Vhenan

"Alone & Unafraid" by ELIZA sounds very aro to me.

Yes! I love Dragon Age. Solas broke my heart but I still liked the nickname lol. Thanks for the link. I'm gonna look into it.

I was watching a video about the history of asexuality and about how it was, for a long time, considered a sexual disorder. There are quite a few studies that refer to it as sexual anaesthesia, frigidity, veiled homosexuality and there are some newer ones that are more inclusive and recognize it's validity. I didn't find anything about aromanticism, though. Are there any studies on it?

This is a very difficult situation. I understand that he is a very important person to you, but staying in a friendship with someone you still have romantic feelings towards is not healthy, in my opinion. You want to keep him in your life but, at the same time, it hurts to be around him because you're always reliving those feelings of affection and rejection. You'll probably grow to resent him and your relationship will just go downhill from there. It's completely normal to be hurt by rejection and you need to give yourself time to get over your romantic feeling for him before continuing your friendship. I went through a very similar situation, although I was the aromantic person in the relationship. My best friend fell in love with me and we dated for a while before I realized that I couldn't do it at all. We were very close so we decided to go back to being friends. It didn't work. He was hurt and upset and he couldn't help but hold out hope that I would fall for him if he stuck around for long enough. That, of course, didn't happen and he got more and more frustrated. He started to channel his sadness and anger onto me. He became outright abusive and our relationship ended very, very badly. Of course, I'm not saying that you're going to become abusive or hurt your friend. I just want to show how being in this type of situation can eat away at your soul. I hope, for your sake, that you can find the courage necessary to give yourself some much needed alone (and even lonely) time. You need that to heal, and then you might be able to be friends with him again. For now, do what's best for your mental health. (btw, I'm also brazilian. If you didn't understant something, just ask me. I could translate it for you.)