Good Morning Texts & Emojis

I’ve been seeing this guy for the last 3 months and he first told me that he doesn’t want a relationship right now because he just got out of a relationship and needs some time before jumping into a new one. Just a few days ago, he told me that he “does really like me” and that he’d like to “try a relationship with me in the future.”

In the meantime tho, we’ve been seeing each other as friends with benefits for the last few months

We see each other often – several times a week. In the beginning, we never did PDA. But the last time we went out, he initiated PDA. He put his hand on my knee, then held my hand, and we kissed a little. I’m trying not to get my hopes up that he’s starting to move into wanting a relationship with me, but its starting to feel that that’s where this is going.

He texts me every day. Starts the day with a “good morning (kissy face emoji)” text. Then went to sending “good morning (lips emoji).” In the last few days, he’s changed to “good morning (tulip emoji)” text. Is the change from lips to a tulip a good thing or a bad thing? Like, is that more like he’s losing interest? He still sends the lips emoji when he says goodnight each night.