Staring at me but does not seem to want interaction

I’m curious on what to do when my puppy is staring at me. She is 9 months old. Sometimes she will just sit right in front of me and just stare. She does not want to be petted or brought on the couch – she will just move away from my arms. I think she might be like “what’s next”. Like this morning, we went on a walk (25 mins), after her breakfast, we played (5-10 mins – also, she seems to not want to play more than 5-10mins these days), trained for a few minutes, then sniff mat (it took about 5 mins), and then I gave her something to shred (5 mins). Like more than enough stimulation for a 9 months old bichon poo in the morning (I believe!?). She is now sleeping on the couch after all that staring. Do I ignore her staring (or ignore half the time)? Do I stare back (lovingly I mean, like I believe it can be affection)? What do you all think? She does not demand bark but I guess it might be demand staring. 🤣 I just feel bad when I ignore her, but I don’t want her to think everything revolves around her (even though it kind of does but she doesn’t need to know that lol).