Thread:Rexir2/@comment-24664052-20150914055852/@comment-24934423-20150914174721

'Well, here goes nothing,' Nickolai thought to himself as he gathered his courage. He took a deep breath to calm himself, and began talking.

"To tell you the truth" he told his childhood friend, "there's been many things on my mind. I cannot say that I fully agree with how issues are being handled, even though I understand the whys behind each one. It's been gradually adding up, and I've even ended up having thoughts of resigning."

But then he shook his head as he continued, "But in the end, I put all those thoughts and feelings aside, because I have this feeling in my heart. It's...very hard to say." His composure began to waver as he pressed on. "H-how do I say it?...I...no, that's not it...I..."

'Screw it,' he ended up thinking to himself as he got fed up with finessing his words. He took another deep breath, looked Alyona in the eye, and said. "Supreme Leader Alyona Romanov, I fear you..." But then the hardness in his gaze gave way to tender affection as he continued, "...but Alyosha, I also love you."

''I choose option 1. The reason why I brought up the other issues is that, for a relationship to work, both sides need to communicate with each other. If he just tells her about his love for her without mentioning anything about the other issues, she might just think that that was the only problem, when it isn't.''