/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>Be me, weeb still green around the collar, fresh off of finishing Bleachigo in 2010, felt like king of the world
>One of my high school friends starts talking to me about these cool japanese cartoons he called mon-ga and on-ee-may, and I just so happened to mention that I'd heard of them before
>we spend that entire summer marathoning shitty shows, one piece, Narutard, Hellsing, whatever caught our eyes
>He asks if I wanna go to a local con, I say sure!
>We go, and it was the most pathetic con, but we still had so much fun
>we make plans to do cosplay for the next one, he of course goes with Bleachigo, I do something from Yugioh
>go again, have a blast
>We have super deep heart to heart, "yeah, lets keep doing this forever, its awesome!"
>foreveryoung.mp3
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFEWBm_3yK8
>time goes by, I have a better hand for costuming so I have him do most of the grunt work, we share the results
>we start getting noticed
>he gets a girlfriend
>college picks up
>we do a con, one of our favorites, and... he's different. distracted, always on about what his gf wants to do, spends half the day out of costume because "it's uncomfortable", and the other half playing pelvic spelunking with his gf in the room I paid for
>he starts getting more and more distant, letting text messages hang, ignoring me
>friends with his roommate too, so it's awkward when I see his roommie and the convo switches to him
>this last summer, finally do my first solo con without him, and... I had a lot more fun than I had in years
>just two weeks ago, something comes up on FB, he's engaged to his gf, and he finishes college this spring
>send him a congrats
>no response