Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyfHd3ISw73
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAWkFfCML4
But I never stayed for some happy ending.
I stayed because I cared.
And isn’t that what I’ve always done?
From the beginning, I never asked to be her priority.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4KsAXLR8E
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEEnlpqAsM
Even when the conversations got shorter.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54wixCne84
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oKEUI3qDc
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC9gcMmVn3h
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCRl7o7A9w
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBDTdpglqH
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlYBXKqyUD
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4x7i2vC7N
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjylHDCMmx
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRbC8wonQs
I was there to know her.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzAiYepW2GS
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpAcTSEEh6Z
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCVO2qVfqg
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SI5hHUHbU
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —129Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUXphEk5P8
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
