Lara Jean Song-Covey and Peter Kavinsky’s relationship does not follow a straight path, as anyone who has followed them from the start—from the embarrassing moment those love letters escaped their shoebox and started the entire story—has already discovered. It fractures, repairs, nearly collapses due to anxiety about college applications, and endures three thousand miles. Additionally, it nearly disintegrates once more in XO, Kitty Season 3, in a more subdued and mature manner than any previous high school drama. Since the season ended, people have been asking more and more if Lara Jean and Peter are still together. The answer is yes, but it takes the entire season to find out.
The movies set a precedent early on. In the second part of the Netflix trilogy, To All the Boys P.S. I Still Love You, Lara Jean and Peter briefly parted ways due to jealously and uncertainty—her unresolved love for John Ambrose, his complex relationship with Gen—before reconciling.
| Entry Point | Relationship Status & Key Event |
|---|---|
| To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (Film 1) | Fake relationship becomes real; Lara Jean (Lana Condor) and Peter (Noah Centineo) end the film as a genuine couple |
| P.S. I Still Love You (Film 2) | Temporary breakup due to jealousy over Gen and the arrival of John Ambrose McClaren; they reconcile by the end after Peter fights for the relationship |
| Always and Forever, Lara Jean (Film 3) | Brief split triggered by college stress and diverging futures (Peter to Stanford, Lara Jean to NYU); Peter writes a new relationship “contract” and they commit to long distance |
| XO, Kitty Season 2 | Peter makes a surprise visit to Seoul confirming the long-distance relationship was intact; fans reassured the couple had survived the transition to adulthood |
| XO, Kitty Season 3 | Kitty visits Lara Jean in New York; Lara Jean reveals she and Peter are going through a serious rough patch — different life trajectories, long-distance strain between NYC and California |
| Season 3, Episode 6 | Lara Jean visits Kitty in Seoul; the trip becomes a turning point that inspires her to recommit to Peter rather than accept the relationship as over |
| Season 3 Finale | During a call with Kitty, Lara Jean confirms she and Peter are back together — they have chosen to work things out, though specific plans are left open-ended |
| Book Origin | Characters created by author Jenny Han; original To All the Boys trilogy published 2014–2017 before Netflix adaptation began in 2018 |
The third movie, Always and Forever, Lara Jean, concludes with a new obstacle: Peter and Lara Jean are going to different universities—Stanford for Peter and NYU for Lara Jean—and their connection needs to be intentionally renewed rather than drifting. One of the more emotionally fulfilling scenes in the trilogy is Peter’s decision to draft a new “contract” for them, which is a reference to the fictitious relationship agreement that initiated everything. This is because it demonstrates his understanding that love, at this point, is a decision made with full awareness of the difficulty ahead.
Kitty informed viewers in Season 2 of XO that the decision was valid. In the years between the film’s conclusion and the current spinoff, the long-distance arrangement had not quietly disintegrated, as evidenced by Peter’s unexpected visit to Seoul. It was a source of relief. The show’s willingness to verify that the characters were still together provided the character’s adulthood continuity without imposing a reunion plot, since not all couples who vow to waiting make it through the waiting.
In a way that feels really accurate to what long-distance relationships between individuals in their early twenties truly look like, Season 3 complicates that. When Kitty visits New York, she discovers that her sister, who is currently pursuing a publishing career there, is a little lost in her relationship.
California is where Peter is. The distance between their lives has grown in the same way that it does when two individuals are creating something different from one another: distinct friendships, distinct routines, and distinct versions of their daily lives. It’s not framed powerfully by Lara Jean. They’re going through a difficult time, she says. However, the meaning is greater than the term implies; it feels more like a gradual divergence than a bump.
When Lara Jean travels to Seoul in episode six, things take a turn. It’s difficult to put into words how the visit affects her; something about returning to the location where her family’s narrative started, near Kitty, in a setting completely apart from the demands of New York, makes the decision’s implications more apparent.
She’s not picking between Peter and something greater. She must decide whether to fight for something genuine or let it to fade away due to fatigue and inertia. She decides to engage in combat. Given how long fans have seen these two traverse the gap between where they are and where they want to be, it’s difficult not to find something genuinely emotional in that.
Fans receive the necessary assurance in the season finale when Lara Jean announces their reconciliation to Kitty over the phone. The specifics are not specified. It’s unclear what they actually decide, such as how they manage the distance, whether one of them moves, or neither. The show seems to be hinting at what might happen next without appearing to know. Rather than being evasive, such vagueness feels earned. Lara Jean and Peter continue to choose each other even after three movies and three seasons. That’s something, at least.
