Kochie and Nick, stop being so stupid. Get confidence in yourself, you two seem likeable. People don't talk stuff about confident people, and even if they do, what does it matter? If you're happy with yourself, nothing can go wrong.
Girls chase after confident guys. Other guys feel stronger with confident friends, and in turn, feel more confident themselves. That's how the strongest friendships are made. Personally, I only fully trust 3 people, 2 friends and my sister.
If you're having trouble trusting friends, you're going to get crushed like I did when you really start to like a girl. Love, essentially, is exposing the weakest and most vulnerable part of yourself to a person, and hoping they don't destroy it. It's really a high risk/high reward game. I realize I'm too young to fully understand, or perhaps even really feel, true love. But I'm getting an idea, and it's scary.
I know this sounds sappy as forget, but whatever.