Awkwardness can do a lot of things to a friendship. Him being oblivious to your hate is one thing. He simply has this ideal that you can be friends with anyone if you really try. Perhaps barring 'bad' people. But somehow the idea of knowing I've...well. That I might like him seems like it would be a little harder to cope with. He's fairly awkward on his own to begin with.

But...I will try.

[[Eventually.]]