Friendship Ended

I just ended a friendship. Was debating whether or not to yap about it here, but I need to get it off my chest somewhere because it's a pain to hang onto. This is mainly a little vent post so I won't get into all the details. It was a friend from highschool. We are not in close proximity now, so meeting in person isn't really a thing for us anymore. We used to have watch parties on call and stuff, chatted about things and whatever. Then it gradually stopped, he was always busy and couldn't hang out with me and another mutual friend. Now, me, I'm the type of person to disconnect from someone pretty easily. In my opinion friendship is a luxury and not a necessity. 

From my own assessment from how that friend began talking to me, reacting to my messages, a stereotypical short response that seemed more like checking the block on responding rather than being an actual participant in the conversation. I did block him eventually, but our mutual friend had told me he wanted to at least talk to see if there was a chance to be friends still. I gave him an opportunity to talk, I believe I was quite direct with him on my stance. To quickly and vaguely summarize it, I was direct. I told him I don't have anything against him, and basically that it doesn't bother me if we remained friends or not. I thought we'd have a direct conversation about that, calm, to the point. The conversation wasn't long, his last message to me was relatively short, so I took it upon myself to block him for good. I saw no point in continuing the conversation, and cultivating a friendship that, in my opinion we both had no interest in maintaining. Truthfully, his responses felt incomplete, the 'I thought I did something wrong' 'I don't want you to distance yourself from me'. 

Actually you know what, I'm just gonna write what was said word for word. So the scene is, he friends me on discord(I forgot to block him there after I blocked his number), I accept, I wait a lil bit cause I see he's online, I message him first because it seemed he didn't want to start the conversation. (I also just wanted to get the interaction over with, I hate waiting to just talk in circles with people.)

Me: Hey dude, no hard feelings here. I don't really need any closure, I understand you've been busy in life. I just thought it'd be easier to go have more distance and not worry about communicating. Sorry I didn't just say that, but it felt like it'd be a hassle to go through that conversation considering how much you've got on your plate. That's all, I don't have anything against you. I hope that life treats you well.

Him: Hmmmm, [my name] i don't want you well think like that. I mean yeah I've been busier then I would like to be but that doesn't mean I dont enjoy hanging out with you and [mutual friend's name] plus it well kinda scared me half to death when you went radio silent with me because I had thought I did something wrong. To be clear no matter how well busy I get i dont want us to stop being friends. Sure I might be busy some days but like who am I gonna watch cjdachamp with and complain about new pokemon s*** and stuff. Overall I dont want ya to distance yourself from me

Me: Listen, at the moment I can't help thinking like that. It's how I am habitually. I just disconnect, that's how it's always been for me. But I'll take your word for it. If you want to keep being friends, we can still keep in contact. I'm just not gonna be the friend you hit up and keep around when there's no one else available you know? I'd rather be cut out. I know you're not a bad guy, but tbh I don't mind if we stop being friends. It doesn't bother me. It just happens in life and to me, there's nothing inherently wrong with that. That's how I'm feeling right now. Just don't feel obligated to continue being friends.

If you still wanna be friends, then shoot some ideas at me and [mutual friend's name] I guess. Like watch party ideas, a rotation maybe? Mainly just watching shows and movies and chatting on call.

Him: Hmmm I hear you

Me: Then this conversation is over. I hope the rest of your life is pleasant. I will continue to enjoy mine. Take care.

and then I blocked him. I have other things in life to worry about. To me, his responses didn't seem like he was actually engaged in what I was saying. I was trying to be honest and direct, if I have to sugarcoat how I'm feeling to a friend in moments like these, then we shouldn't be friends.