Does my guy friend like me? (10 POINTS)?
I've known this guy since we were in fourth grade and now we're juniors in high school (8 years). At the beginning of the school year we became really close because we agreed to help each other with our crushes. However, now I'm not very interested in my crush and he recently gave up on his crush, but we stayed as super close friends.
We talk whenever we have the time to, and text frequently, like normal friend things. But every now and then my friend would tell me something really personal about his family and home life (things he's never told anyone else before). And he tells me I'm the only girl that's really seen the "real him" since he's one of those guys who tries to win girls by being a different person.
He always protects me and helps me out when I have something going on. He buys things for me and compliments me a lot. He tells me all the time that "we have everything in common" and that I'm "a really nice girl".
He's the nicest guy I've ever met, and I'm starting to fall for him. But is he falling for me? Or is he just being a good guy?