Understanding a Scorpio male
I'm a female Virgo and I've been talking this guy who's a Scorpio, for about three months now and things seem to heating up quite a bit. At first we were just pen pals being long distance and what not but as time as gone on feelings have definitely been developing and what I mean by that is we're both kinky af and the chemistry is just off the charts. I'm a very open gal, I leave nothing to doubt and I think it's because I am an overthinker and I don't wish that upon anybody. I don't trauma dump unless I ask if he wants to know "why I'm like this" but he wants to know as much about me as possible.
I know Scorpios are guarded with their feelings specially if they've been burned in the past and we hit a milestone the other day when I asked "who hurt you?" To which he told me he's resistant to slap a label on what we have due to him being cheated on last year. He said moving to be closer would be something he'd consider to grow together and just last night before he went to sleep he texted "ily".
I could not be happier that he's opening up to me but he's confusing the fuck outta me. He calls me cute things like sweetheart, my love, baby, babe, hottie and while I take that seriously I don't understand why he calls me these things while not being in a relationship with me.
What's going on here, is he testing me, playing games or is being genuine? Like I said, I'm a virgo and I don't just talk but I back it up with action and all this sweet talk is just that to me.. sweet talk. Am I wasting my time?