I (16M) have a crush on my best friend (16M) and I don't know what to do about it
TL:DR at the end
I (16M) have a crush on my best friend (16M). We'll call him Kay.
On a throwaway account just in case but I don't think anyone's actually gonna read this
As some background, Kay and I have been friends for a while, we moved to the area around the same time, we became friends on accident really, we're both pretty quiet and we ended up sitting next to each other in class because we didn't know anyone else. Over the span of multiple months we had small interactions where we would partner up on projects, or we'd bake sweets and give each other some of it. I started listening to his favorite music and ended up burning him a CD and he tried some of my favorite videogames and eventually we became friends.
Now Kay and I hang out pretty frequently, we hang out once or twice a week after school and we walk to a restaurant or play games or just talk, I really value his input on topics and I go to him for advice on almost everything
Maybe around 2 weeks ago, when I was at a practice waiting in line to do a drill. I was talking to another friend and I started talking about how cool Kay was and how they should meet and he made a comment on "gay I sound right now", I didn't really think anything of the comment when he said it, I just kinda awkwardly laughed it off. But later that night I thought about it more, he's super nice, and funny, and he's also just a really good guy in general. I think any chick would have a crush on him if they got to know him like I know him y'know? But I didn't really think I had like an actually crush.
I've gone out with girls before but I've never really had a "crush" before. I always just thought people were exaggerating when talking about it before. I asked some friends being really vague and pretending it some girl we knew and they both confirmed it was totally a crush but I just ignored it
We've hung out twice since then and it's become extremely obvious how bad it is and I couldn't believe how I didn't notice before. We've never really talked about dating that much before and I don't even know if he likes dudes, I didn't really think I did until I realized I like him.
But I feel bad hanging out with him and not saying anything. I'm keeping how I feel about from him and I think that's kinda shitty of me to do to him. It feels like if I don't tell him, then I'm like a creep of some sorts.
But I really value his friendship, and he's just amazing and I don't want to do something that's facetious to him
Any advice?
TL:DR: I guess I'm gay now and I have a crush on my best friend, what do I do about it?