I have known my friend Michael for just over a year. We met playing tennis, and grew closer as lab partners in my chemistry class. We always tend to talk at the same times every day during class and in passing periods. As I have observed, he is the type of person who has a routine and sticks to it. I feel as if he genuinely cares about me and is interested in what I have to say. It seems like he remembers little details of the things I tell him, which I appreciate. This matters to me because I have a hard time investing myself in relationships that are not 50/50 or somewhere close to that mark. Anyways, the last normal day of my school year is tomorrow. It will be the last time we will get to talk on routine, and I am a bit nervous. We have each other’s numbers and sometimes text, but he is not the type to be on his phone often, so as an extension of that he is not much of a texter.
Granted, we do have our summer season of tennis, which is a co-Ed program that goes through mid-July. This means we will still be around one-another, but I am not very optimistic because in spite of the fact we will be around each other, it is likely we will stick to friends from our respective teams (him with friends from the guys team, myself with friends from the girls team). This is likely because our conversations are frequently ended by one of his friends approaching him (once again, part of the routine). I am by no means bitter about this, I have my own friends and he has his. I simply do not wish to drift away from him, as I quite enjoy his company. I was a bit surprised when I developed romantic feelings for him, but I cannot deny that I have grown to care about our friendship. Regardless of the way he views me, I want to know how to approach the situation so I do not lose his companionship.
Tl;dr: the school year is ending and I do not want to lose contact with a friend I have developed feelings for.