One of my closest friends, who is a guy, asked me a very odd question today and wouldnt stop asking it until he got an answer. His question was, what do you do when you really want to kiss someone but you cant? And then he asked, how do you get out of the 'Friend Zone'?

I have never been good at being able to tell when someone likes me or is trying to make a move unless it is very obvious, so if guys make it subtle I don't notice.

Anyway, we are really close and have been for about 2 years now. He doesn't have a girlfriend but asks me questions about relationship/girl stuff quite often. He is a little awkward and he really has no experience so I dont think he really knows anything about, well, anything.

We've actually been getting a lot closer lately, we hang out a lot more often and he always is by me at school. When we hang out my other bestfriend is usually with us(a girl). We are a really close group. If we watch movies or are sitting anywhere really he'll try and get close to me, I never really noticed until recently. We arent close enough where we cuddle or have sleepovers or anything like that but we usually are touching on one side when we are laying down watching a movie or whatever. Kind of like this:

I guess its kind of just felt different around him lately. It might be because we are going to different high schools in a few months and hes just trying to have a really full friendship, but it might not idk.

It was just that kissing line that got to me because we do talk about relationship/sex stuff in a joking way but he's never really brought it up in a way that wasnt trying to be funny. He must've asked me like 6 times before I finally said, I don't. I feel that way about certain people but I never really have the opportunity or instinct to do so.

He might also be asking me because he knows I have quite a bit of experience(definitely more than him or the other girl in our group). As I said before he doesn't have any so he might just need a little help figuring things out with another person in his life. I know his crushes and he isn't really in a position where they could kiss so it is actually really applicable to his situation.

Of course, it is totally okay if he does like me I won't mind(I dont have a 'crush' on him) as long as he isn't bothered by it.

I mean I would love to kiss someone just prefferably not him. I can be a sucker for romance.

Update: It is about a week and a half after the incident in question. I tried to ignore it and eventually I got other more pressing issjes to think about. Today I am sitting across from the other girl in our group and we are working on an assignment. Out of nowhere she stops and said, "So [enter the guys name] wrote something down in the web browser and showed me. He told me not to tell you but why wouldn't I. Im just going to write it on my paper." She then writes what I come to find out is '[My name] is my trispy.' We engage in conversation about this, but yes it has been confirmed. One of my bestest friends has a crush on me. We are approaching Valentine's Day so I really hope he doesn't try anything. We have a really good friendship and I don't want to mess any of that up. I will continue to see how he acts around me so I know how to handle the situation hut for now I am going to act like I don't know anything. This might get exciting it might not we never know.