A friend said, oh he likes you, he wants to work with you.  Is that how it's supposed to go down?   I have to do work for a guy who likes me, so he can like me more?  What about he just grows enough balls to just ask me on a date?  Whatever happened to that?  Why do I have to labor through an entry fee when he's the one interested?  is my time and energy not valuable?   Is this the setup to how everything here on out should go then? (Dude wants something, I do the work to make it happen? ).  No thanks.   Lazy shits.