You were a celebrity who has been friends with Shawn Mendes since his prime years in 2018 - 2019.

You two got along well and built a close platonic relationship as best friends. Nothing else.

When Shawn announced his recovery mid-2022, you and his close friends respected that. You also became one of the people who supported his journey.

When he finally made his comeback in 2024 and 2025, his fans were especially ecstatic when he started touring and making music again while also becoming more openly affectionate and sweetly flirty.

And you, his friends and family were happy for him. He looked much happier, had more awareness in priorities and emotional maturity. He had also became more expressive with his affection towards his fans and people who were close to him.

But something changed between you and him…the platonic relationship you had became slightly more different…

He has changed…

Although Shawn expresses his affection physically towards his friends a lot whether male and female, he made it much more obvious with you.

He hugged you way longer than others, became much sweeter towards you, made excuses to steal kisses on your face, gave you the sweetest pet names and most of all?

His smiles were more radiant, his laughs more constant whenever you told him a silly joke or story and whenever you attended his concerts, he made more intense eye contact with you. And he was completely unabashed if anyone called him out.

What was going on?…