Need advice

Hey guys I need advice. I won't provide any details other than that I am a female and my crush is a male. I need advice because my crush is known to be very awkward and he sticks to his own friend group and doesn't really talk to anyone out of it. I had my eye on him since last, last year but it's only thing year that I finally actually developed true feelings for him. We had a rocky start with him being obviously awkward but the problem lies in the fact that he thinks I've stopped liking him. He found out really early when we started talking so that's one of the reasons we had awkward aside from the obvious, but now we're really comfortable with each other. We make jokes, text till late and all that but I just found out it's only that because he thinks I've stopped liking him.

He's never had a crush and any experience romantically. It's hard to talk to him in real life to be honest because he's more comfortable with texting. I noticed he's only actually comfortable (if we talk irl) talking with me if it's just us and not when his friends are around. His friends tease and bully him a lot. I like this guy a lot and I don't wanna give up on him.