Am I reading too far into this?

Well you have learned a valuable lesson here. The harder you push someone their further away they go.
I also think you may have to focus on yourself and getting a handle on your compulsions. And learning some self soothing techniques before your ready to start seeing somebody,especially someone older than you.

However, all the best and hopefully you find a way to be comfortable with yourself whilst finding your way around the wants and needs of others.

He said I'm cute again.

We were teasing each other and then I asked him if I was nice and he said no (lol) and then I said thanks and he said what and then I said "you said I wasn't nice" then he said "I never said you weren't cute tho" AWWW HELP

We just had a REALLY long conversation. We made each other laugh. But he denied that he said I'm cute.

But he asked me for a hot or not scale, and I ranked him closer to the top. He asked, "if I had a 6pack, would I be higher up?". I said maybe but i don't think so. I asked him why, and he said because he wants to know what's hot for a girl...