Friends with Benefits (help)

Soooo this is gonna sound weird. I have this one friend, and I’m like really horny atm so I kinda just like need sex.

Anyway, this one friend, I keep getting weird signals from him. Like he says he doesn’t like me, but the next day he’s touching like my inner thighs and saying he wants to see my ass.

I don’t know what to think, is he just horny or does he like me? I don’t know. But, if he’s just horny maybe we could be friends with benefits? Problem is; I have no idea how to like tell him that.

Aside from that, what if I had been reading everything wrong you know? How could I cope with rejection and would it ruin our friendship? Please help a sister out.