Losing virginity to a friend?

Sofía

So I have this really close friend, and there have always been sexual tension between us. The thing is I would totally be down to lose my virginity with him but I dont know if it is weird to lose my virginity to someone who is just a friend. Would that make is less meaningful?

The reason why I rather lose it to him is because we both really care about each other and known each other for 5 years. And I know that afterwards we would still be friends. I just want to lose it to someone that I know cares about me and will still respect me and talk to me afterwards, but i dont know if i should lose it to him if we are not dating.