question about my friend, advice appreciated?

im a female age 19 and my friend is a guy age 20 and we have known eachother for years and like to hang out, our parents have been friends as well so we dont see our relationship as a bf/gf thing, but more a long term friend thing. he is 6'3 with reddish hair and cute freckles on his nose and cheeks and tons of freckles on his arms with unusual looking freckles on his elbows(they are bigger and dark brown-but def freckles)im curious to see him without a shirt on cause he has never taken it off before, because he is a little selfconscious about his weight, hes nowhere near fat, hes about 225 pounds but has always been on the chubby side, being human and curious, id wanna see him once without a shirt cause im a bit attracted to him, being ive known him for so long. should i say, can i see your body, or what can i say to him that hed be comfortable taking his shirt off, i know he doesnt have scars or anything from illness, so its nuttin like that. anyone have any advice?

Invite him to go to the lake...swimming, or maybe to a water park..when the weather is better, of course.No matter what you do, it will be awkward to come out and ask him, and could have an effect on your friendship. He might get extremely weirded out by your curiosity. Or you could just tell him that you like him and let things evolve naturally.Another thing you can do is tell him that you're curious, and if he'll show you his then you'll show yours...upper torso that is...if you are not comfortable showing your body, then you shouldn't ask him to show his.