what do you think? maybe he likes me?

i’ve been (sexually) friends with a guy online for about five months. At first he told me he didn’t want a relationship with me and just wanted to be friends but recently he is acting weird. like if i don’t text him he gets sad and tells me he feels “unwanted” and now he’s starting to overthink things when i’m talking to him. he’s also being very clingy and emotional, talking about his feelings more and he told me he loved me the other night and i asked how and he said “i just love you as a person”. he also freaks out at the smallest things like if i’m with a guy or something he doesn’t get “mad” he just pouts a little bit lol. he’s very sweet and respectful which is very rare with guys for me so i do have feelings for him because of how well he treats me. i’m just not sure what is going on with him...

we’re both really understanding of each other and i think it would work out if he did have feelings for me as well. i don’t want to ask just yet. he also hasn’t been wanting to sext lately he just wants to talk about our day and such which isn’t how he used to be.

but what do you think? does this mean he probably has feelings for me?