I cannot stress enough how much I love unrequited love or secret crush tropes, something about it just makes melt. I especially like it if the leads are adults. My fav of this trope rn is [Soredemo, Yasashii Koi o Suru], it's a manga. I'm into bls nowadays and I'm also slowly getting into gls so recommend me whatever. Mangas & raws are also fine (๑>ᴗ<๑).
Forge of Destiny + Threads of Destiny (the unrequited love part is in Forge) (rrl, sv-forge + sv-threads) Castlevania animated series
https://www.novelupdates.com/series/childish-flower/ cried a little bit. mc is in love with ml but ml loved mc's brother (who's dead)
(。•̀ᴗ-)✧ Ah, I looooove this story so muuuch <333 This seeeems interesting, THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! Looks hot. THANKYOUSOMUCHHH OOooOoohhhh THANKKKKK YOUUUUU!!
One Night, One Day, One Year, One Lifetime (Chapter 1) – cathartic city I trust you can handle something like this.
you can try 1) i am leaving 2) i only took a peek at him 3)shanghai jiamu 4) no one saved me 5) i don't want to wash the dishes today all are secret crush novels but a tragedy so yeah cry all you want a big warning i m still not over any of these TT TT