I Was Rejected by My Childhood Friend Who Lives Next Door, But I Found Something to Love and Recovered. Thanks to That, I’m Now a Fine, Scheming Guy with Glasses

I’ve always liked the girl next door, my childhood friend, ever since kindergarten. Recently, we’ve grown a bit distant because she said it was embarrassing if people gossiped about us. But, just before graduating middle school, I mustered up the courage and confessed my feelings. It didn’t work out. To make things worse, she got a boyfriend just one week into high school. I almost fell into a dark place, but one day, after reading an online novel… I decided to change. With glasses.