#i'd apologise for making it very kimchay but in my defence you started it!!

[just-slightly-chayotic]

Have sent kimchay anons to viva-yas-vegas and snickerdoodlles and in my head you are my kinnporsche triumvirate so it's your turn! Been thinking about how Chay and Porsche were pre-mafia and obviously Porsche didn't want Chay working. But that doesn't mean Chay can't do anything to help, right? And then I was thinking about the smiley face egg. I think when Porsche dropped out of school to work full-time, Chay started doing most of the cooking. Porsche is gone in the evenings and asleep during breakfast. And if Chay is cooking, he's probably shopping. So baby Chay shows up o a wet market with his fluffy hair and his cute smile and like 1000 baht from Porsche for food for them for the week. And some salty old auntie is like "well I'm not going to let this boy starve because he can't bargain." So she takes him under her wing, and he's smart and quick, so in a month or two he's got a reputation for being a cherubic cutthroat. And he's like "too bad I can't negotiate school fees and utility bills." But then he starts scholarship hunting and calls the utilities company and... it turns out he kind of can?? It's amazing what you can get if you just ASK. (Wik, would you be my guitar tutor?)

Anon, anon, anon, first of all, that's such a nice thing to say?? Thank you 🥹 I'm in a puddle of tears 💛

Second of all... That's such a brilliant headcanon? Ugh, my heart! Baby Chay at the market almost getting trampled by people the first couple of times, leaving with his hands less full than he'd like and his pockets empty. And some snarky old lady taking pity? Chay applying it to other things in life later too? I love it!

It becomes a habit, so even later, when Porsche is already working for the mafia and sending Chay more than enough money weekly, Chay still bargains every time, automatically at this point.

Kim and Chay are hanging out in the Kittisawat house (on one of their not-date dates) and Chay offers to cook for them, except the fridge is completely empty because he was meant to go shopping, but then Kim texted him and well... So he suggests that Kim come with him to the market to pick up some things, they're not that hungry yet anyway (and let's be honest, when is the last time Kim had a home cooked meal? He'd jump at the chance.) so Kim drives them and he isn't sure what he expects but seeing Chay bargain? is not it.

To be honest, when Chay starts Kim doesn't even think about offering to pay the full price until Chay has already negotiated the price way down and is taking out his wallet, because he's just staring at Chay with heart eyes. (Does Kim still end up paying? Probably at the other stalls when he's less caught off guard, but not this one.) Kim is mesmerised, in awe, and also feeling a healthy amount of fear towards Chay. (He's having Feelings and it's getting harder and harder to think that he will get out of this unscathed.)