Don’t want to be friendzoned

My boyfriend and I dated for a couple of months before I went away on a month holiday to see my family overseas. Everything was perfect in the beginning, all his actions pointed to that he’s ready to commit (more so than I was). We agreed to be exclusive quite early on. We kept in touch throughout the whole time while I was away, he’d send me sweet messages such as I love you, I miss you, wish you were here etc. He was really excited to see me when I got back. But the dynamics of our relationship feels like it had changed. Maybe because he got used to being alone again or he romantized our reunion and the reality didn’t meet the expections? I’m not sure. We were both busy so we didn’t get to spend much time together. I felt us drifting apart so I asked to spend a bit more time with him when he’s available and he agreed to try harder. After a week, he started giving me the silent treatment, there was no conflict. I couldn’t see him because he was away on a business trip. We talked when he got back a week later and he said his feelings for me had changed and he doesn’t know what to do, so I asked him to give us a bit more time. We were supposed to meet up for lunch that day, he cancelled on me at the last minute and said he doesn’t think extra time is going to change his mind and broke up with me. I’ve been trying to get him to have a conversation with me since then, I’ve texted him, telling him what I think went wrong and I’d like him to give us another chance. He’s been giving me excuses after excuses about how he’s busy and keeps cancelling on our planned meetings to “talk”. But he agreed to hang out a few times where we watched a movie, chilled out and had sex. He still has all the stuff that I’ve given him at his place. The difference is that he always tells me I can’t stay over because he has stuff on in the morning and he only touch me when it’s necessary. The weeks of dragging this out has put a lot of negativity and heaviness between us. He finally decided that we can have “the talk” last Sunday, he told me that he broke up with me because we aren’t right for each other, he doesn’t feel anything for me anymore and he thinks we’d be better off as friends. He said we can be friends later if I ever want to hang out. I’m on Day 7 of NC right now, I have read and watched all the No Contact related content. He hasn’t tried to contact me at all, I’m so afraid that he’s genuinely trying to give me space and waiting for me to reach out so we can be friends! Thoughts and advice?