so there's this thing inside me that's triggered whenever I have feelings for someone, and basically I deny the feelings and act like I don't even like the person when I actually do (a lot) like I don't even mean too, it's just an impulse, like permanently built into me. I've been doing it a lot with him (yes, I'm going to keep him nameless throughout this entire thing, to save him form embarrassment) I'm mostly like that when there are people around, I don't like to be vulnerable in front of people. When me and him are alone then I'm okay with kissing and cuddling, whatever. But around people, no way jose. I don't even walk beside him sometimes when we're in a group of people. I'm fine walking 5 steps ahead or behind. All our friends know we have a thing... I know he's told his friends from home, and so have I, but still. We aren't official, I don't plan on us being official anytime soon. Like I broke up with my boyfriend of a year and a half because I didn't want to be attached to someone anymore, so getting together with him would be unbelievably hypocritical of me.