Can’t decide if I’m liking this or not. Probably waiting another 1-2 chapters to judge.
The reason: if no one can’t confess their love, it’s brutal but “fair” (but this doesn’t seem the case already); if he’s the only one who can’t confess his love, for whatever reason, it’s going to be only a succession of cockblocking and pain, even worse if another one snatches his childhood friend away.