Am I a bad person for leading him on?

If you don't like this guy and just see him as a friend do stop leading him on, if you think of the situation the other way round and you were the one being lead on and in the end found out someone was just doing it to make you feel better you'd feel crushed! Plus you'd be just getting his hopes up.

BUT Well if you like your friend and he likes you and your considering a relationship then speak to him about how you feel, and state the fact that you feel if you get into a relationship with him and it doesn't work out that you don't want it to then be the end of your friendship. I'm pretty sure he'll understand and trust me its happened to me before i date my best friend and now we don't even look at each other, its like neither of us exist to one an other and you definitely don't want that to happen so just take it slowly with him and if you feel as though your friendships at risk by dating him just say it to him straight, if he loves you enough he will consider how you fell and won't risk what he has with you for something else he wants. Either way good luck, and I'm sure things with turn out just fine with y'all!

I would feel bamboozled, mad, and frustrated at being fool'd that a female really didn't like me though she kept saying she did.

I think that maybe its time now to either take a chance to date him, small steps at a time by seeing him more often and hanging, then maybe you two can hang after or before school. You could do that or tell him that you don't want to date him, or however you feel.

But yea, either way, unless you tried to date the guy, he prob would feel bad. idk.

keep leading him on, messing with his feelings your going to loose him anyways. Grow up you dont tell someone you love them if you dont