Why does my crush ignore me in public?

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We built our friendship through texting. When we're texting he gets very comfortable and we joke around and he occasionally opens up to me as well. Though he flakes me a lot. He wouldn't reply for 2-3 days even though he sees my message but then usually comes up with an excuse saying how he forgot or was busy. My major problem however is that he has never acknowledged me in public. Keeping the fact, that we have a pretty strong cyber friendship, in mind he completely ignores me at school except for the occasional waves or hi's but that's how he is with everyone around. Sometimes i feel that he is looking at me but when i make an eye contact he's just looking at something near me or over my head.
Why has he never approached me in public when we seem to be on good terms when we text?
Why does my crush ignore me in public?
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