I don't want to rekindle a friendship
Why don't you want to rekindle the friendship?
First of all, I would have to talk with him everyday which is a part of my job as a friend. Secondly, he would think that I want to tell him that I love him
It does so sound difficult to rekindle a friendship with this person. It might be better to leave the friendship in the past instead of bringing things up again. It will be upsetting to both.
I hate being a jerk about this, but I just can't deal with him right now.
That's okay. It is perfectly natural to want to pick and choose what relationships you enter in to.