@GachaSlave To be fair, that's a trope given to almost any side girl in a harem or love triangle... either that or they're someone that never had a chance to begin with....
@dabes115 uhh, the MC here is the blonde girl, the other dude is a side character (like this author previous work, where the girl was the main character too).
@deathmailrock True but for me the childhood friend hits the most since they have known each other since forever and some skunk shows up and suddenly the MC is in love and forgets their childhood friend