I started university in September and became friends with a guy during the first week (although we’d met on a Facebook group chat a month before classes began). We only see each other three times a week but we fell into a routine of sitting together during lectures and having lunch together afterwards where we joke and chat. A week or two ago, though, I noticed that he can no longer look me directly in the eye for more than a second or two when we’re talking and I’ve caught him staring at me multiple times. I’ve also noticed that he always seems to be around me, even when we’re talking to different people. When we’re not together, he sometimes Facebook messages me for no reason and, regardless of when I reply, he usually responds quickly and with enthusiasm (emojis, stretched out words, exclamation points etc).
I don’t know if he likes me, though, because he hasn’t done anything obvious.
The main thing is, when we’re in a group with other people, whether they be my friends or his, he changes. I’ve noticed that, while he can barely look at me when we’re talking and we can have awkward pauses in our conversations, he has no problem having prolonged eye contact with my girlfriends and seems much more confident with them, even laughing more, and he barely looks at me unless I start talking. The same goes around his guy friends. As soon as the group dissipates and it’s just us two again, he’s back to acting as he usually does.
Does this mean he doesn’t like me much at all and I’m only interpreting his normal, friendly behavior as something more?
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