So I have this friend. He became more than that to me just recently.

I'm afraid to tell him because I'm not sure if he's ready to hear a confession like that yet.
I'm afraid to tell him because if he ends up not liking me back, the friendship might turn awkward and in the end, I'll lose him and our mutual friends. I don't want to put our mutual friends in the position of being middlemen or being forced to choose sides.
I'm afraid to tell him because I can value the friendship more than losing someone I confessed to, even though it wouldn't make me completely happy because there's that question of what if's.
I'm afriad to tell him because we're such good friends to a point where I know how unfair he could be to girls that he's "dated" but since we've only become really good friends, he has no shame in showing me what his true colors can be in front of his "girl"

I'm afraid of being such a 'fraidy cat, so please tell me. Should I risk it? Or should I just shut my mouth and just breathe while quoting, "this too shall pass?"