Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblDHiWMsWK
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYQxBXqdxE
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.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6gQTbSxw5o
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyl0rfNQRcg
Even when the conversations got shorter.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJzZN4cS2n
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrZFD9Ozd5
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hi9tE45pD
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlf6T1A5HdN
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkC9GPcuKQ
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFkW6gXIKN
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0lO6Oh36R
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0nQj9rfHa
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ428m64erC5
I was there to know her.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡul8tSYTpEe
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnTbpww9f1
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtFy9BhBXd
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQyky37eHR
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —39Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYmIYe5RBj
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
