"We all know that if two people enjoy spending time together, they must secretly want to kiss each other. I mean, what's the point of being friends otherwise?" - Matt Mellema

There seems to be a phenomenon in literature that if there are two characters in a story who are good friends, there will be some corner of the internet that will be convinced that they are an item… no matter what.

Matt, Mandy, and Evangeline discuss the question, "Why can't people just be friends in literature?"