it's over for me bros
>get really drunk at a club with a few friends
>havin a giggle reminiscing about gaslighting someone into believing they'd done something embarrassing while drunk
>friend goes 'hey it would be fucking hilarious if we do that again, what if we try to convince people we're in a relationship'
>drunk me decides 'yeah that'd be pretty funny'
>we tell a couple people outright and start hinting to other friends
>we fake being offended when someone who was in on it alludes to it being just a bit
>we start being more affectionate towards each other when around other people and spend more time together
>a few nights later he pulls me aside and goes 'man i think we're in too deep we've done this for too long i don't know how to stop the bit without looking super weird to everyone else'
>follows this up with basically 'and i think i'm actually starting to catch feelings and have no idea what to think about it' 
>mfw i feel the same way
>mfw i unironically got sucked into 'hey what if we dated as a joke lol unless...'
>mfw after 4 years vrchat has finally turned me bi