Please oh please help me please? Does he like me?

ok first of all there's this guy that i really like and the past week i felt like we were getting close for instance he has been texting me more and he called me pretty and cutie and he told me i was sweet he wanted to sit with me on the bus so i sat with him all week(u think he needs his space?) and the first time i sat with him he told me he was nervous and shy he also smiled at me as i walked by and when i look at him and hes looking at me he tends to look away quickly and whenever we texted he would always put smileys and keep telling me that im pretty or cute but now it seems like hedoesn'tt like me for example hedoesn'tt text me as much hedoesn'tt put smileys anymore hehasn'tt called me pretty or cute in a while and the first two days i sat with him on the bus he talked to me but for the rest of the week hedidn'tt? do u think im smuggling him?does he need his space? do u think he likes me? was i just his play toy for the week? did he want me to make the first move? PLEASE lemme know ur opinion and if i should flirt with him or make the first move cuz im more of a shy type of girl please help and thank you :D \