Is this a normal thing for male friends? How do I stop myself from falling head over heels?

So I have this guy friend I met in class 7 months ago. He was the first one to send me a friend req and said hi, we hit it off pretty quickly since we had a lot of similar interests. I noticed that compared to my other male friends, he was very friendly. He would chat me everyday, talk to me a lot when in school, until a few weeks after…he would want to go on FaceTime every night. He’s very attractive and we both have a common friend who he’s also close with. I didn’t think much about it tbh, until the time I got vulnerable and cried to him. We started hugging often and it was something that brought both of us comfort. 3 months after, the hugs evolved to cuddling in his house, we’ve gone out a bunch of times for dinner, lunch, or just chilling..just the two of us without telling our other friends. We got matching stuff, would post each other on our socials, we sit beside each other when we eat out with friends, he would hold my hand and intertwine his fingers with mine when it’s just the two of us out in public. Even saying “I miss you so much” when we just saw each other a few days ago. Then soon enough, we started saying “I love you” to each other, and he would even tease me that he’ll get sad if I don’t say it back.

I’ve realized that I’ve already developed a crush on him and it scares me. I noticed that he’s not really that clingy when it comes to our other friends, especially to the other girl I mentioned he was really close with. I try not to think too much about it because in the 1st month of our friendship, he told me that he found the friend of ours that he’s close with, very attractive. She’s his type. They both look good together and everyone in our friend group agrees. They also go out a lot just the two of them since they’re neighbors, they go on calls everyday and when we were talking on the phone one time he ended the call early because she needed him. Then came when he got drunk, he started talking about random stuff and said things like “Y’know, I find you and *the name of the girl* hot and pretty”.

I’m so stupid, because every time he would compliment me saying that he thinks I’m so pretty and that I look good with what I wear and all that, my heart beats fast and I hope just a little. He does all of these so casually and calls me “bro”…which made me so surprised but then what if he really is just friendly and affectionate, and he doesn’t really see me the way I see him?

I don’t know what to do because I’m falling for him when I know I shouldn’t. He keeps telling me when I’m not feeling well that he really values our friendship and he doesn’t want to lose me. Ugh I’m so confused…

I really need advice 🥀