As all 90s kids who grew up with Bollywood know, pyaar dosti hai — love is friendship.
Growing up, I had a friend that was like my Eiw. We had a really intense friendship, and as we grew older, our closeness began to confuse me. Just when I realized my feelings for her were romantic, my mom told me that we were going to be moving to a different country. I remember grappling with my feelings as a teenager, alone in a foreign land just feeling so lost and missing her so much.
When I moved back home, I finally understood what was going on with me after I started watching gay and lesbian movies. The Love of Siam was one of them. I've since moved on, but falling in love with my best friend as a teenager was a defining experience, and it's one of the reasons I connected with this series so deeply.
Later, I fell in love with my future wife and we became instant best friends. When my parents found out, they moved me out of the country again. This time was much more painful than the last time, because this time, I knew this woman was the one. I'll always remember staying up late just to try to facetime her even if it was only for five minutes, writing her messages that looked more like novels, and wanting nothing more than to just go home back to her. But just like Cake and Eiw, we toughed it out until we reunited, and are stronger for it.
Cake and Eiw's experiences so closely mirror my own that it truly feels like a 12% chance to find a series that gets me in this way. It's been a long time since I've fallen this hard and fast for a show, but My Only 12%, Cake and Eiw, and ultimately Santa and Earth have captured my heart.
Thank you to everyone who encouraged me and showed interest for this story on Twitter, I feel so happy and privileged to be a part of this fandom.
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It Wasn't That Way
FanfictionCake spent his entire adolescence swearing up and down that there wasn't anything romantic between him and his best friend Eiw. But after spending time in America and understanding his true feelings, he's forced to admit that maybe it had been that...
