Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwlun5ob5fd
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7csBEYDVB
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.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkzi9qSiSk
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQd71CBPuXX
Even when the conversations got shorter.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgYHjjsDNe
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdZxt7voSY
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1Jwlw13Jq
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDmezF1HzO
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUa2o2lorp
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSuKylw7RnL
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nj4GAOQtD
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCZqJT3zeS
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnltt8BYgGv
I was there to know her.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmHH7HMqQS
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLL9yREWJc
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCwMNxWUlc
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpc2cO3ltaA
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —128Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhATb0kiboA
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
