It's been years of interest

Where to begin? It’s a common sentence I see applied in most forums here but I do believe that in some sort of multiverse me and this guy would’ve worked.

We first met back in second year high school and we would text each other. He had a crush on me and I had a crush on him too but after a while it just stopped. Fourth year high school prom came and there were so many people that asked me if I would go to prom with this guy, my initial response was no because we haven’t talked to each other since second year high school so I wasn’t sure why he would’ve asked. He apparently made this entire video and it was gonna play as a trailer in the cinema before a movie. The movie was Les Misérables (2012).

Well, because I told people I would say no he got discouraged and it ended up not happening but people were telling me about the video. We also went to a batch party and both got super drunk. This is a bizarre story but basically I was making out with some guy, realized I wasn’t into him so I went away and a minute later my friend starts crying to me because the guy saw it and he got really sad about it. Drunk me decided to go to the guy and make out with him. We were making out with each other the entire night and when I went home he messaged my friend if I was alright. For some reason during high school that was all that developed and we just didn’t talk about the kiss or anything which now that it crosses my mind, that was really weird.

We both went to separate colleges. I later on had a boyfriend for 1 year and another one for 3 years. After the 3 year relationship we were both single and we were in my friends house. We have mutual bestfriends. It just so happened that we were in my friends room alone and we madeout again. He was telling me, I can’t believe I’m finally making out with my dream girl and at some point he did say he loves me (which if you ask him now he will deny but I swear he said it). The next day, nothing happened. It was really bizarre how he never really got to fully know me yet I was his dream girl.

Anyways, years later he’s in a 5 year relationship now but they’re doing LDR. I randomly messaged him because I’m leaving to another country and we went on a walk. He lives 3 streets away from me. This time we really got to know each other and we saw each other the next day in my friends house. Since we live near each other, I asked him if I could ride with him and he agreed. We were in my friends house for hours and we were just chatting with everyone there. He brought me home and he put his hand on my leg. I looked at him right away and asked don’t you have a girlfriend? He said that they’re in an open relationship and she’s seeing other people too. Well, I guess after 10 years we ended up hooking up. Two days later, he came to my house and told me they broke up and I asked him why. He stated it’s because she’s seeing this other guy but there was no actual proof. I ended up talking to our mutual bestfriend about it and he told me that they weren’t in an open relationship.

I saw him again two days later, he told me the guys don’t know what going on and he just told me about it. He told me that they had a zoom call with the ex, her mom, his mom and him about the relationship. Apparently, the parents set it up and it’s kind of arranged that they’ll get married together. He swore he never lied to me and I believe him, he might’ve just been extremely lost and couldn’t find the words.

Another two days later, we were in the same party but we didn’t really talk until the next day morning I messaged him and he told me that him and his ex got back together last night.

I went on a walk with him yesterday and he told me that he hasn’t told his ex yet that we hooked up. He did tell me that he feels more stable and that it feels like things are going back to normal. He also told me that hooking up with me made him realize what his priorities are. I guess I wasn’t one of them and that the ex is. I think it even came to a point where he was telling me how he could see him and his ex/gf married. I honestly just took everything in and gave him a big why did you sleep with me. He said it felt right at the moment and he didn’t regret it because it made him understand and know what his priorities are.

He basically friendzoned me and told me that we can’t continue being flirty. I saw him again today and we talked for a bit. I don’t know why it took me this long but we’ve been having more and more chats realizing we have the same things in common and we have the same experiences just with different people.

I don’t know if it’s because I’ve been watching way too many Marvel movies but the thought always occurred to me that we probably would’ve gotten married and settled down in another multiverse.