Break or break up

Do my boyfriend of two year told me the other day that he wants to be with me and can see a future for us but that he just needs some space. Which I totally understand sometimes life gets overwhelming and you just need some space. We both work full one and are college students. However he says that he isn’t ready for a relationship. We were the best of friends before we started dating and now he just wants to take a break and just be friends. And then he wants to get back together after some space. Someone please help me! This sounds super weird right. Like you can’t tell someone you want a future with them and then tell them that you want space away from them. I’m just so confused and kinda feel lied too. We have always been open with everything in our relationship and then he tells me he has been feeling this way for months and just wasn’t sure how to tell me. I feel like if we do go on this break it’ll just turn into a Ross and Rachel situation from friends. I’m honestly just so confused and can’t think straight

UPDATE: we broke it off completely and it hurts so bad. I just lost my best friend in this entire world and my boyfriend. I feel so lost,alone and confused.