Coward

Most of us are caught up in these situations for the right reasons.
You may call it silly if you haven't experienced it before. Didn't say I have.
Anyways from numerous analysis I have come to the conclusion that we are afraid
to tell people we realize are interested in us a simple "NO" if we don't feel same.
We give them a suitable answer in order not to feel awkward around them after such an experience since we very close to them and wouldn't want to risk losing their friendship.
 But for others, saying "NO" isn't really a bother to us at all. The usual response we give people
 we care about after they have expressed their feelings towards us are;
"I'm not ready or time will tell but right now I can't say same".
"Let's be friends for now and await what the future holds for us".
"I'm not sure what I really feel, give me time to figure it out".
And a lot more...
Beating around the bush only makes them think they still have a chance so they will keep sticking around awaiting the moment we will finally give in. The problem is, we are never gonna say "YES" so we always have to deal with them, anytime we think they are bringing up such issues we ain't interested in having with them. So when we finally take the bold step of saying "NO" or #team" FRIENDs FOREVER", they still think they have to try harder and that we may be playing hard to get whilst the real fact is we will never be interested in them. Let's not mess with other people's feelings.