Does it help to take a break but still stay in touch?

Me (24F) and my bf (24M) are in a long distance relationship for 2 years. Only met once for a month.

So far We have called everyday. texted each other whenever we can. We did pretty much everything we could do together online. Lately, we facetime for hours but sitting in silence. Deciding what to do together but nothing pops up in our brain. Just spending time like that.

Few days ago, he said he feels forced to do things with me. Like calling me, doing things with me etc.

So for now, we are taking breaks (still text and call or say I love you but when we feel like to). It sounds weird but we are waiting things to come back naturally. (We don’t know if things will go back like before but we are just trying)

👦🏻Him: I don’t want to be in a relationship anymore but I don’t want to lose her. It would hurt. I want to see if I still want to be in the relationship while taking breaks. But what if I don’t want to go back

👧🏻Me: I still love him like before. I hope things get better like before. But I don’t know when. I wanna make things clear but I also want to see and give him space. If the end will be break up, I would rather be hurt now and move on.

I’m his first gf. He likes doing activities, games. He is not into girls. We are not looking for other people.

My question is, Taking breaks (but still text, call, say I love you) like this can actually help relationship? Or am I just staying with him till he fully move on?

TL;DR: Me and my LDR bf feel tired about the relationship. Nothing much to do. So we are taking breaks but still reachng out. There are no rules. We text, we call, we say I love you. Only when we feel like to.
For now, we are not lovers also not just friends.
Can relationship like this work?

Thanks for reading my broken English