How do I find out if he likes me?

Question

Ok...this is very complicated. I'm a gay 20 yr/o male and I am studying abroad in Australia. I have met this awesome German exchange student. I don't know if he is gay and he doesn't know if I am. When we are hanging out with other people he always stands by me. I always catch him looking at me. He never talks about girls. Last night I text him gut nacht (good night) and he text me back gut nacht schlaf gut (good night sleep well). Please help because this is really bugging me. I don't want to scare him away and I'm really shy about these kind of things.

Answer 1

You have already started on the correct track for a relationship. almost all good relationship build toward friendship, then close friendship, then romance, so on, so on.
Continue sending hints, VERY slowly and gradually increasing both the obviousness and the frequency of the hints. For every hint you send that doesn't get rejected, you are one step closer to a relationship.
If he does reject a hint, it does NOT mean he isn't interested. Could be a misinterpretation. If he sends you an obvious hint back, it also does NOT mean he is interested, hence my original advice.
Slowly and gradually increase obviousness and frequency of hints.
If he indicates that he clearly understands your hints, follow his lead (good or bad). If good, He thinks he's making the first move, so give him credit for it. If it's bad, back off slowly and start again if you really want him.
Good luck!