My friend confessed (?) to me??

Umm so i have a friend and we were living in the same dorm he is cute and funny but i never considered him more than a friend and he was telling me that he has one untouchable girl on his mind that he badly wanted to ask to go on a date and i was like cheering him up like u got it man and stuff and he was like okay ig ill ask her at night, amd now he texted ME asking to go on a date with him wtfff what do i say to him