Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dUQ8NT4AW
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiZy3PYhtci
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.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQExQRPZ09h
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5w4ugvzSeB
Even when the conversations got shorter.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRykMBiXje
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3SZ9jxGMGL
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9exfy2v23
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47PgIG7Di2
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUpEsK4djf
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUodTD6Z3d
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrwHIX7b9X
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe169mCY7lt
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5i55sh7Oa
I was there to know her.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQtke1RoVm
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2q5mUmhcJ
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JQSn0ExuZ
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEVoh5TORT
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —53Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbVSeAEUVQh
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
and then Add to home screen.