help me read my friend with benefits

Al

I recently started hooking up with my ex-fwb again, but this time it's different and kinda weird? before it would be an in and out thing, we never talked much, he never texted first, but we never lost contact as we work with each other once a week (which isn't awkward or anything) so 2 days ago we hooked up again for the first time in 2 years and this time he initiated it, told me he used to like me but back then I was about to go to college and he didn't want to be the reason I stayed so he never voiced those feelings. This time he asked if he could cuddle me, during sex he told me to look him in the eyes (hotttt), we went out to dinner after and he paid, we drove an hour away to go walk out on the town and then sat in a gas station parking lot and talked for 5 hours before we finally parted ways at 6:30am. wtf is going on here??