<human>: Can you succinctly summarize the text in 1-3 sentences?

A few weeks ago, I(20m) met a guy(23m) on OkC. We hit it off, exchanged numbers and planned a date. It was sort of a long-distance type thing, (we live an hour apart), but he drove to me and we hung out for around 5 hours. After that, we continued to text each other and we both were pretty open on how we felt about each other (positive things). We went on a second date; this time I drove to him and it ended with some kissing. Texting after that and we both still liked each other and planned a third date which happened to be on a friday.

Thursday - he doesn't text me that frequently and apologizes and explains why Thursday night. I didn't really notice and didn't think much of it.

Friday - he is really sick and can't leave.

Saturday - he's still sick and texting remains infrequent.

Sunday to today - He hasn't been texting me often. A few times he again realized he hadn't been talkative and apologized. Note: I'm not forcing him to text me, I'm usually not the first person to text or start a conversation. He'll text me randomly during the day and ask me a few things about my day and then he'll stop replying mid-conversation. That is the part that is most confusing to me. If he didn't want to talk to me, why start conversations with me? 

I haven't wanted to confront him about it or pursue texting him because I don't want to seem clingy or needy, but I would really like to know what's going on. I texted him this morning, asking if he wanted to hang out again sometime soon, and he replied with something along the lines of: yeah, i really would like to see you. I asked when and where. No reply.
<bot>: i have two dates with a guy, he says he likes me and wants to see me again, but has been infrequent in texting me.