Hi everyone!

I’ve found myself in a bit of an odd situation that I’ve never been in before with a guy I met recently. In a nutshell, we’re both at the same university in our final year and I had been seeing him around campus and the library staring at me but I never thought anything of it. However, about a month ago now, he started talking to me and flirting A LOT, I would flirt back and it was fun – everybody was convinced he liked me due to the way he would act and the things he would say to me. This back and forth flirtation had been going on every time we saw each other until about last week (p.s. no numbers exchanged) when his friend suggested that we go out on a date, I laughed it off and he looked really embarrassed until he suddenly changed his tune and said, ‘no, I mean I flirt with you because you’re attractive but you’re not really my type’.
As soon as he said that, I decided I wouldn’t carry on flirting and would just be friendly when I see him around, however, a couple of days ago, our relationship took a turn and we ended up having a serious and deep conversation for once where he confided in me about a couple of things and said that he has a lot of respect for me. He would still add in flirtatious comments i.e. commenting that he’d like to kiss me which I would just laugh off (I didn’t flirt back) but the overall sincerity of the conversation was refreshing.
Yesterday, he commented that he had never asked anybody this before, but to add myself on a social network from his phone which I did – and commented that he ‘didn’t want my number yet’. Today, I ran into him and we had another normal conversation for about half an hour and he does comment on other girls to me etc. He also said that he doesn’t see me as someone he wants to get in bed with nor a best friend but somebody who he cares about – like a little sister…yet the way he has acted and the things he has said make me question what is actually going on.
I am confused, I don’t know whether he might like me or sees me as a friend? I know I have a slight crush on him but I am definitely receiving mixed signals! Any response would be helpful!