Why does it hurt..

To lose someone you didn’t want to date? We talked for about 6 months and I don’t necessarily feel empty but I do feel like something’s missing. Ig he had just became a part of my every day life since he’d text me as soon as he woke up but idk.. I miss him but not to date /: then again, I understand I can’t hold him back from pursuing someone who does want to date him. I don’t want him to think I like him, ask me out & be rejected again.. how can I ease this feeling? Or just forget about him? He deleted pictures we had on his profile so I went ahead and deleted him off my social media.

Btw: we’re not talking because he ghosted me after seeing me with a friend from school & ig he thought we were more than that. He didn’t say much, just stopped texting back.