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So this may be obvious but I am trying to figure out if this guy in my class likes me-he has been giving me mixed signals. I just recently became single and I am wondering if he just didn't try anything because I was taken. I am almost positive he is a shy guy. Here’s the signs:

Good Signs:
• If I catch his eyes from across a room, he looks at me and will sometimes quickly look away
• Blushes when I talk to him
• Listens to every word I say and responds when I am in earshot
• He was telling our group today about a friend (girl) he is going to visit in california but quickly looks up to me and says it is a group of old friends and mentions a lot of people are going
• Looks to me to be laughing when he makes a joke in class
• Checks ALL my snaps
• Agrees and likes everything I say I like
• Last weekend sat as close as possible to me at a party the whole night-touching at one point
• If I ask for help on anything he doesn't hesitate
• Leans in when he talks to me
• Gets jealous or immediately interested when my ex comes up in convo
• Stands near or body facing me when I am around
• Gets quiet when I am around, is normally pretty loud
• Gets nervous around me

Bad Signs:
• Recently hasn't made efforts to hang around where I am at school with our group of friends
• Doesn't hardly initiate text conversation out side our group chat
• Hasn't been as joking with me as he used to be in person and in group chats
• Doesn't send me private snaps, only group snaps
• Doesn't sit next to me in class and almost seems to avoid sitting next to me
• Seems to avoid the group text conversation as soon as I say anything in it
• Is always on his phone when we are alone- like he is trying to avoid talking to me or is too nervous to. Not sure.
• Doesn't watch me or look for me in class (yes we can see out of the corner of our eyes guys) as much as he used to

So recently I womaned up and asked my crush out. He said No.

I'd kind of prepared for the possibility due to mixed signals, so was going to leave, but he seemed to want to talk, we talked for over an hour.

He said that he didn't want things to get weird or awkward between us, I said that they won't, but I will need to distance myself from him a bit, as I need some space to get over him. I made it clear I'm not going to be rude or ignore him, and will still say hello etc. and we are still friends.

He got upset and said he didn't want things to change. (We talk a lot and tend to end up hanging out together for most of the night when we're out with friends.) I said we can't carry on like that, as I want to get over him and move on.

He said he thought that 'this would bring us closer together than ever'. I thought that was a really weird thing to say, I can't imagine how he thought that would be the case. Any thoughts on this? (It really confused me.)

I feel bad that he is upset, but I really wasn't expecting it. We've only known each other a couple of months, and it's not like we're best friends or anything.

Please comment below if you have any insight, I feel like maybe I'm missing something! None of the options I've listed seem likely to me, so I keep thinking there must be something else. Thanks.

If it helps, he seems to be a gentleman and nice guy, and doesn't do casual sex.