Currently reading watching a trope happen in slow motion like one does with a crash. I cannot decide if I should be laughing or crying.
All I know is: congratulations main character! You've played yourself. You have read thousands of romance novels, and you still think you pull off the: I must die/vanish and return to complete my mission, surely the person I'm in love with will be able to move forward in life as long as I leave a note! (The note is actually optional in this trope.)
No, no. Now you have a blackened love interest. Actually, even if the situation on their end was strictly platonic—you would still have a blackened second male lead.