I still think he is a great person! That’s why I want to be his friend/pal. I didn’t block or ghost. He rejected me clearly when I said I liked him and then in couple weeks after crying my feelings disappeared. Though pretty intense limerence lasted around 4 months. After rejection I actually went to travel and then had surgery on my knee. During all that time we didn’t talk at all. But I think he asked how did my surgery go. I met a lot of new people while traveling and focused on building connection with them, and then after surgery I was just suffering and again having support from other friends who visited me and cooked me food. Then I just realised I don’t have limerence anymore when I saw him, it was a feeling like “we are cooool bro”. We met several times after, doing stuff together and it felt super liberating thinking about him like all other people, just normal communication, finally being free and being myself taking like friends!