In the gay friendzone [M19] - need some advice

>He had asked me if I'd ever taken a dick before, I said no, have or would you? And he said 'I don't think so'.

Was this before or after you told him you were bi?

this was after. well after actually, he asked me if I'd ever done anal. I thought he meant with my girlfriend but then he made it clear he was asking if I had ever taken a dick.

so...

I don't know if he's into you personally but from what I've read, the dude definitely has a thing for other guys.

He has asked me for nudes before. I stupidly didn't send any, although this was also before I was really thinking about being bi. But that seems like he would be into me...

But idk, maybe he's not into me. He is also from a pretty conservative religious household so he could just be shy about his feelings too.

I want him to be into me, but if he's not I guess I cant force him.

Should I just ask him straight up?

As I already said, he was into doing things with you but you screwed it up by "coming out". By doing that you made it more real than it just being sex, you made it into sexual identity which will turn away guys like him.
You'll learn this as time goes by. You'll also learn that its not wise to tell people your orientation because the worst kind of closet you will be placed in are by others.

I'd give him time to figure himself out first. He's come on to you before. I'd be surprised if he didn't come on to you again. It's obviously going to be difficult because you live apart but my advice would be just to keep on spending as much time with him as you can. The more comfortable he is with you, the more likely he'll be to express his feelings. If he ever brings up anything related to his sexuality, I'd ask him directly. But until then, I'd just do what you're doing now.

What if I told him very clearly that I'm just looking to fuck around? I could just say stuff like "Man I can't do anymore relationships or serious stuff, I get bored with that".

Idk it just doesn't seem like that big of a deal. I had never thought of it from the perspective you are coming from and it still doesn't make that much sense to me.

Alright thanks for the advice. The ball is really in his court at this point then. Hopefully the long game works.

He most likely wouldn't believe you. Now that you have cemented that you are of that orientation you will always be analysed from the image people have of that orientation.
Its why when you come out everyone says "yeah we knew", not because they necessarily knew but because they can immediately place you into that mold that these orientations mean to them.
You'll see eventually. Lots of straight guys experiment sexually but they don't want there to be a label to it, its why the "no homo" label grew so quickly because once someone is closer to homo it means something else completely.

Look, you're dude buddy may well not be a queerbait. You might want to chase the cornhole with yer buddies you know are butt pirates instead of randomly trying to buttfuck with regular dudes. Dudes that ain't queers, a lot of us are pretty tolerant of queers and even have queer friends, but y'all gotta understand that don't mean we're wantin' to suck on your balls and love up together. Step off, bro.