Is this shy guy possibly interested OR just friendly..?

[Everyday is another chance]

Ok I'll try to get to the point without having too many details but by providing enough info. There's this guy (my crush) I've noticed him since last year and I've always wanted to talk to him but A) He's superrrrrrrrrr shy and B) I get all kinds of awkward when i'm around him. He has shown signs of possible interest by "coincidentally" standing by me when there was room everywhere else, and at first he would often make a point to walk by my desk nearly everyday when we had french together last year. I also caught him looking at me last year and we locked eyes for a while until he looked down.

This year:
The first day of school I inevitably bump into him nearly every hour. In one of our classes we didn't have assigned seats and somehow right when I was about to find a seat ALL of the seats are taken but the one in front of him. The next day I move over a row and he comes in after me and sits behind me (even though there were alot of seats open). I've also caught him looking at me but this time I look down and he still continues to walk behind next to or in front of me.

The iffy part:
I've tried talking to him twice but A) it resulted in awkward silence and we just stood next to each other and B) He'd give really short dead end responses. After a while my friends have decided to play match maker (without my consent lol) and asked him if he knew me. In turn he said "yea she seems like a really cool person, I follow her on twitter". And today in a class project that involved writing something nice about each classmate he wrote that "you're a really intelligent person and you're really nice!". So I don't know if he just sees me as potential friend material or what?

Thanks in advance and I hope this isn't too long

[cynthia_reilly]

Ask him to hang with you and see what happens! That's all you can do!

[Rachael]

He could be interested in you, if you like him, try flirting. c:

[Lawrence Holt]

He may like you but he may also be really nice. Could you please answer mine? Good luck.

[Dandelion..]

I think he may like you, as a "shy"person I know how it feels to like someone so much you get frozen and end up completely ignoring them instead of trying to get closer to them.
As the more outgoing one I think you should try to initiate more conversations with him, trust me once introverted people are comfortable they open up a lot and are actually really talkative. You just need to break the ice a bit for him, he is probably dying to do it himself but is just a bit too shy.
Good luck!

[Meyers]

Very interested in you. You can tell from:

1. Him looking down after locking eyes with you

2. Standing by you when there was room elsewhere

3. Writing kind things about you

He's just nervous and am not 100% sure if you like him. Most guys are either completely oblivious (like me) until you almost get to the point of saying it or are unsure and nervous about whether he is right in thinking you like him. Your best bet would be to flirt but not in the super obvious way. Maybe next time go to him when you are standing in class. It seems like you are going to need to take the assertive role in the relationship. Best of luck!

P.S. You take very thorough observations