Is he interested?

[Kagetora103]

I'm wondering if maybe one of my friends is hinting that he's interested in me, and I was hoping to get some opinions.

Side note about me:
I don't really understand flirting and sometimes I miss social ques, so I rarely respond to advances unless they're very obvious (for fear of looking like an idiot)

Anyway, we used to be roommates, and we still live in the same building so we hang out a lot.
He knows I'm gay, doesn't bother him.
in fact, he always apologizes when one of his other friends says something that could be considered remotely offensive even when I don't notice/care.
He sometimes asks me about being gay (relationships, etc.),
and when we were living together, he walked around in just his underwear a lot.
Recently he's said "I wish I were gay" a few times (he's been having girl trouble).

I didn't think there was any deeper meaning there.

The one thing that stuck out to me was when we went to a Chipotle for dinner once.
He didn't have his card, and he asked if I could pay.
When we were in line he said that we should say that I was paying because I was his boyfriend. (or that we were dating, something to that effect.)
I didn't, and he brought it up again while we were eating, said it would've been funny.

It was probably nothing, but it seemed like a weird thing for him to say.

I find him attractive, but he told me he's straight and he talks about his ex/girlfriend sometimes, so I just assumed he was off limits and didn't show any interest in him relationship-wise.

The girl he was supposedly going out with has been ignoring him, maybe they've broken up.

I'm just wondering if he's been dropping hints and I'm just too dense to get them, and since I haven't responded, he thinks I'm not interested.

on the other hand, if I'm just looking too much into this I don't want to mess up our friendship.
I'm afraid that if I just come out and ask him, it will just get really awkward.

So, if anyone has made it to the end of this post...
What do you think, based on this, is he trying to see if I'm interested, or am I just thinking about it too much?

[Gandalf]

This is a hard question to answer, probably why there aren't any replies yet. I would suggest asking him straight up about how he feels, he may be confused and the only way to find out is going in directly and giving him time to lay the cards on the table. Be honest about how you feel towards him too and be supportive of each other and maintain the friendship even if romantically there is nothing there.

Hope I've helped :)

[Pierce]

I think you should wait before you make a move. Wait for him to make the first move. Hints are good but they're not enough. If he is really interested he'll make the first move. This is a very complicated situation. You want to make a move for both of your sake's but don't want to ruin your friendship. I think he is curious about homosexuality in general. He is curious about gay relationship's, sex, and how others react to homosexuality. Best of luck with whatever you choose to do.