Is this the real reason why he kissed my cheek?

This guy and i have been close friends for a year. He's 17 and i'm 16. We hang out a lot and we always hug when we meet or say goodbye. But i've just moved to another school abroad and he found out about the new school's dance where a random guy kissed my head. He kept saying when we skype that he can't believe it. I've just come back home for the holidays so we hung out again for a day - he bought me a teddy bear, held my hand when we crossed the road, taught me piano, took me water cycling, etc. But when we were saying goodbye he said this is probably the last time we're meeting before i'm coming back again in 3 months because he's going away this week and i probably want to spend my last week here with family (i never told him that), and we hugged. After the hug he looked at me and said come here. I thought the first hug just wasn't long enough so i didn't think much and went in for another hug, but then he kissed my cheek. I was really surprised. He smiled and said now you'll remember.

The next day i called planning to ask him about it whwn i was drunk art a party, but he said he was watching a tv show so i said we can talk later.

The day after he called me back so i finally asked. He said he still couldn't believe the guy at the other school kissed me so he wanted the chance too. ?????????????? Did he really mean this? He sounded quite chill when he said it though. So does he see me as a toy?