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And in the evening,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZKMhCUA60
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ063OAK3dF4
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkltnpLqXaM
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKTkgDoGOG
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0JDDUfdDz
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwDwbikeBAI
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqfzzePkZeN
from her lips, in her voice,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDJgWMUmfO
in words carved softly but with finality—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWwlEmArrKQ
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqj4762WLvv
Not the loudest.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrmy4ffqOd
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxhp3dXNkX4
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMN36J3VH39
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hiX0jcCTv
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ukh9GFIm6
the friendship I nurtured,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49rSt6B2Ez
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VNXXr9XEO
so gently,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNdTHVmtdr
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOFaV4SV4P
I’ll vanish with grace.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtytIX8cqJj
Because I trust her—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDbjRxMdTH
even now—44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqELBGD41C
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYLwgfOJLw
And when love left,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPBC5GsLdg
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoioRCWVmM
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE5cS106Mr6
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6s3ctqXSu
but not enough to escape it.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcW30D1Bsq
It lingers.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0xFv9wzUzV
It tricks.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEDeYwqpYN
It hurts.
But it's also all we’re left with in the end.
So I hold onto it one last time.
Not to get her back.
But to believe I’ll survive losing her.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMkR7Sg11e
Such a fool I am.44Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0T5gOSMBc
