It Turns Out the Beautiful Girl Who Was Supposed to Be Aiming for My Handsome Best Friend Was Actually after Me

I have a best friend who is unbelievably handsome.

He looks great, he’s smart, he’s kind, he’s good at sports… etc, there’s nothing he’s bad at, and he has no flaws.

As his close friend, I’m average at best and sometimes even below average. Ever since we were kids, girls would come up to me because they were really interested in him. Not knowing that, I would confess to them and get rejected. Other times, the moment my best friend started dating someone, the girls who used to talk to me suddenly stopped contacting me.

That kind of thing happened a lot.

After going through all that, my personality became a little twisted by the time I reached high school. Even so, girls still came up to me from time to time as they were clearly interested in my best friend.

I always brushed them off casually so they wouldn’t damage his reputation.

Then one day, after school, I was called to the classroom by Sendou Ayaka, the most beautiful girl in school.

I already knew why.

“…Um… that… could we please start as friends?”

“Ah~… let’s skip the awkward stuff, and I’ll just ask straight out… You like him, right?”

“Eh? Y-Yeah… I do… like.”

“Yes, yes. I got it.”

“Does that mean… you’re okay with it?”

“Yeah. This kind of thing happens a lot.”

And just like that, we exchanged contact information.

At that time, I misunderstood everything.

I never once thought that she was confessing to me.