As cheesy as it may be, this post is dedicated to you

The term 'best friend' does not come easy for me. Oftentimes, I associate it with cheesiness, irrational sense of belonging, dependency, excessive display of exclusivity, and even worse... burden. I do not trust people who so easily declare that they are best friends. Therefore, it had taken me a long time before I finally accepted the fact that I consider the two of you as my best friends. Ugh, it sounds cheesy even now.

But I don't mind, because that's what best friends do: being exceptional. Being special.

Why the sudden change of mind, you ask?

Well, you are not my best friends because we are always together. Neither are we best friends because we are always happy without any slight of disappointment. We are most definitely not best friends just because we have known each other for long.

No.

I can give you cheesy reasons here.

Like how we are best friends because we can be silly together. . .

Or because we traveled together (which of course, a reason more appropriate for the two of you, excluding me, since you really are travel-buddies).

              

Or because you have been there when I was still in this awkward teen-turn-adult phase. . .

Or because you have been there on my biggest moments. . .

But for me, we are best friends because you keep staying for me to come back, welcoming me with warm friendship, despite the times I drifted apart. And I am forever grateful for that. Thank you. It is more than I could imagine asking from someone. And you make me see that being best friends does not necessarily mean we have to stick together all the time or we have to exclusively hang around the three of us - you make me see that 'best friends' go deeper than that: it is as long as we trust we will always be there for each other, especially when we need it the most.

I may not be generous with my words, and this whole post may sound flat, but I know you know how much I value this friendship.

So here's to years we've shared and the years to come.

May we stay best friends against all odds.

I love you.

Let me embarrass us.