Friend might be gay how can I tell

So I'm a fully closeted gay. I haven't told anyone at all ever. Well technically I only have the hots for one guy. Still I think that pretty much makes me gay amirite? Problem is theres a friend of mine who I'm really close to and at the same time I have a crush on. One day when we were hanging out he asked how I would react if he said he was in the closet. Inside I was happy after all this is the guy I like but at the same time I was still in the closet myself so I just kind of looked at him funny. He nervously laughed not at all like he usually did and said just kidding. I told him I wouldn't know what to say and he said me neither. Ever since then I've noticed a lot of things i never did before. He has another guy friend who constantly flirts with him massaging his chest/arms/abs/thighs. In public my friend tells him things like that was weird or what not but a few times in the car when its just us he does it and I ask wtf hes doing and my friend just says don't worry about it or your overreacting or your the one being gay if you're watching us. He acts interested in women, was afraid to sleep in a tent with me because he said it'd be "awkward" and flirts with girls all the time. (Still he's never even had a girlfriend even though girls flirt back with him constantly.) I wish I hadn't reacted so harshly when he asked then I'd know for sure. Is my friend gay? Am I thinking he is just because I want him to be? Is there anyway to find out without exposing myself? HALP PLZ

 

i think hes bi but not ready to come out right now so give it time he will reveal him self but it does sound like he like guys and females

 

PHP:

that sounds like somthing is goin on between them is he is saying something like "if your watching us" because that sounds like he wants some privacy and while he is with this guy. and ya, i think he may have come out to you if you had not reacted so harshly to his question in the first place...no offense.

 

Why don't you ask him outright if he's gay. Tell him you would be completely okay with it if he was. Act like a straight friend would if he were concerned his friend were gay. You don't have to give any impression that you are gay yourself.

 

I suppose I'll try that. Just need to meet him face to face to ask him.

 

what you should do is ask him what he would say if you were gay and then comeout to him.

 

i agree with justchill though the way you reacted was what made him decied not to come out. when i told my best guy friend he was like its cool no worries calm down i dont really care.