<human>: I met him a few months ago; we both attend the same university, and are in the same organization on campus, so we met initially in a group setting and have gotten closer since then.

I've never met a guy like him before, and he's been especially difficult to read. He never flirts, is awkward/shy yet doesn't have problems socializing after you get to know him, doesn't like physical affection much, doesn't talk about dating, and most of his friends are female. I also know that he's never been in a relationship before and is therefore pretty unexperienced with this, and before you ask, he is definitely straight!

We got along really well and bonded while sharing a class together during the last academic quarter after I met him. We have a really similar sense of humor and even bond over the fact that we can be awkward at times. We've gotten even closer over the summer despite the fact that we live hours apart during holiday breaks, and we speak semi-often (spread throughout a week) over text or in Snapchat. 

I feel like we are relatively close compared to his friendships with mutual friends at school, since we were both each others best friends on Snapchat for a while, he sends me a lot of funny pics, he responds pretty quickly to texts and we have a lot of back and forth talk, and he's asked me to take a class with him. However, I don't know if he just thinks of me as another one of his close girl friends, or if he likes me romantically. I have no idea how he acts with other girls one-on-one, so I don't really have a reference to compare him to in order to find out whether he treats me especially different.

I would ask him myself, but I fear that because we're both awkward as hell, we might never talk again if I'm rejected. We also have a lot of mutual friends, so I would be seeing him pretty often after the fact, which could be tension-y for both of us.

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<bot>: Are there any guys out there that can offer some insight? How do you treat your close girl friends compared to a girl that you're interested in?