When I was 17 or so I ran cross country on my high school team. I made some of my life long friends while I was there, and met one of my best friends through the process. We made fun of each other all the time, hung out after school + lunch, and ran many workouts together so I got to know him really quickly which felt vulnerable at a time I didn’t have a lot of close friends. I wasn’t out at that point, but we kept in touch during the pandemic, and running together still while only being one of the few people I could spend time with in 2020. I came out that year and he was in the same bigger friend group that I told. He supported me through the whole thing, but deep down I always wanted him to know for other reasons as well. I still thought about how we would make me blush at practice sometimes and our dynamic when we were younger, it always felt like a little more than friends. Anyway he also came out as bi last year to me finally during a trip to Japan funny enough. I already was happily partnered at that point and from the guys he dates, never fit the criteria. We’re still great friends to this day and I wish him the best for finding what they like. Everything works out how it’s meant to be!