Please help me figure out what to do with this Scorpio man!! PLEASE, im desperate for some good advice?

Long story short,(believe me) I (cancer female)have been talking to this scorpio man for almost 4 months now. We met at a college party through a friend and instantly we had an attraction. We danced, talked a little& made out that night, nothing further. He got my number& text me a few days later. Its been a slow&pretty torturous process getting to know him and trying to decode his feelings for me. We’ve been texting ever since we met. we’ve only talked on the phone a few times.We’ve hung out alone a few times in the beginning, twice we got drunk and had , but everything continued normally after that and hasn’t happened since.Whether alone or with friends, his behavior indicates to me that he possibly likes me(he’s shy, nervous, he chokes up when he talks to me, looks at me, but looks away when I meet his eyes, he leans towards me when we talk, he listens and remembers everything I tell him, etc.) he’s also showed other ways he likes me. He started getting into exercising bcuz I work out all the time, pickin up the lingo my friends&I use, has become cool with my roommates, even my sister who is like my best friend,invited my friend& I to a family party and so I already met his family. He constantly says things about the future like going to this place, doing this& that, etc. Ive also showed him I liked him by constantly inviting him places, going to his soccer games, taking his favorite treats to him,etc.(alot more ways, i can go on&on) HOWEVER, although it sounds all nice&dandy,all of the above has happened because ive been VERY patient with him to open up. Hes only opened up a little, I feel like I still don’t know him, but he claims that i do. hes also acted hot&cold a few times, FLIRTS like crazy with other girls, doesn’t act nervous with them at all which bothers me, but I guess flirting&attracting girls is a scorpio trait. With such mixed signals, I asked my friend to ask him, if he liked me and he said no. That he only saw me as a good friend. I was upset hearing that, but as a cancer i went with my intuition and have kept talking to him, but I have backed off a little. At parties ill accept to dance with other guys(not freaking tho), I talk to my guy friends in front of him which at first i wud avoid all of this to not make him jealous,etc. but I can feel his jealousy tho as he wnt take his eyes off me, but he acts so calm and collected and doesn’t show it. So basically we both have proven with ACTIONS that we like each other, but other ACTIONS contradict that as well. No one has flat out said how we feel. Although I want to, he doesn’t talk about his emotions very easily, if at all. AND HERES THE BIG PROBLEM: He jst got out of a 3-4 yr rlsp that I believe ended a few days before I met him although it had already been ending a while back bcuz she cheated on him. I know, especially as a scorpio, he is really hurt and needs time to heal and he possibly is still in love with her. His close friend&relative have told me to move on, that he is still kinda stuck on her, and nothing serious will happen with us. That even if he likes me, he wont tell me bcuz he doesn’t talk about his emotions.Last nite we got together with friends. We were drinking, he was acting a little distant and obnoxious fro some reason. hes usually calm&funny, but yesterday was jst weird behavior. His friend told me that he needed to tell me something(mind you, scorpio doesn’t know hes been giving me advice) he told me that his family is putting pressure on him to get back with her&hes contemplating it, so that maybe i shud give him some space, etc. When he saw us talking I cud tell he got upset and he made a rude comment saying “dont forget to use protection” (scorpio jealousy coming out). I was really pissed off so I continued the convo with his friend,gave scoprio the silent treatement thereafter. He tried to talk to me as if everything was ok, but I was upset&ignored him instead.i than left without saying bye. This is the first day we have not talked at all since the day we started talking&Idk what to do. I really feel like I need to tell him I like him and see what happens, but I dnt want to put more emotional turmoil in his life since he is clearly still dealing with his ex. I dnt want to text him as if evertything is ok bcuz he needs to know that he was out of line with his comment. I really like him and eventhough he sends a lot of mixed signals, I feel that there is something more and I want to keep pursuing it. Im not asking for a rlsp right now, but it would be nice to know if he does indeed like me&if he sees a possible rlsp with me down the road. I have put a lot of effort into getting to know him and SHOWING him I like him, but i am really stuck now. Should I flat out TELL him I like him? And if so How should I go about it?(we only text, so shud I call him,or ask to meet in person) but wud that scare him off? Should I wait till he texts me or should I text him? PLEASEEEE help me!!! I really dnt know what to do :(