Childhood best friend reunion?
So recently I had a childhood best friend come back into my life as he found me on social media. We started to talk and he seemed like a very sweet, funny and handsome guy and he seemed to find me attractive too as he would constantly be flirting with me throughout the short time we talked.
One night we we were flirting away and it got to the point where I thought it would be a good time maybe to tell him I liked him - not like LIKE him to a point of oh lets start dating but rather just a thing to way you know like, “hey I find you attractive and I like talking to you”. He said he liked me back too but we should take it slow and I thinking well yeah duhh we have been speaking for a very short time lol but I said of course and went to bed.
The next day however, the vibe just shifted and he was soo dry :/ I didn’t really question him on it until he asked me if I was okay cus I guess he could tell that I was trying to mask some kind of anxiety over the situation, then he said “honestly…if we work out then we work out” and I just was like cool cus i don’t really know what else to that other than agree I guess?
The next day I ask if he wants to hang out to see if that can ease any tensions and it can just go back to normal but then he says he’ll pass as he doesn’t want pursue an intimate relationship. I apologize about saying that I like him and let him know I wasn’t even thinking about a relationship atp lol and he apologizes for freaking out.
I’m kind of bummed cus I did still wanna be friends with and maybe hey In the future something could have been explored I guess but noe the chat is silent :( any advice on what to do?