Is he using midterms as an excuse to ghost me?

Anonymous
I’ve been dating this guy for around a month and we went out three times. His birthday was a couple of days ago, so I told him we can go out sometime this week so I can treat him to something. He said ‘Sureee, maybe Thursday or Friday, because I have midterms all week and next week but we can go out for some time.’ I then suggested Thursday at 7. He said ‘Let me confirm because I’m not sure whether I’ll be free or not on Thursday. Because University is being extremely draining.’

I said ‘Ok, tell me when it suits you’ and left it at that. It’s been three days, and we haven’t talked since then, except when I replied to his story and he replied like he normally would.

I know that midterms can be draining in his major, especially since he’s ranked 2nd so he obviously cares about grades, and I know that he truly ended up being busy on Thursday (with work) and that he probably hasn’t gone out ever since midterms started because he always posts stories if he does and he hasn’t in a week.

Does it sound like I’m getting ghosted? I still have a bad feeling about this, because I feel like if he cares he’d at least initiate on text and ask how my day’s going, tell me about university, etc (even once) or even reply to one of my IG stories. I haven’t texted ever since because I wanna give him space.
Is he using midterms as an excuse to ghost me?
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