He shoulda just made a move. The worst that can happen is that he's rejected. I don't see how you observe those behaviors as anything other than a girl asking for you to make a move on her. Idk, not trying anything was kinda pathetic from my perspective tbh... To-Loveru tier status-quoing.
My man got low T.
I'm just laughing to myself now imagining this situation irl and then the girl being like "that's not what I wanted you completely misread the situation" when you try something