2gether (Thai TV series)

2gether: The Series (เพราะเราคู่กัน;, lit. 'because we belong together') is a 2020 Thai romantic comedy series starring Vachirawit Chivaaree and Metawin Opas-iamkajorn. An adaptation of the 2019 Thai novel "Because We ... Belong Together" by JittiRain, the series follows the story of two college boys who go from being in a fake romantic relationship into a real couple. Directed by Weerachit Thongjila and produced by GMMTV and Housestories 8, it was showcased at "2020 New & Next" event on 15 October 2019. It premiered on GMM 25 and LINE TV. 2gether: The Series has emerged as one of Thailand’s most internationally successful boys' love series.

Synopsis
College cheerleader Tine Teepakorn is tired of the constant attention from a male admirer, Green. He plans to pretend to be in a relationship with a boy to discourage his advances. Sarawat Guntithanon, a mysterious musician with aloof personality, becomes the unwilling participant in Tine's charade. Together, they create a fake relationship, with Sarawat hesitantly agreeing to act as Tine's boyfriend. Their fake relationship unknowingly evolves into something more profound, they confront their own insecurities and the complexities of their feelings. Along the way, they encounter supportive friends, family members who are grappling with their own issues. Sarawat & Tine eventually become a real couple, but not before facing their challenges.

Main

 * Vachirawit Chivaaree (Bright) as Sarawat Guntithanon
 * A popular first-year college student from the Faculty of Political Science, a football player, guitarist, member of the Music Club and the band Ctrl+S. Though adored for his good looks, he is stoic and an introvert, who except for his e-mail, does not have any social media accounts. He is persuaded by Tine to become his fake boyfriend, to escape his admirer, Green.


 * Metawin Opas-iamkajorn (Win) as Tine Teepakorn
 * A self-described "chic", a first-year college student from the Faculty of Law, a member of cheerleading squad. He had few unsuccessful dating records with the girls. He gets chased by his admirer Green, and after few failed attempts to drive him away, he gets convinced by his friends to make the popular guitarist Sarawat his fake boyfriend. Despite his pretend-homosexual relationship with Sarawat, Tine continues to claim that he only likes girls.

Music Club

 * Korawit Boonsri (Gun) as Green
 * A first-year college student from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, a member of the Music Club and Dim's boyfriend. Due to his conflicts with Dim, he seeks a new relationship with Tine, his crush with whom he becomes very clingy. After Dim makes amends with him, he starts his relationship over and lets go of Tine.


 * Sivakorn Lertchuchot (Guy) as Dim
 * Head of the Music Club and Green's boyfriend.


 * Pornnappan Pornpenpipat (Nene) as Air
 * Secretary of the Music Club.


 * Rachanun Mahawan (Film) as Earn
 * A member of the Music Club and of the club's band Ctrl+S.


 * Pattranite Limpatiyakorn (Love) as Pear
 * A member of the Music Club; Tine's crush.

Supporting casts

 * Sattabut Laedeke (Drake) as Mil
 * A student from the Faculty of Architecture who likes Tine, Sarawat's opponent in football competition; Sarawat's younger brother Phukong's love interest.


 * Thanatsaran Samthonglai (Frank) as Phukong
 * Sarawat's younger brother who has a crush on Mil.


 * Jirakit Kuariyakul (Toptap) as Type
 * Tine's elder brother; Man's love interest.

Tine's friends

 * Thanawat Rattanakitpaisan (Khaotung) as Fong
 * Best friends who gives Tine advice.


 * Pluem Pongpisal as Phuak
 * Best friends who is working on his own food review blog.


 * Chayakorn Jutamat (JJ) as Ohm
 * Best friends who is a self-proclaimed social media "god"

Sarawat's friends

 * Chinnarat Siriphongchawalit (Mike) as Man
 * Best friends who likes Tine's elder brother Type.


 * Chanagun Arpornsutinan (Gunsmile) as Boss
 * Best friends, who brings comic relief

Guest roles

 * Phakjira Kanrattanasoot (Nanan) as Fang
 * Head of the Faculty of Law's cheerleading squad.


 * Benyapa Jeenprasom (View) as Noomnim
 * Tine's ex who helps him in driving Green away by pretending to be his girlfriend.


 * Chalongrat Novsamrong (First) as Chat
 * One of Mil's coursemates from the Faculty of Architecture.


 * Chiwpreecha Thitichaya (Olive) as Ging
 * Tine's ex (Eps:1)


 * Chanunphat Kamolkiriluck (Gigie) as Pam
 * Sarawat's high school friend and former crush.(Eps:12,13)


 * Patchatorn Thanawat (Ployphat)
 * Wanwimol Jensawamethee (June) as Wan
 * Tine's friends, in order to distract him from Sarawat, tried to set him with her.

Soundtracks
Its original soundtrack "'Kan Goo" (คั่นกู) ranked 1st in Joox "Thailand's Top 100".

Scrubb
Aside from the official soundtrack, songs from Thai band Scrubb featured in the series, as the character Tine is a fan of the said band. In an interview, JittiRain, the author, mentioned that her being a band's fan inspired her to create the music part in the novel. The band also appeared in the show's 6th and 13th episode.

Reception
By 19 April 2020, it surpassed 100 million views on LINE TV. In 2020, it was "Top 10 Most Viewed Television Series" on LINE TV and YouTube. The success of the series led to the sequel Still 2gether and 2gether: The Movie. In some regions, it is available on Netflix.

Still 2gether
On 1 June 2020, GMMTV released teaser of the sequel Still 2gether. On 14 August 2020, the series premiered on GMM 25 and LINE TV, Friday at 21:30 ICT and 23:00 ICT respectively. The sequel follows where Sarawat and Tine, after one year, try to balance their relationship and career aspirations.

Thailand television ratings

 * In the table below, the blue number represents the lowest ratings and the red number represents the highest ratings.


 * Based on the average audience share per episode.

International Releases
On 27 July 2020, the series was aired on Kapamilya Channel in the Philippines. On 27 May 2024, the series aired on Kapamilya Channel's Primetime Bida, TV5 and A2Z. As of 2024, it is the first Thai series to be aired on Philippines's television and the second series to be dubbed in Tagalog.