Relationship issues

Me and my boyfriend have been off and on for 5 years. We've have had bad break ups but we've manage to recover. Since school has started for us, we've started to get busy and we felt like we've drifted apart. We've both under the stress of school and work.  He feels like he needs to break up but he doesn't want to. I don't want to either and I feel like I need him more than ever right now. What do we do? How can we find a middle ground?