is there any hope at this point

so 24F here, there’s this guy that i really like. we first met thru a dating app earlier this year, and after a few dates, he pulled away and said let’s be friends. it kind of hurt then but i guess he wasn’t feeling it… we didn’t speak for eight months lol and recently he reached out saying let’s hang out. i was surprised but also excited to see what’s different this time. we hung out for a bit, but after the second date, i felt my feelings coming back for this guy. like this guy has great qualities that have me convinced why i feel this way and i wish i was ballsy enough to have expressed it in the moment… on the other hand, i was getting mixed signals so i panicked and pulled away. i sent him a very confusing text trying to explain myself, and he now prefers to be friends. i totally regret what i did, but the damage has been done. it’s been a week now and i still think about him