Should i take the initiative?? confuseddd

Hello! Okay, So I have a really good guy friend, and I think I might like him.
I don't know, though. He can be really cute, funny, and nice sometimes but sometimes he can be a jerk and a perv. He's also not the hottest kid in the world, but he's...

fairly good-looking. But I luv funny guys, and I think he likes me too.
Should I ask him out or flirt with him or anything?? I don't want to kill our friendship if it goes wrong...But there's usually no awkward moments between us because we laugh everything off, but still. But I don't know if that would embarass him! I mean, once, at a school dance, he asked me to dance, but I think just as friends. If I don't ask him out, and he likes me, I would feel bad, but if I do and he doesn't, well, that would suckk.

HELP!

so continue to flirt with him! maybe when you guys are having a goofy moment ask him if he likes you as more then a friend. maybe it will just slip out, if he gets really serous though then he probably does. as for him being a jerk and perv well all boys are and hehe okay this is a hypothesis my sister and I have, but we assume that boys that are huge pervs are still virgins, so thats a GOOD thing lolz
anyways best of luck, hope it all goes well :D

...having said that and the doubt there is, my answer is that, if having a single doubt about what you feel, then dont... better retain thefriendship than start something you ain't knowing where you're getting your relationship into... be sure of the things you do, and it takes a good judgment to start with... relationship has to be no trial and error, maybe sometimes, but not all the time... I bet you ain't want to waste your time, so be sure of what you do... it's all your choice, and think of the aftermath as you thought of it...