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KMoonLight
HELP! My best friend has too many admirers!
So my best friend and I (M 23, M 22) have been living together for over a year now, and it’s been going pretty well for most of it. The other day, my best friend (let's call him J) and I were out buying new furniture to replace the ones that had worn out when this guy approached us and asked for J's autograph, which was weird because J has no public social media accounts. J gladly signed his shirt.
This wouldn't have been a problem if it didn't happen every single day! Random people keep approaching me every day to give boxes of chocolates and gifts to J. It's getting super annoying.
My other best friend (M 20) says I'm overreacting and if it really was a big deal, I should talk to J about it, but I know I'm better than getting overly salty out of pettiness and I can deal with this problem on my own. Anyway, I came here to ask if I'm really overreacting or if my anger is justified.
Jaehyun did not enjoy college a single bit; in fact, he might actually hate it. Kevin would tell him he was a liar because of how well he excelled in his program. But then, Jaehyun would shut him down with a single 'shut the fuck up' before Kevin would angrily flip him the bird and leave the room. It was true that Jaehyun excelled in his program, and he loved it. His program wasn't why he hated college; it was the fact that he was constantly being bombarded left and right by people he didn't know who kept trying to give him (shove at him) gifts he didn't need or want. It was all starting to overwhelm his roommate, Kevin Moon, an introvert extraordinaire.
This wasn't much of a problem, of course. He could deal with the constant bombardment of his personal space or even the occasional stalker. But one thing he couldn't tolerate was his roommate ignoring him because of these "fans" or better yet, "creeps."
Jaehyun didn't have concrete proof that Kevin was ignoring him because of the fans, but he couldn't ignore the telltale signs. First, there were, at least, seven boxes of chocolate with his name scribbled on a sticky note on four of them and a little card on one in the refrigerator that Jaehyun didn't remember putting there himself. Second, Kevin no longer walked with him back to their apartment. Kevin's class ended 20 minutes before his, and they had the same group of friends. This was odd because Jaehyun knew for a fact that Kevin liked to give Jaehyun all the gifts he'd collected on the way home, which he no longer did as Kevin tended to go home earlier than he did now. Lastly, Kevin doesn’t even eat dinner with him anymore, despite Jaehyun always willingly making Kevin's favorite dishes for him and making lame excuses to get Kevin to dine with him. It was a hopeless feat because if Jaehyun was good at making excuses to get Kevin to talk to him, Kevin was the mastermind of making excuses to ignore him!
It was about two weeks into Kevin's ignoring game when he finally gave in and ranted to their third link, Eric, all about it. Eric listened to his words, gave some advice of his own, and sent him a link to a forum he thought could give him more relatable advice. Most of the advice he'd given him hadn't made sense to Jaehyun, purely because he knew Kevin wasn't ignoring Eric in the same way.
Eric: https//:www.tbzuforum.com
Jaehyun had already known about the forum beforehand; his and Kevin's group of friends all shared a common interest in the site. As far as he was concerned, only he and Kevin didn't. He probably shouldn't have assumed that was true so fast because just as he was about to scroll through his own program's board, he saw a familiar handle on one of the pinned posts on the site: KMoonLight.
Curiously, Jaehyun clicked open the thread and was quite possibly more shocked than he had been when Kevin first started ignoring him two weeks ago.
The first post on the thread started around the same time Kevin's icy attitude had.
KMoonLight
HELP! My best friend has too many admirers!
So my best friend and I (M 23, M 22) have been living together for over a year now, and it's been going pretty well for most of it. The other day, my best friend (let's call him J) and I were off buying new furniture to replace the ones that had already worn out when this guy approached us to ask for J's autograph, which was weird since J has no public social media accounts, and J gladly signed his shirt for him.
This wouldn't have been a problem if it didn't happen every single day! Random people keep approaching me every day to give boxes of chocolates and gifts to J. It's getting super annoying.
My other best friend (M 20) says I'm overreacting and if it really was a big deal, I should talk to J about it, but I know I'm better than getting overly salty out of pettiness and I can deal with this problem on my own. Anyway, I came here to ask if I'm really overreacting or if my anger is justified.
Jaehyun didn't even need the confirmation of Kevin's childhood username on everything to know that this was, in fact, Kevin Moon, his best friend. And that J was, in fact, him, Jaehyun Lee. Jaehyun's eyebrow twitched in amusement when he saw that this particular post was merely one of the nine updates Kevin had made in the thread.
The second update was posted about a week before Kevin had stopped walking home with him.
Update: My other best friend, let's call him E, says that I'm ignoring J! I'm not BTW, I'm only putting space between us so that all of J's admirers can stop giving me gifts for him! Can somebody please vouch for me on this? I'm doing the right thing, right?
Jaehyun had noticed that early on, actually, but chose not to acknowledge Kevin's weird behavior in hopes of not pushing him away further. Well, that didn't work, obviously. Dejected, Jaehyun scrolled through the first six updates on the thread, which were mostly just Kevin defending his hurtful behavior. However, when he scrolled through the seventh update that was posted the day before Kevin started really avoiding him, his mind froze in shock.
Update: I know that I mostly keep this thread up for shits and giggles, but I think I just royally fucked up this time, and I don't know what to do. So, J and I went to this party together last night, and while J was hanging out with his basketball friends, I chilled in the kitchen. I was feeling kind of tipsy at the time, but it was still great, you know? Until J showed up thrashed in the kitchen and slowly approached me. I don't know what he said, but he grabbed my waist so hard that it actually left bruises. I don't know how it happened, but the moment his lips reached mine, one thing led to another, and I woke up the next morning naked and next to him. It wasn't our house, so I left quickly. I asked him to make me bagels when he arrived the next hour.
I was ignoring him the first time because of all the admirers, but now I feel so genuinely horrible for what I did, and I don't think I can face him anymore. WDID?
Jaehyun was left awestruck. Is that why Kevin stopped walking home with him? Why he’d stopped eating with him? Why he started acting like he didn't even know who Jaehyun was? Because he thought Jaehyun forgot about the night they spent together? Did he honestly believe that he took advantage of Jaehyun's sorry state? Well, that wasn't true in the slightest. There were many things Jaehyun could forget, but that night was probably the only thing he wanted to remember.
The eighth update was made a few days later when Jaehyun had made homemade pizza for the both of them, and Kevin had flat-out slammed the door in his face when he offered. Jaehyun definitely did not cry that night, and he most definitely did not spend the rest of the evening outside of a 7/11 drinking tequila and slurping hot cupped ramen.
Update: I know I came here for help, and I should definitely listen to your advice, but I will actually break down if another person tells me to just fess up and confess.
I don't think you guys understand, this guy's my best friend, literally my ride-or-die, my other half. He knows EVERYTHING about me; I can't lose him, so I won't say anything.
Jaehyun feels sad for Kevin's sake and he turns to get up from the couch and knock on Kevin's door before he remembers that the younger was out in a meeting for his org and wouldn't be back for another 30 minutes. Sighing, he sits back down and contemplates what to say to the younger when he gets back.
The ninth update was made yesterday. Jaehyun doesn't remember anything significant happening yesterday aside from him awkwardly glancing at Kevin’s door every few minutes hoping the other would take a hint.
Update: E tells me that I should actually stop posting all my problems here because J might find out about it, but really, my best friend, who is an advocate of nature and thinks internet lurkers are incels, would be the last person to find out.
I didn't really make this update for any reason; nothing has improved. I haven't talked to J about what happened. I actually haven't talked to J, period. I've just been scrolling through all my updates, and it's just recently hit me why I've been so upset about all the recent happenings (the admirers and the party), it's actually making me so upset about how obvious and oblivious I've been.
It's because I am in love with J. Irrevocably and utterly.
I feel so stupid for posting this thread in the first place. It's been so obvious since the first post on the thread. E was definitely right in his assumptions.
I've also been scrolling through all the comments for the past few days, and I've come to the decision that I'll tell him tomorrow. We have a free day after a meeting I have, so I'll tell him then. Thank you again, everyone!
If anybody were to see how contorted Jaehyun's face was at that moment, they'd all be rightfully concerned, but Jaehyun wasn't gonna let that stop the grin from completely transforming his face. He didn't even need to think about what to do next; he just created a new post and started typing.
ItsJaehyunLee
Help! My best friend is ignoring me!
I, Jaehyun Lee, am 23 years old, and my best friend K (M 22) is ignoring me. Throughout my years in university, I've quite unfortunately developed a hefty number of admirers throughout campus. I personally wouldn't think of this as a big deal if it didn't bother my best friend K so much. Three weeks ago, K started to ignore me. It wasn't so bad then; he just wouldn't openly acknowledge my presence. Although it was hurtful, I understood well enough: I knew that K was constantly being bombarded by my admirers, despite what I did or said to stop them. So I never called him out on his behavior.
Two weeks ago, I had the best night of my life when K and I went to a friend's party, and I had the privilege of taking K to bed. Well, it would have been the best night of my life had K only stayed in bed with me the next morning, but instead, I saw him in our home asking me for a bagel, which I happily obliged. I didn't want to overwhelm him, so I didn't bring it up.
A few days later, K’s attitude became colder than ever, and I tried my best to make things right between us, but to no avail. I texted our mutual friend E (M 20) about the situation, and he told me to check out this site. I did, although I've always been a bit of a nature advocate and do sincerely believe that internet lurkers are incels. Here, I found my own best friend's thread under the username I'd given him as a child.
Personally, I believe that his thread is much more worthwhile a read than mine, but I do hope this one person stays to finish reading what I have to say.
I hope he stays because it's hard to be another day without you, and I hope you read this because it's hard to respond to your love confession when you won't even say a word to me.
So, to the man I love, @KMoonLight, when are you posting the update saying that we're finally together?
Pressing the post button, Jaehyun happily waits until he can hear the faint elevator ring reach their floor. He's barely even able to contain his grin when he stands up to open the front door when he hears the familiar squeak of sneakers running through their hall.
He opens it just in time to hear Kevin greet him with a whisper of disbelief.
"Honest?"
Jaehyun only feels his heart burn stronger and instead of dignifying that with a response, he pulls the other man into a heated kiss.