u/BOT-SWEATER

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Way back a long time ago, irrelevant now

she liked me

I liked her back

I got scared and pulled away

We remained distant friends just at the border between that and strangers

A year later i have a new friend

She started talking to that new friend

I told him the situation with her

He backed off

A year later he started using her as a power move over me

Saying terrible sexual stuff about her and her friends both to piss me off and because its how he was

I cut him off

6 months pass

I enlighten her friends of everything he did

They cut him off

I’m then questioned and asked why i told them

I told the truth

It was strange and artificial, their friendship with him was

He wasn’t actually how he presented himself to them

And it ticked me off because of everything he used to say to me

About her

I had enough watching

“He knew exactly how i felt about her”

She heard everything i said

I felt it was a horrible confession

So the next day i asked her friend and my friend to leave the room

I told her to her face

I like you

I don’t want to change our friendship

I just don’t want to sit in ambiguity

She felt happy I finally could say it

But nothing more was said

We had an overnight camping trip the day after this

Immediately a situation sprouted between me, my friend and the one we cut off

It had nothing to do with her

It was very public though

And she eventually found out

It seemed as though i hated my former friend

And that i hated he was reconnecting with my friend

And it was reinforced when i yelled at him infront of everyone, at the peak of the situation

She saw everything

And began questioning my intentions

The next day she & her group asked me this time

Did i tell them out of jealousy

I told the truth

Jealousy was a natural factor, not the driving force behind my actions

My intentions were the same

Clarity

Not malice

They believed me

It has been a week

I still haven’t heard the end of it all

Its not just me

My friend too

He was just as involved as i was

In this drama

And he had made an even bigger mistake

He fell for one of her friends

Ironically enough

The one friend who couldn’t do the same

He wanted someone to fix him

She just wanted someone to live in the moment with

He didn’t like where they stood

Wanted more or nothing at all

She didn’t want to hurt his feelings

She didn’t tell him the truth

But she didn’t lie either

I told him

She can’t fix you

You have to do that yourself

He will never listen

There are other pieces that all float around loosely

I was told from an outsider perspective

He told her he loved her

She didn’t know how to respond

Her friend grabbed the phone and texted for her

She let him down easy

Without shooting him all the way down

They all wondered

Why she let it get this far

They thought

He wasn’t good enough for her anyway

That she was wasting time somewhere she didn’t even wanna be

Whether they were right or not

Isnt my place to say

I’m also told

They all wonder about me

They are surprised at the idea

Of me liking her

They wonder why I hadn’t said anything sooner

That only makes me wonder

What would’ve happened if I did

Is that a good question or bad

Who knows

My insider person was told this by the one my friend loves

They’re friends

I don’t know how close

It makes me wonder

How much she told him

I know deep down

I didn’t receive the full picture

About my situation

Or my friends

He knows more than he lets on

It makes me wonder

I don’t want clarity

I don’t want to resolve things

I don’t want answers

But i cant help but wonder

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u/BOT-SWEATER — 18 days ago