What does it mean when he tries to be near me all the time?

[hopelessromantic11]

i do track and every time we have practice or something, i always find him trying to be next to me or near me even slowing down sometimes to make sure he is and i can always see that he is listening whenever i talk, etc. he even looks at me/does a glance/or a noticeable look from his peripheral vision.. what does this mean or thoughts? advice even?

[spartan55]

I thought this guy was avoiding you? Just talk and stop wasting time.
by the way, I don't know how you can tell he is listening to you 'every time' you talk. There is no way to know that.

[hopelessromantic11]

trust me i know. i look at him when he’s clearly in front of me and can tell by his body language, he also side glances a lot when doing so.. this guy is not avoiding me either it seemed he was but he’s also showing other new signs like this one and a few others. he’s become way more involved with me now suddenly its very mixed

[spartan55]

Whatever. I know you think all this, but it just doesn't add up. Why don't you just talk to him? You must literally watch this guy's every single little move. It's, kinda stalkerish tbh. You don't talk to him, so you are filling in your own meanings for every little thing he does, which is ridiculous. You think you know, but because you won't talk to him... you really don't.

[spartan55]

If he is 'more involved' then why don't you just talk to him?

[hopelessromantic11]

i never said i dont.. its either we dont really get the chance to, it’s awkward if we dont know what to say, or whatever. we does joke around with me suddenly now too like on Friday we were doing a exercise and my coach said no walking but i walked when she wasn't looking, he was right in front of me doing it and even playfully teased me about how he saw me walk 3x and when we got to the finish line i stopped early and he joked again about it and we both laughed. the thing i said before too up above, he turned around and tried to join our convo meaning he was obviously listening the whole time. again i know when he's looking and stuff like that cus it’s obvious but i dont know what it really means. i catch him all the time staring at me, its not like im the one always looking first. and its hard to talk to him when i only see him at track practice

[hopelessromantic11]

he** does joke around

[spartan55]

Ugh... excuses. Talk to him, find a way, figure it out. There are million ways around this, you just don't want to do them.
It seems like you would rather fantasize about him than actually doing something about it. That's much safer.