Beware: next level cringe

So basically, we met due to campus journalism, it's like a club ig
I was on my 7th grade (shameful and dumb, i know) and he was on his 9th grade but the age difference was like 4-5 years now that I realize it
No joke, I thought of him as like an older brother, since I wasn't close to my siblings as that time
During our three day seminar/contest, we talked a lot, he guided me and stuff. After that, he promised to reach out and message me. Lol, of course, it didn't happen. Dumb me tried messaging me thinking he just forgot. He started replying but it then ended because ig he was too busy and I was too clingy that time which I admit good gosh.

Got acquainted with him again during my 8th grade because he reached out but soon ended because he got too clingy physically that it just made me uncomfortable. Plus the fact that he confessed that he liked me during 7th grade that's why he ghosted me.