Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMn8d1ZPt9
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNTgmBgfzx
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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYoNseN5cz
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3b05MxKTFF
Even when the conversations got shorter.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLO8VE7adz6
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkYrTOPxXB
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSm6lMnPeP
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ueBQx2FzS
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEP0KetTyU6
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALCPmaslrS
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSk63dniQKJ
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nDOF1vb3v
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4oLTwrB2n
I was there to know her.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkr7LoV34yL
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0BV69SEMN
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiYsh8Sd4x
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNK9SiR6xq
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeR5Lm3EEp
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
