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i've had trouble processing my feelings around this because it's been easier to pretend that i don't have feelings about it, but it's just so weird. i've had a really good connection with this guy for years now, and before covid hit we had a great friends with benefits thing that was very transparent and communicative and we were still close and stuff, but not in a way that made either of us necessarily want more. since then it's just been off. i mean, there's the desire to not go out of my way to see people unnecessarily that plays into it, but since january it really does feel like things have been different and i can't really shake it. i texted him a month ago and he still hasn't read it or responded. a month! that's just unusual. and i know that he's had a bit of a rough semester so i don't want to pressure him to talk to me if he doesn't want to, it just sucks because i want to be there for him if he needs someone, without the pressure for us to hook up or anything like that. i really just want to see him and make sure he's doing ok, but now i'm self-conscious about reaching out because he's basically ghosting without warning. it sucks.