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I've met this guy 2 months ago at an extracurricular activity and immediately thought he was cute and I had the vibe that he liked me too, he even asked for my ig. Around 2 days after that, I couldn't stop thinking about him so I sent the scary first text and that's when we started texting constantly, he asked me "out" but didn't say it was a date explicitly, we had a lot of fun and saw each other 2 days after that, and so on. He initiates physical touch like back patting or holding my hand for a second etc, he gives me flowers, we talk about deep stuff sometimes until dawn, and overall I'm completely sure we like each back. However, even though he always has fun on our dates, I have to initiate them almost all the time. It's like he avoids telling me the exact day he will be free so I always have to suggest it. I'm feeling really uncertain about this whole situation and want to let him know how I feel because I'm a 100% sure he feels the same way but he's either scared of rejection, or scared of getting hurt in a future relationship. What do you think I should do?

Our interactions started off with him staring and smiling at me. I’d smile back but quickly look away because I’m shy.

Id notice him look at me from across the room and we would glance at each other a few times.

When I took the plunge and made the first move by saying hi, he smiled even more but then ignored me for a couple of weeks.

He went back to staring at me, smiling and saying hi.

When we had our first proper conversation, he seemed quite fidgety and we spoke for a good 10 minutes. He was holding eye contact and smiling the whole time.

Now, we say hi to each other every day. He will walk past me to leave the room, and I will look up and catch him looking at me. As soon as I look at him, he smiles and says hi.

We had a long conversation earlier. His eyes looked down my body and he said ‘you look like you’re going to the gym’, and for most of the conversation we were staring into each others eyes.