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And in the evening,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjobk5A8DB
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLBcEZccqX
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5J2pvLTgp
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡraqGCurGoo
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmvTYivwZut
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczpOP99qZM
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGdAkXbEvr
from her lips, in her voice,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXq9TBDkq5
in words carved softly but with finality—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2z7j3tCmP2
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ00oTiwQNX
Not the loudest.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqhVlNm2Hv
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkJdwj3VhDo
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ85NjmsS1l
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69H8WvCRom
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUI2jYJFmo
the friendship I nurtured,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMMpy5CBqh
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmsPAkxMedD
so gently,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qPsKfSfh8
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVQTRK6q9K
I’ll vanish with grace.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ5RaSmzhA
Because I trust her—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffPRmK1jTi
even now—32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsKdD9jxjn6
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZL1WgpwTt
And when love left,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkCq4AIl2E
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKATlPZ2sr3
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMQSOp51hP
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkowINkomxY
but not enough to escape it.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Se2Cpzr1a
It lingers.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLI4IbXGz8p
It tricks.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwt9LEHaQpB
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.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWv64H7kvc
Such a fool I am.32Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YR4lLl0Zu
