Search Results: body language that he is interested

So we've been good friends for a year. I've subconsciously always liked him, but realized it when we got back to college in August. I talked to one of our mutual friends, his "sister", who said that I should probably talk to him about it. So we talked. I got the cop out line, "I'm not looking into a relationship in any way with anyone." He got out of a multiyear, super crappy relationship in December, and I know it got to him though. The friend who told me to talk to him also said that he has severe relationship anxiety from it, and so it could easily be that he's genuinely not ready, and not me.

After talking to him, we've somehow gotten closer, and have done something together almost every day the last several weeks. We've done a lot... many coffee shops sessions, walks, meals, teasing, water gun incidents, cereal throwing, Church, Walmart runs, thrift stores, hiking, Estate Sale (where he deserves SO much credit by the way, because he drove me to get cash, then helped me go through dishes to figure out what my mom wanted for half an hour)... all kinds of stuff. His body language 100% says he's interested in me, his actions do, virtually everything...

But then there's his cop out instead of saying he's interested, the fact that sometimes instead of my name he'll call me pal, and occasionally friend, (he's also called me honey multiple times), and he completely rejected my movie invite (which is when I got called friend btw)

On top of all that, I'm pretty sure his brother likes me. Yep.

It's just super confusing. He hates talking about his feelings, but I can't figure them out unless he does. I really like him... I thought he might like me too, but if he did, wouldn't he have said? Is it as cut and dry as the "I'm not looking into a relationship" still means the basic "I don't like you" like it normally does? Does he not know himself? Is he just not in a good emotional place and I need to give him some time?

Standing closely to you
Smiling while you are talking
Staring at you for a long time
Trying to act funny around you to catch your attention
Copies your body language
Copies the way you talk / your interests
Sometimes acts odd or is a little bit tense around you
His mind freezes and he forgets what he's going to say