At my job I have a lunch buddy. He's male and I'm female. We've been going to lunch together for about a year. We know a lot about each other and enjoy spending lunch together and taking breaks together and relaxing. Lately between us things have gotten weird because someone mentioned out loud that we spend a lot of time together and that we'd make a cute couple. Now people at the office won't leave either of us alone about it and eventually a rumor started that we were dating! Because of all this I haven't been eating lunch with him lately. I have a boyfriend. My lunch buddy was just my friend and now because of the rumors my lunch buddy is even acting different (more flirty). Is it possible to get my lunch buddy back? Will things ever be the same?