Affair (รักเล่นกล)

Premise and plot

The series follows two young women who grew up together in one house but in different social positions. Siaeng Phleng (เสียงเพลง), played by Sonya Saranphat Pedersen, is a beautiful, wealthy, and talented high-school girl with a gift for music. Wanwiwah (วันวิวาห์), called Wan, played by Lukmhee Panyaphat Wongphongsathapon, is the daughter of the housekeeper who works in Siaeng Phleng's home. Wan is cheerful, playful, and direct, and capable, though she hides her abilities because she does not want to compete with Siaeng Phleng. She has loved Siaeng Phleng for a long time and tries to show it, but Siaeng Phleng blocks her, believing such a relationship is impossible.^{2 • 5}

The turning point comes when Siaeng Phleng warns Wan that one day they will each need a boyfriend. Wan, afraid of being lonely, rushes to find one first and meets Ek, the son of a rich family who likes her. Seeing this, Siaeng Phleng realizes she loves Wan and pushes her toward Ek until the two quarrel; Wan insists that she wants only Siaeng Phleng. Their relationship is then interrupted by a gunshot: Siaeng Phleng's father shoots himself, and her mother dies of sudden cardiac arrest, changing Siaeng Phleng's life.⁹ She flees the house at four in the morning.¹

Separation and reunion. The two are apart for thirteen years, a separation that reverses their circumstances.² When they meet again, Siaeng Phleng is seriously ill, and Wan, now a doctor, asks her to stay. Wan is about to marry Ek, a man who loves her devotedly, a marriage she entered partly because of Siaeng Phleng. The two women admit they love each other, but Wan's engagement places Siaeng Phleng in the position of loving someone who belongs to another, the "affair" of the title. They must choose between letting go of each other for good, or facing the obstacles together to prove that they were born for one another.^{5 • 1}

Ending. In the finale, Wan leaves Siaeng Phleng a farewell letter, mirroring the letter Siaeng Phleng once left behind years before. Reading it, Siaeng Phleng understands Wan's feelings and learns the truth that the two are not sisters. She searches for Wan and wins her back, and the two reunite. Wan then opens up honestly to her mother Pa Wi, saying that from now on she will live with Siaeng Phleng and choose her own path to happiness.³

Cast and characters

The series marked the first screen pairing of its two lead actresses, Sonya Saranphat Pedersen and Lukmhee Panyaphat Wongphongsathapon, a pairing fans refer to by the portmanteau LMSY.³ The supporting cast, with their character names as announced by the network:²

• Phatphol Wallaphasiri (ป็อป ภัทรพล) as Ek, the wealthy young man who loves Wan
• Kidakarn Chatkaewmanee (ซุง กิดาการ) as Frank
• Nadol Lamprasert (บอนซ์ ณดล) as Earth
• Aphatsiri Chantrasmi (อุ๋ม อาภาศิริ) as Pa Wi, Wan's mother
• Aphinant Prasertwattanakul (เอ็ม อภินันท์) as Khun Wut
• Chalita Fueangaramyu (แนน ชลิตา) as Khwan