A new connection grows better without being asked to become important immediately.

New friendships are often damaged by enthusiasm. Wanting it to matter quickly produces intensity, frequent contact, and a kind of pressure neither person has earned yet, and the other one retreats without quite knowing why. Closeness is built from accumulated small occasions rather than declared at the start.

Keep the contact light and regular rather than deep and sudden. Suggest a second ordinary thing rather than a significant one. Let it be pleasant for a few months before deciding what it is.