Taking a break?

I feel disgusting. Utterly disgusting. I've been dating my wonderful boyfriend for a year now... he makes me so happy. We've gone through some really bad times but it's made us stronger. We are long distance and have been for a long time now. I love him to death. He's the first I ever truly loved I think. We haven't been able to talk for the past week or two because of some things going on in our lives,there's literally no way he can talk to me right now besides letters. I started school here in August, and it's taken me awhile to make any friends but this last month or two now, this awesome guy has decided to be my friend. A couple days ago, maybe a week, we friended eachother on Facebook since we only have one class together. We've been talking quite a bit. I am so flirty. I don't mean to be ah all but it seems like everything I say gives the wrong idea. I like this guy a lot actually. I like being able to actually hug someone. I've absolutely do not plan on cheating with my boyfriend whatsoever. I love him so much. I just feel like this is a good time for us to take a small break just to get to experiment kinda with other people I guess? That sounds terrible. I just want to be able to hug and cuddle with someone without thinking I'm cheating. This guy I've been talking to, always tells me I'm so sweet and cute and invites me to do things or does things like offer his sweater cuz we have mechanics together and the garage door is always open. Tonight we started talking and he told me he was tired and wanted to go and I said no, to stay cuz he seemed off. He said, "nothing, I love you". Then left. Hasn't even looked at my messages. He knows how much I love my boyfriend but I don't want to make things too weird with him. I want to let him know it's okay and I like him too, I just plan on being loyal. I hope to talk to my boyfriend here soon about it, and I really hope he understands. I absolutely don't want to break up. I just want to experience other things while I can. Am I a bad person? Does anyone have any advice? Please help, I feel horrible.