Yes, and usually in stories where there's a best-friend relationship, it's possible to see why the friends care for each other. The writers put some work into it, which is not often the case with the romantic relationship.

One of the great things about Hot Fuzz, where the central male-male friendship is structured like a romance but is nominally a story about friendship, is that the audience sees Nicholas and Danny growing closer. Their relationship is built, not taken for granted.