I work in a team where we're all kinda fairly young and have a good laugh. There's a guy in the team who's very young, early 20s and he likes to be the clown of the group in a way. People rib him in an endearing way and he's definitely known as the joker of the group.
Anyway he's on leave ATM but has been sending occasional pictures and updates to our work group chat.
I texted him briefly saying, hope you're having an amazing time, stay safe, we miss you!
He replied briefly saying thanks will do, and that's all.
A couple of hours later another guy in the team messaged on our group chat saying to him 'Are you still alive?"
He didn't reply for a bit and I put in a jokey way "Yeah I can confirm I heard from him earlier and all's good".
About 20 minutes later I got a private message from him telling me not to do that again, and that he will do it in his own time. He said it was not my place and then a few other things I just skimmed over as I deleted the message out of embarrassment.
I apologised and said I totally understand. I know from a mental health point of view there's more than meets the eye and he can occasionally seem quite irritable and withdrawn.
Anyway I've no intention of saying anything else or messaging. Does it sound like I put my foot in it?