Last year in my guitar class I approached this guy who I thought seemed really cool, I admired his crazy good guitar skills and the fact that he's really cute was also a factor in my attraction to him, of course. So one day, during lunch, I decided to go up to him and casually strike up a conversation, so I went with something along the lines of "hey, I always see you playing in class and you're super good! I'm curious to know where you got your guitar from? I've always wanted one like that."

To be honest, it was kinda awkward. He's pretty much a loner, always sits alone at lunch, but I think that's part of the allure for some reason? So I went in thinking he would be more reserved -- and he definitely was. He made like zero eye contact and just smiled and responded "I got it from Guitarworks". I can't tell if he was nervous (since he's a very introverted person) and that's why he made no eye contact, or maybe I'm just delusional and he finds me annoying/creepy 😭. I didn't really know where to go from there so I just thanked him and told him to have a good day and left.

A year later (now) I still have a huge crush on him. I really want to strike up another conversation with him or ask for his number or something. I just don't want to seem desperate or needy, and the last thing I'd want to do is make him uncomfortable, and I feel like just asking for his number out of the blue would seem like all of those things. I really have no idea what to do, is it a lost cause?? Any advice please??