Confused

I have this amazing guy best-friend. And hes so amazing thag i actually liked him. We were childhood friends, but we lost contact for 6 years and we started talking again November 2016. I didnt want to jeopardize our friendship by telling him about my feelings... My friends have been helpful but still... He found out since I was being cold towards him, and he flat-out rejected me, but in a nice way (he still wanted to be friends). I later found out from one of my friends that he rejected me because he didnt want to play with my feelings. But little did he know is that he was already playing with my feelings before, and during my crush on him by him telling me that im cute and beautiful. The next morning after he found out he said that he liked me too and that he was also confused. I got excited but it faded quickly when he told me to ignore it because he was surprised from him finding out that i liked him. I was supposed to tell him tonight that he is making me more confused by his comments and him telling me to ignore them whenever i ask about them. But he passed out and idek what to do anymore.... 😭