Cool, I get that. And yeah when I say friends with benefits I meant sex, I know a lot of people out there might do that, personally, not my cup of tea. I’m either friends or in a relationship. No in between. So, if you want to just be friends, just make sure he know that up front. You will be fine. No need to make any major issues. I get where you are coming from, you don’t want to mislead him and you don’t want to fall either. Just steer thing make sure he knows where you stand. Now having said that, if you don’t mislead and are upfront with him, you can’t control his feelings. So no guarantee of anything there in any case. As for flirting, well it depends on how far or deep it goes. I would be cautious at first. It is ok to flirt and stuff as friends as long as the boundaries are well defined. First, make sure you are comfortable in the friendship enough that both of you are well aware of the boundaries. At that point you are both cool with where each other stands and not as likely to get hurt on either side. I have plenty of straight guy friends that I joke around with all the time and ‘flirt’ but it is nothing more than best friends. If someone outside heard us they might wonder. There is not contact really other than that of a friend, we will hug when we see one another but the rest is just fun and talking.