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Saw my ex again after 1 week no contact. Now what?

He broke up with me last week on Tuesday. It was a long and emotional 2 hour video call, I held firm and he had a panic attack half way through. He wanted to be friends after, but when I asked him how that would look he couldnt give me a straight answer. He did start therapy about 2 weeks before he broke up with me and cited working on himself for now as 1 of the key reasons why he broke up with me. Also citing a lot of other reasons why he didn't want a relationship right now mxied with him expressing the urge to meet my family and be overall "boyfriend" like. His attachement sfyle, due past relationship trauma, is very fearful avoidant. I never pressured him into anything and am overall a very chill type of open communicator yet the feleing of being in a relationship after his last one triggered his flight reponse. Therrfore, he broke up with me.

Hence why 2 days later, I send him a firm yet loving message stating that out connection meant a lot to me and that I wished him well on his self healing journey. But that we had to be no contact also for my own sake and that if he worked through his own abrriers then the door would be open to talk and to be present in eachother slives again. In wjatever way that may be. He responded to it right away that he agreed and respected that.

14 hours later he posted an insta story with a song regarding regret/just needing space and then we will figure it out type of lyrics. Atypical for him, he rarely posts on insta and has very littlr followers.

I hold the no contact, but today I had to be for work to a different location close to his office. So there would be an 80% chance I would see him today at the busstop when I would leave. And yes, he spotted me.

Came up to and hugged me right away and asked me how i was and why I was on this side of town. I quickly explained that it was for work, we briefly spoke and he said he wasn't doing so well.

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7 mo
He then asked which bus i had to take and I said: the one in front of us, why did you want to talk further? To which he said: no you need to go home. So then i stepped on the bus. He walked from the outside with me, waving and smiling like how he would smile at me also when we were dating. So warm and puppy like.

This is a guy who never does PDA, makes him very uncomfortable. And now this? I dont know if I am getting my hopes up too much? My best friend says its likely him just being polite.
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7 mo
Because we never argued and i never cried or begged him to take me back, but I dont think so. I think polite equals: quick acknowledgement, no reason to talk or to wave somebody goodbye per se? What do you guys think and should i stick to the no contact or should i reach out to him?
Saw my ex again after 1 week no contact. Now what?
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