Can someone sort out my dilemma?

Its pretty obvious to me that you already know. If you guys care about each other and are honestly "just friends" then you should be able to take a "Break" from each other. My suggestion would be to make the suggestion to him that "maybe we just need some space from each other." Then after you feel like you've had enough space (you'll start to realize how small and inconsequential these fights are) you can talk about what's REALLY bothering you. For that, you'll have to do some soul searching and if you want to keep each other around, you need to be super honest, otherwise you'll start fighting again. Other than that, fighting is completely normal in any kind of relationship.