Does my guy friend like me?

Anonymous
It's somewhat long, so I apologize beforehand.

I've known my one guy friend for two years (but I was friend with him for only few months), and we have same interest, so we're pretty close in my opinion. I started being interested in him a little, but didn't show because I never had boyfriend before, so I never even imagined that he would like me.

He sometimes hold my hands (only when we were sitting, never when we're walking or standing) usually interlocking fingers, and he would clasp his hands over mine, even if my hand was on my lap. He patted my leg several times, but I thought he was doing all those things just because he was a touchy kind of guy.

Then he came over to my house and we were watching tv together on the couch, and after about 20 minutes, he would be right against me, pressing his legs against mine (he's the only one who moved). He would hold my hand, play with it, and sometimes put it down on his lap. And then I thought 'He must really like physical contacts' and I tried to not to get a wrong idea, because he's really friendly and cool with other people, so I figured he must be like that with me too.

But when I went over to his house, I kinda freaked out a little. We were watching videos on his computer, and he would put both of his hands around me, and put his head on my shoulder. Not for long, just for a short moment, but he does it constantly, sometimes tickling me because he knows I'm extremely ticklish. Then he hugged me from behind few times, and hugged me from the front twice. He would also stare at me for a while... but maybe he stares at me for nothing, just teasing me.

But in school, he would hesitate to hold my hands (in front of others... I think), and he would never hug me. He only does that when we're alone together. He jokes about dirty stuff time to time to me, like talking to a guy. But I don't know if he does that to other girls as well. I would hate to lose him because he's been an awesome friend to me.

I'm rather shy, but he's really outgoing and he had girlfriend before. I'm scared that our friendship might break if I ask him and he doesn't feel the same way that I feel about him.

i have no idea if he does that because he feels really comfortable around me, because I've seen guys who would make a whole lot of physical contacts (even blowing to a girl's ear) even if they're not interested, just because they were so comfy around them. Because I've seen people who was hurt because of guys like this, I'm scared. Are any guys here like that too? Or is my friend interested in me after all?
Does my guy friend like me?
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