This may be a long post, but I really need someone else's perspective on this. I normally figure shit out myself, but this one is quite tough for me. Worth keeping in mind that I'm from Eastern Europe, so even though the general TRP principles should apply everywhere in the world, I believe there are some social differences which can have influence on relationships between men and women/attitude about sex etc.

So, I was classmates with this girl a long time ago for a couple of years. We weren't really good friends, we just used to talk occasionally and used to see each other sometimes when we were hanging out with our mutual friends. Fast forward a few years, I'm studying in the same town as her. I only found out like 6 months ago that she's studying in the same town and thought it would be nice to go for a cup of coffee, just as old friends and catch up with what's been going on. So we did and I thought nothing of it, but like three weeks ago we met up again, and since then we kind of started hanging out quite often.

And here's the tricky part, I started to like her. At the moment, I'm quite bored of banging random girls (got 2 at the moment lined up, ready for action, but just can't be bothered) and would like to attempt LTR with this girl, because she has all of the qualities that I'm looking for and I'd like something more stable. The problem is, usually with girls that I like I make my intentions clear straight away, or as soon as possible, meaning I kino/escalate/kiss them, whatever, and then I can usually figure out where I stand, whether the girl wants to be just friends, looking for LTR, plate material, etc. With this one, it was quite tricky, because we were kind of friends first, and only recently I thought damn, I really like this girl. So couple of weeks ago we were hanging out one day and I thought I would show my intentions that I want to be more than friends and went in for a kiss. I was hoping she would get the hint and either reciprocates and we can move forward or says something along the lines 'we should stay friends' and I can next her because I have enough friends. She reciprocated. Now, this may sound a bit gay but bear with me, every time we meet most of the times I'm the one who initiates kino, like I will be the one to take her hand / go in for a kiss and she just reciprocates quite gladly, but for every 10 times I go for a kiss, she initiates 1 back, when she initiates, she usually just comes in and hugs me. But every time we get back to our houses, she texts how much fun she had and wants to meet again soon. When she's got some time off her studies she will text me and ask to hang out, she's constantly messaging me first, wants to chat etc.

Now, what baffles me is I don't understand whether she views me as a just a friend, or she is just shy and is not used to physical contact with men or what the fuck the deal is? She doesn't have much experience with guys, she's 22 but I know that she probably never had a serious boyfriend and if she did, it was no more than 1 and I honestly wouldn't be surprised if she was still a virgin (in my country, 22 y/o girl virgin is not that rare). When I took her hand once she was like 'hmm it's weird because I never give my hand to anyone, but with you it's different, it's kind of a compliment'.. Maybe a shit test, maybe genuine reaction who knows. Maybe it's not clear to her that I want something more, like I should sit her down and literally spell it out to her, but c'mon she's not retarded, I'm making it quite clear. Most of her time she just spends studying (she's doing medicine and it's quite time consuming) and when she's not studying she used to hang out with her girl friends but recently in her free time just wants to hang out with me most of the time.

So yeah, if I'm just a friend to her, why does she always reciprocate my kino without saying anything like we should stay friends or some shit? Kissing 'just friends' in my country is not the norm. If she wants more than friends, why is she so rarely initiating (except hugging) herself? What am I missing here guys?