Is it over?

Hello again! Since I cannot replay to my post idk why here it is.

‘Hello everybody,

My ex and I broke up month and half ago after 8 month relationship. He broke up with me few days after I asked him about what is he talking to other girl. He mentioned this girl few months earlier saying that she would text him a lot in the past and always asking out; and that is the reason I asked him that. He wasn’t angry at first but after few days he broke up with me via text. He said that it hurt him so much because he gave himself into this relationship and that I was always his number one… I wasn’t ever angry at him for talking with another girls and my intention was not to hurt him or show him that I don’t believe him just asking what is going on. So after he broke up I begged him to see me and that we can figure this out. But he said that it is over and that he is not feeling like talking to me. We apologised to one another for this and we stopped texting for few days but I sent him a message to ask how is the situation with all this. We talked again about the relationship and he said that if we ever get back together that he will marry me (?). We stopped and then after that he texted me, we talked for a week, not about the relationship but about what are we doing, and after a week he told me that he still thinks that I am good person and he does not hate me but he doesn’t want to get back. He also told me not to hope and that I should date other people and that I will be happy again. I asked him is this forever, and he replayed that he never says never but for now he knows what he wants.
So I thought that is it, but he reached out a week later and after 10 messages he stopped, then I reached out couple days after and we were texting for 2 days. He told me everything that is going on and we talked like before, just without nice words, but we talk about everything, what is bothering us and what is going on with us and it makes me very confused because just when I think it is going okay, I got my hopes up and we are connecting, and then he stops replaying.
Day after I am good, thinking it’s not over here, it happened too many times just to say it is over here, but then today I am again down thinking how to save this, should I let it go and just stop trying to contact him, and I think that this going up and down is not good for me.
I saw a lot of suggestion about no contact rule but I am scared to try it because I see that something is here but I don’t want to force him and I feel he is talking to me bc he really does not want to hurt me or make this harder for me.
Does somebody have some suggestion what to do? Or does someone have opinion on this? Should I try no contact and what to do if he texts me during it?’

Update:
After no hearing from him for 2 days he sent me a message if we can meet up to talk and I replayed yes. I went at his apartment and we talked about the breakup because we did not meet after it in person. He was confused of his decision to give me another chance or not. As we continued to talk eventually we hooked up but just for that one night. I stayed at his place and in the morning everything was okay but he stopped replaying to me and got cold. When I asked him what is happening he said that he does not know how to behave anymore. So I called him to come to my place to talk because I had it enough, I said that I want to know at what does he stands and to tell me are we going to continue this or not. He apologised to me saying that it is over and that he is sorry. He also said that that night was great but in the morning everything came back to him. I told him okay I guess it is over and that we cannot stay friends because it is too hard. He left and I felt horrible. I was crying and just when I thought that I will never hear from him he sent me a poem he wrote that said that it is hard for him too and that he wants to find a way but when at the end something inside him is stopping him. He also said how sorry he is, and how he cannot handle himself. I replayed to this but next day I did not hear from him…

So guys what should I do? Is this over now or do I still have a chance to get him back. I understand him about being confused but also I kinda stopped this to prevent myself of getting hurt… Please do you have any suggestions for what should I do? I am now in no contact. Many of my friends told me to stop thinking about him because I gave so much myself in this to make it work and he does not know what he wants. But still after all this I really want us to work, maybe he has some of his problems but I think that we are really great together.. Please tell me something bc I really don’t know what to think…