An 11 year old likes me ?

I am a 24f I live in an apartment building in a studio, I’ve been living in this building for almost 2 years now. One of my neighbors has a an 11 Year old kid, he’s nice, he always says hi when he sees me and I do to. We barely talk, unless there’s an occasion. He has a dad and a grandma, his dad is also nice and we talk occasionally but we are not close at all.

Last week, his son developed a sudden interest in me. He would come to my apt and knock, the first time he did that I didn’t think anything of it. He asked to hang out in my place, I was confused, I said why? Do you need anything? He said no, he just wanted to hang out with someone. I felt bad, but I didn’t feel comfortable letting him in without his parents permission, I lied and told him I am on an online meeting. After few minutes, he knocks on my door again, same things asks me to hang out with him, I repeated myself that I am busy, I will talk to him when I am done. I asked him if his parents were home? And he said yes. So I knew he wasn’t alone and needed a place to stay.

He does the same thing again and again in the span of an hour. I got fed up, and went out, I got him UNO cards and told him ok let’s play cards, he said let’s play at your place, and I said again No, let’s play at the terrace (shared space in the building), he agreed we played couple times, I let him win few times. Whenever he wins, he asks to hug me. I innocently said ok sure, he hugged me so tight and started kissing me in the cheeks. I felt very uncomfortable because he repeated that a lot, like every time he wins a game.

And then we stopped playing and we were talking about school and friends, and I found out that his mom left him so he’s raised by his dad and grandma. And that he doesn’t have a lot of friends. He also mentioned that his parents doesn’t have money and that their apt is small and that he sleeps with his grandma. I felt bad for him and I knew he just wanted love and affection. Again, he suddenly starts hugging me, lean on me put his head on my chest, as much as I felt bad for him .. I still felt uncomfortable. I tried to comfort him saying I also live here alone far from my parents.. etc.

His grandma went out looking for him, she sees us and says hi, she asks him: did she want to play with you? And he replies: I wanted her to play with me. Grandma:but what if she said no? Lil boy: well there’s nothing I can do. This conversation made me think it’s something he does often.

It started raining so I told him let’s go back inside see you later. He asked me to play in my place, that he really wanna see my place. I told him no I can’t, your grandma will be looking for you. He says she won’t mind, and pretends like he is going inside to ask her but I know he didn’t even go inside. And he lies and says she said ok. I insist and tell him I gotta go. He hugged me goodbye and start kissing me, he tried to kiss me in the lips and I panicked and quickly pushed him away.

Few minutes pass and he is back knocking on my door asking to play inside. I refused and he kept coming back. Next day early in the morning at 9, it was a weekend and I usually sleep in late, he starts knocking. I see him through the peephole but I don’t open, he keeps knocking non stop. Until I hear his grandma yelling at him to stop and get back inside, I couldn’t hear very well but I think she said: you’re annoying the whole building. And the first thing that pops into my mind is that I always hear constant knocking at the hallway some of my neighbors doors but they never open. I would hear this pattern of knocking often but I didnt really care. I am not close with any of my neighbors, I am a foreigner and they’re all locals, there’s cultural and language barrier (I speak their lang but not fluent).

Today, he is back again knocking at my door. When I don’t open, he would start touching the lock, I know he can’t open the door but it scares the shit outta me. I opened the door eventually and firmly refused but I tried to remain calm and nice. I asked him not to touch the lock and stop touching my door and making noises. He says ok but asks for a hug and without me accepting he reaches out to me, this time I push him and say no stop. Please go.

I don’t know what will happen after this, I am hoping me rejecting him will bring things back to normal. If not, I will have to talk to his dad or grandma about it. But I am scared of their reaction , they could get all defensive and accuse me for provoking him since I played with him. Also he could lie and accuse me of something, I am no pedo!

I am genuinely scared and don’t know what to do and I don’t wanna move out, I love my studio rent is perfect for me. Any advice ?