More Than Friends

To the ones who are not lovers,

I saw you wearing his sweatshirt in cafeteria last month. I saw him holding your bags after a shopping spree this week. I saw him ordering your complex drink exactly how you like it. I saw you buy toiletries for him, right from classic perfumes to his anti frizz shampoo. I saw you two looking at each other at the café last Friday when Ed Sheeran’s ‘Perfect’ played in the background. I saw him get jealous yesterday when the guitarist at the college concert slipped you his number. I saw you clench your teeth when the girl with braids gave him a flirty smile. I saw everything but somehow you’ve not been seeing it.

Yes, you are just friends and will stay like this until you see what I’ve seen.

-The one who wants to be your lover

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20 Comments Add yours

  1. muktimasih says:

    Wow, beautifully written.

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    1. Yamini says:

      Thank you so much 😊

      Liked by 1 person

  2. utahan15 says:

    two is even
    three is as one
    odd and out

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    1. Yamini says:

      There’s no place for the third

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  3. It does make you wonder though, if you’ll allow me, how much of what that third party think (s)he saw is real… after all, (s)he clearly isn’t unbiased!

    I loved this, Yamini – you’ve an amazing talent for teasing out life’s details.

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    1. Yamini says:

      It’s subjective, for the third party what he saw is real and not just his perception of the reality. While for the other two it might be real or perhaps it’s their inability to accept what is real!

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  4. YeS in my Case
    i Had A Good
    Woman Friend
    Dedicate
    A Line Out
    Of That
    Song
    To me
    That’s What
    i Love Most
    About Getting
    Old Friends
    Without
    Complications
    Dinosaurs Who Still
    Love Ed SheheN Freely
    As FRiEnDS HeHe 🦖🦕

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    1. Yamini says:

      Friendship without complications is the best gift we can have in today’s society

      Liked by 1 person

      1. 😁 So True
        So Very True

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  5. Lol wow. It is my best

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  6. Best friend’s reality

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    1. Yamini says:

      Reality from the perspective of the third person

      Like

  7. Ananta Riperseno says:

    So romantic

    Liked by 1 person

  8. Woodsy says:

    Written with such a beautifully gentle touch.

    Like

  9. Secrets says:

    Oh the heartbreak. Wonderful writing.

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  10. Sweet. Many of times friends can read their friends the way they have not mastered that language themselves yet. Beautifully written.

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  11. Canuck Carl says:

    Beautiful chemistry between friends.

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