Is he moving on or playing hard to get?

We used to be best friends, very close to each other. He openly expressed his feelings for me to others, even though he knew I wasn't interested in him and that I had an interest in other guys. However, he never directly told me that he liked me. As a result, he started avoiding me. Several months later, one of his friends conveyed that he wanted me to reach out to him, despite the fact that he had been ignoring and avoiding me for a period of 2-4 months.

Is he moving on or playing hard to get?
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