Yeah......?

At college there's this guy I'm seriously starting to like, and while we're at home on winter break he IMs me all the time and we joke around and share casual conversation. Sometimes our talks on AIM are kinda awkward... I can't quite point a finger at why, but they are. Anyway, he'll pick on me for liking emo things and I'll pick on him for having crappy taste in music. I won't lie, when we interact in person it's so much easier-- we're actually cute, not uncomfortable. But anyway. I'm trying to figure out if this boy likes me back. He's always the one to start our conversations... for example, on AIM he'll ask me what's with the away message or how my day was... he responds well to my flirting with him, and I've tried to leave hints (like "I like him" kinds of quotes about some anonymous person in my profile who fits his description, smooth, huh? Haha). He obviously likes talking to me and values what I share with him... what's your take on it?