Moving in three months, but he's perfect
Last December I went to a party at my best friend’s house, and this guy (“Peter”) was there too. We already knew of each other through mutual friends, but that night we really clicked. We spent basically the whole evening together, holding hands, flirting, being very lovey-dovey, and afterwards we started texting a lot.
I’d had a bit of a crush on him for years already, so I was really excited about it. The confusing part was that every time I suggested we hang out alone, he’d agree enthusiastically, but then never actually follow through. He never outright rejected me, which somehow made it more confusing.
A few weeks later, me and another friend invited him and one of his friends to go bowling with us. The whole thing was painfully awkward. The girls mostly talked to each other and the guys mostly talked to each other. But afterwards my friend told me that whenever I got up to bowl, Peter kept talking about how good I was and how talented I seemed, which is funny because I’m terrible at bowling.
For a while after that, we kept hanging out in groups. We’d play video games together, go to the cinema with our friends, joke around, all that stuff. The chemistry was always there, but neither of us really crossed the line. Honestly I was shy too. At one point I even accidentally sat on the opposite side of the row during a film and spent the entire film regretting it.
Eventually I got tired of feeling stuck in limbo and told him that if he didn’t actually want to see me properly, I’d rather just move on. He blamed stress, school, nerves, etc., but never really gave me a clear answer. So I backed off.
Then suddenly he started liking basically everything I posted and messaging me more again. A while later, after a weak and drunk emotional moment where I told him maybe we shouldn’t talk anymore, he finally admitted the truth. He’d been really nervous around me the whole time and felt like things became “serious” too quickly. He apologised and said he genuinely liked me; he’d just panicked. Afterwards, things went back to normal, and I thought we'd continue as friends from there.
However, we recently met again at a birthday party. We spent most of the night together, and later he pulled me aside and apologised again properly. He told me he regretted being scared and inconsistent, said he likes me a lot, thinks I’m beautiful, and wants to actually give this a real chance instead of dancing around it. (For context, this guy is very well-liked by everyone and has always been nothing but kind, so I genuinely don’t think I’m being played here.)
The problem is that I’m moving soon, not permanently but for two years, and he knows this. Part of me wants to protect myself because the uncertainty before genuinely hurt me. But another part of me wants this so bad, and I don’t want fear to stop me from experiencing something meaningful just because it might not last forever.
So I guess my question is: should I give him a chance, or is it better to leave it alone?