Lost hope

This guy I’ve been talking to for months now and he’s been sexting with since he’s in another city decided we should just be friends. I tried to hard to keep things going cause he said he was interested in me as more then friends but since he moved father away he’s been distant. I guess long distance isn’t for him. I’ve been patient since he moved 3 months ago and has been studying like crazy for a board exam. I miss him. I don’t want to bother him while he studies but some days are hard and when I finally had a chance to kind of talk to him he said he just sees me as a friend. It hurt so much.

I’m trying to see if I should stay hopeful and maybe his feelings would change and maybe give me/us a chance. But it just seems like he’s just not willing to do long distance.

Idk if I should keep holding on. It hurts so much