[Tayla]

As an advocate for: "Men and women can sustain a genuine platonic and healthy friendship", I concur with the few that did advise:
Enjoy the friendship for what it is. If you need to put that person in a new light or level in your life,do so graciously.

IF it grows later on , so be it, but dont let it be the only reason you hang in there, create and sustain that friendship. Think of them as a cousin or a relative that is endearing yet you know not to cross a line.