#and it's so beautiful how over the course of the series pat and pran have always met in the middle

[airenyah]

(via @isaksbestpillow)

it's all about their boundaries!!

the difference between ep8 and ep12 is that before? it was the world against them. but now it's them against the world.

they are setting their own boundaries now, they are the ones making the rules now. back then they were hiding because they felt like they had to, but now they are keeping it lowkey because they want to. they are the ones choosing who gets to have an opinion about their relationship, they are choosing who they share it with. it's about the choice they have this time around. and the fact that they chose not to share it with their parents even though the parents clearly know? is this not a quiet "fuck you" to their parents? i love it

sure, pat and pran go back into "hiding" but again, it's an open secret that they aren't exactly making an effort to conceal. can you imagine ep8!pran letting pat sneak into his room noisily, loudly singing and laughing together (despite pran's parents being home) like they did in ep12? past!pran would never. but ep12 pran can let it happen bc they aren't forced to be that secretive anymore. because honestly, what's the worst that could happen? the worst already happened in ep10 pt4! the pressure is off of them this time around

now they have the freedom of choice and they are finally putting themselves and their happiness first by putting up boundaries. them claiming to be just friends while obviously dating is them putting their parents in their place. it's them saying "you can think about us whatever you want if it helps you sleep at night, but we will not let you meddle with us and our relationship. here is the line and you cannot and will not cross it".

and the parents actually respect that!! begrudgingly so, but hey, it's a start. baby steps, you know!! a decades long feud is not something one just gets over from one day to the next. pat and pran know this. and the beautiful thing about this situation is that this is not only them setting boundaries but it's also them reaching out a hand to their parents. (together!!). their little game of pretend is for their parents' sake to not completely overwhelm them but rather to ease them into the thought of their sons being close. pat and pran drew a line, but at the same time they are standing right by it with a hand held out, waiting patiently for their parents to grab it as soon as they are ready to do so and manage to behave according to pat and pran's rules

and what else is also lovely is that it's not just about patpran's romantic relationship but it's also about them as individual people and their own individual relationships with their parents. to quote from @isaksbestpillow's tags:

#pat working for his dad but on his own terms #saying i will work for you but i will not work with you #pran indulging his mom but on his own terms #saying i will come sleep in my old room when i come back from singapore but first i will sleep with the love of my life

this shows that they've also been setting boundaries for themselves as individuals. they are telling their parents "i'm your child, so of course you can have a say in my life. but a parent-child relationship is not one-sided. it goes both ways and i too have my terms and conditions that you in turn have to respect"

and i for one think that's beautiful

those of y'all saying ‘they have to keep hiding boo :(’ clearly didn’t see the same show as me because the mfs were NOT hiding shit. playing the guitar in the room without a care in the world?? pat making all noise possible when crossing over to pran’s ?? them laughing out loud and just kissing in front of the cctv cameras and pat shouting 'BYE! :D’ before going in??? they stopped caring about what the parents think long ago lmao

y'all just keep digging looking for things to complain about, so damn negative 😭