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And in the evening,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFiIP7UE28
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbUK5iSbIj
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSVwY70D0d
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFv0XxdnKw
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOWNLRW74pG
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQWerXuxHD
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBh2iQorsPg
from her lips, in her voice,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXIiwQ5DdM
in words carved softly but with finality—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbX2KUOqxjL
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYR9eKKGdA3
Not the loudest.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcSdaSfbxN
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN97SMQ6xwC
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZArqxfoHDS
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J4i5z4air
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJU0ajkpP41
the friendship I nurtured,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKCfbw7HYc
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgLixlFIXl
so gently,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzW6DlvM5u
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCxb5A9MSmX
I’ll vanish with grace.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcdgwfj0cJ
Because I trust her—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPkOHMnMOI
even now—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnN789Pg5W4
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXiBPbeal0
And when love left,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEc143dNZ8M
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCVe0MoUS8
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeqKaHkmS1D
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJKqxZJHy0
but not enough to escape it.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4zQ9tSaVy0
It lingers.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbU99jUOhx
It tricks.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3SbiVMlzv
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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO8vpqTlWy
Such a fool I am.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNhF4pRCn1
