We Both Like Each Other But I'm Not Good At Relationships (I'm Very Shy)

Hello! A boy and I were friends and we talked a lot but I don't know how and I started to like him but not much. He is a very pretty blond like me with blue eyes like me and he is taller than me and that is hard to happen. He is a year older than me and I knew I had no chance with him as he was dealing with a very close friend of mine. Things didn't work out between them, and then a friend of mine liked him too. Anyway, I got my best friend to write to him because they knew each other. And she hinted something to me about him because he had previously asked me on Instagram if I would hug him. After hinting to him, he did not deny. And so I realized that he liked me