[For Rean's part he's deliriously happy for the time he spends with Crow, for the normal, mundane life of teaching and coming home and having a boyfriend. Their relationship to him is important, it always has been, so he's been taking it slow and just enjoying the fact of being together with Crow every day.
He knows there's a lot Crow needs to work on, that Crow is never what he seems on the surface, but he figures they have time and Crow can come to terms with and talk about anything with Rean when he's ready. It's not like Rean's ever tried to be hard to talk to, he's pretty sure.
The night Crow seems kind of off he almost presses, almost asks, but decides that maybe Crow needs some time to figure out what to say, and leaves it for the next day.
Except the next day he comes home to an empty house. That in itself isn't entirely unheard of, the more Crow goes out with the locals the more days Rean sometimes comes home before Crow. But something feels different, and when he finds the key on the table, and walks through the house to find it not only spotless, but devoid of all traces of Crow, the dread builds to a certainty.
He's really going to kill Crow, when he finds him again. Kill him, and then shake him until answers fall out.
Focusing on how mad and determined he is is a good way to distract himself from the stab of heartbreak, but it doesn't really stop it from hurting, either. He's never had a significant other which means he's also never been dumped. It's not fun, it turns out. It hurts enough that he does stand in the living room for a while, gripping the key until it digs into his palm, teeth gritted and eyes squeezed shut but none of that is enough to keep the tears at bay entirely.
But he only lets himself cry for a few minutes before wiping his eyes and pulling his coat back on. He's got to go tell the principle that he'll be taking and abrupt leave of absence. He's got to call his friends and ask them to help look. Keep an eye out because he doesn't have any clue what direction Crow is headed, he'll inquire at the station but he doubts he'll be able to track Crow by train if he left a while ago.
There's a lot he has to do, and when he finds Crow he's going to make him explain. If he did something wrong he can fix it, or at least, drag Crow back. Whatever else they are, Crow is his friend and part of Class VII, and if Crow wants to break up then... fine, but this is a shitty way to do it. And he's not letting Crow vanish out of his life just to break up with him. And if for some reason something else is going on, then he'll get those answers too.
But he has to find Crow first.
Even if he has friends in high and low places in every corner of Erebonia it still takes a while to track Crow down. Not as long as it would if someone less well-connected than Rean were looking, but a week, maybe two until he's showing up at whatever inn Crow is staying at, looking determined and serious as he stands in Crow's doorway.]
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He knows there's a lot Crow needs to work on, that Crow is never what he seems on the surface, but he figures they have time and Crow can come to terms with and talk about anything with Rean when he's ready. It's not like Rean's ever tried to be hard to talk to, he's pretty sure.
The night Crow seems kind of off he almost presses, almost asks, but decides that maybe Crow needs some time to figure out what to say, and leaves it for the next day.
Except the next day he comes home to an empty house. That in itself isn't entirely unheard of, the more Crow goes out with the locals the more days Rean sometimes comes home before Crow. But something feels different, and when he finds the key on the table, and walks through the house to find it not only spotless, but devoid of all traces of Crow, the dread builds to a certainty.
He's really going to kill Crow, when he finds him again. Kill him, and then shake him until answers fall out.
Focusing on how mad and determined he is is a good way to distract himself from the stab of heartbreak, but it doesn't really stop it from hurting, either. He's never had a significant other which means he's also never been dumped. It's not fun, it turns out. It hurts enough that he does stand in the living room for a while, gripping the key until it digs into his palm, teeth gritted and eyes squeezed shut but none of that is enough to keep the tears at bay entirely.
But he only lets himself cry for a few minutes before wiping his eyes and pulling his coat back on. He's got to go tell the principle that he'll be taking and abrupt leave of absence. He's got to call his friends and ask them to help look. Keep an eye out because he doesn't have any clue what direction Crow is headed, he'll inquire at the station but he doubts he'll be able to track Crow by train if he left a while ago.
There's a lot he has to do, and when he finds Crow he's going to make him explain. If he did something wrong he can fix it, or at least, drag Crow back. Whatever else they are, Crow is his friend and part of Class VII, and if Crow wants to break up then... fine, but this is a shitty way to do it. And he's not letting Crow vanish out of his life just to break up with him. And if for some reason something else is going on, then he'll get those answers too.
But he has to find Crow first.
Even if he has friends in high and low places in every corner of Erebonia it still takes a while to track Crow down. Not as long as it would if someone less well-connected than Rean were looking, but a week, maybe two until he's showing up at whatever inn Crow is staying at, looking determined and serious as he stands in Crow's doorway.]
Crow.