Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9zu4MbAy1
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTznJ5iFND9
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.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk1jg0bOBw
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo8YMC3Ci5q
Even when the conversations got shorter.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8w1w3rzsHX
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzCmkSx8WwS
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNA3PwLTld
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVNXa9fnik
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rPlmZunu0
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBi7ZO34qOl
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ORU8SK8sw
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nQOIBB6j3
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1C8VSSCtJr
I was there to know her.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGBNmInValf
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0yhTP0Q4Q1
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8qqxNByzX
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiS6iCv6eF
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —54Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7maGYcYpmJ
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
