Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKHmtScjnm
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMD3oX7I1O
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.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rPJmTS5Be
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDbRYsB27RB
Even when the conversations got shorter.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQXv4GjJfzj
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhbu5Fwn9Su
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMmkV0QYJt
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTTlUQvYdd
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xHhb1lwTJ
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcRcq2bmSJ9
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ7scvsNSBp
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesYJm6iOE2
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmw2YvTqENu
I was there to know her.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKQkjD4drZ
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbrP3Pumpe
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fvrgbEBBA
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjkmSyYC0U
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡToBei6csOE
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
and then Add to home screen.