Whats up with him??does he like me or something?

ok so i have this guy friend and like we would txt each other once in a while b4 but for like the last 2 nights we have ben txting and i have a lot of bad things going on in my life and he ben relay nice and trying to help me..he kept telling me all the good things in my life and stuff and now he calls me his buddy. I didnet wanna come to school the other day and i txted him and told him that i didn't wanna come and he was like plzz come lindsey, and he txt till relay late at night,,,he said he would cry if i died....he also sits with me on the bus sometimes (hes ben sitting with me on the bus for a while) does it sound like he likes me or his just trying to be nice?