Shy guys, help me understand you
Heyyy, I have a crush on a pretty shy guy in college and I, myself, am a little shy too. It took me 2 months to gather the courage to approach him - during that time, I observed his behaviour a lot and realised that he basically only hangs with his high school friends. Whenever "outsiders" approach his group, he just gets stiff and becomes quiet and observant rather than participant...
5 days ago, I finally talked to him, and while I admit that it might've been an unexpected/abrupt approach (i tapped him on the shoulder once the lecture was over), the whole thing didn't last for more than 15 seconds at most! I asked him 3 questions (we're from the same town, so I confirmed that, asked which school he used to attend and what his name was), to which I got a total of 5 dull words as answers. He looked tense or nervous, like he was on auto-pilot mode, idk. Also, I might've smiled too much because of how nervous I was. At the time, I thought I was giving off the "it's ok, i don't bite" vibe, but now that I look back at it, maybe I just simply creeped him out... i used to walk right behind/beside him trying to muster up the courage to talk on the way from the metro to class whenever we were both alone, ever since i told my friends about him, we also sit right behind him in the auditorium, and he caught me sneaking glances at him a few times, so yeah, he already knew my face before i went up and talked... i might've just scared him more!!!???
Anyway, ever since then, he just ACTIVELY avoids me when his friends are not around and i'm not hallucinating: yesterday, he left at the speed of light once the lecture was over, almost as if he'd gotten ptsd from the last time he was sitting alone in front of me! Today, he made his walk to class longer as soon as he saw me(i SAW him look at me) and entered the building through a different door so we wouldn't cross paths. When I got there, he didn't even look up from his phone (and he does that ALL the time) probably because he was scared i'd say something!
There's a few more things pointing to him avoiding me, but this is probably enough. So... what did I do to him guys??? Is he just still processing the whole thing or thinking he embarassed himself? Did I scare him away? I'd never talked to any of my crushes before this one, i don't really know what's going on... What do i do now *cries*??