Love is no longer unsighted for Kyle Abrams and Deepti Vempati. Following months of speculation, the brace yet confirmed on-camera that they are dating during the play 2 premiere of Love Is Blind: After the Altar, which aired connected Sept. 16. In an affectional scene, Kyle, 30, told Deepti, 31, “I privation to conscionable commencement a relationship, similar a morganatic relationship, with you.” He told her that helium wanted it to beryllium “exclusive” and not “just like, successful limbo.” As they gazed astatine each different connected the balcony, Deepti asked him, “We’re going to really effort this?” Kyle responded, “Yeah, sure. I privation to.”

As fans of the deed Netflix amusement know, sparks were successful the aerial during play 1, but neither of the acted connected it. During the Love Is Blind reunion successful March, Kyle told amusement hosts Nick, 48, and Vanessa Lachey, 41, that helium wished helium would person gone aft what helium wanted sooner. “I should person tried harder for her. I emotion her truthful much, she’s the best,” helium said. “And I privation I saw what was close successful beforehand of maine and that’s my biggest regret. I’m sorry.” It was not one-sided, however. In a caller interrogation with New York Magazine, Deepti said that she, too, had beardown feelings for Kyle.

So, what made him alteration his caput this season? Kyle spoke to People about wherefore helium decided to inquire Deepti to beryllium successful an exclusive relationship. “I enactment truthful overmuch unit connected myself due to the fact that I was like, ‘I don’t privation this to fail’. I was hesitant to leap successful for that crushed due to the fact that she was my champion friend,” helium told the outlet. “And if it doesn’t enactment out, you benignant of suffer the friendship. Because if you interruption up for immoderate crushed — and I wasn’t readying to interruption up — but you ever person to deliberation astir what happens after.”
He said that helium was alert of immoderate imaginable issues that could originate erstwhile dating a champion friend. “I’ve been successful that concern wherever you commencement dating your champion person and past you interruption up. You can’t truly spot that idiosyncratic anymore due to the fact that it’s not just to your aboriginal person,” helium told People. “I wouldn’t privation my existent woman to beryllium hanging retired with her ex-boyfriend. It’s not cool. I don’t deliberation anyone would similar that.”