They say time moves people.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu85pTUxPjF
But sometimes, people just… move.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vS3KNe9Eh
And time only watches.
Ours was a story written in reverse.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPoJlrpRc7
When the year began, our buses stood side by side.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvdrbXWfgh
Just like us.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ypalEgz18
Close — not always talking, but always within reach.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrA97xAAP5F
We met under that old tree, beside those parked buses,258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3YV1U2SEx
Where the earth still remembered our footsteps,258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDmsd0lsdY
And the silence between us felt like the loudest comfort.
That was our place.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuPu3RpHXB
Not too far. Not too close.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9rbxBJOZ6
Just enough to look, to smile, to say everything without a word.
And as the semesters rolled in,258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVc6sBuX5h
So did distance.
Little by little, her bus began to move.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBNWhtg5LV
Not suddenly. Not loudly.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokpOWRWOZz
Just like her — with quiet decisions, soft steps, no explanations.
At first, I didn’t notice.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrn2ppTqu57
Because I was too busy holding on to what we had.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNDWmfOJSt
But the tree stayed where it was.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ75ZQnLdge
And so did my bus.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44iP0x9YzZ
And so did I.
Still waiting. Still hoping.
Her new spot — it wasn’t far in meters,258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxc3YFQ63k
But felt like miles in meaning.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡro1Z6PiUrV
Now, her bus stood beside his.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUan8xXKwvo
Not mine.
And that small shift changed everything.
They laughed.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cdEd3eZo2
They walked.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOt2hcQBG4h
They spoke in the language I thought we built.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSAGbxocAF
One I no longer understood.
And me?258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMxu40dzHLu
I stood beside my bus.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQ7KNQ6lna
Just like always.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4HDPvhI6e
Like a shadow hoping the sun might notice it again.
I don’t blame her.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡch5NRCWPTn
Maybe her journey needed a new road.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnDVYFlA2dw
Maybe my stillness felt like stagnation to her.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAFAAdEnQSL
Maybe being beside me wasn’t enough.
But I watched that change —258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdb7axtiR7
Every day after college, every silent evening.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6uy4QXH6k
And it hurt.
Because the buses knew.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKOWBNvfkO
They told a story no one else could see.
Ours was a story of two souls who met where the buses once stood together.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumq3avdaai
A bond that bloomed between the roots of familiarity and the branches of hope.
But not all flowers bloom forever.
Sometimes, they’re just meant to be admired once —258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuyqn2HKrG
in a single season —258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UEmYglbk9
and remembered always.
She moved forward.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZaHZglUeJ
Or sideways.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjZBmPKVou
Or somewhere I couldn’t reach anymore.
And I remained.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3okNWwgn2V
Not because I couldn’t move.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRiVNvlEvSx
But because some part of me still believed—
If one day, she ever looked back…258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjcCzAcyg26
I’d still be there.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ83zdeW0Rde
Beside the same tree.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3H87S9Kmy
By the same bus.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9ZNi3lXz8
Carrying the same love.
Quiet. Constant.258Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRP7Hv3N9iw
Unseen.
and then Add to home screen.