Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8FTgdxQxJ
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMiQ18DFKNI
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.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IZYed8xeC
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxla6SAUSUO
Even when the conversations got shorter.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3l2tbTA2za
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVBGQ1UjmOu
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9dTYLvmpe
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2r2fUsLmLr
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pFcNaaUri
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfLgHWAtL3
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2A45Qs9Zs
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrGoKcUf6RV
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6VryKK5WN
I was there to know her.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4rjtFfwOu
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyFbhSDouI
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRQAiw5Pc9
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mhe5rAcSR
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —107Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWUTAvDJaW
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
