Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobyYbyRDqe
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGZqJTUaGT2
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.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgebjCARN6
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbua5w8t03t
Even when the conversations got shorter.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ruc2iznWm
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡldp5RVMTam
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoJrmUfhtJ
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooFwaq77mF
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbsjO5hQEw
150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOApzNcVklZ
Watching things change without a reason I could point to.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUFn6Vs31W
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbCwhD9MH86
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1EJCUvDeOj
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdjrYnCJSu
I was there to know her.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2K5tWaAF1i
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkEoeakYKZ
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrFemviYoL
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXPQeyEMIS
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uBR6lE246
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
