You know, the author of “gimai seikatsu“ makes a great point when it comes to this idea of writing, we usually label “the guy who’s not the mc but is interested in the heroine” a bad guy subconsciously, and while a lot of authors try to paint it that way for simplicity’s sake, but love/like isn’t a crime and we can’t fault one party for having such feelings.
usually those people are ordinary guys who legitimately like the heroine.