Here's what I think you should do. You should just walk straight up to them and tell them, " I really like you, and I wanted to know if you like me back. If you don't I hope we can still be friends and won't feel awkward.
But if you do, I would like to know. " If they say that they don't like you then move on with it, life goes on, if he doesn't like you then back at all, he's probably not the one you want to spend the rest of your life with. But don't worry someday you will meet someone that will like you back for who you are.
This step may be difficult for you if you really dislike being alone but it is important to try. Being apart from the person about whom you're not sure can give you a clearer perspective on whether or not it's purely loneliness that motivates you to keep communicating with this person, or whether there are genuinely good reasons for staying connected. Try to remain apart for at least two weeks; this amount of time will help you figure out whether or not you really miss the person in question, or whether you're just bored when they're not around.
You miss specific things about them.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.