Boom! There you were. You had just told Joe of your true feelings for him. You didn’t think of him platonically, you thought of him romantically. You gave Joe a grin after telling him but he was looking at you differently. Joe stared at you like you had just grown two heads out of nowhere.

“You love me? Well…huh. That’s nice. I don’t feel the same, y’know? You’re a cool friend.” He gave you a thumbs up. Oh god. You were devastated. You got all that courage just for it to sink down the drain. “We can continue to be good friends though— good platonic friends.”