Girl had clear crush on me a year and a half ago, we never spoke, mixed/avoidant signals after I sent & withdrew IG request
I’ve literally never spoken a single word to this girl. We had a class together about a year and a half ago, and back then she showed what felt like very obvious signs of a crush—constant eye contact, smiling, shyly approaching then backing off, even kind of following me around. At the time I wasn’t interested. Then we didn’t see each other for a full year.
About 4 months ago I saw her again in the hallway—she kept looking at me, fixed her hair twice, and smiled during a 3-second eye lock as I walked past, which made me think she might still be into me. Around that time I started developing a small crush on her too.
A month later I saw her at the bus stop talking to a guy for about 20 minutes (figured they just had a class together). I walked past twice and both times she made brief eye contact with me.
To test the waters, I sent her a follow request on Instagram (her account is private). She didn’t accept or reject it for 2 full weeks, so I canceled it.
After that, everything changed. Now she instantly stops smiling when she sees me (even if she’s laughing with friends), avoids eye contact, and gives prolonged, almost intimidating stares or strong side-eyes. One time she completely ignored me while walking with that same guy.
Another time, when my friend pointed her out from far away, she immediately moved behind a tree to block view. In the hallway she’ll stare at me with a surprised or almost rude expression, hold eye contact, then act like I don’t exist when I get closer.
(Also checked—she and that guy don’t even follow each other on IG.) Did the follow request mess things up somehow? And what should I even do now, especially since this semester is mostly online?
note: sorry if this was too long, I'm overthinking currently and I don't do this reddit thing so often