Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMomjd9V0ec
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZcQVhrQK4
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.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLia0H2e8t
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHaXNjxsA1
Even when the conversations got shorter.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0vKMYFAm3
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoALOXjHu8c
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRP79n8TKK
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUz7rSOiaTi
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCu1slqtnj0
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Watching things change without a reason I could point to.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrhFFHTuog
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXlvsdilCy
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcLHxCRpls
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKQBdwCHGq
I was there to know her.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuNLmvsz2o
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXZIQcY3esM
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHcmpV6xLbz
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJJTzrr3skr
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —121Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqgRlcqMDA5
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.
and then Add to home screen.