Why is he acting this way? Confused... Help?

[Cindy]

So I got to know this guy... let's call him Bob. I met him about a year ago in college. I noticed him staring at me from the corner of my eye a lot - it started to get creepy, even though it was obvious he is shy and intimidated. So i thought i'd show him i'm just like everyone else and reduce the creepiness, so i approached him and said hi through a common friend. Anyway, from that point on, we hit it off. He added me on social media sites and we starting talking gradually till the point where we talked everyday, all day long. So you could say we became great/best friends. He gave off a lot of mixed signals online - for example he called me perfect (which isn't true but whatever - also, i don't think a guy "friend" would call his female "just-friend" perfect and insist on it whenever she counter-argued), and he found it strange that guys aren't fighting over me (also pretty dumb, no one wants that - i don't see any point in it) - he would ask me lots of situational questions and care about my opinion in relation to certain things. He would hang on every word whenever if brought up how shy he is, or the first impression he gave off when i first knew him - he would keep asking questions and get really interested into what i have to say about him. He also got me gifts for birthday. At the beginning i didn't feel anything more than friendly towards him, but then my feelings grew in time, i started to hangout with him every now and then - just 2 close friends in college, and i realized that despite him not being my type, he's a very good guy that i shouldn't take for granted (learning my lesson from past experience), and that limiting myself to just "my type" is stupid, because all people are special in different ways - doesn't matter what they look like on the outside, what matters is who they are - their heart and personality. And sometimes "your type" shows up, you get to know them, and they screw you over. So limiting your options is useless. He proved he is worth the shot - he opened my eyes and mind to possibilities. I imagined us hooking up in future (i'm in no rush, i totally believe in taking time when it comes to relationshippy matters) Anyways, till now, none of us said anything regarding our feelings for each other. I'm not even sure he likes me, because there are points at which i believe he doesn't think of me as more than a friend, and other times he gives signs that yell "he cares more than the just-friendly care!! No guy friend would say that if he's not interested".

About a month ago, i gave him this cheesy speech (online) about how he's a great person, because he has this blind belief that he's a failure. It's just lame. He has accomplished a lot of things in his life that he doesn't pay attention to or appreciate. It's just ridiculous, and it really frustrates me why he thinks that, so i thought to hell with it and said what i felt (i usually find it very hard to express my feelings about anything to anyone - especially guys. Being vulnerable is very hard for me to face). I didn't say "i like you" or anything like that. but i wrote him a cheesy, heartfelt speech about how he is successful by being who he is, not by what he does or the grades he gets (he's not a straight A student, and he's not an F student either) or how professional he is career-wise. I strongly believe in that - not just with him, but with everybody. After i sent him that speech, things got awkward, he didn't even reply to it and completely changed the subject - and we talked significantly less gradually, and he has cut me off a ever since. Like we small-talked twice after, literally for five minutes online each time and that's it. I haven't been seeing him much in college ever since either.

I'm already working on getting over him from now and turning my heart into stone (i think i'm failing, tho) because i've been hurt in the past, and i don't want to go through the pain anymore, it just really sucks. I'm trying to focus on growing as a person, i'm trying to focus on myself since i normally give my time to other people - it's unusual for me to make myself the priority over others.

Kindly put in mind he's a genuinely nice guy. Like really, really kind. He's the farthest thing from a player. And that he's really shy. He even told me he'd never tell a girl that he likes her because he thinks she'll either reject him and not like him back or that she'd move on and lose interest in case he waits for too long to express his feelings towards her.

Whewww, talk about drama *rolls eyes*

Anyway, thanks and sorry if it's too long!
@Lila I sure hope he does not think that. I've known him for quite a long while, hopefully he'll know i'm not "just saying that"