Should I avoid him or give him a chance?

LittleMissSunshine11
There is this guy from work, and I feel like he is leaving subtle clues but I am choosing to ignore it because I feel like I have nothing to do with relationships after being in a unhealthy relationship for nearly 3 years- that left me traumatized by lowering my self esteem and self-worth. It was so traumatic that it made me feel like I never want to open up again and give people chances. For awhile it made me bitter and made me learn to use my heart less by putting up these steel walls. Made me think like I am better off alone than betrayed and hurt.

Anyways, I work at a retail where I am at the door greeting customers. I was at the exit door, and one day he walks my direction. He looks at me and I could’ve sworn I saw a little grin as much as he tried to have a straight face. It is evidently clear that he is shy around me, but around other coworkers? Not so much. It is like he is trying to show that he is outgoing. Things like this, I try to ignore it. Last time I saw him passing by me, I tried to start up a conversation by saying, “how’s it going?” For some odd reason, he was quiet like a cat caught his tongue or something.

Today was something else, I was sitting in the break room on my 15 minute break munching on an apple. I saw someone come into the break room, and it was automatic for me to look up just as curiosity. He just stood there for a second and then approached me asking me, “Is that table taken?” It was the table next to me. Let me note…. ALL of the other tables were vacant. So I kept telling myself, “maybe he just wants to sit there?” I turn red easily so I don’t know if he noticed I was blushing? ( I get told that my cheeks turn red fast). Small things like this kind of made my day because I felt like I mattered even if someone doesn’t know me as well.
Should I avoid him or give him a chance?
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