Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JdwowSXYn
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYQZskgVgE
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.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRv4q7p0qs
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcFeP0YxRp
Even when the conversations got shorter.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fVwQKtHeM
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxjhD1llNC
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkU2nSe9TSN
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAJiBtFac4
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXVve6irJM
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡItuqVSDFUd
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloODwIUwnl
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOadFxtHp01
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4O5tRHHDip
I was there to know her.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMkHSpX4IY
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQRZ835U0C
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpwHUYsnLi
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsTPnBj3ego
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —97Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosGPvP5fKp
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
