What does all of this mean? And how does he feel?
So, it all started back in April when I met this guy and immediately had this spark with him, but that night it only turned into a hookup, one that lasted forever, but a hookup nonetheless. A couple days later I went back to his room to pick up the couple things I had accidentally left, my jacket, an earring, and my hair clip, which I didn't even know for sure if the earring or hair clip were there or what not, but when I arrived (with my two best friends) and asked about the earring and hair clip he said he had already found them and put them in the zip-up pocket of my jacket. I didn't expect that. But anyway, a week or so went by, and when I saw him and his friends at one of the dining halls the first time I walked by he just looked at me (this is where it starts), but the second time he had all of his friends turn and look at me. I don't know why. Anyway, nothing much happened after that for awhile, until the last day of the semester when I regretfully sent him a drunk-text, but he responded positively, surprisingly. But summer was here, and we didn't talk all summer, though we hadn't much previously, and I ended up dating someone that lasted until this past September. But once we arrived back at college I saw him at my friend's party the second night, and almost every night for the next week. But the next time I saw him, which was at his apartment the following evening, he turned on the music I had put on when we had our hookup right after he saw me there.
Then, we still didn't talk, but before we all left his apartment my friend made me talk to him (another beginning of recurring circumstances), and it went okay. From here, every other night I went out, including weekends all the way until late September (but I will get to this), he would show up to where I was at and would always just look at me, but wouldn't ever say anything. During a day party, when I first arrived, he was obviously very intoxicated, but he came up to me immediately and I guess like ran his hand down my arm and said hey, but just walked inside the house after that. But every time I was at a party he would show up, but my friend was trying to talk to him "for me" (she liked to meddle in things like this, regardless of my objections) but he would still keep looking at me while he talked to her, even though I wasn't even around them. But when I was standing there, kind of in the conversation, he kept leaning in very close to my face when he was talking to me.
Additionally, I was friends with some of his roommates, so a lot of nights we would go back to their apartment, and the first night he sat right next to me but would barely talk, but kept looking back at me. He gradually started to talk more around me, but I would talk to his roommates and such, until he and I eventually had a few conversations, first about him stealing my kitten. But even when he wasn't talking directly to me, he would always look at me when talking and smile. Eventually, when I was intoxicated, I asked one of my friends who was also his roommate and friend what was the deal. He told me that he liked me but was awkward and shy, which is what I had heard from a few other people who are mutual acquaintances/ friends.
Now, at this time I was still dating the guy from the summer, and told my/his friend this, and from here on out the guy changed. He started to flirt with my friend who had been talking to him, but he still continued to look at me all the time. Even when I see him on campus he just stares at me and I don't know why. But once they kissed one time and I went off on my friend and completely cut off all the people I had been friends with (not for just this reason at all). But, the staring makes me uncomfortable and I'm still very confused about this whole situation.
What has been driving me crazy is, given the past experiences, did he ever like me? Does he still, since he continues to stare at me whenever he sees me (other people have noticed)? Also, why does he just stare at me? Please help, I'm going nuts from being so confused.
