hey... guess who's back? uh well, i mean you probably can't tell because of obvious reasons but um let's just say i used to come to this blog to talk about this boy i liked almost about two years ago. don't think that's gonna make it any easier to recognise but that's okay, I'll give you a lil refresher on the entire story and then we talk about why i'm here today.
and also, to avoid confusion, in case i come back here with an update to this story, i shall use 🍋🟩 as my identity.
anyway, so this started back in 2021. i was in 11th grade and prep-ing for my dream college and had joint a coaching institute like any other desi kid in this nation. and one fine day, 6 months into the foundation course, there was this boy, a new admission in my batch. and he was hot. well not exactly, at least not at first. he was this entitled asshole who thought that the world revolved around him.
and well, in a way... it kinda did. cuz like, almost every other girl had a crush on him. heck, i did too. and i, for the love of god and the life in me, COULD NOT TELL WHY. like yeah, he was an entitled asshole WHO WAS HOMOPHOBIC (i am bisexual), he was still yk charming. like not in a flirty way. but yk, in that playful cheary boyish way. and he was also considerate. i was an absolute introvert, hated talking. well, initially... and he made and effort to talk to me. to include me. like he didn't have to, yk cuz who even was i? i wasn't even nearly as popular as him, but he still did. and just like that, we were friends. but that's all we ever were. cuz he had a girlfriend. or, more like, a girl he had an on-and-off thing going on and i obviously had no place in it.
and then came the time I like to refer to as "The War". yk entrance exams? it was 2023, and now since entrance exams and boards were all finally over, we didn't really have a reason to go to coaching anymore, did we? the only thing we could do, was wait... and wait... and wait... and wait we did. until the results came out. i got in, he didn't. so he chose to go to a private college while i went to our my dream college. and then we grew apart... we only talked like twice a year when we went back home and our friend group met up for a reunion after every semester. we still followed (and still do) eachother on our instagrams but we hardly ever talked. but every time i met him, i could tell he had changed as a person. he was cool now. like not in the popular hot guy kinda way. i mean obviously, but also yk, like he'd grown as a person. yk, homophobia who? like he was wearing black nailpolish the last time we met and trust me when i say, pre college me would have laughed in your face if you had told her he wore nailpolish and pre college him would have called police on you. and me, i... well i won't say i'm not an introvert, but i do talk now, amongst other things.
what i'm trying to say is, we had both had grown into different, more accepting people (he's also developed an alcohol and weed addiction but that's pretty much everyone ik these days).
and we reconnected recently... which brings me back to my current situation... which is... that i may be developing a crush on him again, except he's a mature 21 year old man now, who's hotter. and i like talking to him. like yaar samajho na, wo saamne se baat karta hai every time 😭😭 like we live states apart, but he still makes concious effort to talk to me... not every day cuz it's barely been a few weeks since we started properly talking again... but he's always got something to talk to me about. and ik that's bare minimum but i really enjoy talking to him. and i don't feel judged. and the best part? HE DOESN'T HAVE ULTERIOR MOTIVES— okay idk maybe he might? but i highly doubt that. (this is the traumatized-by-dating-apps part of me speaking, you can ignore this)
anyway so yeah, i don't think if i wanna fall down that rabbit hole again but... 🦋🦋🦋🦋 this is a cry for help
hiiiii, i do remember you but very vaguely. also if he has shown growth, that's good. okay, i have so much advice for you. first would be, do not get attached. please do not get attached. then you'll be stuck in a cycle. take this time for what it is, you're friends. do not think about stuff over and over again and please do not make up scenarios. trust me, ive been there too.
also, the addiction part isnt nothing. alcohol and weed should not be addictions. i know people who balance everything out. if he's addicted then he might not be in control of his life. and that means he won't be that emotionally available to you.
im really happy that you guys have reconnected but take this as slow as you can. also the dating apps do suck, we need to meet people organically. that is through instagram dms.
i hope you stay safe okay. do not overthink anything.