E wasn't sure why he wanted so badly to know what it was his friend had seen. R loved him, he knew that. They were nearly inseparable. But enough to be the cause of a fear that could leave Rene shaking as badly as he was?
"Is that why you've been avoiding me?"
It hadn't been clear to him before. R could be varied in his moods and occasionally needed time on his own, but that last few days had been a barren wasteland. E couldn't remember seeing R at all, outside of classes, where his friend had look distracted.