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so I've been friends with this girl for about half a year now and always had a tiny little crush on her but nothing crazy and it never got in the way of us having a great friendship. But recently we had a dry period of about two months where we became distanced due to no mutual classes and busy schedules. I wanted to fix this friendship so now that it's spring break I invited her over to watch a light hearted movie. The hangout was going well and then we started to get a bit closer on the couch. I started playing with her hair and she then laid her head on my chest so I could be more comfortable doing so. this was kinda crazy and having the weight of her head on me while we watched started to reawaken my feelings and I got butterflies. I even started telling her how nice her hair was and that I could do this all day, even caressing her head a bit too. this went on for like 10-15 minutes and she even stayed on me after the credits started rolling. this was a really awesome moment for me but the following 2 days she just acted like nothing happened. she is still talking to me like im her friend even calling me bestie so that is pretty much telling me its over. I asked if we could watch another movie since I had one in mind and she responded to me pretty unenthusiastically saying maybe sometime but she was very busy and she isn't free for over a week. if there's any advice or interpretations of this behaviour id appreciate it because its not looking to good for me.

So I’ve known my friend for a year through college classes, but we’ve only been friends since December, along with 2 other people. The first semester we met she had a boyfriend and I was getting over a serious 2-year crush so wasn’t interested in a relationship, but I knew I wanted to be her friend. I asked her, but she said no to being friends cause of her boyfriend. I was a little disappointed, but accepted it. The next semester we met again and started talking and hanging out more before our classes. I wasn’t going to be friends with her since I remembered she had a boyfriend and said no, but then I found out she had broken up with him and decided there wouldn’t be any harm in asking again if she wanted to be friends. Around this time I also noticed I was developing feelings for her. I emailed her saying I enjoyed spending the two semesters with her and asked her if she wanted to be friends and gave her my number in case she did. Few minutes later I got a text from her that said and I quote “I really enjoyed spending the semesters with you too and I’d love to be friends with you!” Since then we’ve been texting all the time, but haven’t been able to hang out since becoming friends cause we’ve both been busy. I want to tell her I like her and got her a Valentine’s present (a mug that says “you’re the best” and a small box of chocolates). I’ve read/heard that it’s better to get your feelings out in the open asap, but we’re also still getting to know each other, so should I go ahead with telling her I like her or wait a bit and do I still give her the Valentine’s gift?