How to handle this situation? Im being very careful as to how to respond to her tmr

Basically, I've spent almost 7-8 mths plus with this woman in uni. She and I, same degree, same modules and in the same sessions tgt. So we grouped up & since then we've always been hanging out tgt. Cos legit, I tried joining diff cliques but no one wanna hang out with either of us.

So both of us, would say damn onz to finish uni & get decent GPA. So we push each other on, not to get distracted when doing work etc.

I guess a lot of ppl see us tgt very long, eating lunch tgt, going around places tgt, they assume we're dating. A lot of my poly classmates who're in the same programme as me asked if I'm dating her not. Only told them that we're study buddies nth more.

I dunno why, the more you say no, the more they assume you're dating. But I guess she got asked multiple times as well.

So like during lunch tgt today she asked me if I got qns from ppl if we're dating. I admitted yea a lot of guys asking if I'm dating. She asked how do I respond, I told her that my only response to the guys are that we're close buddies & keep everything professional.

I ask her back the same thing, what does she think. She goes onto say other women have asked her the same.

She then asks me, what do you think our relationship is. Is it purely professional or is there something more to this? I try to deflect the qn by asking what is she trying to say etc. Asks me if I've any feelings for her is just purely friends. I tried deflecting back to her again, but she kept wanting to know my views.

I then kept quiet throughout the day, dint know how to respond to her at all.

But I don't know if she really hv feelings for me or not. Only things I notice from her like yea every night, she'll check in on me whether go to sleep lah, take care of health, go take break liddat, like always messaging me on tele everyday. But i not sure tho

I legit hv feelings for her ngl. But I'm very scared to tell her. Pent up feelings. I hv shoved my thoughts on this matter aside becos my main fear is damaging what we've now. What if she tells me oh Im dating someone, what if she says I see u as a friend only, I am damn worried how to respond to her tmr, becos idw leave her hanging. Plus I hv nv dated someone before, I dunno how to do a proper relationship.

She'll definitely press me on this tmr....

Shd I just tell her my feelings. i dunno wat to do.

Edit: SHE SAID YESSS!!!