Does he like me or what? idk help me!?

ok whell im a freshman and there is this guy in 10th grade and we started texting and we have been flirting back and forth for about a month. he pokes me in the side always says im fun size, tells me he loves me, and he always gives me a hug at the end of art cl. we both like eachother but he keeps saying i dont flirt back and i am really ticklish so when ever somebody puts their hand near me i jump or flinch and he thinks that im afraid of him. also my ex and his ex we both like them but like i said we both really like eachother, im not sure what to do! and whenever we are in art he always scoots my stool closer to him, and he is in jrotc so he always tells me to put his jacket on.