Even after that day. I didn’t walk away.133Please respect copyright.PENANAAas5TfASdW
Maybe some would call it foolish, staying when it’s clear the story’s changing.133Please respect copyright.PENANAyMH5kE3wZZ
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.133Please respect copyright.PENANAHhWmlqCrHK
I just… wanted to be someone who stayed.133Please respect copyright.PENANATzNu0Klhlo
Even when the conversations got shorter.133Please respect copyright.PENANARephGJPYt9
Even when the places we used to meet felt emptier.133Please respect copyright.PENANAjl8uNEvHPP
Even when her smile started showing up beside someone else.
I stayed.
Because true friendship isn’t about keeping someone close.133Please respect copyright.PENANA013JO8pwfe
It’s about being the quiet presence they can return to — if they ever need.133Please respect copyright.PENANAL9pMbmjGfj
No pressure. No expectations. Just… loyalty in silence.133Please respect copyright.PENANAUWt9fUjRsA
133Please respect copyright.PENANAQ0rOrECq0B
Watching things change without a reason I could point to.133Please respect copyright.PENANALpkch8BPUp
Seeing Ren in the spaces I once filled — yeah, it stung.133Please respect copyright.PENANAZrbLsxI3iY
But if she’s happy, if her world is lighter because of someone else’s presence…133Please respect copyright.PENANA0lFuZrbH5m
Then who am I to be bitter?
I wasn’t there to own her.133Please respect copyright.PENANAEC2k7Km3g7
I was there to know her.133Please respect copyright.PENANAWOZMVhuHHg
And I still do. Even if it’s from a little farther now.
Sometimes, you don’t have to be someone’s everything.133Please respect copyright.PENANA1DcYFRB9G7
Sometimes, being someone who understands — who accepts, who supports from the background —133Please respect copyright.PENANANmkj5tCyiV
That’s enough.
Even in shadows, I chose to stay in her light.133Please respect copyright.PENANAvH4NfI23so
And if someday she ever turns to see who never left —133Please respect copyright.PENANAeWRfzeJpDr
She’ll find me exactly where I’ve always been.