Why is he still being nice after everything happen? Does he actually hate me? Should I avoid him?

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I have a coworker who I normally to eat lunch with. He also does music as a side job & I usually go to his shows. The last one I went to I had had been up early that day & I drank quite a bit. I wasn't gone I was out of it.

My coworker & I had a good time at the gig & enjoyed the other groups who played. We did stay after & hung out with a few other people. When I realized how late it was I panicked about being able to drive back. I did not have Uber or Lyft. I was a 30 minute drive away from home & I wasn't sure what I was going to do. He did offer me a ride, but mentioned to not make this a regular thing. I felt so bad when he told me that, I was ready to just sleep in my car. He insisted he take me to make sure I was safe.

I apologized during the entire ride, & told him if he needed space from me I would get it. He seemed cool during the & we had a couple of laughs. I could tell he was bit annoyed still. He also made a comment about how he shouldn't have given me my last drink. He walked me to the stairs that lead to my apartment & we hugged good night.

When I saw him at work, he did talk to me in general for a bit & was nice. When I asked him about doing lunch he said he needed space. I didn't to him about lunch. He did bump into me & started up a few conversations. He also has given me some smiles too. I was starting to think things were starting to get better between us.

He ended up calling the end of the week due to a cold. When he came back again today he was nice. Today I asked him (probably for the last time) about lunch. He said he wanted to keep lunch to himself. But again later was super nice & gave me big smile like he has been the since the night of the show. Should I avoid him/not go to his shows/assume he hates me? To me it's just confusing on how I should handle us interacting from here on out. If he just hated me I can be ok "not happy but ok" avoiding him. It would be great if things were back to normal, but clearly they are not.
Why is he still being nice after everything happen? Does he actually hate me? Should I avoid him?
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