u/Admirably_Tasty

I’ve loved him for so long that I don’t remember when it started.

We could both afford our own places, but we’ve always stayed roommates because life is just… better together. We cook together, binge terrible TV together, fall asleep tangled on the couch. We cuddle. We act like a couple in every way except the few that matter.

Neither of us ever says anything.

Maybe we’re both too scared to lose what we already have.

So I do the sensible thing.

I say yes when someone asks me out.

And for the first time, he has to watch me get ready for another man. He fixes my necklace with steady hands, tells me I look beautiful, and smiles like it doesn’t cost him anything.

I’m ready to leave, anyway.

—

I’m looking for someone who’d like to help me turn this into a full role. Are you the roommate that understands the weight of never risking it now? The date, that has to deal with these emotions? The best friend, that wraps a hand around my throat and whispers “have I ever given you the notion that you’re not mine”?

Let’s find it out.

I’ve loved him for so long that I don’t remember when it started.

We could both afford our own places, but we’ve always stayed roommates because life is just… better together. We cook together, binge terrible TV together, fall asleep tangled on the couch. We cuddle. We act like a couple in every way except the few that matter.

Neither of us ever says anything.

Maybe we’re both too scared to lose what we already have.

So I do the sensible thing.

I say yes when someone asks me out.

And for the first time, he has to watch me get ready for another man. He fixes my necklace with steady hands, tells me I look beautiful, and smiles like it doesn’t cost him anything.

I’m ready to leave, anyway.

—

I’m looking for someone who’d like to help me turn this into a full role. Are you the roommate that understands the weight of never risking it now? The date, that has to deal with these emotions? The best friend, that wraps a hand around my throat and whispers “have I ever given you the notion that you’re not mine”?

Let’s find it out.

It’s bad enough that the video exists. Worse that he uploaded it to RuinME. But the worst part? Waking up as RuinMe’s new face. The video went viral, the mix of cute and innocent that came from not knowing it was taken; the tenderness with which I supposedly treated a ‘rapist’ within a CNC environment.

According to RuinMe’s T&Cs, any video uploaded becomes their IP. So I woke up the new face of a movement I’m not even aware exists. But millions do. And millions have watched. Know who I am… and have every incentive to make the next viral clip of the “Sweet Bait”.

When we met in our freshman year of college, it was clear that the wild days were still around. The parties, the sleepovers, it wasn’t all that uncommon to find people together even if they really shouldn’t be - or acted as if they were not.

But with everything that changes since, this was not one of the changes. The group chat is as active as ever, the bonds are still here. Some got married, some are dating… but the moment it’s just us? I can understand why the “She’s just a close friend” excuse can bother some partners.

Specially with all the photos and videos we have over the years, proving just how much that isn’t the case.

[CAN GO A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS]

- Does one of them have more than a casual crush?

- Maybe I start dating and that changes the dynamic?

- Or just light and fun “the one I told you not to worry about” vibes?