Boyfriend troubles.. please give advice

Okay, so I’ve been dating this guy for a little over a month and we were really good friends before we started dating and we liked each other for awhile but he took sooo long to mane a move. And typically I’m in to assertive guys which he is not. so eventually he made a move and stuff and we were happy and now for like half of the relationship I just don’t feel important to him. Like he still does everything the same for the most part but he’s just so weird about things. Like I always have to be the first one to show I care or something and it gets tiring. If I don’t then I don’t receive any affection and I want to believe he cares about me but half the time it’s just hard for me to feel cared for by him. He never offers reassurance or anything and it’s hard. idk lately all I can think about is yeah I don’t want to lose him bc I care so deeply about him but I’m afraid that no matter how hard it try it’s just not gonna work out. I have talked to him about how I feel before several times and he always feels really bad bc he wants to be a good boyfriend to me but I feel awful saying it but he’s just not what I need. any advice or people who’ve been in this place?