#like my friend

mangocherri:

Forced proximity prompts:

1. Classic “there was only one bed”
2. Alternatively, there was only one couch
3. Having to share one blanket, fighting over it the whole night.
4. There’s only one pillow, and neither of you can sleep without one. You both end up using each half of the pillow to rest your head on, causing your faces to be only a few inches apart.
5. All other seats are taken, so you both have to squeze into one chair.
6. Wanting to borrow the same book but there’s only one copy of it available at the library. After constant fighting over who will get it, you both decide to share it and study together.
7. Or sharing a book with your friend during class since they forgot to bring theirs.
8. It’s raining heavily, and you don’t have an umbrella. Your friend helps you out by sharing their umbrella with you.
9. Being trapped somewhere (eg: a cave)
10. It’s culinary class and your assignment is to create a dish. All the work stations are occupied except one. You and the other person have to work in the same place, and turns out, that person is none other than your rival.

+1 from my high school years: little one person desks at class, not enough of them, and so you spend 2 hours a week sitting basically in each other’s lap. 9 months of it. Forced proximity slowburn.