I F 18 have been in a relationship with my boyfriend M 18 for 9 months. It’s the first relationship for both of us. He’s genuinely a nice guy, doesn’t mess around, and cares for me, but sometimes he doesn’t really understand me.
We had a huge fight in September where he asked me to block him,he then blocked me. Later, he unblocked me after a few hours and texted, "I'm sorry, I need you."
He has this habit of getting upset over small things, and I have the habit of babying him whenever that happens. Yesterday, he got mad at me because I went to bed early and started texting me very dryly. I tried to baby him, but nothing seemed to work, so I sent him a few reels. He had classes for about four hours, and when he came back, he was all lovey-dovey again.
Everything seemed fine until he asked me to send him a kiss on a voice note. I did, but then he sent me another VN showing me the specific type of kiss he wanted (not a smooch, just a “mwah” type). I hadn’t noticed the difference earlier and had sent him a regular one. When I asked him to rate it, he said, “-/10.” I tried to be silly and acted a little mad about it, and he matched my energy by saying, "It's okay, I'm going, you're not in the mood." I replied, "It's okay, you're not in the mood," and he reacted to it before going offline.
After about two hours, I sent him a voice note of the specific kiss he wanted, but he only replied with a kiss emoji something he uses sarcastically. Then, he unsent it after I didn’t respond.
This morning, I woke up to his text: "I'm sorry baby, I shouldn't have done that." I replied, "It's okay baby" after about 18 minutes, and he went dry again.
Now, he’s been saying things like, "I'm busy and no need to take your precious time out for me," and "It's aight, you don't even owe me any explanations or sorry's so no need for it. I guess you need space that might be far better," followed by, "Today I might not be active, got some work."
I really don’t want to lose him and just want everything to go back to normal.
How can I fix it?