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Match

I thought it was fake. Everyone does when a verified face shows up at 1 a.m. I screenshot it, sent it to the group.

me: this has to be a bot jay: 100% catfish marc: ask him for a voice note lol

Before I could overthink it, a message came in.

Ezan: you nearby me: if this is actually you, say something only you would say Ezan: no Ezan: come or don’t

A pin dropped. Ten minutes away.

I went.

Door

He opened in a black tee and shorts. Damp hair. Towel around his neck. No jewelry, no team stuff. Just… him. Bigger in person. Calmer too.

“Shoes,” he said, and stepped back like he already knew I’d follow. The apartment smelled like clean laundry and something citrus. Music low. Lights low.

“You’re real,” I said, because my brain was empty.

He checked me once, head to toe, like he was confirming a delivery. “Water?” He didn’t wait for an answer, just handed me a cold bottle. He doesn’t fill silence. He lets it sit.

“You don’t talk much,” I tried.

“Don’t need to,” he said, like a fact. Then: “Come here.”

Pace

He kissed like he set the tempo and expected me to keep it. Not rough. Not sweet. Just exact. A hand at the back of my neck, a nod when he liked something, a tiny click of his tongue when he wanted slower. I stopped thinking about lines and just followed cues.

We didn’t say much. It didn’t feel cold; it felt… simple. When it started to tip from kissing to everything else, I’m not writing that part out. Fade the lights. You get it.

After

He stood, rolled his shoulder like he’d finished a set, and brought me another bottle. No cuddling. No debrief. He looped the towel back around his neck, leaned on the door.

“You can go,” he said. It wasn’t rude. It was final. Then: “Stay ready.”

I laughed because I didn’t know what to do with the adrenaline. “That your thing?”

“My rule,” he said.

Creep

Two days later, I noticed the small stuff. I woke up before my alarm. Drank water before coffee. Bought a black tee with a thin gold trim without realizing why. Stood straighter. People at work asked if I’d started training again. I hadn’t. I just… did more and talked less.

Then the text:

Ezan: come through

No time, no please. I went.

Round Two

Same door. Different incense. Same towel. He looked me over, quick, satisfied. “Good.”

I told him I had plans and forgot them on the way up the stairs. He didn’t ask about my day. He didn’t explain his. He kissed me like the first time, set the tempo, expected me to meet it. A thumb on my chin meant “here.” A palm on my chest meant “wait.” If I did too much, he laughed under his breath. “Easy.”

Fade again.

Water. Door. Nod. “Go.”

I should have been offended. I wasn’t. I felt clear. Like the part of my brain that usually spirals had been put in a drawer.

Cadence

It turned into a rhythm. He’d text two or three words. I’d go. He never promised anything. Never dressed it up. He was cocky in a way that looked lazy, like he didn’t have to try because the room would always tilt his way. Kinda toxic, if you want to call it that. Also honest. He didn’t say “maybe” when he meant “no.” He didn’t say “soon” when he meant “now.”

I asked once, halfway out the door, “Do you even date?”

He said, “Don’t have time.”

“Then what’s this?”

He held my eyes for a second. “Useful.”

It should have stung more than it did. Maybe because it was true. I wasn’t looking for flowers. I was looking for something to cut the noise. He cut it.

Other People

I started noticing the pattern on other guys. A barista with a new black-and-gold bracelet. A lifter at my gym with a laurel stitched on his shorts. No talk, just a quick nod like we all recognized the same quiet rule set: show up, do your part, leave better than you came in.

The Part That Hurts a Little

Sometimes on the train home I replay the first night and think, yeah, I’m one of many. He’s busy, he’s private, he doesn’t owe me softness. Sometimes that’s a clean feeling. Sometimes it pinches. Then I wake up early again, drink water again, finish my sets, clear my inbox, and the pinch fades.

Why I Keep Going

Because it’s simple. Because he doesn’t waste words. Because when he says “come,” I don’t have to negotiate with myself. Because I leave different, light, steady, a little gold at the edges.

I don’t think he sits around planning to “convert” anyone. He’s just… built like that. If he wants a thing, he gets it. Half the time I’m not sure he even wants; the room wants for him.

Now

Last night he texted:

Ezan: later? me: yeah

No heart, no “see you soon.” I showered, left the shoes by the door, and tried not to overthink what it makes me. Not a boyfriend. Not special. On call, maybe. I’m fine with that.

I keep the phone on loud. If he says “come,” I go. If he says “go,” I go. The in-between is mine, and honestly, it’s better now. Cleaner. Stronger.

Was it a scam? No. Just a match that rearranged the furniture in my head. Less romance. More focus. A little heartache, sometimes. A lot of heat.

I’m not in love. I’m not pretending to be. I’m ready.

Matched at 1 a.m., showed up anyway. No jersey, no small talk, just pace, cues, and a rule: “Stay ready.” Not a love story. A cadence. I leave clearer, stronger, a little more gold each time. Recruitment & info: @brodygold @polo-drone-001 @polo-drone-125, @franco-gold94, @polo-drone-166

You have to stay true to yourself, that’s one of the essential ingredients for you to advance forward, it is about your life, there is no shortcut to that still the same process, but your ability to stay steadfast and keep believing will inspire the whole process. You have to live your life with certain self-affirmations, it is always going to be you against everyone’s opinions, and you don’t live by people’s assessment about your own self, once you’re true to yourself and keep going after your dreams, just matter of time before you live it up.

You can’t storm forever, the quest to improve yourself and match up with the tasks you have set for yourself, create that atmosphere for to keep advancing in what you do. A lot of work to be done on yourself if you’re determined to have all round success, it is not always going to be about work and success, character is very paramount especially how you use it to create enabling environment for other people to grow through that, when you do that you’re embracing new wave for you to keep evolving your life and inspiring.

You have to put yourself together, no losing yourself in this battle of life, it is one big journey, and you have to continue trusting their process which has brought you where you are today. You don’t come this far just to lose your identity, your identity defines who you are, it is a thin line between when you come from and where you are heading in life, when you remember when you come from. It should serve as a push for you to go out there putting everything on the line, your blood, soul and sweat against all odds without losing the battle.

https://anthonyemmanuel.com/staying-true-to-yourself-improving-yourself-and-no-losing-yourself/

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Stay ready all the time, there is no room for being unprepared, you have to continue to train yourself till your moment comes, it doesn’t come so easy, you have to work for it and grind for it, it is the consistency in the struggle that will guarantee your space, and then you will properly book your space to the kind of life you desired to live and use that platform to inspire in the lives of others, through stories people share the struggle and one can be able relate and provide the necessary tools to keep going forward and continue to work hard despite the uncertainties.

You have to stay ready, it is a wave, when you stay ready you get to catch the wave, you have to train your mind for such moments, you have to live for such moments so that you don’t get to miss the wave. You owe yourself the duty and obligation to make it come true, it is what you have been training your mind for, this is where you base your work throughout your life, for you to shine and be able to impose yourself and cause the world to stand for you, it gives the sense of satisfaction that you have live up to the true meaning of your existence.

Stay ready, so that when you’re called upon you will deliver and create your own world through that, it is what you do with, what you have is what truly matters, you have to create light to shine on the lives of others with what you have. You have to continue fighting for your place on this earth, until you have your ground and live your life out through that, if you keep your mind ready and trained yourself mentally to be indestructible, your chances will come knocking if you stay ready you’re going to fly with it.

https://anthonyemmanuel.com/staying-ready-when-it-is-your-time-youre-going-to-fly/

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