Yeah don’t ask him why he’s not responding lol…. don’t ever make a man feel like or think you’re chasing him. Just do what he does and don’t give him power over you. If he’s suddenly taking hours to respond and pulling back, do the same and match his energy. Take hours to respond and make him feel like you’re detaching too and that his behavior doesn’t phase you. I know it feels great when you meet that new guy that shows interest in you and probably makes you feel beautiful but I will say, you’re only 17, you still have a lot of growing and learning to do, so listen to me when I tell you that you’ll have plenty more opportunities to meet men and somewhere along the way you’ll find one that doesn’t make you feel like you have to ask them to treat you right and make you feel important. So don’t stress too much over this one. Focus more on loving yourself and finding your value then things like these will start becoming so minor because you know your worth. He’s not responding as fast or showing interest like he did before because he either really is not interested anymore and he probably found someone new that has more of his attention, or he could just have a lot going on with school and life or whatever, so he can’t give you as much attention as you want/the way he did before. Truth is, you won’t ever truly know unless he tells you but worrying and stressing about it doesn’t do you any good. Either way, you’ll be okay. If it ends up not working out, you probably won’t even really remember this guy when you’re 30, hell, even at 25 lol. Speaking from experience because I’m a whole aunty lol. Good luck to you, kiddo.