Playing Dirty
“Drama.”
She leans in and presses a quick, familiar kiss to my cheek.
“You’re the best friend in the world, you know that?”
And there it is, that damn bittersweet feeling settling in my chest without permission, uncomfortable, constant, like no matter how much I try to ignore it, it always finds its way back.
I smile just enough not to ruin the moment, but I don’t say anything, because the truth is different, because I don’t want to be her best friend, I never wanted to be just that, even if I’ve pretended for so long that it was enough.