Well, I went and asked him out on a date...ish
I was working my way up to it all day, we were super flirty and having a lot of fun talking, I gave him a present for helping me out all week and he proudly displayed it on his desk and showed it off and talked about me which is super sweet.
Just before I was about to ask him out though on the way home he told me that be had been talking to a guy for around 3 months recently, and he had gotten really emotionally invested and had been messed around by him, and it had happened very recently, and that he isn't in the right frame of mind for dating right now. if anyone asked him out he would have to say no.
So naturally after all that build up my confidence just deflated. I eventually told him that I was about to ask him out on a date and I felt stupid, and he said that he had absolutely no idea that I liked him in that way, and that he didn't think he was my type.
He told me that he is definitely not saying no and that it's important that i don't think of it as a no, that he would happily go on a date with me, he just doesn't want to put me in a position where my feelings might get hurt. He doesn't want me to be a rebound and hurt me.
He said that now he knows, the door is open and it is a definite possibility.. Just not right now.
It's really good news I guess and I'm really happy that he likes me and cares that much, but I'm really worried that isnt going to go anywhere now. I'll just have to keep up the way we've been this week and see now things go