Love rival?

This can be an interesting topic. If you can look objectively why they might be attracted to the person or why you are. Perhaps insecurity, of the rival. If things are done secretly then fear maybe involved. When I can I like to analyze me feelings and actions and attempt to identify negative reasons for my actions. Of course noone is perfect but its fun to see how you or other people work.

I'd let them know I'm interested but truthfully? It's their decision. If they prefer the other person so be it. I won't run after them or make a fool of myself for them.

May the better person win. I'll be honest truthful to the person I'm crushing on and hopefully they'll accept me. I'm not the kind of person who backs down in this kind of thing even if I end up losing most of these.

@Illusion Everything gonna be okay, baby~

Given my track record, this is always what ends up happening as soon as I start pursuing a girl. I'd actually rather loose to a friend or someone I know is a genuine guy. I can't control who erm... "Senpai" likes in the end. Given most situations where my various senpais have been in reverse harem situations, I can at least take solace in the fact that I'm consistently second. And Manami, there's no such thing as a Beta in human mating. We're between chimps and bonobos in mating habits (Both of which having nearly opposite social dynamics, with Bonobos having more matriarchal, polygamous, and egalitarian dynamics, and Chimps being more geared toward Patriarchal, alpha-beta, monogamous (Yes, "Alpha" Harems are considered Monogamous) and hierarchical.), and our social structure is far too complicated to be simplified in alphas, betas, and omegas. The fact that humans evolved to have technology means that the guy who invented the wheel passed his genes along somehow. Hence why to this day, ladies still rate intellect as a sexy trait. And ironically, men evolved to find that trait sexy in females as well. Which is kinda rare in sexual selection where both sexes evolve to like the same trait.