, he feeds Pat, he’s silently admitting that yes, he’s the one that he likes because he’s the one he’s feeding.
So, did they lose with each other’s love language?
Pran didn’t want closure, he didn’t want to know what Pat was feeling for him, didn’t want to talk to him, because he knew too well that if Pat really felt the same there would be now way he could be able to walk away.
What he expected, what he found easier to think, was probably for Pat to avoid him and keep flirting with Ink! But what he got was the shocking and thrilling truth that yes, it’s that simple, he wasn’t deluluing himself, Pat really likes him too and wants to pursue him!
He didn’t want to talk to Pat, the moment he allowed himself to hear him out it was the end for him.
So he did the only thing his heart could do, accept the excuse of the challenge to give himself time to try it out, to taste how a relationship with Pat would work and also his finger apparently.
This comment is gonna be about the bet! But if you’re interested in a general comment about other scenes click HERE
Pat is really smart with that bet: maybe it was a coincidence, maybe he just had to try different ways to approach Pran, but the bet was IT!
The moment he writes ‘’KISS?’’ on the sand and Pran actually starts to talk is when Pat undertands it’s the right moment to open up, I love how free he is with his feelings and I think him telling Pran what happened with Ink was the last right thing he needed to do in order for Pran to give up just as much as he needed to finally break in. Because as soon as Pran’s guard falls down and finally accepts that Pat likes him Pat is quick to say ‘no, you do, let’s bet about it’‘
Was it intentional ? Did Pat know it was the only thing that could make Pran accept what they have? It doesn’t really matter because competition is their thing and right know it looks like the only thing Pat will be able to have from Pran.
Pat would 100% lose if he could: The way I see it is that if Pran lost Pat would date him straight away but if Pat lost Pran would cut what they have for their sake. So more than ‘’let’s se who falls first’’ I see it as ‘’Let’s keep it up the way it’s comfortable for you until you’re ready to take the risk’’
Pran accepting Pat likes him: Was I the only one finding cute the ‘’Just admit it, you like me’’ from Pran? Because to me he looked like he was saying it because he was finally accepting it, his tone sounded like someone testing the water, affirming that YES, after years Pat likes him back and wants to be with him!
Pat is going insane and he’s both ready and not ready for it: After the last scene I’m scared to log in AO3 tbh…
To me Pat doesn’t really need to flirt with Pran to make him lose, he would do it regardless, what he doesn’t know is that Pran has years of fake scenarios inside of his head! Poor Prat is gonna lose it at some point but I bet he’s all here for it!
So… I was just thinking that now that we know more I could rewatch EP 1 just for fun (and because I can’t sleep or study, but that’s another story)
At first EP1 is funny you know? you don’t know the backstory, it looks like neither of them has any (deep) romantic feelings so it just looks like a rom-com.
But after episode 5, EP 1 actually is heartbreaking.
-The first scene is a fight, almost a funny one. The image that P’Aof sold us is the one of two enemies fighting as usual and if by EP 5 we didn’t know better we would completely believe that there’s nothing deep about it but two high school enemies meeting once again in univeristy.
But now we know it was the first time that they have seen each other in 3 years.
The first time after Pat blaming himself for Pran’s transfering abroad.
The first time after Pran was taken away from his crush.
Imagine being Pran and the first thing you do to your crush after 3 years is kicking him in the stomach……
-When they tell their parents they met again the first thing Pran’s mom says to Pran after finding out Pat attends his university is “i wouldn’t have transferred you here if I knew you 2 would meet again” and we didn’t really think anything about it because we didn’t know yet the reasons he got transferred and the scene after was a funny one with them fighting in front of the trash bin! But once again, imagine being Pran and being reminded once more that even a single slip that he doesn’t despise Pat might get him transferred again…. No wonder he tried hard to avoid him, it’s easier to avoid feelings if you don’t see the person…
- Now again… when Eng Gang is following Wai but ends up finding Pran and then Pat saves him and puts an hand on his mouth, we were kinda ‘ohhh it’s getting interesting, Pran is upset’… No?? Pran was probably having a mental breakdown over how close Pat (his crush!!!!) was for the maybe first time (for sure first time in 3 years!!!!!)
-Let’s talk about when Pat enters Pran’s room from his window… there Pran says he’d never get against Wai for Pat since he’s a friend he had known ever before he got back there… I personally didn’t mind this sentece back then but now that I think about EP5 …
- ‘’I’m the only one that can hit him’’ I just can feel from Korn’s face that he’s going to be the first figuring out what’s going on and actually being supportive, here maybe it might be a reach but I hope I’m right
-Pran: Things don’t end well when I’m close to you.
Pat: at least now one gets trasferred this time
Now this has a way deeper meaning right? I couldn’t imagine Pran was transferred just for being Pat’s friend, now it makes more sense and now it doesn’t sound as a funny joke anymore but a reminder of what Pran thinks he’ll never be able to have…
-’’Take my chat ID’’
PRAN WAS SO SMOOTH WITH THAT AND GOT HIS CRUSH NUMBER AFTER YEARS
-At the end of EP 1 we see Pran drawing on his skecthbook and only at EP 5 we find out he’s been drawing about Pat… if that’s not heartbreaking (but in a soft way) for you then idk what to say
End of things I have to say, I don’t think I’ll go over-analyze the other EPs but I’ll be here for EP 6 hehe
summary:After being set up on yet another awkward blind date by his parents, Pat has had more than enough. To stop them from interfering - or rather, to shock them into never interfering again - Pat enlists his childhood rival to be his fake boyfriend. It’s only when everyone starts to genuinely believe them that Pat and Pran realize they just might be in over their heads.
a/n:This fic is set in a canon-divergent universe where Pran was never transferred to another school and their university friends are also their high school friends. At the start of this fic, Pat, Pran, and Ink are 17 years old, while Pa is 16 years old. Fic title is from the song I Can’t Fall In Love Without You by Zara Larsson.
preview:
“I can’t just fake-date anyone, Pran. It has to be someone that my parents will hate.”
“Wait, you’re not - ” Pran let out a terrible choking noise that sounded halfway between a breathless gasp and an incredulous laugh “ - you’re not seriously saying…”
“Think about it,” Pat continued hurriedly, hoping he could manage to convince Pran of his admittedly ridiculous plan before he could slip back into his bedroom, shut the window behind him, and never speak to Pat again. “If I pick someone that my parents might actually like, they’ll want me to date them forever until we get married. But if I pick someone they hate, like you - ” Pran visibly winced “ - then they’ll do everything they can to convince us to break up.”
“I…can think of at least ten different problems with your plan,” Pran managed to say after staring at Pat for an uncomfortably long time. As much as Pat wanted to think Pran was stunned into silence by his sheer genius, he knew Pran well enough to know what he was really thinking. “First, wouldn’t that just create more problems for you? Instead of bothering you about dating someone, they’ll bother you about not dating someone - that someone being me.”
Pat shrugged. “It wouldn’t bother me. It’s not like we actually like each other.”
“That’s not what I - never mind,” Pran said with a weary sigh that Pat was all too familiar with, his nose briefly scrunching up in distaste.
PatPran being my favourites
PATPRAN have everything i have ever wanted to see in a relationship. Healthy relationships, written well and the way the characters blend together so well? Also Ohm and Nanon’s acting and/either chemistry really take the cherry on the cake.
“Justfriends”
“Ah? What was that?”
“A triangle”
“I thought it was an heart shape”
“Which one do you prefer ?”
Here we go, my favorite scene from #BadBuddySeriesEP7 ! I’ll never be able to capture the sweetness of these scene but I tried ):)
The last line of one of the best bl series ever
