Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0VqmI13Y9
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfTA5dfxw8
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.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhn7yCdsfm
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjLZkuVfAI
Even when the conversations got shorter.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrt4KFLZfR
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbYkLGPiSo
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu51MOQ1DS5
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFh2jazyfe
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZ8bKARSk5
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcI73pfWKZi
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUMUsbRVVq
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQhV7wQo10
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXbWAssnic
I was there to know her.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGOzFlXqgk
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LIBXKapmS
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIsAe3eo6K
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ472iCd0zM5
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —19Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVlnZzHXOK
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
