I view it differently. I think that what we are seeing here is an extension of what had happened at the end of the festival arc, where after what seemed like being outsmarted by his best friend in such a seemingly effortless manner, whatever little confidence Satoshi had in himself ended up being obliterated, and what he is saying now reeks of him thinking he is worthless.
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Fact is, Satoshi has some serious issues to deal with before he should even think about being in any kind of romantic relationship. He'd be a terrible boyfriend to anyone, and he knows it - he's basically living a lie and while his niceness is genuine, and perpetual happiness is often an act. Until he gets his head sorted out, Mayaka is much better off not getting tangled up with him.
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No disagreement there, but it was the path of least resistance
for him. And we can say that he might have known that she would've known about it, but it didn't exactly make it any less hurtful for Mayaka, but in the end he must have known about that as well ...