as nice as it would be to ship the guard as well as the princess its super unlikely that the 2nd character will win only once where I read a shoujo did it surprise me, the male protagonist stepped aside for the 2nd male lead to have the girl cause he knew he would make her happy. I dont remember the name but the male protagonist was an adult and the girl was still sixteen so an age gap story but there was a "who knows how the future will look" moment
as nice as it would be to ship the guard as well as the princess its super unlikely that the 2nd character will win only once where I read a shoujo did it surprise me, the male protagonist stepped aside for the 2nd male lead to have the girl cause he knew he would make her happy. I dont remember the name but the male protagonist was an adult and the girl was still sixteen so an age gap story but there was a "who knows how the future will look" moment