Does he like me as a crush or just as a friend?

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Before reading: We reconnected a couple weeks before school started, and our 2 other friends reconnected with us too. We were all really good friends in 4-5th grade but after 5th grade they went to one school and I went to a completely different school. He had a crush on me in 5th grade.

My guy friend (16) and I (15) hung out from 12:00-6:00 pm yesterday at arcade/water park near us. We don’t hang out often since summer is over. We’re both in 10th grade but at 2 different schools. Anyways, he and I hung out one on one yesterday at a water park/ arcade place and when we were in the water park area, we went down the slides together and we had a lot of fun. We were in the wave pool, and he kept telling me to grab his hand so the water wouldn’t splash in my face. He’s always been pretty protective of me and he said that his first instinct is to make sure I’m ok b/c he wants to be a good friend and it makes him feel sick to his stomach if he doesn’t make sure that I’m ok, (along with our other friends of course). He’s always telling me that he loves our friendship. Does he like me as a crush or just as a friend?

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He also has a long distance relationship. I’ve met his girlfriend over instagram video call with him and she seems really nice. He told me about her completely out of nowhere a couple weeks ago though. He always adds me to their calls. My mom always says that she loves how protective he is of me. He treats me really nicely and we’re each others safe person. I always calm him down when he has a rough day or is just stressed out or irritated and he always does the same for me.
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He and I both have ADHD, and we get frustrated pretty easily so we always try to calm each other down since we’re each other’s safe person.
We’ve ended up falling asleep on FaceTime a couple times and today he said he loves hanging out with me one on one.
Does he like me as a crush or just as a friend?
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