need advice on a tinder fling

i got tinder recently and this guy messaged me first and sent a bunch of messages over the course of two days and i finally got back to him and we were really hitting it off. he asked for my snap and number and we talked for a few days and then he had to leave town for a bit and while he was gone we were texting 24/7. we hadn’t meet at this point but it felt like we had chemistry and the night he got back in town he texted me and we were flirting back and fourth and we planned a little sneaky link that night at his place. it went great we cuddled, talked, watched a movie and did some more and eventually i left and when i got back to my place he told me how happy he was to see me and it felt really good and natural.

then we were texting and flirting more and we planned to go to a drive in movie and his friends party together. we linked up again a few days later to go see a drive in movie and it went good but it wasn’t as electric as the first meet up and the car ride back from the drive in was pretty quite which was a little awkward. then two days after we saw the movie we were gonna go to his friends party but the day of the party he didn’t text me at all and so i assumed he wasn’t into me anymore and i got upset but didn’t ask him about it cuz i wanted to act like i didn’t care and so i didn’t text him for a few days and then he texts me and says hey have u been good? and at this point i was over the party thing i was just happy he thought about me and i responded saying yes and asking if he’s been good but he hasn’t responded to my text and its been almost two days.

i just wanna talk and see what he feels but i don’t wanna come off as over protective cuz ik we aren’t dating but at the start of us texting he told me he would delete tinder for me and that his parents would love me so i feel like im getting hella mixed signals and idk what to do like u think i should post on my story to get his attention or just talk to him straight up. i don’t wanna lose this guy 🙁