What would you do...?

There's this guy who was in my same class....and we finally met after a year cuz since we have the same majors we have to take mostly the same classes...we're both in college....and I never really had interest in him...i mean i didn't really feel attracted to him. I just considered him a good friend cuz he's really smart. So in january he started texting cute things like "you are really pretty" or if I told him "I will finally be able to sleep early today" he'd text "you'll look extra beautiful tomorrow"...that sort of thing. So I never replied to those things. And then when I saw him the next day, he'd be normal...as if he hadn't texted anything like that...but one time, I did reply and I told him I didn't want to date anybody. So he moved on, he started dating a high school girl and everyone in our study group made fun of him for being w/ a little girl...but he made it seem like he was fine...so when he was w/ the girl I started to like him more...but of course I wasn't going to tell him anything cuz that wouldn't be fair...it would only bring problems....so I guess on my own I also got over him....I went back to us being friends and me wanting him only as a friend....and we'd hang out, but I could see that he still wanted to be w/ me even though he was w/ the other girl....anyways.....one night he told me to meet him at his dorm...and I went there really late...and he started to tell me how he wasn't dating the other girl anymore because she wouldn't stay in his mind...and he just wanted me b/c I was a really sweet girl...so smart...he started even talking abt. the first time he saw me...he was so open about his feelings...but I still told him that I only saw him as a friend....b/c he had anger issues and he smoked pot and i could accept that as his friend but not as his gf.......and then he stood up and hugged me...and he wanted to kiss me too but I turned my head b/c i didn't feel it was right.....and since then he's been texting me every day....usually as a friend...but sometimes he'll say things like "i was daydreaming abt your eyelashes...they are just sooo pretty" But I'm not sure if I should just stop talking to him to help him move on...or if I should keep being his friend...I guess is confusing and hard for me when you have someone like that. Because when he is sending those text i start to get confused about how i feel about him.... I don't know if I should date him just to see if it works..but I don't want to loose him as a friend. he's a pretty cool guy, but I just want someone else...someone who doesn't take my same classes either because if it doesn't work then you have same classes and it can get pretty awkward..., i feel like the only thing we have in common is our major...which may seem like a lot but, I do other things too like dancing and running and he just doesn't seem like someone who likes to exercise.....should i wait for other guy and keep being his friend, or try to see if it works w/ him but knowing that this thing will be unbalanced b/c he obviously likes me way more...