Remember this! You are not alone! Second, keep communicating openly. Don't worry about feeling stupid or bothering him. Third, try animating it in other ways! Love takes time and effort.
You said the golden words for any relationship. I always wanted to be loved right away. But that doesn't happen. The first stage is sympathy, the second is amorousnessand the third is love. To get to the third stage with a girl, I talked to her for about a year using this source. I thought she would love me faster but it all lasted a very long time. But in the end I won her heart.