<human>: ~~throwaway account cause I'm a paranoid parrot and all of my friends are on reddit~~

I met this guy through mutual friends about 5 months ago. He's very close with some of them but somehow we never met in person. I've heard a lot about how great he is and well, when I actually met him I was blown away.

For some time we were hanging out as friends. First in a group and then only us two, but still nothing romantic happened. Still I feel like he's interested in me, which would be perfect because I'm **really** interested.

So my first concern is how to approach him, but actually the bigger issue is that for a guy my age I have shit experience in dating.

I've only been into very short and meaningless relationships with this sort of "meh" approach, so tbh I don't know what I'm doing and I'm afraid of being judged for the way I handle it emotionally and physically. What if I'm a bad kisser? What if I'll be too clingy? What if I won't be clingy enough? What if I keep embarassing myself?

And most importantly: what if he'll tell our friends about all the embarassing stuff I do?

From your experience, would you risk pursuing someone from your circle of friends?

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: I have a huge crush on a guy that is a close friend of my good friends. I have little experience in dating and I'm afraid that he'll tell them about stuff I'm bad at and that I'll be humiliated forever.