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And in the evening,12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDj3nEI2DIh
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJ7DDPAu86
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWgq8u84wH
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnaIVt2gzso
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7zk7CYigw
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2aUSLzLp9
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2shm7imLp
from her lips, in her voice,12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF1v1ZnWSsl
in words carved softly but with finality—12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58eT8mmlc9
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlkBf4FRL0
Not the loudest.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkHxazt2aH
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMogVzBPmr
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUEVmraZQw
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJwPUTWVqU
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSPdPpPZM5
the friendship I nurtured,12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuzrHEIoq9
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8SGXuMJAz
so gently,12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLH95wQ4nmi
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpjhVK8IVM
I’ll vanish with grace.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoIgPgTgP7
Because I trust her—12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe64y5NX6Sd
even now—12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnsUquF3TAB
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwziMorsFy
And when love left,12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdChIcIDjPL
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ29GWCYWpZy
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnYKjC36b2
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNRZ1q0FDU
but not enough to escape it.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbXZ80t7o8F
It lingers.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctMeh0F6S8
It tricks.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOmDNFrGCE
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.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehbUaIQou7
Such a fool I am.12Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwRPRO1r15b
