Ladies, dont be like Fuuka where you decide to stay friends with the person you like because you can't imagine them loving you so you use that as a way to stay close to her (yada yada she said ir in the chapter),
that only hurts both you and the subject of your delusions, instead, be a real woman, confront those feelings one on one, and if it doesn't work out, thats a shame but life is life, you gotta move on,
and if it does, thats great! At least you didnt make yourself a background character out of pure cowardice!