LDR question

Hi girls!

I’m in a very complicated situation. I met my soulmate. He’s literally the male version of me, and all of his friends keep telling me that he is catching feelings. Every time we meet we just start liking each other more and more. However, every time we start talking about feelings he says that we won’t be able to handle a long distance relationship. Our countries are very far from each other, I’m leaving his country in June and coming back a year later for Master’s. We both really like each other and I can’t believe we won’t be able to handle a year (no matter how hard that could be). There are five months ahead, I feel like I still have a chance because we’re so perfect for each other... Please share your LDR experiences if you have any. I feel so desperate 😢