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And in the evening,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡie9fc1rWQi
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJcdKi2zPKM
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRmx5qRklIG
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mKiFl1cUS
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrViu943DVa
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpoU8ApCp12
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dDFpYvmbR
from her lips, in her voice,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmw5aZojGO
in words carved softly but with finality—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrtR3dAS7t
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyWg6HjxN1a
Not the loudest.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswPLj6HZ3p
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOrLdybQrg
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpvZZldjyr
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgJd4WPq7s
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9nlvs2uUQ
the friendship I nurtured,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoy5b15LMcj
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFC3zo2d7Q
so gently,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aEiMk67iG
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxdgCA826Q
I’ll vanish with grace.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSrRuN7IYR
Because I trust her—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwHu8bUmWe
even now—56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNFrcg7ps3
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCJrEqiC7T
And when love left,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QLZBEYIxz
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUReF6O26fn
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0OUsbxydKl
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1pfe7rgwog
but not enough to escape it.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr2fZQ2IQDV
It lingers.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrb9xi7DP6b
It tricks.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0caSwnLPk
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.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ945xZdKUoH
Such a fool I am.56Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4vr9UN7Il
