Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqHG55OSzk
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzi8TxlXYn
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.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKj0TBhrQj
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8bl9lcLIU
Even when the conversations got shorter.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9NoZ7Cv7z
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmcLaoMbf5
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjS51RkdbOS
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxKEMrVe3G
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPFQ25DsvF
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwCr77TLaB
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNI7zPCUWg
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl62AqD9dkl
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucMT3lVlam
I was there to know her.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh50aIY5k41
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcFDi5aZ7p
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9412J5QqF
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYU5q3DDt9
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —124Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ747SYipydF
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
