[...Oh, honey. North is sure he's never met this boy before, but his heart goes out to him.]
You can't do more. You can never do more, but you can always do better. Does that make sense?
I can tell that you care about your friend more than anything. I know that sometimes it'll feel like it's killing you to see him chase someone else, but when I was in a position similar to yours, I wanted to do anything I could to stay close to him. Even if that meant just being his best friend forever, I wanted to be the best friend that I could be.
I wish I could say it was easy, or that I had a simple fix. If you need space, take the space that you need. If you want to be close to him, if you think he deserves better, then be the best friend that you can be for him.
If you feel like your feelings are getting in the way of your friendship, tell him. It may seem easy to just pull away, to convince yourself that he'll be happy with someone else. But it sounds to me like you mean as much to him as he means to you, even if the feelings are a little different. Even if you tell him, even if you make it clear that you don't expect anything, that you just want to be honest with him, it will hurt him less than just trying to pull away.
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You can't do more. You can never do more, but you can always do better. Does that make sense?
I can tell that you care about your friend more than anything. I know that sometimes it'll feel like it's killing you to see him chase someone else, but when I was in a position similar to yours, I wanted to do anything I could to stay close to him. Even if that meant just being his best friend forever, I wanted to be the best friend that I could be.
I wish I could say it was easy, or that I had a simple fix. If you need space, take the space that you need. If you want to be close to him, if you think he deserves better, then be the best friend that you can be for him.
If you feel like your feelings are getting in the way of your friendship, tell him. It may seem easy to just pull away, to convince yourself that he'll be happy with someone else. But it sounds to me like you mean as much to him as he means to you, even if the feelings are a little different. Even if you tell him, even if you make it clear that you don't expect anything, that you just want to be honest with him, it will hurt him less than just trying to pull away.
...I'm sorry, that was a lot of words.