Squishes?

A couple days ago I made a post here detailing how despite my strong aromantic-ness, I, as a man, tend to feel a different kind of attachment to my female friends. There was a number of reasons I theorized why that is, but the feedback was nice, and I was reassured that this wasn't an odd way to feel. But now I feel like I need help understanding another topic, what is a squish exactly? I've heard the word thrown around a lot here, without ever getting a clear definition.

Because I don't get crushes, at all, and I'm completely love-deaf, and when people flirt I'm oblivious and think they're just bonding platonically. But sometimes I meet someone who I'm not fully friends with, and I feel an attachment to them that makes me want to see them more, and it usually happens around girls my age. Not in the sense of "I love her" but instead the thoughts are more like: "I really really want to be friends with her". Again, people told me it's normal to feel like this, so all I ask now, is squish the word for this, or is there another word for this feeling?