['So yeah, I was feeling kind of bad because I ended up lying and canceling plans with a close friend.', 'maybe you had a good reason to do this', 'I guess it was a good reason. There was this movie he wanted to see for a long time and I ended up seeing it with a cute girl instead.']
i think he will fully understand and see it as no problem
I felt bad this one time because I lied to my buddy. He'd been wanting to see a certain movie with me for forever and I ended up bouncing on him to see it with a cute girl.