Forget him. You’re not the first person to have a crush on their teacher, but I guarantee it will not go anywhere as he’s an adult and you are not. He’s in a position of power and has a duty of care as you’re his student. To put it bluntly, back off because if anything happened between you he’d lose his job and you can’t possibly have an equal relationship.

One person isn’t rubbish at kissing – it takes two! You obviously just didn’t have the right chemistry. He’s probably ridiculously insecure and thought he’d blab nonsense rather than face up to the fact that you and him weren’t right for each other. I am so sorry you’ve had hear this gruesome gossip, but believe me, you’re better off without this lad.