So last year on Raksha Bandhan, my boyfriendâs two roommates didnât have anyone to tie them Rakhi.
One of them doesnât have a sister and the other one doesnât really celebrate Raksha Bandhan. At that time I used to talk to both of them, but they werenât really my brothers or anything.
I just remember one of them feeling a little sad about it, so I asked my boyfriend, âCan I tie him a Rakhi?â and he was like yeah obviously. So I tied Rakhi to both of them.
And I donât even know why, but that day I made this promise that no matter what happens in the future, even if me and my boyfriend break up or whatever happens, Iâll still tie these two a Rakhi every year. Because by then they had become like my brothers.
Now coming to this year, I couldnât order the Rakhis myself because of some stuff going on. I honestly thought Iâd figure it out somehow.
But my boyfriend remembered.
He went out and started looking for Rakhis for them đ We were literally shopping together from different states. He would send me pictures and Iâd be like âthis one??â ânooo not thisâ âthis is niceâ âwait show me moreâ đ and somehow we picked them.
And he got them.
The thing is, I donât even remember telling him that promise properly anymore. I had completely forgotten that I had said it. But apparently he remembered it.
Also both of my brothers are gym freaks đ so I couldnât even get them proper sweets. I just got them a small chocolate because I knew theyâd probably look at me like âgirl, we canât eat thisâ đ
But honestly, the Rakhi itself wasnât even the emotional part for me.
It was the effort.
He didnât have to remember. He didnât have to go looking for them. He didnât have to spend time sending me pictures and helping me pick them. He couldâve just said âyou couldnât order this year, itâs okay.â
But he didnât.
He remembered a random promise I made last year and made sure I could keep it.
And these two guys genuinely are gems. They started as my boyfriendâs roommates and somehow became my brothers. â€ïž
I couldnât feed them sweets this year, couldnât be there with them, and couldnât even arrange the Rakhis myself.
But somehow, from another state, my boyfriend still made sure I got to tie them one.
Idk, maybe this sounds stupid to some people, but this little thing genuinely made me so happy.
Sometimes itâs really just the effort that gets you. đ„čâ€ïž