Does he like me or is he just being a nice friend?

I think he likes you on some level. He asked you after all. He wouldn't have if he didn't like you. and you did say this was the second time he's asked you to banquet. I think his not telling his mom is more trying to goad her and not something to do with you. He likes to annoy people so he just saw this as an oppertunity to annoy her on some level (aka he knew his mom wanted to know and not telling her would bug her). He definatally didn't ask you just to annoy his mom though. There was someting that make him want to ask YOU. you should stop stressing about if the boy likes you and enjoy yourself.