"Ironic how they wanna stay friends right after they rip your heart out"
My guess is that he wanted to "soften the blow"...so to speak. He obviously likes you too much and doesn't want to lose you. But he doesn't love you, so he doesn't want to be your boyfriend.
Tough situation. Most anoying part is that you can't really do anything about it besides getting over it. It's up to you to decide if you like him enough to still be around him....or not
Good luck
Can someone please explain what is so great about constantly being reminded of that which you cannot have?