My crush and I both are student workers at a fast food restaurant. He made a couple of flirty remarks here and there. I decided to invite him to my birthday party. I made it clear that other people from our university were going too. He said he wasn’t sure if he could come or not, but that he’d let me know. 

The next week, he was acting kind of weird. He would be nice and friendly one minute, and distant the next. He wasn’t able to come. I figured that he knew I liked him, and was trying to tell me that he didn’t like me, so I gave up on him. 

Winter break went by, and classes were online at the beginning of the semester. It was close to two months that we hadn’t seen each other. When we saw each other again, he gave me a hi five and was enthusiastic to see me. He would make more overt flirty statements like “you’re perfect” or “you’re pretty”. 

Does he know that I like him? Because of the birthday party? Does he like me back?