I (22m) think I have feelings for my friend (24m), but I’m not physically attracted to him and it confuses me

Ok, so, I guess I should preface this with the fact that this is a complicated thing and stuff and I know no one can know for sure but me, because I’m the only one who’s been in my head, but I desperately need outside opinion because I’ve been thinking about this almost non-stop and going back and forth for literal weeks now.

Background: my friend of several years (we’ve been friends for a while, but only in the past half a year or so started spending way more time together) recently confessed to having feelings for me. After a long conversation and a lot of thinking of my part, we decided to stay friends. It didn’t affect our friendship, everything is fine and going well just as before, and I don’t feel awkward around him. But I haven’t been able to let this situation go.

It’s been weeks now, I keep thinking about it. It feels like there’s nothing I would want more than to say yes, because he’s genuinely amazing, and I’ve never felt more comfortable with someone. I do have great friends I feel deep connection with, but I know for sure if any of them proposed a relationship it would be a very easy no because they’re firmly categorized as friends in my mind and the idea seems insane, they’re like family. It’s different with him. The only issue is that I don’t find him physically attractive, he’s just not my type. I’m gay, that’s not the problem. I also always thought of myself as mostly asexual, I’m barely ever interested in sexual activities. But I do still have a type, so to speak, features I’m attracted to and find pleasing. So I’ve been extremely confused and torn about this. I’m not, like, repulsed by his appearance or anything, no. He’s just not someone I thought I can be attracted to. I keep trying to sort out my feelings, rationalize it somehow, and I still don’t have a clear answer and it’s driving me crazy. I talk to him daily, I think about him when we don’t talk, I feel sad and jealous imagining him feeling this way for someone else, and I can’t tell if it’s just me selfishly wishing I could keep being the special person in his life, or if that means I feel the same way about him. I always had trouble differentiating between romantic and platonic love because they’re rooted in the same feeling for me. So I sort of relied on physical attraction or just “finding someone hot” to help with that sometimes in my previous relationships, even though physical stuff is not really important to me for reasons stated above, and because I’m generally not that into physical contact/expression. But I feel different about him, I know there are feelings, and there is chemistry, and that’s kind of new for me, so this dissonance scares and confuses me. I’d hate to hurt him and sabotage our friendship by being indecisive and realizing the whole “looks” thing is actually important enough later on. It kind of feels a bit shallow, to be honest, knowing that I feel very strongly about someone, but having trouble figuring out if it’s worth pursuing because of something as stupid as looks. But it’s been bothering me for a while now, and, as I said, while I know no one can just give an answer for me, it would help to have some outside perspective. I guess for the most part I really want to hear if someone had a similar experience, how you felt, and how it turned out.

TL;DR: I don’t know if I should try pursuing a relationship with a guy I’m sure I have feelings for (who also confessed to having feelings for me), but don’t find physically attractive. I guess mostly I’d just really want to hear if anyone had similar experiences, and how it turned out in the end.