
I will say as someone who is demiromantic and can only develop crushes on someone when I know them for a long time and well, it's absolutely not intentional for me I start having feelings for one of my friends, but I find it super hard to date someone I don't know well and can't trust because I wanna know what they like and be able to do those things and have that trust I've been on the other end too though and know it's hard so I'm super sorry you're going through that
I totally hear what you're saying too because I've also been in situations where a friend of mine told me they liked me, and when I didn't feel the same way, they cut me off or started being mean to me and I imagine you may have dealt with this too so I'm super sorry if that was the case. I hope you definitely find good people to be friends with because I agree that it's really nice when you find a friend you can have very deep and meaningful discussions with without it needing to be romantic