Things that matter are not easy. Feelings of happiness are easy. Happiness is not. Flirting is easy. Love is not. Saying youre friends is easy. Being friends is not.

We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us were wrong. Someone we trust.

Its bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. Theyre not. Theyre just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close.