Man, yurifags and fujoshi's can ruin just about anything. Close friends? Nah, clearly they were meant to be more than that, FFS. Careful people, showing any closeness nowadays and you might as well be considered in a romantic relationship. I knew a girl back in HS that would take pictures of dudes and then "pair" them together in photoshop, ugh, creepy as hell. The only reason we found out was that one of her ilk posted a picture on her FB of it.
Still remember when "bromance" was just JD and Turk being best friends, lmao. Hah, how disappointing. Thankfully most of these authors don't care for our opinions.