Hello, I’ve said this in another sub but I need more opinions. A male perspective would be appreciated as well.

There's this guy I liked last year, and he's acting a little weird toward me. He leaned in close when he wanted to speak to me, even though it was just the word "Hey", and he also stares deeply into my soul even though the girls that like him, he would just ignore. However, when my friend used a burner to text him he asked her to tell me to leave him alone, which I did because I respect boundaries.

However, when she moved out he spent more time around me, even staying close when he could. I thought it would pass over the summer, but after break he's gotten more interactive which has me confused. I run into him everywhere, he still nods to say "Hello", even though I ignore and sometimes roll my eyes without meaning to. But this hasn't stopped him from being kind to me.

I thought he was just being friendly in passing but, recently the weirdest things have happened. He's had his friends essentially keep tabs on me for 2 days straight, and when I went to drop a friend off at an exam another day, I heard back from 3 people saying that he "followed me with his eyes" and he and his friends kept looking for me throughout the entire exam, even standing up to see if I was apart of a group of girls that walked in, which of course annoyed everyone around him. But again, when my friend used her burner he's mentioned the same thing about leaving him alone. I guess I'm just confused. Is there a reason for all this?