Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01mZmnckoJ
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYwL94yf53
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOHazZS83aX
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbz9vquUHs
Even when the conversations got shorter.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXF2qQhqdL
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWAA0YWUSMP
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQolStOk6d
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHPs3QxgMC
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2D0xKUTgw
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KvTUW9wDl
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nEMkPdNgD
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT4kHjc546W
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxGJGmkWPS
I was there to know her.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh1yudYvc6F
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnjHs8JpQP
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDeeah6UUG
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknjZUc7Wpe
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡln7h61ke9e
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
