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And in the evening,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Cmp08PPn6
as the sun dipped behind the same skies that once held our shared laughter,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfBEta05KQ
her message came.
"I don’t know how to feel,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQQsn44Po5I
’Cause I only ever saw you as a very good friend.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjuDfgR3xL
I felt betrayed.Lastly, just know that there’s always a part in me that will remember you as a very good friend.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWV6qBrabzk
I really hope you find peace.”
I knew this would be the answer.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTL7GZuLzqJ
Somewhere deep down, I always did.
But hearing it—35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAbiOyx4T7
from her lips, in her voice,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfX8Ne7r12i
in words carved softly but with finality—35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXjwwj60dp
it still broke me.
I cried that night.
Not the first time.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsU0bTzzNjx
Not the loudest.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmr0VWcFkG
But maybe the most honest.
Because I said what I wanted to say...35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOe59RUYyt
and heard what I never wanted to.
But maybe that’s what closure looks like—35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsVTiioQrd
Not peace. Just an ending.
It’s for the best, right?
Now, she won’t be uncomfortable around me.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk50TSGv1gz
Because I won’t be around.
The friend I met,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHPHzE8oLg
the friendship I nurtured,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrOjJ2Rpdy
the girl I trusted like no one else...
It ended.
So beautifully,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsW0uy5lF20
so gently,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Ov6dHmMWZ
that she could forget it without pain.
And I’ll make it easy.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFyPPDs4RZ
I’ll vanish with grace.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW011YxhP2q
Because I trust her—35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ853ieWKBv0
even now—35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxQPqRiqCMz
to let go.
And at last, I understand something cruel:
Promises never meant as much as love.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88UcW7IUIK
And when love left,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qZ8tg5tlO
promises shattered like glass too fragile to hold weight.
All those “forevers” we whispered?35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoh5Sp28qS
They were only meant to last as long as we stayed close.
And the worst of it all?
Hope.
Hope is the cruelest thing.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNe3QdB53IC
It keeps you warm just enough to survive the cold,35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qWElrkTdd
but not enough to escape it.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCkEfwB1iK
It lingers.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxKL5Irf2p
It tricks.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfwPUswzsK
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.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvcjgpcShn3
Such a fool I am.35Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BdEgc4vrc
