<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

I've known my friend for a couple of years now and we both consider each other to be best friends. It wasn't until sometime this year that I started to have feelings for him. At the time he was liking someone else and I did my role as a best friend by being the listener/ comforter. I believe he has moved on from this crush because he doesn't talk about her anymore.

During the past years, we acted like any other normal friends did but recently, we've become a lot "closer" than usual (i.e. always touching - holding hands, hugging). I told him that I liked him a couple of weeks ago but he seems to worry about the fact that the friendship could be destroyed if we were to date and things ended. We still hang out like normal and he still cuddles and strokes me every now and then but not to the same extent as before. I really want us to work and personally, I don't think it will end that badly if we were to break up. I don't really know how he feels anymore and I want to ask him about us again but Im not sure what to say... I really don't want him to feel that way and dismiss any possible chances of us being together.

Sorry for the long post but I had to get this off my mind.
<bot>: I like my best friend. Confessed recently but he doesn't want to ruin the friendship. Confused about his true feelings. What do I do...