Is it because she doesn't want to appear interested or she just isn't interested in me?

Anonymous
Anna and I are in the same group of friends and we both share the same unique, exclusive interests (obscure stuff like Islamic art, French New Wave cinema, and the same true crime/horror podcasts).

Whenever we hang out in our friends group like at a restaurant, she'll make a comment on a conversation that I'm having with another friend even though she's 2 or 3 seats away from us and should not be able to hear from that distance unless she was eavesdropping.

She'll bring up topics in our group that I know only she and I would have any interest in discussing. Although we share the same interests, she rarely talks to me one-on-one.

Also, I sometimes catch her looking at me and glancing away or turning her body towards me as if she's keeping an eye on me when I'm talking with another girl.

She's asked multiple times if I'm dating anyone and tells me that she'll look for someone compatible with me, even though I feel like she doesn't know me well enough to know who would be the best fit for me. One time, she asked me if I was dating anyone and then asked me if I'd be interested in a date with one of her friends and when I said that I'm not interested, she got defensive telling me that I should be grateful that there are people like her looking out for me.

If I mention that I'm traveling somewhere, she'll always ask if I'm traveling with anybody or if I'm traveling alone and she says things like, "Maybe you'll meet someone there that you like."

Biggest red flag though is when I DM her on Instagram, she takes hours to respond even though I know she's not doing anything and when she responds, it's just one/few word answers or just leaves me on Read or sometimes doesn't even bother to open the DM.

When our group is going to hang out, she knows that I'll definitely be there, but she sometimes won't come out because she's hanging out with female friends somewhere else.

I know for sure that she's not seeing anyone else. What gives? Do you think she's interested in me?
Is it because she doesn't want to appear interested or she just isn't interested in me?
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