First off:
You do not love him. If you've never even talked to him face to face then you have no basis to feel love for him because he's yet to have an opportunity to show you how he values you and done nothing in actions to indicate to you that you value him so remove the word "love" for him from your vocabulary and change it to "crush" because that is what you are doing, you are crushing on him.
If you want to even have a chance to find out if he likes you more then a friend then why don't you invite him out to have a soda or a bite to eat with you and get to know him in person. If he goes with you then make it clear in your body language that you are interested in being more than a simple friend or chat buddy to him.
With any luck he'll ask you out the next time and you can work on forming a bond that way. If nothing comes of it or he says he doesn't want to meet for a face to face type of interaction then stop chatting with him and get on with your life without him and your superficial chats because you're just wasting your time on him.
Once you ask him, let us know what he says. Good luck.
“The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs.” ~Joan Didion