I need help, I think I'm falling in love with a boy from my Sixth Form and I don't want to. The reason I like him so much is because he's hilarious, extremely clever, friendly and possibly one of the nicest people I have ever met in my entire life. I also find him really attractive, even though my friends don't find him particularly good looking - I think it's his amazing personality that makes him look so much better to me. Every time I think about him - which is almost every other second - I get this burning sensation and I feel like the only thing I can do to make it go away is to just hold him and talk to him. This sounds pathetic but I'm almost in tears just thinking about how much I want to be with him. Neither of us have been in a relationship and we have never kissed anyone, etc (I'm 16 by the way). Also, he's really innocent so I know he wouldn't want to do anything intimate like sex for a long time - which is what I want because I'm uncomfortable with myself and I'd like to know I could trust him before doing anything silly.
Anyway, the reason I am scared to fall in love with him is because first of all we are probably the two shyest people on the planet and even though we talk as friends, I could never see either of us saying anything to each other if we liked each other and second of all, one of his best friends (also my friend) doesn't think he's interested in girls (not because he's gay, just generally not interested in relationships) which is horrible if it's true because the last person I liked (a couple of years ago) was asexual and I ended up giving up. I don't want to give up on him but does anyone think it's worth it? How could I move our relationship on? Thanks. :/