This is a long story. So, this year a girl I saw that worked at a gym I went to this past summer, I saw her a few times before talking to her, and things went well. We saw each other on campus a few times, and I had chit chat with her and so on. I was attracted to her on looks at first sight, but after talking to her, I liked her personality and thought of her as a friend instead. So 2 months go by, we speak in person around 1 time per week and hug after we leave. She's the only girl that I've been vulnerable with, opening up about my past depression, deaths in the family, etc, which she reciprocated talking about her upbringing. And I was fine with being friends which wasn't my original intention, but after a few weeks I accepted that myself.

However, one time out of the blue, she asks me if I like her. Specifically "Not to be a dick about this, but do you like me?" I didn't tell the full truth that at first I did, but then changed my mind, I simply said "I'm sort of seeing someone right now, and I always saw you as a friend." I had a feeling she was going to give me a LJBF talk, with that coming on, so I maintained the frame and essentially rejected her, but whatever. Now here is where this gets interesting. Since then, we haven't talked at all save for a very short conversation, mostly of pleasantries, when we met at the club meeting (we're in the same athletic club) a few weeks back.

I do feel like a dick by flirting with her for a bit and hugging her a bit too much when after a while I had no intention of being anything aside from a friend. However, I do value her as a person and I'm a bit sad that it is this way where we ignore each other mostly when we make eye contact etc.

So, how can I change this so at least I'm not hated by another woman in this world?

tl;dr Approached a girl over the summer, talked her up a bit, used light kino +vulnerability, liked her more as a friend, she then asks me do I like her, I say no and then we've barely talked since.