Need relationship advice.. Please help!⚠️🙏

It's been 6 Months and 7 days single since freshman (I am now 20 & he's 19) he was always there for me when no one else was (and I was there for him at the hospital when he for sick) the time my mom was in prison and one of my baby sister was in the hospital around Jan 14 my best friend/boyfriend broke up with me we known each other since freshman year when he broke up with me I stayed shook cause I never thought he'd tell me he wants to break with me we talked about our future together and marriage and kids while breaking up with me he said he loved me and made him happy the whole time we had together (i found out later on that he left me because he got set up by his family and says he fell in love with the girl and is happy with her) which I don't believe was true because when I'd look into his eyes something kept telling me ”he's not happy” later I found out that it is one of the reasons he wanted to move out of his house his family wants to control his life after he dumped me I got so depressed didn't want to eat stayed home didn't want to go out or do anything at all cried every day cried myself to sleep kept dreaming of him and would even wake up crying at times or during my sleep (we were supposed to go to prom together but didn't..end up happening) During the 3rd week of April I went to a school PROM a guy started talking to me and I enjoyed spending time with the guy laughing, joking around, dancing, communication, and taking pictures of each other which I never really do much with just anyone (next went to after prom) which finished around 2am and got home around 3am later he walks to my house just to spend more time with me we both stayed outdoors on my steps I told him he could stay until 4am so we stayed talking about our past and everything about our lives he then said "I never talked to anyone else about my life like I am right now" I didn't know what to say I was surprised and don't know what he meant by saying that maybe it was a good thing he probably felt comfortable talking with me about his life... so an hour pastach he's still sitting on my doorsteps (time flies so quick) I look at my phone the time was 8am the next day he texted me and I replied back and from there on we kept texting each other on and on every day then a few weeks after he asked me to go out with him at a festival “so I did” it was fun then he ended up picking me up at midnight just to go out and eat Whataburger and drive around and talk sometimes just to sit in the vehicle and talk (during the week, nothing sexual) and come back home around 2-3am a few months pass he invites me to his house to eat and meet his family and from there on also I kept going over every few weekends. In June he has an accident stays in the hospital I visited and stayed over (helped him eat, change, restroom..) until he was able to go home (he has told me before he likes me and would like to have more than just friends but will wait for me until ready to be in a relationship he accepts and understands the situation I am in because he once loved someone and lost his baby also. I feel like I love him but as a brother/friend maybe more but I can't say because my heart still has feelings for my ex (I'm still kinda stuck on him) Is it okay for me to keep talking to my friend with benefits and keep getting to know him or should I just quit talking to him? I don't want to stop talking to him because I feel that maybe.. just maybe he could be the one for me and I'd want to keep staying friends with him and forgetting the whole world when  I'm with him (my heart tells me no relationship) Should I listen to my heart or mind? Please help️⚠ and Thank you. I need relationship advice ASAP What should I do?? Should I just stop and leave it where it's at and move on with my life & learn to live and give myself some time alone?