Bro stick to the plan STICK TO THE FUCKING PLAN PLEASE playing hard to get doesn’t mean sneaking glances and looking like a lost puppy without its owner
Honestly, you not making any sense.
what you even expect of "play hard to get" ? like hard to get like a stranger to someone hit on you ? She was know to crush on her for years, that is too fake and comical.
and what for ? if she actually believe that acting, then it is the worst possible outcome. that would prove: yeah that love ain't really love huh ? if MC move on so easily. or if she now start to see MC in romantic light, she maybe the one take turn to give up this time
act like a lost puppy lost it owner ? showing that she actually give up on this first love of her, it is hard but she trying. not only it believable, but it actually best thing to do. Make them bother by it and also put the responsible of pressure on the target. Now if she interest, she know that MC love for her is there, but she not chasing it anymore, so it all on her to act on it