How to adulate a guy?

so I met a guy online and we r frnds. he is super sweet and warm. I like him and want to date him. but I guess he already gets lots of attention from other woman since he is a friendly guy and handsome of course. All of them are friend zoned. But I want to be someone different so I kind of ignored him and he noticed it and was like how much do you ignore me. You keep me on seen then I said I just forgot to reply. So hr said so you didn't remember me after that to which i said its not like that it's just that i have been busy lately and also thought not to bother u. Then he said he was waiting for my texts and that i should have texted. I don't know if he is honestly saying or just flirting. What do u guys think of him? Am I getting attention?
How to adulate a guy?
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