Context: just finished freshman year of college. First semester I was dumped and immediately started at the gym 6 days a week, cut contact. Have gone from short twig to decently beefed. Have been applying TRP after finding it 2 months ago though I've always had decent confidence and I'm very charismatic.

An HB8-9 I'm friends with is in an LTR of 8 months but seems to regularly flirt with me, which includes:

  • frequently touches my legs and arms when talking, sometimes even squeezing muscle

  • very frequently mentions how I'm "becoming the buff guy of the group", "ripped", "jacked", etc.

  • common IOIs of giving full attention and finding everything I say funny

  • I showed a pic of my older brother to show how similar we look and she stated he is "very very attractive" (rather obvious flirting)

  • info also got out that I have a very large dick (humblebrag lol) and she told me "someone is going to fuck you and fuck you hard" as I am a virgin

  • minor note, her current BF is of the same type as me

  • she often talks about me to her BF (I've been on the BF side of this before, long story short my ex branchswung), raving about me being muscly and even mentioned my penis size to him

However, she has adamantly stated she is against any dating in the friend-group after the breakup involving me and my ex, which is honestly pretty reasonable. Then again, follow the actions not the words. Side note: she often complains about her BF's incompetence to me, I'm not sure if that signals more towards the orbiter or the branch side.

My thought is that I'm a branch, though I'm not going to oneitis this. I haven't done any forward flirting as her bf is a really great guy, not someone I feel like fucking up.

How should I proceed? Am I actually an orbiter?