There is this guy in school who's really cool and our interests match a lot. ive always admired him and wanted to be his friend and although all our conversations were short and friendly, maybe I unintentionally gave him some signs. and a few of my friends told me he has a crush on me.
I also recently made an instagram account and we chatted a bit and needless to say he flirted with me a bit which i tried so hard to be oblivious to, and so as to not give him any signs i also din chat much with him. Now i dont have any romantic feelings for him and dont want to enter in a relationship, but what i do want is to become friends with him and chat with him for long and rant about our common interests.
TL:DR – how can i reject him indirectly even though he did not ask me out and still continue to be friends