i wish you were around today

i hung out with dan all day
minus three hours in the afternoon
when i was tutoring one of my old brazilian students

we had been planning to hang out sometime last week but
i got called in to work
so
today.
and
it felt like
bad timing then
after our parting friday.

i got
scared it would look like some defiant act
so for my sake at least
its worth noting, it was planned before.

i know it doesn't need to be said but
actually, i don't know that it doesn't need to be said.
that's why i'm saying it now:
i don't like dan in a romantic/partner way.


i don't like anyone else in a romantic/partner way.



i haven't liked anyone else in a romantic/partner way
since you.