She rejected me but why she still cares about me?

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We met on a website and met up for a coffee date, she is physcially very very attractive and she seems to be very inteligent, she is very feminine yet with a guy styyle sense of humor, what's more important is she seem very loving and I can totally picture myself with her.

After first date i told her I like to catc up again she told me sure, when I call her she told me she sees me as a friend and hope it's ok that we hang out as friends and she said that cos she didn't want to lead me on.

Since then she would still text me to check in and she is very caring and asking about my cold / back and such.

She said she doesn't want to lead me on but the level of her caring seems a bit too much for just a friend? What does she want?
She rejected me but why she still cares about me?
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