What does sexual tension between friends look and feel like?

Anonymous
My friend drives me insane! We've both said I love you and I hate you to each other a lot. He makes me furious when he does dumb stuff and he will just go off on me like 0-60 rage in two seconds and threaten me with no more hugs. We are good friends and know everything about each other, including how to really push each other's buttons.

I threaten to murder/strangle him often and he threatened to rip out my ovaries during our last fight. I know I'm hot for him. He denies flirting with me but this kind of intense fighting/ making up cycle we seem stuck in makes me think there's fiery passion lurking somewhere in him.

Why does he say he loves me and hates me but keeps coming back for more? After I told him this week that I wanted him and had feelings for him he backed off a little and it's been less tense but way more awkward. Now we're taking again, after a day of not much contact, and he's snapchatting with me again.

Is he in denial about his feelings for me? Our friends have commented on the obvious tension between us. When we're fighting it's like we're in our own world and no one else exists. We just keep staring daggers at each other. We're both so stubborn that we give each other the silent treatment and neither of us wants to break first. What does this all mean?
It's sexual tension and He's hiding his feelings with fighting
There's no sexual tension
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What does sexual tension between friends look and feel like?
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