how do i get a friend to stop being SO DAMN ANNOYING

Dear lord im in gr12 now and some kid in gr8 decided to chat with me occasionally during our bus ride 2yrs back, last year he moved to my section of the building, and he’s following me like some fkn homeless man begging for pizza crust outta my pocket 🥀

Like girly pop i cant go a recess tryna hang with teens my age without him rolling up and acting stupid. Took awhile but eventually I tried ghosting him online and irl (which I NEVERRR do otherwise, no matter the history.)

Its not just the fact that I’m his only go to; he LOVES flexing over me and making me feel bad. Glad as hell that im peaceful enough to not give a shit, but still thats js not it.

We both got multiple collections of videogames and tcg cards—brought him into both hobbies as a fun lil thing to keep us distracted whenever we get bored, but nowadays he’ll go to whatever convention he can reach, spend ALL of his money on expensive crap, and has the AUDACITY to flex not just on me, but to everyone on instagram, showing off the $500 pricetag on his story multiple times a month.

I’m genuinely worried for him. Sure, most teens would deadass just drop him completely and get new friends, but i dont want to leave a peaceful hobby of mine because im getting flexed on 😔

Tldr - friend 4yrs younger than me clingy asl, wont let me breath around anyone else, and nonstop tries to make me feel bad over hobbies i dont even care about that much??? 😭 dont want to just drop him cus im scared hes set up for a purgatory of a future ://