Flirting is not fundamentally about causing someone to be attracted to you.
Notwithstanding, I think flirting is substantially (perhaps even fundamentally) about both (i) attraction, and (ii) seduction. Moreover, I think your model is too symmetric between the parties, both in terms of information-symmetry and desire-symmetry across time.
My model of flirting is roughly:
Alice attracts Bob → Bob tries attracting Alice → Alice reveals Bob attracts Alice → Bob tries seducing Alice → Alice reveals Bob seduces Alice → Initiation
Notwithstanding, I think flirting is substantially (perhaps even fundamentally) about both (i) attraction, and (ii) seduction. Moreover, I think your model is too symmetric between the parties, both in terms of information-symmetry and desire-symmetry across time.
My model of flirting is roughly:
Alice attracts Bob → Bob tries attracting Alice → Alice reveals Bob attracts Alice → Bob tries seducing Alice → Alice reveals Bob seduces Alice → Initiation