Help guy-bff troublr. i've kinda been crushing on him 4 a while now!!but deres a twist to da sutuation =/ ?

i hav dis frnd.i met him in 7th grade n almst immediatley began crushing on him. dat yr we werent relly frnds. 8th grd we got a bit closer n my crush got bigger. 9th grade i liked him even more but he announced dat he wuz gay. i wuz hurt but my crush didnt go away. we became bff n i told him bout my crush but also told him dat it wuz over. wen it actually wasnt. im about to start 10th grade n he is still my bff. shud i tell him dat i lied n im still crushin on him. even though it wuldnt relly matter bc hes gay?! =/ oh n by da way he doesnt act gay at all =p