#if someone starts shit abt this or whatever ill delete this lmao

[zedif-y]

this is just me rambling so maybe take it with a grain of salt, but i kind of hate how so much of fictional media makes unrequited feelings seem like such a depressing death sentence. like. i can't be the only one that feels that that's a little fucked up.

so love is selfless until you feel it so deeply that rejection makes you wonder if you are about to die. love is beautiful until it isn't returned in which case it is a curse. love is wanting the best for someone until the best turns out to not be you.

and maybe i'm jaded and maybe i'm just bitter but i think that's all fucked up. i think that you can have feelings for someone and continue being friends past any sort of rejection as long as nobody involved is weird about it. i think love can be an amazing feeling whether or not it is reciprocated the same way back.

i'd love to see stories where two people are friends and one is in love and the other isn't and they both know. and they're okay. and there isn't a secret pain, a hidden deep sorrow from within. there isn't scheming to change the situation, just an acceptance and an understanding between two people that yeah. you're important to me. our feelings are different but at its core they are the same.

am i insane? is this really that crazy of a concept?

because sure pining is a thing but doesn't that just stem from feeling like you aren't as valued by the person as much as you value them? does someone have to kiss you and take you out on dates labelled 'ROMANTIC' to say hey, if you disappeared from my life it would crush me. your presence is valued and i cherish the time we spend together.

is there something i'm not getting? is there something i just don't understand?

why can't love just be?