You know what's even worse? Not talking to them and assuming they aren't interested, just to find out too late that you got along really well and have a surprising amount in common. I'm still kicking myself for that one.
Being well, truly and irrevocably taken by them and not being able to get them out of your head...
Knowing that they do like you to a small degree and that you have lightly touched their heart and made them feel just a tiny little bit special...
But not knowing in the least at all how far those feelings go and getting a sinking feeling stretched out over weeks that it's not that far... while being simultaneously too terrified to push the issue because you don't want to put her off because you value her and her company too much to risk losing her entirely.
All the while, there's also a fair chance that you might never see her again anyway.
Knowing that they do like you to a small degree and that you have lightly touched their heart and made them feel just a tiny little bit special...
But not knowing in the least at all how far those feelings go and getting a sinking feeling stretched out over weeks that it's not that far... while being simultaneously too terrified to push the issue because you don't want to put her off because you value her and her company too much to risk losing her entirely.
All the while, there's also a fair chance that you might never see her again anyway.
At least my current brain tangle is single.