Hi I'm (M19) they're (M21) if that matters¯_(ツ)_/¯

Essentially we started talking in April and that was put on a hiatus for a few months. We chatted here and there but not consistently. When we started talking again it was when my friend was on some bullshit. He comforted me I guess you can say and then we moved on from that and just had regular conversations. We talked about "normal cute shit" etc. This lasted for a bit and then he says that he loves me. I didn't say it back cuz I didn't know how to respond and he said it again. I was like "don't say that them three words finna make me act up." Then he ghosted me for a week and our entire convo on his end got deleted. So I went and screenshotted everything so that he still had our convo. We started talking again. Then he ghosted me for another two weeks. Apparently his account was hacked and shit. So we switched to just sms, chatted again and now it's 3 weeks later. I texted him on snap he opened it and that's all.

That explains everything basically, it was a conversation between me and another friend with me explaining. That was in November. We gone on one date it was nice but idk. I really did like him at first and still do to an extent but he seems very flakey to me. He hates when people are like why aren't you texting me and he says it's cuz he's busy which I understand.

For example: lets say he left me on read. If I were to question it he'd hate it cuz it's obnoxious. People get busy they'll text you when they have time. (That's what he told me early on)

I texted him during the times that he ghosted me but seldom got a response. Even now we're kinda just doing our own thing but he hasn't really reached out at all not like I did. I feel like I'm putting in more effort, it's just hard cuz when we do y'all he really is excited to talk to me or so I think? But because of of everything, I'm like unsure of if what he's feeling is genuine. I can't fathom loving someone and not talking to them everyday it just doesn't make sense.