#believe Sailom

[respectthepetty]

Kang's Trust Issues

All roads lead to my wild ass theory

Kang's dad told him that dogs must be punished to be controlled.

Both times Sailom has unknowingly approached the subject of Kang's dad, it has allowed Kang to be honest about his failing relationship with his father.

Yet Kang immediately stops himself and deflects.

Almost as if he was trained to belittle what he is saying, so someone else doesn't have to.

Because Kang's dad trained him to not trust himself.

And Sailom has fed into that.

Kang doesn't believe in anything, so Sailom gave him something to believe in - Sailom himself, but with that, Sailom also gave Kang someone he could trust since he can't trust himself.

So even though Kang is going about his relationship with his tutor in the queerest and most dominant way possible, he doesn't believe they are friends, so he wouldn't even be able to imagine he loves Sailom.

Because what Kang's dad really trained him to do was to lie to himself.

But he knows he can trust Sailom.

Because Sailom never lies.

And Sailom only acknowledges Kang when he is being honest.

Sailom has never eaten expensive steak. Sailom has never played with VR. Sailom likes free shit. Sailom got Kang's birthday cake from Kang's own fridge. Sailom was at that restaurant with a client. Sailom gets beaten up by debt collectors. Sailom told Kanghan all of this without hesitation. He never lies to Kanghan.

So how would Kang react if he thinks Sailom is lying to him?

Like . . . hypothetically helping his brother plan to rob Kang's house while he is out with Kang?

Especially if Kang, a boy who can't trust himself, trusts Sailom completely and starts to trust his feelings for him. How would a boy who has been tamed like a dog react?

And now it makes sense why Kang is not a boy of words, thoughts, or feelings, but actions. Kang has trust issues with himself. This is why he likes Sailom's approval because unlike his father who spins his desires into a negative (you don't want to do it), Sailom makes him feel positive (you can do it).

But it also shows why Kanghan's reactions are so out-of-control with Sailom (aggressive) compared to his reactions with his father (passive). With his dad, if Kang doesn't have options, he doesn't have to think, and if Kang doesn't think for himself, he can't act. But with Sailom . . .

Kang's trust in his father is based on control. His father made a deal with him only to break it. His father got Kang a motorcycle that he picked out for him. His father expects Kang to take over the family business. His father isn't controlling, but he doesn't need to be when he is already in control of Kang's future unlike Sailom who puts no pressure on Kang to pass his tests even though his job depended on it. Sailom trusts Kang will make the best decision for himself. Just like with his brother, Sailom has faith Kang will do the right thing.

So, once again, when Saifah breaks into Kang's house, will Kang trust the boy who never lies to him? Will Kang trust his tutor who demands honesty of him? Will Kang trust the friend who keeps his promises? And, more importantly, will Kang trust himself enough to know that he is more than dollar signs to Sailom?

Or will he lie to himself like he was trained to do?

Blue Boys are known for their honesty and trustworthiness.

So I have faith that he'll know the truth in his heart.

Don't disappoint me, kid.

[liyazaki]

we could have just hidden. it wouldn't have looked believable.

DANGEROUS ROMANCE | EPISODE 3

[gunsatthaphan]

"answer me first."

[pharawee]

—My hands are cold. Can I borrow your hand?

[chalkrevelations]

Oh. OH.

LISTEN, Y'ALL. I don't even know if this initial offer by Grandma for Sailom to tutor Kanghan is even really about tutoring Kanghan.

Because when she handed Sailom her business card and said "Call me if you change your mind" ...

right in front of Kanghan's salad

That put Kanghan ON NOTICE that Sailom has a direct line to her and could contact her at any point if Kanghan is being a fucking asshole again.

That is a leash on Kanghan, as much as, if not more than, a genuine offer of paying for tutoring services.

ETA: HOLY SHIT, Kanghan, you don't even realize that's what she did. Wow. Stupid babies really do need the most love.

[spicypussywave]

I was so worried when Auto and Guy followed them to their couples session but

Perth, the man you are.

[braceletofteeth]

P'Lom must have taught you well, huh? Your slyness is straight from his book.

[smittenskitten]

Kang's grandma is the only one in this show who uses her brain logically and empathetically

[scrumptiousstuffs]

Smitten kitten and his exasperated bf 😅

Kanghan and Sailom, Dangerous Romance Episode 8

06/10/2023

[aprilblossomgirl]

Sailom is a steady wind that came through Kanghan's door. gentle yet strong. he had proved that he was unfazed by Kanghan but how about his actual feeling towards him? with that much of Sailom's background story had been shown to us, I can be pretty sure he had faced enough bullshit in his life to which Kanghan's threats might not be even compared to. Sailom knows how to stand for himself. he knows exactly how the mind of the people who wanted to manipulate him works. he's trusting but by default vigilant at the same time. if, let's say, he's to fall first (for Kanghan), and perhaps, also to love the other harder, he'll come to that feeling fully conscious, and never to go easy on him, nonetheless. he'll be fully aware of the changes in his heart and knowing well exactly when he needs to hold on while never leave Kanghan's side.

[gaiaxygang]

chimon getting caught in another love triangle in that campus everyone pray for him 🥶🥶🥶 if i had a dollar every time chimon played an m5 student who had a crush on a boy who was mean to him but the boy had a crush on their mutual girl friend, but said girl friend actually liked chimon's character, in that exact school building i would have 2 dollars

[respectthepetty]

What should we call it now?

If were not enemies, do you think we can be friends?

Sailom started escorting in episode four of Dangerous Romance.

And it already caused some tension between the boys.

But just like his fellow Slut for Christ, Only Friends' Ray, Kanghan can and will throw money at any and all issues. Sailom won't directly accept money, so Kanghan arranges an alternative - hiring Sailom again AND forcing him to live with Kanghan.

And this IS an issue. (all I'm seeing is red & blue)

Kanghan doesn't like the idea of Sailom having to eat with rich clients for money.

Or talking with clients over the glow of candlelight.

Probably because it scares him to think that the client will ask for more from Sailom than just the job he was hired to do.

Because if this is about money, Kanghan has it.

Sailom escorting sooner in the show, makes me confident that Kanghan will be even more pissed when Sailom goes back to it.

And Sailom would go back to it if he doesn't have another client buying up his time.

Without tutoring, the boys did not talk to each other, and Kanghan was in his feelings about it.

Instead of sparking a friendship with Sailom after tutoring had ended, Kanghan made their relationship transactional once again, which would seem really nice sense he knows Sailom needs money, BUT . . .

Kanghan never attempted to be friends with Sailom. Kanghan, who plays soccer, signed up for logistics rather than sports, so he could possibly work with Sailom at school. Why the ritual when he could just be friends with Sailom? Because even if Kanghan wants to be friends with Sailom, he doesn't treat him like a friend.

I think Kanghan likes Pimfah, but this quick exchange is interesting when applied to their dynamic:

Kanghan was taken aback by Pimfah's statement (because he thought she was trying to define their relationship, possibly), but this question has come up before and was directly about Sailom and Kanghan. But in the style of Bad Buddy, what are Sailom and Kanghan?

They aren't enemies anymore, but they aren't friends. Kanghan wants to take care of Sailom, pay for fancy meals for him, spend time with him, eat snacks with him, and live with him, but they aren't boyfriends.

So what are they now?

Sailom called Kanghan his friend,

but for Kanghan?

Pimfah originally asked Sailom for tutoring, so he would have gotten money (if this were just about money), but Kanghan eliminated that funding source just like he did with Sailom's other tutoring clients in episode two.

Because Kanghan's isn't just buying a service from Sailom (tutoring); he is buying Sailom by forcing him to move in, and playfully asking him to feed him and massage his back. And both Name and Kanghan mention this type of job being "easy"

And Sailom is good company for a client.

Kanghan didn't give Sailom any other option but to keep him company.

Kanghan isn't Sailom's friend. He doesn't want to be Sailom's friend. He is a client, and until Kanghan changes his mentality, he is going to continue thinking that his money has power over Sailom. But without his money, what use does Sailom have with him?

None.

And that's what scares him.

[neonsbian]

i kinda hate that i was right abt kang not rlly changing and that his change was purely tied to his love for sailom and how easily that was broken because of something sailom didnt even do

[gunsatthaphan]

dangerous romance - coming august 18th

[bellarkeandclintashaandsuch]

Kang was honest with his grandma about how his dad’s behavior makes him feel like his dad doesn’t think he can achieve anything, and instead of talking to the dad about this situation, so the dad can make it right, grandma instead forced the kid whose scholarship she controls to move in with his former bully, so his former bully can prove to his dad that he can get into uni. We know Sailom is already falling for Kang, but grandma can’t know that. This can’t have been her real first thought. She’s gotta see that Kang is the one in love and definitely gonna blow it if left to his own devices, so she’s trying to set them up, right? Otherwise, grandma, please 😂

[jjsanguine]

Sailom: huh, what's that?

Kanghan, turning his head: ?

Sailom: kisses Kanghan's cheek

Kanghan: :D