Is he not interested or is he? I’m confused

Female mid 20s here! Guy I’m speaking to is also the same age.

I haven’t really had much success with dating on the apps as I prefer meeting someone organically in “real life” if you will like at a coffee shop, maybe in college etc. you get the idea.

Plus my last hinge date I had was absolutely terrible. It confused me because we texted for a week and it was great, but then we met and he was an asshole. He did offer to walk me back to my car at the end and to text me later but he was so terrible that I blocked him and didn’t bother.

This new guy I’ve been texting to for about 3 weeks (he was busy then I was busy) and on weekdays It’s kind of hard to meet due to my intense work schedule. That aside, he was very happy to just text anyways and he seems sweet overall.

He asked when I’d be free to meet and I said maybe the 6th, but it wasn’t a for sure and he never followed up about it although we kept texting. Yes, you could argue that I could’ve let him know yes or no if I was free but I wanted to see if he’d take notice I didn’t say anything and see if he take any initiative. It’s not to play games but it’s such a pet peeve of mine if I am the one planning everything from personal experience.

I got really sick unfortunately couldn’t meet him but I did offer up FaceTime if he’s up for it. Although I did say I know we didn’t pick a specific day but I need to reschedule anyways, he said he thought he asked me out directly but it could’ve been a miscommunication - which I pointed out and he seemed kind about it.

He was very eager and said he also can’t wait to take me out when I feel better which made me think this is all good signs, and mostly we have just discussed small things we like and how work went which is fine to me, and he said we can set up a day to face time this week which I thought was great; but he never followed up with what day or time at all - even with now the weekend being over. Last thing that was said was him saying he also had to stay late at work but it didn’t really prompt a response so I hearted the message.

What I’m confused about is- is he just wanting a pen pal or actually interested? The way he texts, he does seem interested to meet but I feel if he was truly into seeing me or doing the video chat he could’ve texted me again or tried to set an actual date / time…

Should I just not bother to try to see how this goes? I get he’d lose interest since we’ve only texted, but it does seem mixed signals because he seems to be so eager, but then doesn’t set a specific day to meet like the first time and then again with this video chat.