Do I have to be solicited to ask to become a friend?
I have two Chess/com friends currently, and we have pretty well zero contact. That is OK. I hate to turn people down and seldom reject a request., and after a few weeks I mostly cancel them. They never seem to notice they are gone.
Why even cancel ?
If I hadn't, I would have had thousands, and my front page would be cluttered.
But, let this not discourage future requests, and very likely you will get the OK.
You probably did, or would have sooner or later.