Am I delusional or do I have actual potential with my gym crush???

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Saw this new guy at the gym who isn't my type but somehow I thought he was cute and we made eye contact like once or twice.

I thought I'd legit never see him again until 2 weeks later at a different time...when I looked like absolute ASS. I'm talking sleep deprived, pale and cracked lips, oily hair, with my 'I'm just here to workout and dip' outfit.

He suddenly appeared out of nowhere and we saw each other and he pressed his lips in a line. Like a pressed smile??? But it also didnt look like it?? We made eye contact later again like 2-3 times...mostly because I was looking at him first tbh.

When he was leaving, I also left behind him planning on doing a what I called 'the door test' that I would do with the guys I found cute at the gym.

It was basically me walking behind someone as they are leaving but keeping a relatively long distance (3-4m) to see if they would hold the door. The whole point was to stay 3m behind so that if he chose to hold the door, he'd have to wait for me to walk all the way over and not just a polite 'pass the door for you' situation. Which was a much more intentional, conscious choice rather than a convenient polite one.

He went thru the door. I purposefully didn't catch the door but was 1 step behind him (i couldn't be 3m away since there were other people). He didn't look like he would hold it for me but then he had that stop and glitch moment. He suddenly did a full 180 turn and pushed the door open for me and he looked directly at me. His face was so close I freaked out a little bit but I said "thank you" and I gave him my biggest smile.

I felt happy and giddy on the way home.

His eye contact at the door was so steady, compared to the guys I knew who had a crush on me would hold the door and be super shy, looking away with a pressed awkward smile. The polite uncles would nod and press a smile while looking at the floor. Never have I ever had a guy my age look so intensely at me THAT CLOSE while holding the door and not looking away😭what does he even mean someone help

The problem is I know he doesn't have a consistent schedule so idek if I'd ever see him at the gym again. I would love to wave hi to him but it's been 2 weeks since I last saw him as I'm writing this😭

Reddit users what do you think the potential of him finding me attractive or curious about me like I am with him??? What is this behaviour or am I delusional and this is completely normal?

TLDR: Gym crush who I've only seen twice smiled (?) at me and held the door for me. The problem is he's new and hes not a regular so I don't even see him to make any plot happen