Is he scared to commit?

When you ask the what are we question and his reply is “well what you think we are and how do you wanna refer us to your friends as? it’s up to you” does that show he’s scared to commit or fears rejection? Is he basically valuing your wants and needs? Because he wasn’t saying oh I’m not ready for anything serious but instead he said we are dating ! And when I asked if I can call him my boyfriend he seemed cool with it but I’m still uncertain as to what we actually are As dating often can mean keeping options open any insights!