Can a Light Novel's Male Supporting Character Fall in Love Too?

Illustration: Itaru Isshiki

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My best friend is a hopelessly kind person, the sort who only knows how to sacrifice himself to save others.

In his anime club, there's his tsundere childhood friend, a girl with no sense of presence who was promised to him in marriage as a baby, a sweet-on-the-outside, scheming-on-the-inside upperclassman...

And there's another girl like me, who can only watch their romantic comedy and smile bitterly.

He likes her.

When I realized I liked her too, a story that was never meant to be mine began: a story of friendship, love, dreams, and youth...