It started in August, he asked me for my Kik username via an Instagram picture comment & I gladly gave it to him. I've been trying to get his attention since 10th grade & I finally captured it, in our senior year. I was overjoyed. Him & I have talked basically every day since August via Kik, the longest we've went without talking was a three day period which I absolutely dreaded. I have three pressing problems. The first is that I think he only views our relationship as platonic. The second problem is that I'm a guy & he's a guy. The third is that I'm not fully aware/convinced of his sexual orientation. I'm a closeted gay & have no intention of revealing my orientation until I'm ready. The gays in my school have been treated like garbage so I'm not gonna intentionally put myself through that. Back to the confession, I'm not fully aware that the guy is straight, he smiles at me every time we cross paths & we talk basically everyday. I asked him about a girlfriend the other day & he said "My girlfriend is coming soon." That perplexed me. Last year when I was a junior, a senior actually publicly questioned his sexuality. I'd never waste my time on a straight guy because they obviously & naturally wouldn't be interested but I'm not sure of his orientation & he really has just captured me. I'm worried that I might be friend-zoning myself with him. I want him to know so badly but I don't want to tell him. I wish there was a way to inform him without it possibly backfiring. I absolutely hate oblivion, if I can't make a feasible prediction about something that'll occur as an effect I usually don't go through with it. In other words, I usually only take calculated risks. Telling him I like him can go badly in SO many ways. He could tell everybody or stop taking to me. I truly cannot prediction his reaction & I'd rather be friends with him & talk on a daily basis than not talk at all. I'm just so confused over this guy & I don't know what to do. I feel like I'm getting closer to him with everyday that passes but yet farther away because he doesn't know my true intentions for communicating with him so frequently. I can only hope for the best, that maybe we have some sort of sexual contact or maybe he gets drunk or anything. I like him so badly. It's getting to the point where it's unbearable to look at him without fantasizing or even imagining him with somebody else.