Should I ask him even though it might screw things up?

Him texting you a lot means he likes you. Being a guy we don't always see girl hints as well as they think. Guys are more straight forward and we would rather here straight you like us or not. We don't like betting around the bush. But if you jump into trying it, even if he says yes, you are still risking the friendship because what if you break up. I had a close friend in high school. We both really liked each other, but we didn't want to risk our friendship, so we just stayed friends. Now we are still really good friends 10 years later.