I accidentally offended my crush what should I do?

[Anonymous]

So its a long story but basically my coworker (who also happens to be as close to a crush as I have right now) heard something that I had said about him out of context. He assumed that I was talking about him to slander his name, but I actually had said something which tied into a much longer story than I'm pretty sure he didn't get to hear. The full story is that I kind of like him a little bit. I talked to a coworker about my interest in him and since then it was inside information that I actually did like him more than he knew. He complimented me every day and because of us being at work I didn't respond in any way that could show him that I was interested. So one day while working I did something to tick him off, which had been happening a lot lately. I was frustrated at how easily I could upset him, and how often it was happening and I found that the easiest way not to do something to bother him was to avoid him altogether. I still liked him, but I decided that in order to have a peaceful work enviroment I just couldnt disturb him while he was working. So I told my coworker that he was being mean to me lately because of how often he was telling me what to do and what not to do. I didn't say he was a mean guy, I actually just meant that the guy I liked was upset at me and that I was fucking up. But I guess it got back to him somehow and without the full context he just thinks I was talking shit about him. He seemed dissappointed in me and told me that he didn't like that I would talk about him behind his back because we were friends to him. But I didn't have time to stop working to explain the full story and neither did he have any time, so i just think this is going to carry on until it dies down. But his impression of me won't be fixed unless I address it, but i can't because we only talk while we are at work. I would hit him up to tell him the full story but I dont want to drag an issue that isn't that big of a deal to him. So I dont know what to do

[Logorithim]

Take him aside and explain everything.

[Asker]

I just dont think I will have time to do that. While we are at work either one of us could have some free time while the other is super busy, the best thing I could do in a time where I had some free time would be to offer him some help not pull him to the side to bring up an issue that he specifically told me wasn't that big of a deal to him. But at the same time it was a big enough deal for him to address, and Im pretty sure he doesn't like me now if he ever did. But while I can deal with him no longer being interested in me, it just doesn't sit well with me knowing that he might go on feeling betrayed when that wss never my intention

[Logorithim]

Yeah, and that needs to be cleared up. You don't want him to be an enemy