What goes around comes around, in every sense of the phrase.
The female character ranked N eventually really did get fed up with the second male lead clinging to her.
Female Character N: "Can't you go back to treating me like I don't exist, like you did at first?"
The second male lead raises an eyebrow. "Back then, you insisted on sticking by my side, and I let you have your way. Now you want to leave me, and I'm supposed to let you have your way again? Why don't you let me have mine?"
