I have a lot of friends to chat with and hang out with, both online and IRL. Only a few know me very deeply though, and I don't have anybody I truly consider my best friend in the traditional best friend sense, I think. I used to feel bad about that; about being such a private person who valued my own privacy so much that I didn't let anybody hang out with me more than occasionally, but nowadays I've learned to appreciate what I do have instead, and accepted that this situation is what makes me happy. I do have a number of friends I know I can talk to about anything at any time, be it in the middle of the night or middle of the day, about any emotional trouble or silly meme I find. I have dozens of people I could be friendly with and hang out with in larger groups, or even in 1-1 situations at times, even if it might be weirder than hanging out with one of my closer pals.
All in all, I'm happy that I've managed to retain some of my high school and university friends, and still meet them several times a year, and have some people in the same city as me whom I meet weekly. And then there's of course my current student buddies, whom I'm perhaps not extremely close to yet (I honestly don't have room for too many close people in my life!! it gets exhausting :o ) but I still hang out with almost daily.
I don't like being truly alone, just... Just need to be by myself every now and then, is all :)