Hi everyone, I'm kinda new to reddit (and recently figured out my sexuality) and I need your help.
To make it short, I met this guy at uni back in April. We’d only known each other for a few days, but he was very warm with me: complimenting me (and only me) in front of my friends and in private, sending pretty intense Instagram DMs, asking if I had a partner, etc.
Maybe I misread things, but at the time it felt a bit like he was flirting pretty strongly, and it made me think he was looking for something else than just friendship. When I subtly hinted that his messages surprised me, he said it was “just how he is, since he doesn’t go out much and tries to be super sociable.”
After that things got cold and we basically stopped talking. I eventually unfollowed him, assuming we had just miscommunicated and moved on. Fast-forward to about two weeks ago : we randomly ran into each other on campus and after some stares, he came up to me and asked me if we could talk. I agreed even though I was busy : he apologized to me for how things went back in April before adding that it sucked that we stopped talking so abruptly and would really really like for us to talk again.
A few days later while I was out partying with some friends, I decided to follow him on Instagram again, and he refollowed me instantly even tho it was quite late into the night. Since this happened… nothing from him. We sadly don't cross paths often since I'm in a Master's program and he's an undergrad, and I'm also quite the shy guy so making the first step is hard.
So here I am, having trouble understanding what his intentions toward me are. And if there is something on his side, is there anything I can do to help things move forward ?