flirting is supposed to be plausibly deniable! that's the whole point!!! if the person you're flirting with ever finds out for sure you're flirting with them, you've lost
Fun drama I was not aware of:
Apparently there are a lot of fantasy authors who despise George RR Martin - because he abandoned the Game of Thrones series, left it unfinished, and now readers largely won't start new fantasy series bc they don't trust the author to finish it.