Complicated

Okay so this is my first time making a post on here. So over the past few months, I’ve become very close friends with this guy I met from work and we both recently graduated from high school (different schools.) Over time, I started to catch feelings. And he showed various signs he feels the same too. So today we met up and I told him how I felt. One thing about this situation is he’s leaving for prep school by the end of August for eight months. Which is one major reason having a relationship with one another wasn’t in the question since we both knew we wouldn’t be able to handle long distance. So the other options we had were for either to let the feelings die down or to “vibe with each other”. And one thing is , I’m a virgin and he knows that. I know that everyone always dreams of losing it to someone after being in a long-time relationship and so did i . But mainly, I just always wanted to lose it someone who I love and care about , as the feeling is mutual and both ends. And one thing I’m super positive about is if I were to lose it to him, even if we weren’t together, I wouldn’t regret losing it to him. What do you guys think ?