Had sort of a breakthrough with him where I think he finally gets it
You "think" he finally got it. So you're still faffing about trying to send vibes.
Just tell him. Case in point:
I have a horror story of a literal big tiddie goth gf making very forward motions, asking for my number and giving me every chance to make a move and I blew it.
I have a similar story: back in college, this classmate was this
gorgeous big tiddy goth. I'm talking an
unbelievably hot woman, the only reason she wouldn't be a 10/10 was because her nose was very wide (and I've come to realize every woman I've been involved with or attracted to had an unusual nose; none in the same way as any of the others, but not one of them had a typical, generic pretty nose). By far the most physically beautiful woman I've ever been with. Like, huge tits, huge ass, tiny waist,
incredible eyes, long straight raven black hair that was actually long wavy natural blonde hair which she dyed and straightened, because goth.
She asked me a question once during class, and after that she started getting close, gradually. This one time she sat in the spot behind me during class and
started giving me a massage out of nowhere. Even the professor noticed and was like "MR OBRE, MISS TIDDYGOTH, WHAT THE
FUCK IS HAPPENING OVER THERE" in front of the whole class. Embarrassing yes but it was a good massage.
Since I never seemed to catch the VERY OBVIOUS AND PHYSICAL HINTS, she one day straight up told me: Ok so you and I, after class, we'll go behind the stairs and make out.
I was flabbergasted. Her
intentions towards me blindsided me, despite the in hindsight clear signals*.
So anyway, we did. It didn't work out in the end, or for very long at that, but it was
very fun while it lasted.
*In my defense, I was sort of emotionally disoriented at the time from coming out of a different situation with a different girl, which, come to think of it, was a complete disaster because both I and the girl in question were both retards who were head over heels for each other, but both decided to play the hinting game for entirely too long.
So what I'm saying is,
@Blobby's Murder Knife, stop trying to say it without saying it, stop giving him massages during class. Just go and tell him:
HEY, BRO, I WANT YOUR HOT BODY
I NEED YOU TO REARRANGE MY GUTS
I WANT YOU TO FUCK ME TO SLEEP
Or, you know, something more demure but equally unambiguous.