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And in the evening,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySAWRIA2MM
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qpsUYudkk
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjq87izoSP7
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnT4NcdmV2i
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4UpQn25ST
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiMjCHsCbE
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9U65fxNDHF
from her lips, in her voice,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQXnvN3YiI
in words carved softly but with finality—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYkb1eQ1rUR
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAtRqI64uM
Not the loudest.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmhs505tys
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpIk09op1n
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8my5CcSxxh
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJmQdcuNus
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmj23NWokd
the friendship I nurtured,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRCxoDs5gdZ
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzlKkFPD4Q
so gently,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pMUpiKWWB
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0Ese8RYy0
I’ll vanish with grace.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKrmINSSUj
Because I trust her—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoECDVyUVSm
even now—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJi3AygDFd
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnozHEs0zEu
And when love left,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNtIXATbd2j
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZHrsxOUzI
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBM0vJp7BTD
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvQUDcz4NO
but not enough to escape it.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEs9heH1wS
It lingers.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRVYTdQrTr
It tricks.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxIbA0xd4u
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.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlXboaOpBl
Such a fool I am.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKfVlQXT05
