I would really like some help. Please.

So this is kind of a complicated situation. But hear me out. I am a college student who goes to college about 500 miles from home. Right as summer break started, and I was back at home, I get a message on grindr from this guy who was really cute. We are talking all the time. Texting, snapchatting, ... Other things. And I'm really starting to like him. About a month goes by and we still talk every day. He's telling me how he wants to date me and all the romantic dates he would take me on. And how much he likes me and is falling for a guy for the first time ever (as he isn't out, bisexual, and has barely been with guys before) As we are talking, I find out he lives where I go to school. The only thing I could think of is "great. Now I have to wait 3 more months until we can meet in person." But he said that we would keep talking because I was worth the wait to him. Which is sweet. Fast forward to when I come back to school. We are still talking. A little bit more distant, but still talking almost every day. He tells me that him and his family are going through some struggles, as he still lives at home with his parents, and that he is getting really depressed. Then I don't hear from him for a week. I get a text from him "sorry, when I get depressed like this, I don't talk to anyone or look at my phone." And I understood that. But now is when I get really worried. Over a month goes by without contact from him. I was honestly worried. 'How depressed is he? Did his parents break his phone? Did he kill himself? Should I look at obituaries?, So many things running through my head. Fast forward again to today. Last night, I got a text from him. Just "hey" I freaked out when I woke up this morning to that text. I had no idea he still wanted to talk to me, or even that he was alive! Do I still try and pursue him? I would really like some advise. Thanks everyone.