I think when I would say this in the past it would be coming from a place of me being insecure that I SHOULD leave him alone, because he’s doing something else, or hanging out with someone else, and I don’t want to interrupt. It was also maybe a way to get reassurance that he did want to talk to me. which is dumb, because i should’ve know he did if he was talking to me, But in this case I truly did just mean what i said, which i explained to him, But i can see how it would be confusing for him.

Thank you so much for responding to this, I really appreciate it!