Being honest with a friend
Hello.
Ive had a long time problem of being closer friends with people I already know. There is a person I want to get closer to, but I’m pretty shy being honest with my emotions. We’re both part of a large group chat, but I’m also trying to increase one on one interactions with the people in there. I’ve talked to this person before, and have met them too, but I don’t think we’re really “friends” friends yet. We’ve hung out by ourselves sometimes, but I do want to hang out with them more, and they know about my current situation, too.
But back on the topic of chatting one on one, I’m not entirely sure if they’ll actually respond to my increased chatting because they’re open to actually being friends with me, or just being friendly. I want to send them a message along the lines of “hey, do you mind if I started texting you more? I really like you as a person and just wanna hangout more”. Idk if I’m being WAY too forward and uncomfortable with the way I’m going about this, and I don’t want them to feel uncomfortable in any way.
Do you all think this is too much? And what should I change, if anything?