college

I'm a freshmen in college and going into college I was a virgin. I met a guy and he took my virginity and we have been having sex for the past 4 months. He texts me everyday and will make out with me when we're at parties or at the club. And sometimes we'll sleep in each other's rooms and will cuddle all night long. One night when we were in my room  I asked him if we were a thing or if it was a sex thing and he was like well what do you want it to be and I said I didn't know and he was like well what if it was just sex no feelings. At first I said okay and the next morning he told me to text him later and he kissed me goodbye and left. My friends told me I shouldn't do just sex since I did have feelings for him. We went a couple of days without texting. Then I asked him if we could talk. I went to his room and I told him I had feelings for him and couldn't just fuck around. And he said he really respected me for that and that he still wanted to stay friends because we had become really close these past few months. This boy is so nice and I can't be mad at him. He said he just did not want a girl friend right now and he didn't want to hurt me and didn't mean to lead me on. He said for right now we should go our separate ways and maybe in the future if we both want the same things then maybe we can try again.  I can't stop thinking about him and really want to talk to