does he like me?!

Ok so theres this boy in several of my classes and since last school year (towards the mid year) whenever something funny happens that makes him laugh or smile, he looks over at me or in my direction (at my face) to see if I’m laughing or smiling and or to see my reaction. I have started to get the impression after him doing this for a few weeks that he may have a crush on me. This is not the first time I have dealt with a boy doing that to me before. I do think he is kind of cute. Does he like me???

ps. about a year ago he told me about someone who was calling me a rude name