>>180569As a writer, I think I can tell where this is going.
Nikolai's good "friend" is the brother of the fattened sister we've seen (dude with glasses, forgot his name.)
He befriended Nikolai in order to take revenge for his sister being so fat and more than likely depressed; if I had to guess, Nikolai was once more 'Out' with his fetish once-upon-a-time and dated the dude's sister. Who more than likely fattened up thanks to Nikolai's involvement.
However, seeing how depressed she was, this probably caused some mental trauma in Nikolai (similar to Autists who try to insist they didn't fatten up their SO's to the point of death/depression despite well and truly doing so) that split into a dual-personality. (Hence, the friend's 'confusion' if they truly 'Got the Right Guy.')
The sexually repressed Nikolai (that we've seen up until now) and the 'Real' Nikolai that Tanya just encountered.
It makes me wonder, then, what Elijas's role in this is. I have two theories so far:
If I had to take a guess, I'm guessing the dude either knows about the OG Nikolai (and is into fat women himself) and Elijas wants Nikolai to fatten up his sister SPECIFICALLY for a reason. Hence why he introduced the two, knowing about OG Nikolai's sexual preferences along with the cooking classes, or, Elijas is the mysterious 'Player' that Nikolai's friend has been gaming with and plotting revenge with, and is doing this as a long-con way of exposing Nikolai for being a pervert, etc via a 'Domino Effect' of women getting fatter AROUND Nikolai for his attention.
Man, I need to get back into writing again... I'm psycho-analyzing other plots now of stories not my own...