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At this point I have zero idea of what's going on. My friends, family, coworkers etc say "he's giving all the glaring signs that he does" but we've been friends so long I just don't see it (or I'm in denial). I don't care if he does or doesn't because we have been friends before all this stuff came up, but I've decided to come on here to see what strangers think.

Here's all the things he does/did in no particular order:
We talk all day, even though he hates texting. After my classes we text until I fall asleep. He even texts me when he's with friends and stops what he's doing. I found out they know about me and what we talk about (that was shocking).

He compliments my intelligence and personality way more than I realized.

I wanted to slow up texting him because I thought I was bothering him- he in turn told me to text as much as I want and to please not to.

He wouldn't tell me his type (even though he tells me everything else), but asked for mine.

We went out together alone and stayed out all day and he paid for everything and he has made plans for us to go to out again soon and will go almost anywhere I ask him to. He also rather make plans with just me and me alone even though we have had the same mutual friends for years.

He remembers everything about me, even small details. If he forgets and I remind him he suddenly will bring it up when I'm not expecting it weeks later.

When we're together he admitted he was nervous but he was also excited and that everytime he's with me I bring out a different side of him. He also says we have really good chemistry and a good connection. I'm never worried he's not interested in what I'm saying.

But while he's doing this he always says I'm his "Oldest Friend" which I am. He also calls me Princess but usually as a teasing joke or insult so I don't think much of it. We talked about exs and relationships- both of us aren't looking and we let stuff happen naturally. I don't know y'all. What do you guys think?

I usually ride the train with my crush after class and we would just talk about whatever. Two weeks ago, I was going to tell him I liked him, but I chickened out and told him that a "girl in our class" liked him. He asked me who, and I just told him to figure out on his own.

He brought this up again earlier this week and started going down a list of girls that excluded me. I told him that I would tell him who it is once we reach his stop. At his stop, I confessed. He just stared at me for moment. I panicked and rambled on about how obvious it was. When I was done, he said okay. We said bye and he left.

Next day - awkward. We avoided each other. Around lunch, I avoided making eye contact or speaking directly to him. When I was telling my friend a story, he chimed in and said "oh, I remembered you told me that story". That actually eased the awkwardness a bit.

I couldn't stop crying later that night, though. My friend doesn't believe he's not interested in me. She said that if he wasn't, he would've said something. She also said that he's really shy and probably didn't know how to react. (He is quite shy and 75% of the time, he would wait for me to approach). I, on the other hand, believe that he is politely turning me down. I messaged him anyways. We talked about an exam, then I apologized for freaking him out on the train and he said no worries then went back to talking about class. I brought up this one girl who he used to have a crush on and told him that she's single now, and he completely ignored that and continued talking about studying. At that point, I was not in the mood to talk, so I ended it there.

We took the train yesterday and talked like normal. I texted him later and we chatted. He would reply immediately like usual, but then after a while, he started giving one word answers (yes, lol, nice) and using emojis (which is unusual for him). I was going to ask him to be honest about how he felt, but I decided to end the conversation there.