HELP! what do i do??

ive been going to the same school as this guy for 9 years now, and developed feelings for him when i was around 10 but we didnt start talking until a year or so later, then stopped and started talking again when we were 12-13, and its been very on and off since then- mostly due to me ghosting him but 2 years ago i stopped ghosting him and we talked for 6 months before he ghosted me. for the past year we haven’t talked and he only came back into my life 4 months ago by telling me happy birthday, talking to me for a week, then ghosting again. recently we started talking AGAIN on around 12th february and got along really well. he took me out to the cinema yesterday and i enjoyed it, however i think ive started to realise i like him more as a friend than anything else and i dont know what to do now because i will feel really bad ghosting or confronting my actual feelings straight after a hangout, but also i dont want to wait too long because leading people on is not my thing and is morally wrong. all my friends are saying to either wait a week or 2 to confront him or to just tell him straightup- help?!?

In my opinion you should just straight up confront him what do you have to lose?

i guess you’re right, should i do it in person? or over text/call? we don’t actually talk much irl