Why am I the first person he looks at after he makes a joke?

Anonymous
So there is this guy who is in our friendship group, and I have known him for a couple of months.
When we are in groups together, and he makes a joke, he turns round to me every time to see my reaction. It feels like he does this subconsciously.
He often likes to joke around and every time he makes a joke he looks at me.

He sent me a facebook friend request a couple weeks ago, and then sent me a private message asking if I was available on a particular day. I told him I was busy and I asked him why he wanted to know and he said that he wanted to organise a games night.

Do you think he could like me and is shy, or is he just being friendly?
Why am I the first person he looks at after he makes a joke?
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