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My crush used to offer hugs all the time but suddenly stopped. He will if I offer and then it's a really tight, intimate hug that lasts till I pull away. Last time he nuzzled his cheek on mine for the first time. I felt like he really wanted to kiss me but we were at school and that's not allowed.

Now he hugs anyone but me, guys, girls, but only quick friend hugs, nothing like what we did. He flirts with me daily, makes food just for me, refers to our "relationship" of three years as "intimate", always sits so we are touching and leans in all the time so I can whisper things to him. We have inside jokes and when we talk he's either holding eye contact or sneaking looks at my boobs.

He remembers everything we've ever talked about and brings up old fights we've had where there was crying (him) and really intense hugging. He says sometimes he thinks I hate him. I've told him quite the opposite. He's told me he has confidence problems and doesn't see how anyone could really love him or want him.

He's made lots of "jokes" about how I sound like a gf. He talks suggestively to me but not really dirty. He asks to use me as a pillow or if I want to sit on his lap and we find ways to touch each other for no reason.

So why is he anti hug all of a sudden? Should I respect this, even though he seems to enjoy it when I hug him? I asked him last week why I had to beg him for hugs now and he said he wasn't sure I liked them. I said I always wanted hugs from him but then the next day no hug but everything else like usual. I also had to ask him for a senior pic because he didn't think I'd want one!

Is he clueless or just that insecure? Should I be bolder about how I feel or will that scare him off? when he's annoying I always say things like he's lucky I love him so much, so he knows I love him. I feel like telling him it's turned ino more but we're both really shy when we are alone and end having a dumb normal convo instead of saying hat we're feeling.

This is quite a long story so I'll try to tell it in the short version. I met this guy through mutual friends and we have been hanging out in groups and have been texting each other. Also the first night we met he flirted with me and we spent some time alone together, though nothing happened. Later in our texting conversations he told me about his non-existant love life and hinted that he would like something to happen between us, but since those messages things have been a bit awkward when we meet, though I do catch him looking at me. I first thought he was being shy, but now my friend says that he normally isn't shy around girls (though he hasn't had anything serious for a while now), and that he had a fling with one of his female friends. She also thought he always messes up in his relationships.
I was really surprised by this, because I got a completely different impression of him! Also because we really discussed our feelings and he told me about some of his insecurities and that he felt that he had messed up in the past and was trying to get his life back on track. So now I am thinking, because this guy seems so different to me than the image his friends have of him, is he just messing with me? Or could he still like me and therefore act different when we are alone?
AND what should I do about it? Should I hint to him that I would like to spend time with him?