TL;DR: Barely spoke to my popular outgoing crush all semester because I was nervous. Followed her on IG after classes ended and didn't get a follow back. Feel like there’s a chance she missed it or didn’t recognize me. What do I do now: unfollow, interact, or do nothing?
So to give some context there’s this girl at my uni that I’m crushing on and we have the same major and had 2 classes together this semester.
In one I was assigned to be in a project group with her and her friend and for an entire month (class meets 1-2 times per week) I barely spoke to her because I’m naturally introverted and was just nervous as hell in front of her. If we did speak it was all project related as most of the time we were working on the project in class.
On the other hand she’s very outgoing the opposite of me and pretty popular I’d say with a lot of friends. I feel like the way I am maybe made her think that I dislike or have no interest in being friends with her. Once while we were waiting to meet our professor for feedback she offered me a seat next to her in a booth and said she’d move her bag but I said I was good standing off instinct as I thought it wouldn’t be long then realized later I should have. Another time we were on a call working on the project and I was the only one with my cam off.
The other class we share is a bigger lecture so nothing there and I’ve only seen her a few times in the student center with friends. I tried to do some small playful banter in the group chat but it was very light.
So currently the semester is basically over and I won’t see her anymore for now possibly next semester. However I found her instagram through suggested and followed her and she didn’t follow back. It is possible u could see my insta and not know its me if you only briefly view it. Also she also has 1000+ followers and gained a few that day but I noticed she followed a small amount of other ppl after me. Also I figure her phone likely has a lot of notifications daily as she’s popular and maybe she missed it. idk am I coping? She also has a decent following ratio close to 1000.
Overall I feel like I’m too closed off and I don’t know what I should do now. Should I unfollow and try to get her insta directly from her in the future or like some posts to catch her eye or do nothing?
Apologies for the long post