Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡewSY8aBXer
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBQiye34Z2
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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1fvY6Yu1v
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfNHXhDU9s
Even when the conversations got shorter.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07xVmozjsa
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJHzUNl2MD
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt5M36xYwnv
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoG4LpSLXCY
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIijvve3e2m
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OYB0BRvGF
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4r5Yg7QK4
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Bp2tFFhG9
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgScfwrGqsY
I was there to know her.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hGYL0qffT
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cnZBJ0Ime
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKNhHN36tr
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpekqb2rcJ
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrwjkJkUbe
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
