Help… No One Will Answer…?

I'm a freshman in college and have developed some close friendships with people, especially this one guy who lives a floor below me. We know pretty much everything about each other and we frequently do homework together. The first couple weeks, we've fallen asleep together in his bed watching a movie. I'm pretty sure we both saw this as purely platonic. Then a few weeks later, the same thing happened, but we cuddled/spooned and he put his arm around my waist. We have some big differences in terms of religion/values so I'm not exactly wanting this to go anywhere unless it happens naturally. So the next day, I was completely casual with him and I feel like he put more emotional connection to it than I did. A couple days later, we are now both very normal with each other. Our friends/other people in our dorm have always thought there was something between us (even at the beginning, when there literally wasn't anything) and even now, people say we should just admit that we like each other.

I really like this guy and I do like cuddling with him and falling asleep together but is it possible to maintain something like this without making things awkward?

Suggestion:

I think you're both just worried about admitting to each other that you like each other. You're both trying to play it cool because you don't want it to be awkward if the other person isn't into anything serious. But, the guy obviously likes you. You were in his bed, cuddling, and he put his arm around you.. he wouldn't do that if he didn't feel attracted to you. What I would do, is find a way to get alone together (homework time? ;D), watch another movie or something and start cuddling. Then go in for the kiss