Looking Too Closely | Fink

The other day my friend tried to kiss me.

Rather than let him, I diverted the full on kiss into little pecks.

I later asked myself why I did that. And so did my friends. I said it was because he was really drunk…which he was…but apparently that answer wasn’t good enough.

Why not just let it happen?

Don’t people do what they secretly want when they’re drunk? 

Questions around the root of my actions and his continued. But it didn’t really matter to me. Because although we’re close, and although we flirt, and although we smile at each other in a way that warms my heart, sometimes a drunken act is just a drunken act. And there’s no need to look too closely.

You don’t want to hurt yourself.