Ex lover - now best friend. Still attracted to each other a lot.

[lovemenot]

So long story short: I met a guy, we fell crazy in love, even though we both were in long term relationships with other partners. After two weeks of dating we both left our long term relationships so we could openly and truly be together. We were actually both thinking of leaving our partners even before we met, so it wasn't entirely just for each other.

After a month of dating, he decided it's not really working and left me. We had some fights during that time and we both also started new studies (together), he also had to move, so he had a lot on his plate then and also he said it was really painful for him to hurt his ex like that (she found out he was cheating) even though he said he didn't love her anymore and maybe never had, but he blamed himself for causing her so much pain... And he just couldn't handle it all and broke up with me...

We stayed friends though.
And really good friends.
It's been two months since we broke up and we still see each other everyday (we study together). After class we both go to the library and study there for the rest of the day every day. We even go there on Saturdays and spend the whole day together studying. After that we sometimes go for a few beers at a pub. Or go for walks and talk and laugh a lot.. We also go to pub game nights every wednesday and we hang out a lot just the two of us and we always always have a great time together. Everybody around us always think that we are a couple.

He says he really likes to spend time with me and that I am great and that everyday he want's to come home with me and just cuddle and that he feels very strong passion towards me and is attracted to me and that he doesn't want to hurt me but he doesn't want a relationship right now. He says it's not the right time now, he needs to focus on studying and take care of his inner problems and his life and it's just better right now to just stay friends "and we'll see what happens in the future" - his exact quote.

We also slept together couple days ago. And that of course caused me thinking..
I would like to be in a relationship with him, because I still have strong feelings for him. And for the past two months I just kept hanging out with him but constantly wishing for more and hoping that one day we will be together again.

If he likes me that much, maybe it's really just not the right time for him and I am ok with waiting till he feels ready for a new relationship.. but maybe it's just hopeless to wait for him like that...
Maybe he's just using me, because it's convenient right now (it's way more fun to sit at the library all day with somebody than alone)..so maybe I should stop hanging out with him so much and just move on..
But the problem is I really don't want to let him go and even the slightest possibility of us being together again seems worth all of this..

Any advice on the situation? Please?

[Hooo!]

have you told him about your fears and hopes like you told us?