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And in the evening,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9t58EDxsR2
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBKFaUrp8o
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPSAQXY9Vz
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaHRskvxxw
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqarpNmNOxW
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKRwxZhNHe
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4X6icLSqyz
from her lips, in her voice,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7GKc5LxwH
in words carved softly but with finality—66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuAfInKb8x
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErohaydDG9
Not the loudest.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyezxnYt7Of
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3txGjXA3jB
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fpdKxJ32G
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQ9X1kCKHG
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41xJ8LpdsB
the friendship I nurtured,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLQQw3OksA
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMp6HwQ91XO
so gently,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnoABFCyA8y
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4P5fg4Jpm
I’ll vanish with grace.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyZoopvTVb
Because I trust her—66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJxF3QjwH5
even now—66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlk6Imhvd6y
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxblQPGteTd
And when love left,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXuumKiNJzm
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwykSQknvc
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcVpVv7iHW
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNH211dT3t
but not enough to escape it.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUwKCXOBaE
It lingers.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LbpoAG833
It tricks.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YZc9HpI3a
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.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyomaQu5Gk2
Such a fool I am.66Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2zrRwnb5g
