Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeakSkvU30u
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJIKybzb5nl
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.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEh6Bn6PdA2
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXrh4zI5313
Even when the conversations got shorter.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYHBRVw44p
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjPsyc60Uy
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcp8bkNlqEa
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnlnTxQChha
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡye6StBeLp8
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZt4UwvDOf
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQ0PAsGDhd
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAEbe6GqOVj
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxX4QTFVMxF
I was there to know her.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYeXuwqaXy
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEudBpcxGYb
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAnQQgWiYz
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeTzNEwQu8
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuUzQ0ygBp
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
and then Add to home screen.