You are 100% correct that I do see this as him wanting to take more interest in me. When we first got together we just talked about our days in general. Even up to just before he moved out when we would see each other after work we would always say 'How was your day?' but obviously that stopped when he started looking for another place.
It did seems as though H was begining to get more affectionate before the chilled period came on as he was starting to initiate the hug and kiss good-bye when he was leaving and was much more affectionate during ML, as in cuddling after.
I guess it does seem that backing off sometimes and other times pushing a bit both help my situation so I have to kind of go with my instincts and have a balance.
