An Interest

He's interesting, but he isn't that interesting, she would say. He isn't interesting enough, for example, for her to show him that he interests her. There are others, less interesting than he is, to be sure, who show her an interest, and she shows them an interest because they show her theirs. If he were to be interested, then she would be very interested; he would then be both interesting and interested, which would make him much more interesting. Paradoxically though, she realizes that part of her interest in him is his apparent lack of interest in her, which she finds intriguing. What could it be about him or about her, she wonders, that makes him so uninterested! He follows her online, so she knows that he does know her, or know of her at least, but not much more. For now, she can only try to make herself seem more interesting to him so that he can become interested, but she knows that by doing so she will also (or only?) attract the attention of those less interesting than he is, whose interest she is less interested in, though she would continue to entertain these interests, until he (or someone just as interesting, or more interesting even) shows her an interest. If he were to show her an interest, then she wouldn't hesitate to show him her interest, to show him and only him, but he hasn't shown her an interest, and interesting as he is, he isn't interesting enough for her to go out of her way to show him her interest when he hasn't shown her an interest, yet.


[Edited on 25-04-2023. Posted on Instagram.]