There is a kid who goes to my school; we've been more or less in the same district since we entered school and as such have always sort of floated in the same bubble. He's pretty nice and we've traditionally gotten along fairly well, though never too close.
The problem is that recently hes been getting a tad more, uh, personal. He sends me emails almost daily, always "coincidentally" runs into me outside of class, and apparently has been telling other people about what great friends we are.
Given all this, it sort of wasn't a surprise when he asked me, somewhat awkwardly, out on a date. Being sort of shy myself, I thought it seemed harmless enough and said yes. We ended up seeing a terrible movie, and it was sort of fun, but I never felt any....eh, romantic tension. I thanked him for the evening and made it fairly clear it wasn't going to be anything more.
I guess I made a pretty bad move. Since then, he's hounded me a lot, asking me out more, sending me messages, calling me... I tried explaining that I really was happy to be his friend, but wasn't feeling anything romantic. He just sort of nodded and kept going.
My question is ultimately, is there a way to let him down easy? Should I just wait it out, hope for him to give up? Or what?