So I (21m) have a pretty close friend (22f), who is currently in a relationship. Her boyfriend was offered a scholarship in UK so he moves out of the country next year and he clearly stated that this will be the end of their relationship. She tried to have a conversation with him a bunch of times but he said he isn’t going to change his mind and doesn’t want to do LDR. So their relationship has essentially been falling apart for last couple of months but officially they are still together and she says that she loves him.
So I have known her for more than 1.5 years, and we’ve never been anything but just friendly to each other. But recently she began subtly flirting with me, and I feel like her attitude towards me has changed. And I am confused what to do here. She might be trying to make her boyfriend jealous to win him back but I don’t think she would have done something like that to me.
On the other hand something might really be developing here — in this case I don’t know what to do. I might be romantically interested in her and I don’t really feel bad about her boyfriend because in my opinion he is the asshole in this situation. But I don’t understand why doesn’t she break up with him first, and I would definitely not want her having an affair with me behind his back. But I am too afraid to ask her directly because I feel like she would deny everything and things would go awkward between us. So should I pretend I didn’t notice anything or should I start flirting back?
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**TL;DR** My friend’s boyfriend is dumping her, and she started flirting with me. They haven’t broken up yet