So as the title suggests, there's this girl from my college that I like.

Before I get into it, im a 19M studying BTech CSE in a pvt college. There's this girl I came across in my 4th semester. We are in the same society and were in the same section(i got to know this part later, Imao). She's very cute and polite. She's interested in photography/art and we have a couple of conversations on that since I like them as well. It's been like 5 months since I know her and talking to her offline/socials but I am not getting any major signs from her that she likes me. She used to tell me about upcoming assignments and class tests since I rarely used to come to class(but that is something even a good friend would do). She asks me questions/suggestions regarding tech since I'm pretty good at that and I help her in every possible way. She trusts/respects me as a person which makes me feel confident about her. As i mentioned, we are not just random classmates who talk only during class. We're good friends and have convos almost everyday. We have had quite good times talking about family, passions, goals and other perspectives of life.

A small incident I would like to share:-

We had a online society meeting at night and she texted me to join, coincidentally I slept early that night and didn't see her text. In the morning I woke up to her asking me if I'm fine or not. I responded normally and told her that I was just asleep. In the same day, we were having a little chat and since I was working on her sketch(lol) I couldn't reply often and my replies were kinda dry. She asked me again if i everything was alright and if my mood was off. I simply told that I was busy sketching. This made me feel like she cares about me (atleast as a friend)

So her birthday is coming up in august and since she's interested in art/sketching I decided to make a portrait of her and gift it to her(it's really good trust me)

I'm very confused on how to let her know about my feelings without being very obvious about them(im pretty sure she already got a hint that I like her).

I'm an extremely shy and introvert of a person to directly confess her my feelings abt her so what I've thought of is that I would gift this to her and if she shows any signs afterwards then I would know that she is interested, if not then we can be very nice friends as we respect each other and I don't want to ruin this friendship.

I want suggestions in general or on how i gift her this sketch(I hope she likes it). I haven't told anything about it to my friends or her friends as of now.

I'm really confused atp and want the suggestion of y'all.

Any help is appreciated, Thank You ':)