Pero tú sí (But I did like you)

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(detail from an original pic by Christian Dgar)
PERO TÚ SÍ
La verdad es que nunca me gustó tu novio. Tan distante, tan callado, tan tímido que desprendía aires de superioridad. Realmente siempre sentí que su excusa de chico tímido era la coartada perfecta para tapar que yo no era de su agrado. 
La verdad es que tú nunca le gustaste a mi novio. No le gustaba tu actitud de sabelotodo (aunque realmente sí sabías lo que decías), pero en realidad lo que le molestaba era tu pesimismo, en el que me atrapabas, según decía él. Pudiera ser verdad o no, lo realmente cierto es que la combinación de nosotros cuatro fue desastrosa y el distanciamiento estaba claro que llegaría. Y llegó.
Años después sé que conseguiste tus sueños. Tampoco me extraña porque creo que eres una de esas mujeres fuertes disfrazadas de debilidad que han pasado por mi vida. Yo siempre confié en ti y que la vida te devolvería cosas buenas. Sé que dejaste tu trabajo, ese que no te aportaba felicidad, y que te dedicas a lo que te gusta, que volviste a España para vivir en la playa como siempre bromeabas al hablar del futuro lejano... y además sé que te casarás con él. Tengo esa envidia sana que uno siente cuando a quien quiere le salen bien las cosas.
La verdad es que nunca me gustó tu novio pero tú sí, aunque me gustaría que no fuera así.BUT I DID LIKE YOUTo be honest I never liked your boyfriend. So distant, quiet and shy that he gave himself so many airs and graces. I actually always felt that his excuse of being a shy person was the perfect alibi to hide the fact that he did not like me.

To be honest my boyfriend never liked you. He did not like your “know-it-all” attitude (although you actually knew what you were talking about), nor your pessimism, where, according to him, you got me caught up in. Right or not, what was completely true was that the combination of the four of us was a disaster and it was crystal clear to me that we would distance sooner or later. And we did.A few years later, I know you achieved your dreams.  I am not surprised because I think you are one of those typical strong women that I have had in my life who are disguised as weakness. I always trusted you and thought that life would give you good things back. I know you quit your job, that one which did not bring you any happiness, and that you’re currently making a living from what you like, that you came back to Spain to live by the coast as you always joked about when we talked about our distant future… and I also know that you will marry him. I have that well-meaning envy that one feels when things go well to someone that you love.
To be honest I never liked your boyfriend, but I did like you, even if I wish it were not like that.