After all, he had these female friends long before he met you.
Nonetheless, after a while, it started getting to you.
A buildup of moments where you were hanging out with him, only to have it be interrupted with text messages or phone calls from several of his many female friends.
Since you still like your crush, there will be a natural inclination for you to want to believe that the ambiguity in his response must mean he is in the process of coming to terms with how he feels about you.
When you asked your crush if he likes you and he replied, “I don’t know,” you naturally didn’t want to believe that this was the end.
A considerable amount of time has passed since you developed a crush on this guy.
Throughout this period, so much of your thoughts have centered around what it would be like to date him.