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sun is so enamored with peace i'm going to have a heart attack

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Sure Ken

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Way 2.0 said since everybody around me is stupid lemme use the only type of metaphor that works with y'all okay so get this it's like a if Mattel never produced Hot Wheels

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I'm gonna cry just imagining the look on Kentas face when Kim comes for him

okay anon I hope you won't mind me using this ask to vent about the aftermath of the kiss and how that leads us to kim rescuing kenta (HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT EPISODE)

(already vented about the kiss here. Just in case.)

ALRIGHT.

so right after the kiss where is kenta at. (screenshots quality is going to be: ass. Sorry)

what breaks my heart about kenta (thanks a lot garfield) is that he almost looks apologetic.

as i discussed in my other post, kim took a huge risk with regards to his own feelings and vulnerability when he kissed kenta, and kenta is way too familiar with heartbreak to not see that. but he himself knows he just can't let this go. he can't just get tony get away with it, he has to stop him.

but something does shift in the way kenta acts with kim - he's constantly touching him now.

(first screenshot was supposed to be kenta touching kim's leg. I was just done trying to take screenshots not going to lie)

now obviously these aren't casual touches, they have a very specific purpose - keeping kim safe. kenta wants to make sure kim is constantly within reach, and constantly safe.

you know what it is. it's like by showing his own feelings, kim has allowed kenta to care. it's like kenta cared before the kiss, but he wasn't sure he was allowed to show it. I don't know if I'm explaining this well, so apologies if I repeat myself, but.

I think Kenta clearly cared for Kim before the kiss. In an undefined way, sure, but he wanted Kim close. He could rely on Kim. He trusted Kim. Which, arguably, for Kenta is pretty much everything.

But Kenta didn't know how Kim felt about him - for all he knew, Kim was reluctantly but diligently following Pete's request.

And now that he knows - now that he knows, he's allowed to show care the best way he knows how. Keep Kim safe.

Kenta also becomes suddenly aware of how Kim reacts to him - also because Kim reacts to him far more openly.

So where are we at. Kim cares about Kenta enough to kiss him, enough to follow him into an idiotic plan, enough to want to keep him safe.

Kenta knows. Let me repeat that, Kenta knows. In the sense that, not only has Kim told him. Kim has shown him in a way that Kenta can't deny.

And that's when Kenta tells Kim trust me and asks Kim to leave him behind. Which is arguably a low blow. Kenta is making this a trust issue, when it's really not. Not to mention, Kim is wildly out of his depth (he says so himself), so he can't think of an alternative on the spot.

Kim is so fucking upset.

But I also think Kenta was making himself vulnerable here in more ways than one.

I think Kenta is sacrificing himself and answering Kim's own sacrifice (when he kissed him, if I'm still following my previous post).

Listen, Kenta doesn't take self sacrifice lightly, not at this point. He doesn't care about his life much, that's for sure, but he's fought so hard to get the information he wants from Tony, he's not taking this sacrifice lightly.

He is giving up on his mission. Except that it's all backwards. It's not to save himself. It's to save Kim.

AND SO.

You know the only place left to go?

because now they both know!! And when Kenta is going to thread his fingers through kim's hair I'll lose my mind!!!

And Kenta won't be surprised because he knows at this point, he knows Kim will rescue him. He's already done it. But he'll be surprised because now he knows it's not just because Pete asked Kim to keep an eye on him. It's because someone finally, finally purely and simply cares that Kenta is safe.

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Alright. The kiss.

I'm not going to say anything intelligent about it, but I need to talk about it because, in a way, it was so unexpected and yet it made so much sense.

Okay okay.

First of all.

I think we should all agree Kenta has been exceedingly patient, given his history. Pete isn't trying to control him the same way Tony was, obviously, but still, it must feel suffocating for Kenta. He's trying to do the right thing, he finally has the agency and the means to do the right thing like only he can, given the knowledge he has, and he keeps being stopped because Pete is too busy fucking Chris.

Which is why him being so impatient makes perfect sense, even with Kim, who's just trying to keep him safe and has, so far, always given into him - Kenta doesn't see a difference. How could he, when he has no idea someone like Kim could care for him?

And so we get to this.

you stay here and wait for pete. I think that just about sums it up for kenta. he's the only one who can stop tony and no one seems to feel the same urgency as him.

it's also so fucking interesting how they're not properly fighting. they're pushing each other, kim is (i think) doing a ton of blocking, but no one is attacking. That's just so emblematic of their relationship. Anyway

but the thing is, this time kenta's frustration meets kim's. kim has witnessed the danger kenta will put himself in without thinking one too many times. And kim fucking cares for kenta at this point.

And up to this point Kim hasn't stopped Kenta, not really. But he's getting fucking worried, and he knows he can't really stop Kenta.

Which is how we get to this.

Kim isn't selfish. He isn't selfless either, he's guided by morals - but he's not kissing Kenta out of selfishness.

Kim knows perfectly well it's too soon. He knows kissing Kenta won't make Kenta fall in love with him or some absurdity like that.

When Kenta gets up, this is how Kim looks at him.

He knows he might have just blown it, because he can't approach Kenta with that immensity of a feeling.

But that's not why he did it.

Kim kissed Kenta and told him could you care about how I feel too? Not just always Pete?

Kim saw that there is this bond between Kenta and Pete because Pete was one of two people who were ever anything to Kenta. And Kim knows he has no time to let Kenta understand that he wants to be something to Kenta too, he knows Kenta won't see it - so he kisses him and he forces him to see it.

I care about you too. Can you listen to me now? Can you see that I want you to be safe too?

Kim kisses Kenta because he hopes against all hope that Kenta will try to keep himself alive.

But in doing so, Kim knows he's doing too much too soon as far as his relationship with Kenta goes. He just put Kenta's survival above the relationship he wishes to have with him.

There are tears in Kim's eyes.

Because it didn't work. It was a desperate attempt that made him really fucking vulnerable. And it didn't work.

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I DON'T LIKE THIS. I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE BIT.

I DON'T LIKE THIS. I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE BIT.

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I DON'T LIKE THIS. I DON'T LIKE THIS ONE BIT.

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is it possible that sonic is worried about dean for north???

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sun and peace fighting like hell to be able to have a few normal moments is driving me insane actually

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TAN LOOKING AT PEACE AND SUN'S SEX PAINTING SHZHBWJXHS

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AAAAA HAVE TOU WATCHED THE NEW PITBABE EPISODE?!?!?!?,!!!!

ANON I HAVE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CHECKING!! I will post all my silly screenshots as soon as I have time, I need to PROCESS

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suddenly hit me like a cartoon character stepping on a rake that kim and kenta might kiss in today's episode

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"Tonight, we killed someone. I killed the one who ordered my father's death. I never thought that deciding to kill someone would be this painful or torturous. Since I got out of prison, I dreamed of taking revenge. But, so many things have happened."

THE BANGKOK BOY (2025). EPISODE EIGHT.

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Love how it almost looks like Kenta, when Kim shields him, tries to keep the momentum going so he can get Kim away and protected but Kim just doesn't let him. He's like goddamn you I will protect you. And then you get the Kenta "oh" moment

YES. it's such a neat representation of their relationship too, isn't it? kim having to remind kenta that no. i'm here too and i can take care of you.

it's going to be so interesting (and by interesting i mean painful) when next episode comes 👀👀

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Noooo don't call your opinions silly I love seeing what you think about the show n stuff. I have a hard time putting words together for many reasons and also a hard time noticing certain things. Sometimes when I'm legit confused I come and send an ask and you always explain it so well. I rlly like reading what u have to say don't dismiss urself or ur talent 😤😤

sorry for the late response, i've had a shitty start to my week. thank you 🥹🥹 i'm just here. rambling. 🤎

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The Next Prince: Episode 7

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btw. kim didn't simply say "you're bottling up too much. be careful or you'll end up like kenta."

he said it right after he said "you care about everyone so much you forgot your own happiness". right after witnessing and observing kenta take care of alan without a second thought.

it's not just that alan and kenta are bottling up too much - it's that they care about everyone else so much that they forgot their own happiness. both of them.