Nikolai had come to enjoy and even anticipate his time spent with Sasha. She was beautiful and interesting, albeit a bit enigmatic, and seemed willing to put up with his presence. She was someone he could see himself spending quite a bit of time with, though he was flexible on the capacity. He was certainly attracted to her in many ways, but the subject had never come up between them and he certainly wasn't on the lookout for anything romantic, serious or not. Still, friendships can exist without something more.
And Nik wanted very much to be her friend at this moment as he searched through a borrowed phone book for a pub called the White Rabbit. It was in another borough entirely, but that rarely stopped a wizard. There was an Apparation point three streets over, and he departed immediately. He then made his way quickly to the pub and entered.
He spotted Sasha after only a moment's search and slid into the bench opposite her. His eyebrows went up in surprise at her declaration. "I try very hard to be all those things," he said dryly. He studied her, his amused expression melting into concern.