Dear H:

I wouldn’t  suggest a meeting in person at this point because it is too close to your disclosure of your feelings to him and him rejecting a romantic relationship.

Continue the online communication, is my  suggestion, but aim at getting  to know  him better and making it  possible for  him to get to  know  you better, that way you will be trying to develop the relationship, to move it forward, if not toward a romantic relationship, then to a more  meaningful/real  relationship.

Maybe at a later point, if and when the two of you share  more about each  other,  have a deeper connection, then you can meet in person.

anita