does he like me? :^

warning: tmi & kind of a long thread? maybe? ^^

a little background! i'm a teenager, he's a year younger than me but we were on the same class from throughout elementary and senior high. we're currently in college, different schools.

so this person, i wasn't actually close to him at all during our elementary days since i was quite reserved and was only close to one person. we talked for a bit here and there, but i've got no fond memories of him whatsoever.

after the pandemic when schools started to open up once again, we somehow got into the same huge circle in 10th grade. again, we didn't talk that much at the start. not until a few months in.

i don't know what happened but we started talking bit by bit, i didn't like him though. i liked someone else in my friend group who liked a close friend of mine in the same group. after class, we would walk to a really far convenience store. it usually takes around 30 minutes to an hour depending on the speed we were going. i was quite sad during those times due to my one-sided crush and he would always notice. he would ask my other friends during our walks, "why is she so quiet?" and would offer to carry my bag which was really heavy through out the entire walk without complaining or me having to ask. on random days when we would have our friend group reviews before exams, i would joke around with my other friends and when they didn't hear me, he would suddenly address the things that i'm saying and repeat it for other people to hear and acknowledge my presence.

when the school year was about to end, i was starting to feel like i was developing feelings for him which is a bummer because we all as a circle had chosen to change schools after junior high school.

during that period, we were starting to talk to each other a lot more on an online messaging app. we would joke around with each other and talked about random things even if the messages didn't really make sense, sending funny images and arguing sarcastically for fun, at first i didn't overthink because i was thinking that it could be just something casual between friends and would end soon. but it didn't. when our school pictures came out, i wasn't able to get it so he got it instead. he even volunteered to deliver it to my house but i refused because...well i was shy first of all. at the same time, i was starting to get confused because even though he was acting that way towards me, my other friends were teasing him with my close friend, saying he liked her (the same friend my one-sided crush liked) and he was always quiet when it was said.

in senior high, we started to chat each other a lot more on random days and random nights. i'm not the type to chat others first so our conversations would usually only start when he reaches out to me first. but at times, since i was starting to like him, i would chat him first and tell him things about my life and school and he would do the same.

he would always invite me on silly games like moba (mlbb) or roblox, and we would spend some time just playing around. when we play as a duo, we don't always work out and end up losing most of the time but he doesn't get angry or irritated. instead, he keeps on inviting me every time he sees me online. there was also one time when i've just opened the app, he immediately invited me, and said "got ya" or "caught ya" in our language but it translates to that. the game that i'm playing could take around 15-30 minutes per match, i was already 1 minute into the game before he logged in but he still pre-invited me and waited for me until i finished the game.

i mean i guess it's something friends do but his reposts on tiktok, they're always about hinting at someone that he likes them. i couldn't resist and checked the date when we last played roblox together and just a few days later, he reposted something which had roblox in it, the same exact game on the photo, and something along the words "i always giggle when i play with you." some of his posts say "when i see her weird side but i fall more in love" and more which i won't bother to list :,

this feels a little bit silly for my age, but i really don't understand since i've never been in a relationship before and have not liked a person this much. so does he like me or am i just being delusional lol! these are all by far, what i can recall. i feel like i missed a few infos but it's fine i guess :,)