I’m going to take a stab at this. I think he might be feeling pressured and feels bad turning you down so he doesn’t want to say “no, I’m busy again”
Funny, I was not going to bother commenting but was thinking exactly this. ^^^^^^^^^^ while reading your post - then I saw ginger post my same thought. I know he sort of fed into this whole fairy tail narrative you've developed but when it gets real it can get overwhelming pretty quickly which in turn becomes pressure building. It’s a lot to live up to and a lot to risk failing. No one is soooooo busy they can’t find an hour or two to meet within a months time or for sure a few minutes to send a text. If so, they clearly don’t have time to date. All of this is not accidental. That’s not to say he’s not interested to some degree - just likely overwhelmed with the expectations that have been built. It was all a sweet fantasy but now it’s butting up against reality - a reality that could tank the fantasy.
When looked at this way, is it not much clearer why he may be backing off a bit?
DonH Midwest Me 56 WAW-EXW 55 Met 11/95 / Married 5/00 Bomb 6/20/05 / She Filed on 6/2/06 / Divorced on 10/9/06 4 who'd qualify as GF since D & dated about 25 women since D
