Could this "friend" be more?

So.. 7mo ago Ive (F/29) meet my neighbors that lived right in front of us in our apartment building (we also shared a backyard)- 2 boys. One of them looked very interesting since the first I’ve met him (M/30), but I didnt put much thought into it. We all quickly became friends and started hanging out a lot with our friend groups. I could feel flirty vibes with (lets say Jacob)- he would always sit next to me, be very interested in my life, invite for joining things etc. I guess I felt the same way- he was just an awesome dude and we became friends, but once in a while I would wonder. Until his roommate confirmed my guesses by saying that Jacob likes me but since we are such close neighbors and now friends, it is not worth risking messing things up. So that was pretty much the vibe ever since then- we would hang out a lot with friends, and just the two of us, sometimes he would be very flirty and always around and sometimes he would become a bit more distant or would call me “homie”/”friend” (f.e., “goodnight, friend”). I tried to not think about this too much and just let it play out, Id forget about him, date other people but the “vibe” seemed to always come back.

Situation now: they moved out of the apartment in front of us to another place one block away couple weeks ago. Additionally, we had a friends party couple weeks ago where it was all the same story- he wouldnt leave me alone, get really close and then would shoot in his “xyz, friend” line. So at the end of the night, it just blurred out of me to ask if its just me, or is there a vibe here. We ended up stepping outside to talk and I was saying that Im not sure if there are feelings per se, but there is definitely curiosity on my side and that this doesnt need to be this big conversation. Then he kissed me and told me the same- he likes me for me, sometimes it feels like there is more, and sometime it feels like were just good friends. He was bringing up “how this relationship would work” and also saying “I dont know”, “if it would be just a casual thing, is it worth it?”. I kept saying that I dont know either and it doesnt have to be one or the other. We agreed to talk later when when we are both “sober”.

The day after came, and we never met up. I ran into Jacob and his roommate accidentally couple days after, and it did not feel awkward and he seemed very smiley, and friendly and was looking for eye contact etc. After that, we all got infected with Covid and now Christmas is coming up- so I havent seen him, nor talked to him since then (ouch..). I did, however, ran into his roommate again couple days ago, and he told me that he knows that we kissed. I asked him what’s the vibe with Jacob and if its worth talking about it at some point and he said “Jacob is confused about how he feels. He just wants to get better and go home for the holidays and last thing he wants is to deal with this”, so his advice was to just wait and let the vibe come back on its own and then make talk then.

So I dont know what to do now. I dont want to push him away, but I also dont want to bring up another conversation if I know he is “confused”..and maybe thats a good reason on its own to just let this go? But I also like him a lot and he is a great guy, but I dont know if there could be a relationship there, nor do I know if we can remain friends. Ideally, I would just love to hang out more, make out if we want to, go see a movie or something and just see how that feels, and it feels good then we take it from there!

So my questions are should I wait and see? Should I let it go already now? Should I have a talk with him first when I see him again? I obviously dont want get rejected nor do I want to expect for something when it seems like he might not feel the same way…when a guy likes its obvious, no?

From what I heard about him from his roommate is that he does really like to date all that much and that his love life is non-existent today (he was teasing me earlier that I should “make a move”).

Help me figure this out you good people out there!:)