>...I just went grepping through the NXE text for Tabris/Kevin Nelson,
>*looking* for subtext. And, with the exception of that one kiss, I
>don't really see anything that's subtexty saying that Kevin had a
>crush on Jon.

It goes rather beyond having a crush. Tabris abandons even the pretense of neutrality expected of his Choir and, in essence, shatters his own soul
as part of his determined efforts throughout the Third Symphony to make sure that Jon and Rei sort out their baggage, realize their potential, and eventually, well, save the world. Rei, who had known him longer, tacitly assumed that this was at least partly out of some hopeless, misguided devotion to her. As it turns out, she was half right.

--G.
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