How do I move this forward?

So basically I met a guy, we've been talking for two days, i'm pretty sure we are both interested in eachother, we've been talking on and off and I really like him but the talkings always very short. For example he will message me "hey" at points then we will start a conversation and he will give me short answers which can be hard to reply to which could point towards the fact that he's not interested but if I don't reply he will type something else within a few minutes, like "how was your day" so i'm not sure if he's just quiet. Should I just go ahead and ask him on a date?