Reposted to remove identifying info..
I should preface this by making it clear that I am a massive over thinker so I appreciate most people will tell me I'm doing this here..
I went on one date with a guy I'd met on a dating app literally 2 days before 2020 lockdown. Good date, wasn't sure if I fancied him but would have seen him again. I got the impression he was keen on me. Then ofc the whole world went crazy and neither of us messaged again (after the initial "got home safe" etc) It would have been on me to do so tbf I think as he'd messaged last but there wasn't as such anything to reply to. I think I probably deleted him after a few weeks or something as I was very impatient back then too with dating! This is just the background so you know how we met.
5 years passed, I've been in relationships etc since (2 serious) and not thought much of it. I'm now single again recently and a (male) friend of mine ended up on a night out with this guy. There's a vaguely identifying reason why my friend recognised the name/person but otherwise it's a crazy coincidence. Anyway, I thought what a weird coincidence/maybe a sign as I'm single now and thought I've got nothing to lose by messaging him, asked if he remembered me and told him about the weird coincidence with my friend being out with him etc.
He remembered and we had a bunch of messages almost non stop from my first message but he was heading abroad for work. He's already dropped into conversation that he was only in the UK for 2 days in the rest of the month (not usually this busy though - back to normal in June). Those 2 days are this weekend but he's got a big event for pleasure on one day and another event for work on the next day, before he's off abroad again.
After a couple of days of messaging I made a joke about is this a pen pal thing or if he ever going to ask me out again and he replied haha and that he's back in June for a drink. He then (before I'd responded to the idea of waiting until June!) sent me a long message setting out his crazy schedule of flights etc for work. I do believe it all. We had some banter about if I'd still be available after 2 weeks etc and I'd let him know if I wanted to join the waitlist etc! It was all light hearted and he said it's not the case of a waitlist but he's literally can't go on dates but he's available in June if I fancy it. We said goodnight late on Mon night.
So.. do I now just leave it as the ball is fully in his court? I feel like if I messaged again he'd be very responsive and reply quickly (as he has done previously) but I'm kinda cautious about not creating too much of a false sense of intimacy as he's very responsive and easy to talk to. I also don't want to look too keen seeing as I reached out initially first to him and then I also ended up being the one to suggest a date! (Although I do think maybe he was deliberately NOT suggesting one as he couldn't until June..!) Maybe I could message on Fri and just check in how his week's been? I feel like I either need to message fairly soon to keep the momentum going or I need to leave it completely until he messages.. either now or in June..
Final note: Yes, I'm sure he's single, Yes, I believe the schedule issued and Yes I believe it's just a crazy few weeks and his schedule isn't always like this!
TIA and please be kind!