So the story is, around mid October I met this guy on tinder, I was not at all looking for a relationship, it was an account my friend made me so I could "practice" flirting with boys. It's silly I know. Anyway, we matched and we started talking for a few weeks. He's in the Air Force so when he got back from the mission he was on we met up. We hung out a few times and we really hit it off. Later I found out he was being deployed, by then it was mid November and I really liked him and he seemed to like me so we decided to date officially. He ended up being my first boyfriend and first kiss 😅 So when december rolled around he deployed and I got ready to spend the next 8 months in a long distance relationship, yet again let me say it was my first ever! For the first few moths it was good. We would be able to talk about every other week, the time difference and his work hours made it hard to find time to talk. So after about 3 months he stopped contacting me at all, and on valentine's day i saw he had posted a snapchat story but hadn't texted me all day. So the next day I message him and tell him we need to talk. I share with him that i felt like he wasn't into the relationship anymore and if I needed to move on he should tell me to do so. He told me that he was super busy(which i completely understand, I live in a military town to I understand the "sacrifices one has to make), and that he felt we rushed into things because he was leaving. Then he suggested we just be friends and once he got back and I hadn't moved on that we could try again. I agreed because I felt it was the right thing to do. So it's been a little over a month since we "broke up" and he still watches my snap stories but we haven't talked. I still have feelings for him and I don't want to date anyone else, but by the time he gets back I'll be at Uni 2 hours away and I rather not do the long distance thing again. So my questions are should I try to reach out to him and continue a "friendship" or wait till he's back to contact him? Also should I be afraid to try to date him again? Thanks for any advice you have to offer!