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And in the evening,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUdoHwIynD
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBKYy2qdi1
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5koDaHc1ns
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwO9qye6FPk
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhGEbzZpPO
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4KkHdpPx4L
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZIY35yzqI
from her lips, in her voice,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTYGVhHwiHS
in words carved softly but with finality—18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDp3Tsz4SKL
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡavjD7UrUgd
Not the loudest.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT88TdBoY0Q
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ48EehHpYV0
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsPdMwLIZmf
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ27XAvJUsOt
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMocbALJ97o
the friendship I nurtured,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpZcsi09Cy
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqH8EXs01Tn
so gently,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7TbzgI3Lk
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GmXzEcTqy
I’ll vanish with grace.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjp9KqWyR9S
Because I trust her—18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ROPQKT6DS
even now—18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzC62JaWsl9
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJaJTDiI8s
And when love left,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1g3c02UhYY
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSwdmhs4a1
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYviVApMPsO
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDfgE66Dmo
but not enough to escape it.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi93kife9JK
It lingers.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIn1XE44Hg
It tricks.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX56bhm7MGU
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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcdIB8Py2N
Such a fool I am.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRBsMhpsGe
