Boy problems!

Okay, theres this boy I've liked for a while now, and I kinda wanna make my feelings more known to him.

I talk to him, sometimes daily on FaceBook, and we often do emote's like: xD

My friends say he likes me, but I'm not too sure whether or not I can trust them. Whether they're giving me a confidence boost, or just trying to be nice.

The problem is, he hangs around with a lot of girls, and that worries me a little because I had to give up with the 'flirting' because he had a girlfriend at the time.

I am too shy to talk to him in person, and even if I do its little conversations, so nothing that lasts.

Apparently he knows I like him, but I'm not sure whether he has friendzoned me, or, like me, likes me back but is too shy to actually talk to me.

I am so confused, any advice I appreciate massively!