I think you can be one or the other, but not both.

A friend is higher status than fan...you're already following them

If you friend them, you are fan until they either accept you or block you. If you accept you, you become a friend. If they block you, you

quit being a fan. If they don nothing, you remain a fan.

Oh! Gratias to you all! Okay. I was confused about the friend/fan thing.