discussing the storyline in which ray asks kim out on a date but she plays hard to get, an "eastenders" insider told the "daily star sunday" that "kim absolutely fancies the pants off ray but she's got to calm herself down. she wants to get this one right so she decides the best way is to play hard to get. ray sees straight through her and rather enjoys winding her up. she's a little firecracker as far as he's concerned and he likes it. these two are going to provide quite a bit of comedy as they get to know each other. kim believes it's her destiny to have a fit man on her arm and she may well have met her match in ray. it's going to be a fun few weeks for her and everyone is excited at the prospect of these two becoming a couple. they have real on-screen chemistry." kim plays hard to get with ray for a number of weeks, until ray admits his feelings for her in scenes broadcast in april 2012. up until then, they argue a lot, which a writer for "all about soap" insisted was sexual tension. an "eastenders" insider told "inside soap", "pairing up kim and ray initially creates fireworks of entirely the wrong kind! but there's definitely something there, and [their colleagues] can see plain as day that they're meant to be together." venn said in may 2012 that pairing up kim and ray creates "a dynamic comedic duo [which] brings comedic spice to the show."