<human>: I'm kind of confused and conflicted as to whether my friend shares the same feelings as I do. Sorry this might be long.. My friend and I have been friends for a few years but lately we've been getting a lot closer together. Almost a year ago, I broke up with my abusive ex at the time and my friend told me that he had feelings for me while I was still with the ex. Didn't act on it but he had feelings that he tried to suppress. He was there for me during the breakup and through rough patches shortly following and I found myself developing feelings for him.

Fast forward to present day, we've been talking to each other every day throughout the day and every night when we come home from work. Play games together and also hang out with each other every weekend. He tends to notice little random things about me and is very observant. We pay for each other's meals and other random things quite often. We also buy each other little gifts and other things. Go shopping together and generally know each other's likes/dislikes. He always asks me to hang out if he knows I'm free or will try to tease and figure out my schedule. A lot of our friends tell me they're frustrated because they don't know why we aren't together. He has never asked me out on a "date" but always hanging out whether its just the two of us or with mutual friends.

It might sound stupid but I can't really tell if he likes me or if he's just the really friendly type. If he does like me, I don't understand why he hasn't made the move? I've approached him at least twice and was shot down due to reasons such as heavy family issues or he's transitioning to a new phase of his life. Since then, we've gotten a lot closer though.. What do you think?

Can you give me the gist of the text in a nutshell?
<bot>: Friend had feelings for me while I was with ex. Now we're hanging out together all the time and do "couple" things but we're not together. Any thoughts?