They were friends, I think you always have to be friends to get to be more, but we're to scared of the humilliation and rejection and we can't get ourselves to talk to those perfect human beings and they ARE perfect, at least for us, at least right now but how are we ever going to get to be friends with them and to move further if they don't know we exist?
They were friends already and both did know the other existed, so what was the problem?
Again with the humilliation and rejection fear, why can we not have such stupid doubts and obstacles? Life would be so much easier.