<human>: Hi!

I talk to one of my guy friends pretty frequently, and he's really sweet but I never really considered the possibility of him liking me.

(though I've been crushing on him for a while now)

For about a month he's been in his home country where he doesn't get very good signal. However, when he does, he texts me as much as possible.

Lately, however, I've noticed that he's been calling me "love"

(For example: "I miss you, my love." , "goodnight love." )

He's called me this before, but only once or twice.

He's always been really sweet to me and compliments me and will FaceTime me for hours.

One of our mutual (also female) friends said that she noticed that he is way different towards me than her or anyone else. (Is a lot more gentle and nice to me and talks to me more. He isn't mean or rude at all, in fact he's a little shy but she said that with her he typically only talks about like cars or makes small talk.)

Can you condense the text into three sentences or less?
<bot>: my guy friend (of about 8 months) is extra sweet to me and calls me his love. Do guys typically do this to their female friends or is he interested in being more than friends?