A Warming Friendtionship

(My best friend and are I are incredibly close, to the point where people think we are dating. My friend is male, while I am female. We go out on weekly dinner dates during school, and this happens on one of our ‘dates.’)

Me: “You know, [Mutual Friend] asked me yesterday if we were ‘a thing.'”

Him: “Yeah, my parents asked my sister the same thing.”

Me: “Are we not allowed to have friends of the opposite gender without getting asked if we are together?

(At this point I pretend to lay down on the table in exasperation and he grabs my hands to warm his own hands up. He continues to hold my hands across that table until he feels his hands are adequately warm.)

Me: “You know, this might be why people think we are dating…”

Him: “I was thinking the same thing!”