ask him how he feels. Go with the "we are friends, right?" and do the rest of the stuff. Don't be afraid of being too forward. Please, if he gets offended, then you know you two are not friends! A friend doesn't care what the other says is wrong.
But besides that....what do YOU want him to think?
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