makin me wait??....wtf???

so lastnight i finally told my friend who has liked me since my freshman year that i was ready to take our friendship to another level meanin that i was finally ready for us to go into "talkin" status...he was shocked and said yeah right ur playin im like y would u think i would be playin about somethin like that and he says just the other day u said u werent ready....i told him that now i know i said i wasnt ready but i thought about it and he was the person that stuck by me through everything and he pretty much knows me inside out and that over time my feelings for him has grown as well.....he still thought i was playin so then he goes ima call u when i get home...so when he got home he calls and i was like have u thought about what i said and he goes yeah but i dont take u seriously....so im like ur turnin me down and he says no but ima make u wait like i have been waitin for two years....im like wtf???....now y does he feel like i need to wait for??? can n-ebody explain this to me plz...help me understand