should i go for it?

Back in like mid 2025, I became friends with this girl, let's call her Rusame, since she likes Rusame.... anyway, we weren't really "friends" at that point. We had some history together since I transferred into her school 2 years ago. We were both "weird" and shunned by society nd allat. We just officially became friends after my first year there. And then, on July 16, the start of our semester, we became close, and I introduced her to my friends. I won't get into all the details, but basically... she [kind of] likes this one friend, and a month ago, my friend group [which she is also in] talked about how they hate her. Being a really great friend, I informed her about the shittalk. Now, it's just me, her, and another friend who took her side. Ik I should be in some other shit to talk about this, but hold up.
Now my story is, I had this crush on a dude who happened to be my bsf[ex now]. I was bi at the time. He understood me more than anyone ever had since I was fighting depression at the time. Rusame also liked me, but I liked the guy more. I mean, she didn't like LIKE me. It wasn't a crush or anything. Just basically a reserved spot for me. just like all of her very close friends [ that are women], and she came out recently that because of her trauma, she hated all men, and thought she'd be a lesbian forever. When I remember a video she reposted, talking about how they wouldn't mind dating a friend, it stuck with me. At the time, I was actively losing feelings for the guy since his actions came into light. [just lmk if u want a story for that one] but anyway, a few days ago, I asked her if she would date me, and she said "in a point, yeah" which is really big to me. And to give u a bit about us: she really trusted me a lot that day onward after I told her what they were saying about her, and we hung out at church a lot [just in the fields near it, I'm an ex-Christian but ppl still see me as a Christian anyway] whenever we say goodbye to each other with kisses on the cheek. And at some point, we went under each other's shirts to feel our bras in school, JUST AT THE ENTRANCE OF MY SECTION. But during one of our convos at our hangout spot, she talked about how she felt like she was kinda becoming aro ace because of the friend she kinda had feelings for. And idk if I'm becoming manipulative or something, but I made plans on how to get her to like me/ trust me. giving her candies she likes, nd stuff like that... so should I hit the target?