Is he into me or just a playful person?

[mearl20]

There's a guy I work with who I'm not sure is interested in me or not.

 

He recently started (we work in a restaurant) and was pretty shy in the beginning. Since most of my coworkers didn't talk to him much when he was new, I decided to talk to him and joke around with him, so he would feel more comfortable. He introduced himself to me first but I initiated many conversations so he wouldn't feel awkward when the rest of us would talk and joke around.

 

Soon, it turned into us kind of flirting/teasing each other about stupid things-one time I thought he stole my pen when it was hidden somewhere, so he would frequently point out that I accuse him of stealing pens. Then he actually would "steal a pen" and give it back, pretty childish stuff.

 

Then we started talking more and I found out we have some things in common like certain fears, allergies, hobbies, etc. While we have things in common too, we also argue a lot (somewhat playfully somewhat serious).

 

Now, he still teases me a lot but also helps me out with things. One time he asked me to do something for him and I jokingly said "What am I? Your slave?" and he said "No, you're (his name's) b***ch". I knew he was joking but told him "Oh no if I'm that to you then you're that to me, it's mutual", he kept disagreeing then finally said fine. Later, he told me "now you're my friend!" when I did something nice. He also tells me "you're the worst", "you're so mean", and one time he said, "has anyone told you how much I hate you". I'm pretty sure he's joking when he says those because when I ask why he says "just because".

 

Then other times, I'll ask him if he can clean something for me (it's his job) even when he's done for the night and he'll tell me no, then he'll do it anyways. Or when I wanted to go across the street to get candy but wasn't able to, he went for me (I didn't ask him to-he volunteered to go). Today, I was carrying something heavy and he automatically grabbed it from my hands to help me out. Then he also asked me to help him with something he was doing too and I did.

 

 

I also asked him one time if he would want to go skiing and he said "yeah I want to!" but then he wasn't able to because of school.

 

 

He occasionally will joke around with other people, but most of my coworkers will say he's extremely shy and never talks to anyone-maybe I just made him more comfortable and opened him up a little? There is one girl who tries to tease him by saying "he's so mean to me", and he'll sometimes tease her back but I've noticed it's not as much, unless that's only what I see.

 

 

A couple people I work with keep saying they're going to hook us up and that he likes me and that they could see us together. He's pretty playful and teases me a lot but he's a little younger and I don't know if he's just that way. It's fun joking around and teasing each other and it is pretty childish but I'm not sure if he is flirting/ teasing or just having fun at work.

 

 

Also, I wouldn't mind getting involved with someone I work with because we often work different shifts and I am not planning on staying there long (temporary).

 

I am attracted to him and think we really get along but I'm not sure if he is into me too? Or is he just a playful person?