I like him and he might like me but I’m not sure

Please take me seriously on this, I know many people are always like “Oh you’re 14, you don’t understand.” but please just hear me out. I’m not looking for the love of my life, I’m just wanting some opinions from other people.

I’ve only known him for about a week now (which is why I’m not looking for the love of my life, just wondering if he’s interested in me) but from what I’ve been able to notice and from talking to his friends, he’s kind of shy but a friend of everyone. And he always comes up to me and tells me these random things and stuff and don’t even get me started on eye contact. Whenever he’s talking to me he makes eye contact with me and doesn’t look away until I do (which is pretty quickly). And he stands fairly close when it’s easy to do so (like in a small crowd, but doesn’t move close when it’s just me and him and his friends). And he’s finding all of these excuses to talk to me, even if it’s just a little nothing.

I joined a truth or dare game with him and his friends and he knew it would get rather raunchy and while his friends were trying to peer pressure the freshman to join, he made eye contact with me and told me I shouldn’t because he knew his friends and how they play. I don’t know if that means anything but whatever. It sort of felt like he was protecting me because I’m sort of shy and I really don’t know.

Anyway, one of the questions to me was “if you had to date anybody on this bus, who would it be?” and so I pretended to think about it and decided to point at him and he looked really surprised and his best friend sorta looked at him. Later I heard him talking to his friend and she told him to just be himself and it sounded like she was reassuring him about something.

After we got off the bus I asked her about it and she said he felt awkward and thought I said his name just to get the question over with. Again, I don’t know if this means anything.

So, I feel like I’m being really paranoid but if anyone wants to help me that would be great. By the way, if this makes any difference I’m a freshman and he’s a sophomore and I like him a lot and this sounds like it’s coming from a 12-year-old but please take me seriously.

I need to know what to do, like should I talk to him? How do I make it obvious I like him without coming across creepy? Are there any signs I should look for? Thanks xx

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katiekatecat

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He likes you. If you want to make a relationship or even just convey that you like him, I strongly suggest doing things that the both of you know are flirting, but don't appear like flirting out in the openly. For example, me and the girl I'm with genuinely made the equivalent of our confessions through one word. Due to a story she read (The Fault in our Stars, which I will finish reading soon...), she thinks of the word 'Okay' as a flirty word. We ended up saying it a few times as you do, to show that you accept something, and then that you accept that the other person has excepted it, jokingly. I'm rambling; to put it straight, when she told me it was flirting in her eyes, we carried straight on anyway. That was when we knew we liked each other.I suggest you do something similar, though perhaps not so complicated. Me and the girl I'm with are both fourteen also, so if you need someone to talk to and walk you through it, just shoot me a few messages and I'll help you through it all.Hope everything works out, and trust me, he likes you. There's no way in hell he doesn't.

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TheMatter

He definitely likes you. As a guy, this is exactly what I did. Don't tell him you know just yet though, you should talk to him more and become good friends before you ask him if he likes you.

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Drifty

He totally likes you! Just don't get attached too quickly. You don't want to get hurt if it doesn't exactly turn out how you want. You're young and shouldn't revolve your teenage years around boys. But he definitely thinks you're rad so just go with it! xx Good luck!

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