High School Friendship Hope

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Hi, so I am looking for some advice about a friendship I really want in high school but can’t tell if this person has a desire to be friends with me, already considers me a friend, or is just casually friendly, so here’s the story:

I’m a senior in high school currently and I’ve known this person since junior year and in junior year, we didn‘t talk much but this student in the hallway when he saw me said hi to me. Senior year, I’ve made more of an effort to have conversations and connections with this person. We both love drama and were in Beginning Drama in junior year and are currently in Advanced Acting for senior year and my favorite connection we’ve made is in the dressing room during a play rehearsal, we had a conversation when it was just the two of us about our favorite show One Piece, their favorite character is Sanji and mine are Portgas D. Ace and Nico Robin and we both talked about getting emotional about certain moments in the show. We also share the same high school enemy because one person calls me a really rude name and when I talked to them about it, they said that person used to bully them in freshman and sophomore year. Also a few times, we’ve had out the door conversations after school where we’d maybe talk about drama related things or each other’s lives. Also, one time the class had to do a competition for our play and they agreed to give me and his friend a ride and before we left, I thought I forgot a prop and went to loom for it but it turns out someone else already had it and I’m very insecure so I apologized for quote “wasting his time” and he responded by saying no worries and saying we only used up a little bit of gas and still have a full tank. Also, I used to have a friend in junior year who he had a conflict with but I never knew why so I ask about it and he told me what the reason was. Another thing I think is positive is the class did an assignment where we use the space around us to create a scene and he was the only one able to guess what my scene was and then said to the class that we’re both on the same wavelength. We have both also shared with each other that we both had horrible middle school experiences. Some things I think might be negative signs are that we don’t really talk outside of school even though we’ve known each other 20 months and don’t have each other’s numbers and one time when for a project, we were picking out props and he decided to use a dirty lamp and I said I wouldn’t use it and I wasn’t giving him a recommendation, just saying I personally wouldn’t wear it and responses by saying “you do you” and I thought maybe it was him slightly annoyed with me. Overall, to me we seem to have low to moderate frequency but high depth but I can’t tell if it’s just him being nice to me or genuinely has an interest in being friends with me because sometimes he engages conversations and sometimes I do but to me, this person also feels like the kind of person I really relate to and every time I talk to them, I want the friendship more and more badly and I don’t know why. But that’s where the vibes are right now and I want to know how others interpret it so feel free to give me your insights and be as honest as you like.

Posted Mar 6, 2026, 4:01 AM UTC

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