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And in the evening,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRIldpMMDMS
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oiAyURpGz
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡionbZ8LMPq
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxyv7ATjEv
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNIgnahddX
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHw9Jv2uiH
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ilrFfrXUv
from her lips, in her voice,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKckFl3KH3W
in words carved softly but with finality—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIlXIfsjZq
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUlIh0UDKl
Not the loudest.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBKHa9W6ry
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWH7RrJiSm
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVknr8EBp37
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3YSAcPJW6m
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RuBQQcY3e
the friendship I nurtured,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6ptBxe6Ak
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNP8MWwULn
so gently,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbFPiPDzrB
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iKUQBvkm6
I’ll vanish with grace.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYnMjabn9y
Because I trust her—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1r0QwWo00t
even now—25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjNWFXrSfkR
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8hQwj2fAu
And when love left,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsc8rQt4hI
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9zZUQhw0VT
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQAGMNfYTr
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡke8IUY2wRR
but not enough to escape it.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDc4LCUafH
It lingers.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvws97xQHfY
It tricks.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3jVb3wNnoL
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.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNrhJpXBHg
Such a fool I am.25Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡragOmW3j6k
