He likes me but is afraid to go out because we work together?

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We have been flirting pretty much all summer. Recently we started talking about hanging out and stuff. I know he likes me, he pretty much admitted in a number of ways.

Ex: last week he said he thinks this other guy we work with likes me, I said yeah me too, and he said "looks like I have some competition."

then I mentioned something jokingly and he said "that sounds like a date to me... "

then today we talked and he said... if he decides to do it (ask me out), there are some things he has to think about. He said, "if we go out, what happens if we break up? People here talk and I don't want them talking about us" "There are consequences if we do this..."

I'm not really sure what to think about this. I mean we texted like all night last night and were flirty and pretty much admitted we like one another. Then today he asked me to go on break with him at work. So I know he likes me, but is he really going to let work stop him from asking me out?

By the way- the place we work with is large and it's not really a big deal to date co-workers, it's happened before and is actually going on with 2 people right now. (it's because a lot of young people work there, and like I said, it's a pretty big company)

Where do we go from here?
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He said he doesn't want things to be awkward if things go bad, but why would he have flirted with me this entire time? Why did he escalate the flirting when I escalated it? Why did he keep asking me when we'd hang out?


I think that he is just trying to make sure we both know what we are getting into before anything happens. Do you agree? I mean seriously, we exchanged nearly 100 texts last night. Why wouldn't he just stop talking to me and not lead me on if he had no intentions of dating?
He likes me but is afraid to go out because we work together?
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