<human>: Can you provide a brief overview of the text?

Long story short. My friend and I have  been friends for around 5 years and have lots of mutual friends. He liked me a few years ago, but I didn't seem him as more than a friend. About 5 months ago after I broke up with my  most recent boyfriend my friend expressed interest in me again, but at the time I wasn't ready for anything new, and especially not my friend. But recently in the past month when we've hung out I've started to get a few feelings for my friend. And I'm starting to wonder if I could see him as more than a friend. I know I'm not ready to jump into a relationship or bed with him but I could see us taking it slow...but I don't know if that's even a good idea, because I don't want to risk our friendship or make things weird between us if it doesn't work out. Should I wait and see if the feelings persist longer than a month or should I tell him about them now? And if so how do I bring them up?
<bot>: not sure how or if I should approach my new budding feelings for a close friend of mine. I don't want to rush into anything.