A little tricky as I’m not sure if you mean real life, online, this site etc. but agree with others above, don’t let it linger, that other person may have similar thoughts and start to think you’re not interested. Don’t get caught in the friendzone if you want more. Either just blurt it out and know one way or the other or if it’s within this site, maybe you could slip some clues into your post that only they would pick up on. If it’s D/s it’s actually a little easier, you could ask quite casually if they’re interested in having a Dom/sub at the moment, if they say yes or maybe, you can just reply “good to know


”, that really should be enough to steer the conversation where you want it to go. Good luck, I hope it works out how you want.