Not much of a battle if her strategy is all off. Her trying to appeal to negative aspects of love, like trying to make him jealous by using her non-existent boyfriend, is not going to endear herself to him.I would call it an uphill battle if the girl wasn't staring at a vertical cliff from below.
To be fair, her tsundere behavior doesn't exactly scream "friendship material" either. That said, to be equally fair to her, you can't really expect someone to just go back to the same friendship behavior after being rejected. Honestly, this entire situation is weird, and is probably unhealthy for everyone involved.the guy doesn't even seem to consider her a friend despite the way he rejected her.
Almost certainly 2.. Imma double-down on the FMC being the original rejector when they were in middle school but she doesn't rememberPlot twist: Boy only got a year at most to live. So he rejects her to protect her from getting hurt.
Plot twist 2: Boy was previously cheated on. So he doesn't trust love anymore.
Plot twist 3: Boy is actually her half-brother that only he knows.
Plot twist 4: Boy is geh.
Plot twist 5: Boy loves Emilia.
Plot twist 6: Boy is an alien overlord and is not interested in romance with mere humans. Friendship is to judge if earth is worth keeping around.Plot twist: Boy only got a year at most to live. So he rejects her to protect her from getting hurt.
Plot twist 2: Boy was previously cheated on. So he doesn't trust love anymore.
Plot twist 3: Boy is actually her half-brother that only he knows.
Plot twist 4: Boy is geh.
Plot twist 5: Boy loves Emilia.