What's up with my Aqua Man?!

Okay, so in September I met this guy online.. and it turns out he catfished me.. so I left. But, being the Aries I am, I missed the mental stimulation and went back to my Aquarius in December.. but then left because I was catching hard feelings and got scared. So I ran for the second time. Then, on his birthday last month, I texted him and told him I missed him and we went on a date 6 days later, kissed, then on Valtentine's Day he asked me to be his girlfriend. But yesterday, after him not contacting me for a day told me, and I quote from his text 'The last thing I wanna do is hurt you. I want you happy. But I don't think I can do this. See being committed to someone scares me and I don't know if I'm ready to make that commitment yet. I feel awful for saying this cause I know I make you happy and you're going through a tough time. I've also put you through a lot of shit myself. That makes me feel even worse. I don't know if things will change down the road. I still wanna talk to you everyday so I can be there for you. I also like you a lot and enjoy talking to you so I hope we can. No matter what though, I'm here. I'm not going anywhere.' ..and he later says he also cares about me. And this morning he texted me Good Morning! and things are pretty much like before we were 'official'.. Can anyone help me on this? Thanks my gumdrops 🙂

I think he truly likes you as a friend, but just doesn't want to be in a relationship. Can you be just friends with him? Seems like that's all he wants. Kuddos to him for being honest!!! Gotta respect that.