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Yeah, the first scene in the first episode was his first appearance - like a flashforward instead of a flashback or something lol

Oh, and it wasn't just the bloodhound time, either - Nakhin went to pick him up at the café himself a couple of times, without warning him, being all "oh, nakhun wants you back home." Like he's a teenager and Nakhun is his dad.

Agreed. A_A Phatsa needs to tell them what is what, urgently.

Please forgive me for putting too much thought into this - it's the fanfic writer in me. This is what I'd do to make this work (for my taste, of course) in the last 6 episodes if I was the screenwriter:

Phatsa isn't pregnant, but is really annoyed that everyone thought he was and yet didn't clue him in on it. He's also pissed that the extra attention from Nakhun was thanks to the imaginary baby, since it fits with the rest of his issues related to their relationship - he doesn't feel liked for the person he is, only for 'being a soul mate' and the bond... So he finally opens up about how disrespectful that situation was, and makes clear what he wants: to be more independent and less coddled. He wants to work outside of the house, in his area, instead of being a glorified intern of Nakhun's. He also wants to go back to the shooting range and train more for his own self-defense. He connects more with his friends, understanding they're an integral part of his happiness and his identity, and even has them over at the mansion sometimes.

He establishes his boundaries, too, without silly misunderstandings and without letting Nakhun just skirt around his lack of communication. Phatsa tells him he needs important info BEFORE or AT THE SAME TIME things happen, not just to be told after they're dealing with consequences (Nakhun getting shot and him discovering the next day; Nakhun spending days at the hotel without telling him why or for long he was going; the whole pregnancy debacle where no one thought of telling him what was possibly up: incidents of this type shouldn't happen again) Nakhun messes up a few times, trying to get used to all the changes, but he is eventually okay with it. He becomes less overprotective and accepts that Phatsa is a grown man who can (mostly) take care of himself. He still insists Ai should always with Phatsa outside of the mansion, though.

Phatsa starts being seen as a person instead of an object that only matters when Nakhun has time for him. On the other hand, Nakhun takes matters into his own hands when it comes to training Phatsa to become an even better shooter and fighter, and they spend more time together than just sleeping, having sex and complaining. Shocking, I know.

Our true omega gets to become a realized person in some ways, since now he's more independent and isn't spending all his time lounging around the house and going down the stairs on his butt. He gets his confidence back and becomes more like who he used to be, but in a more mature version. They actually develop real feelings for each other (!!!)

+ Phatsa's negligent, stupid father only reappears at Nakhun's birthday gala, and mostly to tell Alpha-Daddy (who was a sibling of the alpha who bit and bonded Phatsa's mom against her will) the true omega was there all along. He reveals he was the one who hid his test results - at first just because he was worried about his son, but then because of his status as a true omega.
+ Nakhun's father feels humiliated and has humble himself and apologize to Phatsa if he ever hopes to be a part of an eventual (enigma) grandchild's life.
+ Nakhin's romance actually showcases a good relationship despite him and Ongsa not being able to get bonded, and it serves as a contrast to Phatsa and Nakhun's relationship
+ Naphitch finds out he was being targeted by Sangnuea, who was trying to get bitten by _any rich alpha_ he could get, so his life can be what he always wanted. He gets angry and calls him a golddigger. Sangnuea actually has a couple of really good points about how hard it is to be a poor and unprotected omega, though, and shows them very clearly to Naphitch (not through sheer exposition, though, we've had too much of that). They make up and eventually start a relationship that isn't based on one of them being used.
+ There's a time skip. Everyone in the family is soap-opera levels of happy, as are Ongsa and Sangnuea. Ai and the other bodyguard are dating in secret. Jim left service and opened her own healthy food restaurant.
+ Phatsa discovers he's pregnant and looks forward to having a baby with the man he actually loves.
The end.

Wishful thinking for the next 7 episodes, or "how I'd do the second half of the show":

Phatsa isn't pregnant, but is really annoyed that everyone thought he was but didn't clue him in on it. He's also pissed that the extra-attention from Nakhun was thanks to the imaginary baby, since it fits with the rest of his issues related to their relationship - he doesn't feel liked for the person he is, only for 'being a soul mate' and the bond... So he finally makes clear what he wants: to be able to work outside of the house, in his area, instead of a glorified intern of Nakhun's. He also wants to go back to the shooting range and start training for his own self-defense, and reconnects with his friends, including having them home sometimes.

He establishes his boundaries, too, without silly misunderstandings and without letting Nakhun just skirt around his lack of communication. He tells him he needs important info BEFORE or AT THE SAME TIME things happen, not just to be told after they're dealing with consequences (avoiding repeats of things like only finding out Nakhun got shot the next day, for example) Nakhun eventually gets it, and is okay with it, though he insists on Ai always being with Phatsa anyway. Phatsa starts being seen as a person instead of an object that only matters when Nakhun has time for him and spends the rest of the time being made to do domestic stuff that he isn't interested in.

Phatsa gets to be realized in some ways, gets his confidence back and becomes more similar to who he used to be, only more mature. Nakhun takes matters into his own hands when it comes to training Phatsa to become an even better shooter and fighter, and they spend more time together than just sleeping, having sex and complaining. They actually develop feelings for each other.

+ Phatsa's negligent, stupid father only reappears at Nakhun's birthday party, and mostly to tell Alpha-Daddy (who was a sibling of the alpha who bit and bonded Phatsa's mom against her will) the true omega was there all along. He reveals he was the one who hid his test results - at first just because he was worried about his son, but then because of his status as a true omega.

+ Nakhun's father feels humiliated has humble himself and apologize to Phatsa.
+ Nakhin's romance actually showcases a good relationship despite him and Ongsa not being able to get bonded, and it serves as contrast to Phatsa and Nakhun's relationship
+ Naphitch finds out he was being targeted by Sangnuea, who was trying to get bitten by _any rich alpha_ he could get, so his life can be what he always wanted. He gets angry and calls him a golddigger, but Sangnuea actually has a couple of really good points about how hard it is to be a poor and unprotected omega. They make up and eventually do bond.
+ There's a time skip. Everyone in the family is soap-opera levels of happy, as are Ongsa and Sangnuea. Ai and the other bodyguard are dating in secret. Jim left service and opened her own healthy food restaurant.
+ Phatsa discovers he's pregnant and looks forward to having a baby with the man he actually loves. He wonders if it'll be an enigma and how that'd work, but he's looking forward to finding out. The end.

A bun that he doesn't even know is in the oven, btw, because since they don't treat him like a person (he's an incubator and trophy "wife," basically) he apparently isn't supposed to know what's happening to him and his own freaking body.

...assuming he's actually pregnant.

I don't think the writer(s) thinks that deeply about anything in the plot. But if they did and it was in fact on purpose I'd hope that soon enough (we already reached half point) he'd be able to be clear with Nakhun about what he wants and what his boundaries are --- like "I want to go out to the café," "I want to have a job outside of the house," "I want to go back to the shooting range once a week," "I don't want to become a chef," "I dislike flower arranging," "I want to go back to training martial arts," etc) and start building a future he doesn't hate. D: They're basically treating him like a thing, a cute accessory who happens to be able to lay eggs...

I'm pretty sure there will be fanfiction that's more thoughtful and engaging than the original material soon enough. I'm looking forward to it tbh...

I vote on 'completely by accident' myself.

And I disagree on one little thing you said: "he can literally do whatever he wants," but every time he leaves the house he has to have 2 security guards with him and even though he does that, he still gets called back home like he's on a curfew all the time. And when he's at the house, he's alone except for the staff, or being made to do 'wife things,' that he has no interest in, because he's an omega and must be girly and domestic according to the family's views.

He's too stunned to do anything about it other than complain about what he lost. I hope soon enough (we already reached half point) he'll be able to be clear with Nakhun about what he wants and what his boundaries are --- like "I want to go out to the café," "I want to have a job outside of the house," "I want to go back to the shooting range once a week," "I don't want to become a chef," "I dislike flower arranging," "I want to go back to training martial arts," etc) and start building a future he doesn't hate.

Maybe negligent daddy (Phatsa's) found out that there was a test in his name even before he appeared last episode and hid it somehow. He's so mysterious (and clueless and stupid, but okay), who knows what he can or cannot do? :P

They keep telling instead of showing. Long monologues about Phatsa, infodumps about ABO, etc -____-

I think we might not get anything but unresolved hanging threads, honestly :/

He always seems to be doing his best to catch one of Nakhun's brothers these days, right? If he was just trying to secure a rich alpha to bond with him it'd be fine, but I don't know if that's it at all, not with the way he moved from Nakhin to Naphitch and how he ran away when Naphitch appeared at the café. It's weird. I also don't get why Phatsa's pheromones only started pheromoning [?] after he saved Sangnuea...

No one ever tells Phatsa anything. His dad didn't tell him shit, Nakhun can't even explain that he's gonna be at a hotel for work for a few days and nights, Nakhun's family and staff are all sure he's pregnant and won't tell him either. I feel horrible for him.

Now contrast this cluelessness to his father telling him how great his powers of observation were (as well as how strong and smart he was) lol

Right?? Unless my really underground theory about Sangnuea being a sussy baka weirdo who was in cahoots with those guys (either to 1. get get an alpha to save him, and later con this alpha, like what he seems to be doing with Nakhun's brothers or 2. to find targets for human trafficking, since Phatsa was pursued soon after) is true and that kind of thing doesn't really happen at all. A_A

Yeah, it didn't work. Not telling him and not having him tested made Phatsa vulnerable to being bitten if he was an omega and at risk of biting someone if he was an alpha. Dad's "plan" would only have worked if he was a beta. It's so silly.

Plus, I get that dad didn't want to bite his girlfriend so that she chose him, instead of being forced to be with him - but that also made her vulnerable to being bitten by any enemies of his/hers that happened to be alphas or in any other weird situation. Once they were into each other, they should've talked about it and come to the conclusion that it would be better than her ending up bound to some random person, or worse, someone with an axe to grind.

And even after she was bitten, shouldn't he have killed the alpha who did it ASAP? Supposing the omega mom and the alpha enemy weren't fated soulmates, wouldn't one of them dying mean the bond was voided and spare her any suffering? (And he killed the guy later anyway, so he could and should've done it earlier). I think Sangnuea said something about that, or perhaps I'm remembering other ABO media, dunno. But even if I'm mixing ABO universes, the other two paragraphs make more sense than the plot rn, right?

It made me so angry I considered quitting the show 3 times before this episode reached 15 minutes. -_- I've had (and still have) a bunch of issues with it, but that was just amazingly stupid.

I think that's what they called the poet, who was the same man who attacked Falcon.

There was too much exposition regarding Phatsa's mom and dad. We could have done with some flashbacks, but I guess they couldn't afford it.

It makes no sense that Phatsa didn't find out about ABO from his friends or wtv. Even random little kids at the café know about it, and he wasn't raised in confinement or quarantine or anything like that. Ongsa is so knowledgeable about it, and he's such good friends with Phatsa, that he should at least have clocked that Phatsa was clueless.

The pregnancy plot is annoying. :( It took too much time, no one clued in the constantly ignorant Phatsa on it, and I bet it's a fake-out anyway.

Btw, the father telling Phatsa that he had great observational skills while Phatsa a) has pregnancy symptoms b) knows he can get pregnant c) has had the opportunity to get pregnant d) is surrounded by people thinking he's pregnant and hiding it from him is just too silly.