Tough situation

I have this guy friend who I caught serious feelings for. We’ve known each other since last July and have been friends since September. We used to talk almost everyday (over Snapchat/text) and he’s such a funny, sweet guy. Around March break I realized that I’d started catching feelings. 2 weeks ago I worked up the courage to tell him how I was feeling. Not that I wanted a relationship or anything, I just wanted to know if he reciprocated the same feelings. Turns out he “isn’t looking for a relationship rn and we’ll still be friends, things won’t be awkward”. A week and a half goes by and he’s completely stopped talking to me. I thought he just needed space to process what I’d said and think about our friendship and if he wanted it to continue. Finally I got fed up w it and messaged him. After asking how he was I said that I understood that he might’ve needed space but was wondering if there was any reason that he just stopped talking to me. He said he’s sorry and that he did it because he didn’t want to unintentionally lead me ok. Ok, fair. But now idk what to do. We’re back to “normal” now but I don’t think these feelings will go away, no matter how hard I try. I cried over him for days it was so bad. Especially because he’s still single I don’t know if I can still be just friends and be okay with that :(