Crush advice (again)

Does he maybe like me??

Okay, so since the first day I saw him (sept 5th) I have had a massive crush on him. We have one class together which is a rock & Roll class. He always answered questions and seemed absolutely stellar. I followed him on insta 2 weeks ago, and he followed me back same day. I messaged him and called him cool etc and we ended the convo with like 4 messages. Thursday I sent him a reel and we had some small talk. he liked my story and that was it. Yesterday, I sent him another reel and we talked for a while. Active convo, we talked about music and it was awesome. He liked my post aswell.

I have yet to actually talk to him irl, I have crippling social anxitey unfortunately. He keeps looking at me, like staring and its driving me crazy. Also, i laughed at his super corny joke and I was the only one 😓 i feel he might know, but idk. Hes seen me looking at him aswell, we saw eachother walking from class and we both made eye contact. He smiled at me once too.

The other issue we have a 1 ½ year age gap. Hes a junior and im a freshman. (Ik) But I really REALLY like him and I think the only thing holding me back is my looks. I will 100000% continue to talk to him cuz I have nothing to lose. I guess ill have to see, I know I wanna be friends if not lovers.. anyway, does it seem like he may like me?? Or atleast tolerates me?????

Also any & all advice accepted