AHHH THANK YOU NOVA QUEEN OF THE SOCIOPYSCHOANALYSIS
and ofc, i'm yours <3 to be gatekeeped by you is a nice fate
i already know how to test some of these theories out before february break (friend 1's leaving to visit family in india) --- they don't hold eye contact but i can test out proximity and mimicking wednesday
we're going to the same college and are supposed to room together so that's another layer
and their breakup was recent, around two weeks ago? though it was more a situationship than anything; the intent was meant to be casual. friend 2 still definitively harbors feelings and friend 1 seems to be over it. or, at least, they weren't as emotionally invested bc they had known each other for such little time. the two process emotion in entirely diff ways
very odd all around. but you've already helped me so much, and i don't wanna talk your ear off!! thank you again, nova <33 (and i think your experience is lovely and perfectly wise and so was your advice)