Do you think he likes me as more than a friend?

Ok so I have this best friend that I've fallen so hard for. It all started off with him texting me randomly one day, and from then on we became best friends and inseparable. We hooked up a couple of times in the beginning of the friendship, and I've had a huge crush on him from the start and he's known this. He used to stay at my house until 3 in the morning just sitting on my couch holding my hand watching movies sometimes. Ask anyone who sees us whether they know us or not and they automatically assume we're a couple. Our friends say we're like a married couple. We used to flirt constantly when we first met, then for a couple months it simmered down because of some drama we were going through with our friend, who made up all these rumors to get him not to want to be my friend. He wont even come over my house anymore. Everything got back to normal kind of and we're best friends again. The flirting is starting to come back. My friend tells me that he cant even have a conversation with him because indirectly everything the guy that i like talks about is me. He's always commenting on what I wear, but in weird ways. He's always texting me when he's free to see what I'm doing, and even though he lives almost an hour away we hangout and talk everyday. The only weird thing about all this is that he is always telling us he wants a girlfriend, and he cant find one, that I should find one. It seems like he hits on a lot of girls, but I've come to realize, this is just his personality. (this has all happened over about a 8 month period) ... it's like i want to scream that i'm right here! do u think he only likes me as a best friend or likes me as more but doesnt want to ruin the friendship?