Should you mention he only texts you about hanging out late?

A single late-night text means very little. The signal is the repetition. If every conversation starts and ends with an invitation to come over after eleven, and daytime plans never get proposed, he is telling you something about how he sees you. Check whether he asks about your day, your work, or your friends at all. If the only thing he asks is when you can get together, and that thing is always at night, he has pretty clearly sorted you into a particular category.

Also look at how he responds when you suggest something else. If you float a coffee or a Saturday walk and he goes quiet, or says he is busy and does not offer a different time, that tells you more than the late texts do. Someone who wants more time with you usually finds it, even if it is awkward to schedule. Someone who is comfortable keeping things in the dark will often let the suggestion drop.

The reply that works is one that brings the pattern into the open as a question about plans. Name what you have noticed in plain words, then say what you would like instead, and ask whether that works for him. Keep it short. You are not building a case. You are giving him one clear thing to respond to.

The main job is to make his answer easy to read. Give him a real choice with a specific alternative attached, like a dinner or an afternoon plan, so that a yes or a no both mean something. Vague language like 'we should hang out more' lets him agree without committing to anything. A concrete option forces a real response, and that is what you need to decide.

Timing matters more than most people expect. If you bring this up in the middle of a late-night exchange, it will land as either a mood killer or a pressure play. Wait until you are both in a normal part of the day, ideally when you are not already talking about getting together. A text sent around midday or early evening reads as a conversation. The same words sent at midnight read as a demand.

If you do not get a clear answer within a day or two, do not send a second, more pointed version. Let the silence or the vague reply be the answer, and decide what you are willing to accept. If he keeps only texting late after you have asked for something different, you have your information. Stop initiating late plans, and see whether he changes or simply fades. Your next move depends on which one happens.