I have a platonic crush on someone

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There's this boy that's in my group at uni, I've known him for over a year, and ever since I first saw him and got to know him a bit, I've always wanted to be his friend.

The problem is that this became a fixation, and an obsession, and now I'm always happy when he's there and when I get to talk to him, and I get upset and worried when he's absent, and I know what that looks like. I'm so scared that he or anyone else might get the wrong idea.

I think soon I'm going to have to tell him how I feel about him, but I don't know how. How am I supposed to say that I think he's cute and funny and friendly and really nice and I admire him and his quirks (He's also autistic and it feels good to have someone to relate to), and that I love being friends with him...without it seeming like I like him romantically or that I'm friendzoning him? Urgh, this would be so much easier if I wasn't a girl.

If him or other people misinterpreting you is your biggest concern, I figure it's best you don't say anything. Just keep doing what you've been doing - that way, there'll be a lesser risk of misunderstandings later on. People tend to save their "I like you"s etc. for people they feel more than a platonic connection towards.

If you like him platonically, then why do you have to 'tell him' anything? Telling him is more of a romantic statement I believe, friendship develops more naturally.
He's autistic though so he might appreciate you being clear with him. You know him best, what do you think? Has he picked up on how you feel about him, do you think he likes you in the same way?

I totally relate to the fear of your friendship being misinterpreted, I have a platonic friendship at work that I'm highly paranoid will be seen as a romantic one. I really get on with the guy, he seems to get my autism without being a dick about it. Every time we joke or make eye contact though, I sense the grey area between friendship and flirting.
He has a long term girlfriend too I believe so if he does think I fancy him, I must seem pathetic.

I think I'm in a similar situation except he works at a store I frequent a half mile from my house. I just started noticing him and I wasn't sure why him really. It just happens that way, someone's energy feels good or vibes right in some way I can't explain. I knew literally nothing about him.

I am working my way up to asking him to hang out with me but I really don't know what I'm going to do if he says yes beyond freak out and second guess every activity that I could come up with.

Its a weird situation because I'm pretty sure he has been instructed at work to not get too friendly with the female customers. He acts very different when the older, I suspect supervisor lady is around him. When she isn't there he will stop what he is doing to initiate conversations with me, after I went off script with him awkwardly a few times. I felt like he found my shyness and uncertainty cute/flattering but I can never be sure. Its something about the way he looks at me and smiles, and I don't see him do that with the others.

We have spoken several times, but I haven't gotten his name yet.

I think what I will do is ask him his name and if he doesn't act hesitant to disclose something personal like that, I will proceed. If he hesitates then I think I will drop it. I have another conversation planned after that, before I ask him to hang out sometime.

I have had to ask nt friends several times throughout all of this for advice. One showed up with me and observed our interaction and said he definitely likes me so thats reassuring.

Well, so complications that arose that embarrassed me: the supervisor started giving me the eye in some way that could be inquisitive. Then a female employee told me that she noticed that I was putting more effort into my appearance for the past several visits. After that I toned it down a lot. I felt too paralyzed by fear to go in there for a while then forced myself. Its not like I have done anything wrong, but I feel like all their eyes are on me wondering what I'm up to at this point.

Fun, fun.

I've tried to explain it to him as well as I can without seeming needy, and he seems to be alright with it, but I can't help feeling guilty.

I'm scared that after this spring when we finish the course I'll never see him again and I'll lose my chance at having a best friend who I can relate to.

I'm scared that he'll just forget about me, or that he'll feel responsible for my happiness, and I don't want that cause it would make me no better than my ex.

I'm just scared of being unable to keep yet another friend, and of the fact that this obsession can't be too healthy for me. Maybe I'm trying too hard, but sometimes I want to talk to him but after what I told him, I'm worried he might be scared by it.

For me, it always stings a little to have a woman tell me that she doesn't find me attractive. Especially if a woman proactively tells me that she doesn't find me attractive, that's really just an insult. For most I can think of, being told you're a great friend and nothing more is the same as being told you're unattractive, and that hurts.