Holding hands

I’ve been dating my boyfriend for a littler over two weeks now. And we are in middle school, that’s where I met him. And we talk a lot I sit with him at lunch and we haven’t gone on one but we’ve planned a few dates together that we want to do. I really want to start hold hands, but he is a twelve year old boy and I don’t know how he’d react, and I’m pretty sure that I’m his first girl. I don’t know what to do, I’m afraid that he won’t want to and won’t like me anymore. I was thinking of just asking him if he’s okay with it, beachside at least I’ll know and I won’t weird him out as much.

I don’t know what to do; help me out here ladies