I confessed but he didn’t respond with an answer?

Basically i’ve liked this guy for a while and when i hinted at liking him he was prodding me to tell him for like 2 days. After i did he didn’t respond if the feelings were reciprocated, he told me the feeling is “completely normal” but he acts like he likes me back. I’m pretty confused but don’t want to ask him his feelings outright cause i’m scared he’ll reject me softly. I waited a long time to tell him to make sure i was positive he was at least giving me signs of liking me back and he was. What could this all mean?
I confessed but he didn’t respond with an answer?
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