♥️ [Love] A story about a romance where I realized that anyone can just say "I like you"

Good evening 🌙
This is Uha 💎

"Even if someone tells me they like me, it wasn't enough to make me decide."
A story from back when I felt that way.

In my last post, I wrote about how "just wishing for the person you like isn't enough"
(I'd be happy if you read that one too)

This time,
it's the story of the first time I decided to "go out with someone,"
even though I used to think that "being told 'I like you' isn't enough."

At the time, I suddenly got an email from a boy I was close with.

"A senior in the same club is interested in you and asked for your contact info, is it okay if I give it to them?"

I didn't know the person even when I heard the name.

Honestly, I felt scared, so I replied like this.

"I don't want to give my contact info to someone I don't know, so tell them if they want to ask, they should come ask me themselves."

(Thinking about it now, wasn't I too aggressive... even I think it's a bit scary 😱 lol)

A few days later, the reply I got back was
"Sorry... I gave it to them."

Being the aggressive person I was, I was, of course, furious.

Looking back now, maybe he couldn't say no, and
I don't think he was a bad person.

But honestly, at that point, I thought a little bit.

That he was the kind of person who easily crosses people's boundaries.

At my middle school, the classrooms were separated by grade level floors,
and basically, you couldn't go to the floors of other grades.

Yet, after that incident,
I felt like that tall, slightly scary-looking senior
was hanging around.

I just thought, "I see that person a lot."

About three days after that.

When I was called by my name in the classroom and went out into the hallway,
that senior was standing there.

"My name is XX, could you please give me your contact information!!"

The moment he said that, I instinctively replied,
"Oh, um!!! You're the person who asked for my contact info without permission!"
(laughs)

No, that was really too rude of me.

From the perspective of those around us,
I think it must have looked like little old me
intimidating a senior student (laughs)

But at that moment, it suddenly occurred to me.

Even though he should have already known my contact information,
he went out of his way to come to my classroom and ask me directly.

And on a floor for a different grade level, where it was so conspicuous.

That action made me incredibly happy.

Honestly, it struck me much deeper than the words "I like you."

I've honestly heard "I like you" countless times,
and I wasn't simple enough to be satisfied by that alone.

People who only use words never end up moving forward from there.

But people who actually take action are different.

Even if there's a risk involved,
they are people who take initiative and try to face you properly.

The "I like you" from such people truly carried weight.

I felt like I could trust this person.

And so, I ended up dating that senior.

Rather than the words "I like you,"
people who take action are much more trustworthy.

Conversely,

you don't have to believe in an "I like you" that isn't backed by action.

(Well, as a result, I stood out too,
and the bullying increased, but that's just between us 🫣 lol)

The more you want to find comfort in the words "I love you," the more careful you should be.