Friend trouble? HELP!¡?¿

So I recently met the most amazing guy we grew up together and it turns out we had been crushing on each other since we met as kids and now we are together but my close guy best friend dropped hunt today that he has mixed feelings and that the girl he likes that isn't his girlfriend they should have dated before but he chose other girls over her and he told me he loved me and got really close to my face when he said that as if he was gonna kiss me so I backed up but anyways long story short he likes me and I don't know what to do or if I should tell my boyfriend who is super protective of me ???