Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1CuaP3qdZ
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGsmbTBIOlH
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.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJmOZOT5jh
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhwZ9gz9UJI
Even when the conversations got shorter.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEV3Bugy9T
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlf4wdDUm8s
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmiYHFpTAY
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRfdRDAoPRC
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbpQQaZCJJ
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRjkfwwMoZ
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1U2mLKoHEs
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIV0Py3Tvfs
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqZxZECYeF
I was there to know her.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgywQsT4Pou
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtD6NvYuVT2
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEF06KCCzTA
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2a0gxkXLPp
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —74Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCs3NXP5us
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
and then Add to home screen.